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Category: Servicey
What food banks actually need
The height of summer may seem like an odd time to talk about food banks. After all, awareness campaigns about hunger and community needs tend to be particularly prevalent around November, when everyone is exhorted to donate so community families can have a nice Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner. But in fact, it’s not that simple — food […]
Don’t work for free
People often turn to me for advice on developing writing careers, especially freelance careers, which honestly makes me a little bit uncomfortable. It’s not because I’m so leery of competition that I don’t want to provide information to people that would help them enter the industry, but rather that the industry is an extremely hard […]
Don’t Make Life Harder for Service Industry Workers
My friends, we need to have a little conversation today about some things you do that you seem to believe are oh-so-witty, but are actually super not cool. We are speaking, today, about retail pranks, restaurant hijinks, and other behaviours that you may find amusing, but actually create a lot of needless work for people […]
Resources on Mental Health and Violence
I’m asked for resources on mental health and violence distressingly frequently, so I’ve decided to compile a starting point of information here for people to use; this is by no means a complete list, and I’ll try to remember to update it over time. This list also includes links to my own work, since people […]