#economic-precarity

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Women
fromThe Atlantic
5 hours ago

The Post-Ambition Trap

Many Millennials, especially women, have become disillusioned with ambition due to unmet promises, economic precarity, and shifting priorities such as motherhood.
Digital life
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Lorraine Courtney: Is it any wonder people fall for AI relationships when skin and bone versions are now so terrifying?

Real life has become so expensive and socially risky that simulated relationships can feel preferable to real human interaction.
Film
fromRoger Ebert
1 week ago

Aim Your Rage at the Right Target: Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun on "No Other Choice" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Sam-nyun-sang sets a cultural three-year minimum for mourning; Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice links grief and identity collapse to desperate, violent responses to job loss.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Poorer LGBTQ+ people are hit harder by anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes in their countries, study finds - LGBTQ Nation

Economic precarity amplifies the negative impact of anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice on LGBTQ+ people's emotional well-being, with family rejection being most damaging.
Film
from48 hills
2 months ago

Screen Grabs: Delightful 'Left-Handed Girl' steals big movie week thunder - 48 hills

Left-Handed Girl is a Taiwan-set family drama about a mother returning to Taipei to run a noodle stand amid family and economic pressures.
Relationships
fromBustle
3 months ago

Even The Sugar Daddies Are Feeling The Squeeze

Economic precarity and busy schedules lead a young tennis coach to exchange money for companionship, sexual encounters, and emotional support as an alternative to dating.
NYC parents
fromTruthout
7 months ago

The Number of Unhoused Young Children Is at Crisis Level. It's Set to Get Worse.

Homelessness among children under three rose 23% in 2023, affecting nearly 447,000 as affordable housing shortages and evictions drive the crisis.
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