Beige Gardens
A Riot Grrl’s Take on
Caregiving in the Age of Boomers
This is an easier read.
Stories about being the one who lost the family bet:
So you have to take care of the demented?
At this point, we’re not waiting for the caregiving community to clear a path. There is no will to change. We must forge our own. But why listen to me? I’m just a storyteller.
This is my Happy Place
Stories about being the problem:
If you can be a Weed Nun, be a weed nun.
Canada’s favourite drug is a double edged sword, and essential to not going crazy. (Warning: this opinion includes talk about forging new neural pathways, breaking up with toxic family systems, and playing video games like a teenager)
This stock image is a lie, no one is this happy when someone else beats them at mario kart
Why Gen X HAS to be better at getting Old
Empowering the pathetic excuse for a middle age we turned into.
Living my Best Incel Life - in the 90s, being a moody boy meant living in your parents' basement playing video games.
‘Ok, Boomer’ isn’t just a punch line. It’s a way of life. This is a list of why we suck at taking care of people, but how Kathleen Hanna made us better at being taken care of.
‘Where are the Dudes?’ Kurt Cobain died for somebody’s sins, but not yours… cis-men are slowing down progress, and trust me, your sensitive good dad liberal husband is still enjoying his patriarchy.
“When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent, but it will frame all relationships as power struggles.”
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Caregiving is specific to the caregiver and recipient, no one should ever tell you how it is …including me.