• village604@adultswim.fan
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    1 day ago

    My wife worked in addiction counseling, so she dealt with a lot of homeless people.

    No, many people are unaware of all of the help that’s available for those who need it. A large part of her day to day was connecting people with the non-addiction related support services they were unaware of.

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      1 day ago

      “Support services” are not housing. And, yes, there are a lot of “support services” out there, the support largely being someone to talk to as part of society’s employment system for white women.

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        12 hours ago

        In what world is housing not a support service?

        Also, what the actual fuck are you talking about?

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          4 hours ago

          Housing is housing. But whatever you call it, if we are talking about housing, saying “there are a lot of support services available” is distinct from saying, “there is housing available.”

          I am referencing a theory called the gender bribe, which says that white women are given roles in the white patriarchy contingent on their support for the white patriarchy and that many white women do this subconsciously, in contradiction to their explicitly stated goals and beliefs. See especially the woman-dominated fields of social work and education.

          Made a post about it the other day: https://sh.itjust.works/post/66057086