19: How to Clean Everything with Ann Russell

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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