MIT economist Peter Temins said in an interview for The Atlantic almost 10 years ago that in order for a poor person to escape poverty, they'd have to get lucky with finally getting a break and then have nothing major go wrong for about 22 consecutive years. How many people in poverty are that lucky? I know I sure as hell wasn't.

No One Should Have To Pick Out a Cremation Urn For Their One and Only Valentine On Valentines’ Day

No 55 year old disadvantaged widow should be neglected and destitute from falling through holes in…

That's what the more fortunate say about poor struggling food delivery gig workers when we complain about not getting any tips even though our paycheck is almost entirely dependent upon tips, and unlike waitresses, we're putting a ton of wear and tear on our cars delivering restaurant food (that we can't afford to buy ourselves) to privileged people…

If only more people, especially the gatekeepers to jobs/economic opportunities, thought like you. Unfortunately, failing to be sufficiently thin and conventionally attractive-looking means being ostracized across almost all social metrics. And it carries very real lifelong penalties.