Today I’m joined by one of my favorite TikTok creators, Ann Russell. She has 1.9 million followers and is the author of How to Clean Everything: A Practical, Down to Earth Guide for Anyone Who Doesn’t Know Where to Start. 

Show Highlights:

• Why we all deserve to feel safe in our homes and unjudged on standards that we don’t deem important


• How Ann has come to know how to clean everything


• Why every cleaning task follows the same process: “Find the solvent that dissolves the stain without damaging the surface.”


• How Ann creates a safe space for people to ask their cleaning questions without shame


• Why much of our care/cleaning task knowledge is bound up in the romanticization of our identity


• How Ann approached housekeeping tasks at home when her four children were young


• How Ann responds when her career as a professional cleaner is belittled


• Why basic cleaning tasks shouldn’t cost a lot of money or take a lot of time


• How consumption and capitalism impact how we feel about our homes


• Why keeping a perfect home doesn’t protect you from bad things in life or bring success and happiness


• How “Cleanliness is next to godliness” has been used as a big stick against certain groups of people


• Why people grow up thinking they are “bad people” when they cannot keep house 


• How to tackle old crayon marks off walls

 Resources:

Connect with Ann Russell: TikTok

 Connect with KC: TikTok, Instagram, and Website 

Get KC’s book, How to Keep House While Drowning

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