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 […]
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 […]
A New Home for Carly
Background I first met Carly back in 2008 when, together with my colleague Maureen Norton-Hawk, I launched a long-term project following the life experiences of […]
Health is Where the Home Is
Maybe it’s because of the bitterly cold temperatures at night this week, or maybe it’s my own visceral response to overdosing on television shows with […]
Failure by Design: Isabella’s Experiences with Social “Services”
My friend Isabella has been beside herself with worry over her son and her housing situation. Ever since the first time we met (seven years […]