We need better bridges. And we need people to stop sabotaging them. When a bridge is failing, we need to fix it, not just whisper about missing boards, or congratulating ourselves on "making people not need bridges."
— jenrose (@jenrose) December 20, 2017
I think we need to look at the social welfare "net" as a bridge, and at corporate/social structure as a different kind of bridge. Both designed to keep people from falling through the cracks. Both helping people get to where they need to be.
— jenrose (@jenrose) December 20, 2017
Being a single mother in the 90s always felt like running across a bridge that was crumbling behind me. I had welfare, food stamps, housing subsidy, childcare, help in job training, and worked my way off until I didn't need them. The people after me… didn't.
— jenrose (@jenrose) December 20, 2017
Sometimes watching the cascade of accusations feels like watching the bridge crumble above you, years after you fell into the chasm. It was always a shitty bridge, missing boards, only now maybe people will stop using it?
— jenrose (@jenrose) December 20, 2017