Fern is Homeless

Remember how I mentioned last week that my vanmate’s coworker invited us over for a shower? Well, there’s some good news–for the past few days we’ve actually been sleeping over here! The kind folks at this house have set up a mattress in the living room for us, so here we are. It’s not the…

Yesterday my roommates and I showed up to our eviction court date. There was not nearly as much drama as I was fearing there would be- we simply confirmed to the judge that we had moved out by the deadline given to us, and that was it. The only hitch was that the former landlord…

It’s been about eight days since my roommates and I vacated the rental property we were living in after the landlord brought down a no-cause eviction. Life is much different now, in several ways. The most obvious is that my vanmate and I have to fit our whole lives into a very small space. It’s…

First off, I’m sure some sociologist has already written about this, and I’m sure that they’ve done it more effectively than I ever could. It’s just something that I think about a lot, especially lately, and wanted to write about through the lens of my experiences. Structural violence is something we all face, whether we…