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demonliza:

DID IT ANYWAY, BITCHES.

demonliza:

DID IT ANYWAY, BITCHES.

— 1 year ago with 7 notes
"Once I was the sort of person who invests material objects with sentimental value. Now I no longer have those things, but I have the sentiments yet."
On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner (via genie-jolie-laide)
— 1 year ago with 2 notes
يا عمال العالم اتحدوا: Bloomberg Plans to Throw Homeless Youths Out of Their Shelter Beds →

At the Ali Forney Center we are confronted every day with kids who have been thrown out of their homes by homophobic parents. The kids are devastated to have been cast out like trash and terrified of what will happen to them. Because New York City only provides 250 youth shelter beds for a…

(Source: The Huffington Post, via prosveshcheniye)

— 1 year ago with 25 notes
#Youth 
app-ricotjam:

Commenting on the new initiative in the US where beggars are paid $20 a day to hold a 4G wi-fi hotspot so that the general public can access internet on the run.

app-ricotjam:

Commenting on the new initiative in the US where beggars are paid $20 a day to hold a 4G wi-fi hotspot so that the general public can access internet on the run.

(Source: theasianmediocrity)

— 1 year ago with 1 note
socialmediaholic:

Happiness via @bakadesuyo - Looks like I’m moving to Greenland or PA.
Responses to: “You are satisfied with your life,” ranging from complete agreement (7) to complete disagreement (1), where 4 is neutral.
Read more at: Who is happier: billionaires, Amish, the homeless, slumdwellers or Masai?

socialmediaholic:

Happiness via @bakadesuyo - Looks like I’m moving to Greenland or PA.

Responses to: “You are satisfied with your life,” ranging from complete agreement (7) to complete disagreement (1), where 4 is neutral.

Read more at: Who is happier: billionaires, Amish, the homeless, slumdwellers or Masai?

— 1 year ago with 2 notes
bioncatm:

(via Broken Foster System Leaves L.A. Youth Unprepared For Adulthood | Neon Tommy)
According to this article 25-40% of youth that age out of the system are homeless within 18 months of leaving the system. They referred to the state as foster youth’s parents, which logically is true, but who can you call when the state is your parent and they are neglecting you? (Ghostbusters is not the answer)

bioncatm:

(via Broken Foster System Leaves L.A. Youth Unprepared For Adulthood | Neon Tommy)

According to this article 25-40% of youth that age out of the system are homeless within 18 months of leaving the system. They referred to the state as foster youth’s parents, which logically is true, but who can you call when the state is your parent and they are neglecting you? (Ghostbusters is not the answer)

(via pickfrommyappletree)

— 1 year ago with 4 notes
#youth 
davidsheets:

On Sunday, I met a man who was face down on the sidewalk. This is the story of what happened.

davidsheets:

On Sunday, I met a man who was face down on the sidewalk. This is the story of what happened.

— 1 year ago with 1 note
theunbreakablexvx:

if spider-man can survive being homeless, so can i. 

theunbreakablexvx:

if spider-man can survive being homeless, so can i. 

— 1 year ago with 9 notes
#media