How to solve poverty in three steps or less:

That’s because the real purpose of most non-profits is to offer a chance for white people to play ‘white savior’ roles.

Every nonprofit, university and their dog is itching to do studies/interventions on resilience in Tribal communities. And yeah, we are resilient since (despite best efforts) neither the US government nor the non-Native community has been able to kill all of us off (but y’all came fucking close). Just another in the…

"Resilience" is very much the leftist "bootstraps."

I remember that story - it had to do with developing nations (African ones specifically) and instead of all the intermediaries, simply giving money to the families/people in (predominately) villages and towns who needed it. I feel like the actual results were pending but I could be wrong.

Oooh this is a good time to quote my own dissertation, the theory of which partially hinges on the concept of resilience (and by the way, as someone in academia who has worked with nonprofits and currently works in partnership with nonprofits, and will probably work for a nonprofit again because academia sucks, I am…

I used to be a consultant providing evaluation assistance to non-profits. After a few too many of stories like this, I started looking for work elsewhere. The general sense was that the non-profit would be seen as a success if they got their grant from a larger non-profit extended, or if they got a new grant. And, no…

This is awesome and so accurate. The popularity of research into “resilience” has gotten a ton of traction in recent years, but the truth is it shakes out to be another way to blame cycles of poverty on impoverished individuals rather than the institutions and power dynamics holding them back in the first place.

Man, the endorphin rush that comes with reading such a righteously furious and intelligent post like this is wonderful.

Suddenly blowing your dealer counts as cheating?

Look like scones, sure, but different thing.

You shaded your mother. I'm not mad at you though, it was good shade.

She sent you a gift? That's hilarious. She sure showed you!

It sounds like the review WAS accurate, though. The job of a review isn't to provide authors with job security, it's to write reviews. Good, bad, indifferent. If someone has an experience they believe is worth saying "I would never use this service/read this author/whatever again," then it's up to the service provider…

Seriously. The act it self is terrifying - pseudo-bragging about it is sociopathic.

So as the top dog on the Shade court, does that make you Ruth Shader Ginsburg?

It's quite important for the foster dog owner to realize that by petting the dog and giving him treats when he's misbehaving, the dog's undesirable behavior is being strongly reinforced and rewarded.

We are in complete agreement regarding the merits of just heading to a bare-bones ethnic place, and I love drinking 40s on the sidewalk as much as anyone with a well-rounded sense of fun.

Basically everything Audrey Horne wears, but this in particular:

Imagine if she had shown up to the date? She'd have had to take him to the hospital anyways, and then not dated him. Cuz really, who's gonna hook up with someone who can't drink enough water in a day?