Dear Friends of the Women of Can’t Catch a Break I am writing to share devastating news. My dear dear friend “Kahtia” passed away on […]
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How Opioid Abuse Took Root In Weymouth – And What Can Be Done About It
For a copy of the report contact Susan Sered: ssered@suffolk.edu In 2018 IÂ conducted research in Weymouth, Massachusetts, a town hit hard by the current opioid […]
Farewell Isabella
I never thought I’d have to write this eulogy for Isabella. Even though she struggled with addiction and a host of other challenges, Isabella always […]
Institutional Betrayal: Roots of the Opioid Crisis
In an April 2018 post (Gender, Race, Class and the Root Causes of the Opioid Crisis) I laid out data indicating that the opioid crisis […]
Can’t Catch a Break: September 2018 Update
Over the past year life seems to have settled down for quite a few of the formerly incarcerated Massachusetts women whom I first met a […]
Babes From Their Parents’ Arms
My friend and colleague Lois Ahrens’ recent piece in the Daily Hampshire Gazette reminded me that in this time of outrage over the separation of children […]
Gender, Race, Class and the Root Causes of the Opioid Crisis
Bills aimed at tackling the opioid epidemic are making their way through nearly every state legislature in the country. But as in all public health crises, […]
Out of Jail, Out of Work, Out of Luck
“I apply for jobs everywhere and it starts off good but then they see my CORI [Criminal Offender Record Information] and come up with a […]
A Plan to Tackle the Opioid Crisis: The Good, the Bad, and the Missing
The “CARE Act,” a bill addressing the opioid crisis, is moving its way through the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and […]
Housing Tribulations: Still Can’t Catch a Break, January 2018
Over the past decade I have witnessed homeless and criminalized women enter and move through middle age. While they articulate ever greater understandings of their […]
The Women of Can’t Catch a Break: Fall 2017
The summer can be a slow time for anyone looking for jobs, housing or just trying to get things done. That’s true for must of […]
Pinktober 2017
I’ve written about the commodification and cute-ification of pinkwashing in earlier posts, as well as issues around the cultic glorification of “survivors,” the profits to […]