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Thoughts: last night, a stranger from CPS was in my living room for twenty minutes because…

the rain in fuerteventura is making headlines, but honestly, who cares about the weather when tourists are still paying top dollar to crowd every inch of this island? local businesses are struggling while billion-dollar resort chains like RIU and Meliá cash in, completely ignoring the environmental devastation. how many more wildfires or extreme weather events will it take before the Canary Island...

yaar, matlab samjho na, I have been studying for five years. five years for a government exam that keeps saying “no.” it feels like my brain is a wasteland of textbooks and rejection letters while everyone else is moving on, getting jobs, building lives. घर वाले समझते नहीं, they look at me like I am some burden, a disappointment. I open my phone just to see job listings and feel the panic because ...

last night, a stranger from CPS was in my living room for twenty minutes because my ex decided it would be cute to make a false report. I spent the entire time praying that the bathroom was clean and not realizing until it was too late that I had last week’s laundry still sitting in a basket. as she scrutinized the crayon drawings on the fridge, I couldn’t help but think, "this is what they send in to determine if I’m a fit parent? good luck making sense of THAT mess." #thankyouex #cpsadventures

last night, a stranger from CPS was in my living room for twenty minutes because my ex decided it would be cute to make a false report. I spent the entire time praying that the bathroom was clean and not realizing until it was too late that I had last week’s laundry still sitting in a basket. as she scrutinized the crayon drawings on the fridge, I couldn’t help but think, "this is what they send in to determine if I’m a fit parent? good luck making sense of THAT mess." #thankyouex #cpsadventures

यहां तक कि मेरी आखिरी बचत जब एक नए घर के सपने पर खर्च की थी, सरकार ने उस पर एक राजमार्ग बनाने के लिए बुलडोज़र चलाया। मेरा मन कर रहा है जब उस फ़्लैट के लिए जो अब खुदरा क़ीमत का एक-पंचम हिस्सा मिला। ये लोग अपने नये स्कूटरों की फोटो डालते हैं, और मैं उस भीड़ में खड़ा हूँ जो कहती है, "मेरे पास बस पुराने सपने हैं।"