“Shitty weather, bad timing Lucky penny glued to the ground Dirty look from total stranger Hope you get lost and you’re not found Take a look at what we’ve become Nothing more than silhouettes of A pretty family on a postcard Picture perfect, I don’t want it So I hold my breath ’til my heart […]
Category: Justice and Advocacy
Isolation and the Denial of Interdependence
This is part 3 in a series on economic injustice. Click here to read from the beginning. “His philosophy was: to be up, you gotta push someone down. That was all I knew cause that was all I was around I found the flaws in his methods from the cause in myself Father Diablo: Only […]
Burned Out at 30: The Rise of the New Underclass
This is part 2 of a series on economic injustice. Click here to read the introduction. “Stop punchin’ the clock Punch it with all of your rage Put the men in office For a minimum wage Rats, fighting for scraps Siphon the gas from your tank Left your pockets empty As they laughed at the […]
An Introduction to My Research on the United States Economic Crisis
“Halt, freeze, who goes there? Do you have the right? Do you have the right documentation?” –Enter Shikari The letter said that if I didn’t attend the meeting, I would be denied access to food benefits. My partner received one, too. When we arrived, after nursing our dying car to the location, we were lectured […]
Breaking the Taboo
We’ve alienated each other from the conversation about fiscal policy, corporate policy, and shamed ourselves into silence. Either you’re a temporarily embarrassed rich person in the job and car and house and clothes of a poor person, or you’re too rich to ever disclose what you make, and feel guilty for amassing wealth that’s just […]
Why Trump’s Executive Order Is Very Bad News
Big content warning for in-depth discussion of the recent executive order from President Trump on choosing to imprison families together instead of separating them. More links and context were added 7/2/18. If you have any updates on this developing story, please leave links in the comments and I will update accordingly. I don’t feel that […]
‘Working from Home’ While Homeless
A very kind person has made sure that we aren’t sleeping on the streets. They didn’t have a room to spare, but on hearing that we were facing homelessness, figured a garage would at least provide shelter. We hoped to save enough quickly to get a place to rent, but for six weeks now we’ve […]
A Cry for Justice
“Don’t you speak over my voice! I will return from the shadows.” –Aurora This blood-stained land has not known justice in centuries. When I look to my own future, I feel both powerless and as if all hope is lost. How can I hope for a place to rest my head, children from my womb, […]
The Pity Accusation
“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I’m rich and I complain about inequality they say I’m a hypocrite. I’m beginning to think they just don’t want to talk about inequality.” –Russell Brand Lately I’ve been getting a lot of backlash for being so open about my […]
Displacement
There are countless people following my story and hoping I’ll write again. So here’s why I haven’t been writing. I’m one of the many victims of the United States’ third world status. I have no family to turn to for support. I’ve moved ten times in less than five years. One of those times, I […]