On rubbish theory w/ Ritz
Freyia (she/her) and Ritz (she/her) use the concept of rubbish theory to explore how some behaviours, or even people, are discarded in one context but revered in others.
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Content Warnings:
Discussion of homelessness, poverty and psychosis - including symptom specifics - throughout.
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References:
Leber Congenital Amaurosis - Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/condition/leber-congenital-amaurosis
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Overexpression of Type 3 Iodothyronine Deiodinase Reduces Cone Death in the Leber Congenital Amaurosis Model Mice - Fan Yang, Hongwei Ma, Sanford L Boye, William W Hauswirth and Xi-Qin Ding
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29721936
Deficiency of thyroid hormone receptor protects retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors from cell death in a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration - Hongwei Ma, Fan Yang & Xi-Qin Ding
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41419-022-04691-2
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National Institutes Of Health
RDH12 - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDH12
Retinal Dehydrogenase 12 (RDH12) Mutations in Leber Congenital Amaurosis - Isabelle Perrault, Sylvain Hanein and Jean-Michel Rozet
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182050
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Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value - Michael Thompson
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/973830
Rubbish Theory The Creation and Destruction of Value by Michael Thompson review – what gives things their worth? - PD Smith
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Cultural Context and the Beneficial Applications of Ayahuasca - Tubanji Walubita
https://www.lakeforest.edu/news/cultural-context-and-the-beneficial-applications-of-ayahuasca
LSD - Talk To Frank
https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/lsd#the-law
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Justin Bieber
https://www.justinbiebermusic.com
Chance The Rapper
Note: The song, Holy by Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper, and it’s music video, which Ritz mentions can be watched below:
Justin Bieber - Holy ft. Chance The Rapper - Justin Bieber
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More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs - World Health Organisation
Pandemic and Poverty: COVID-19 Impact on the World’s Poor - World Relief
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/pandemic-and-poverty-covid-19-impact-world-s-poor
COVID-19 leaves a legacy of rising poverty and widening inequality - Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, Ruth Hill, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Amber Narayan and Nishant Yonzan
The burdens of poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic - Julia Petersen1*, Nora Hettich, Rieke Baumkötter, Philipp S. Wild, Norbert Pfeiffer, Thomas Münzel, Jochem König, Karl J. Lackner and Manfred E. Beutel
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.995318/full
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Higher education tuition fees in England - Susan Hubble
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8151/
How the U.K. Lost its Low-Income Students - CAUT Bulletin
https://bulletin-archives.caut.ca/bulletin/articles/2003/03/how-the-u-k-lost-its-low-income-students
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Demographics of Cotswold - Varbes
https://www.varbes.com/demographics/cotswold-demographics
Why is the Cotswolds so expensive? - Abundance Aware
https://abundanceaware.com/why-is-the-cotswolds-so-expensive
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Socialism For Absolute Beginners - Second Thoughts
The ABCs Of Socialism - Edited by Bhaskar Sunkara
https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf
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Romanticising Poverty: The Story Of Jyoti Kumari, Who Cycled Back Home - Nipunika Sachdeva
https://feminisminindia.com/2020/05/28/romanticising-poverty-jyoti-kumari-cycled-home/#
The Working Class Aesthetic Is Cool Now? - Alice Capelle
Glamorizing Poverty Isn’t Cool (Axel Webber) - Saji Sharma
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What Is Recidivism? - Rehabilitation Enables Dreams
https://stoprecidivism.org/what-is-recidivism
“Recidivism rates in the U.S. are some of the highest in the world with almost 44% of criminals released returning to prison within their first year out.”
Recidivism Rate by State -
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How it became a crime to be poor in America - Peter Edelman
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/06/how-poverty-became-crime-america
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Childhood and Intergenerational Poverty: The Long-Term Consequences of Growing Up Poor - Robert Lee Wagmiller and Robert M. Adelman
https://www.nccp.org/publication/childhood-and-intergenerational-poverty
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Is It Illegal To Sleep in Your Car? - Maedot Teka
https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/criminal-defense/is-it-illegal-to-sleep-in-your-car.html
Ahmaud Arbery and the racist history of loitering laws - Bonnie Kristian
https://theweek.com/articles/912977/ahmaud-arbery-racist-history-loitering-laws
The Forgotten Law That Gave Police Nearly Unlimited Power - Rosa Goluboff
https://time.com/4199924/vagrancy-law-history
Alarm as US states pass ‘very concerning’ anti-homeless laws - Gloria Oladipo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/05/us-states-homelessness-laws-alarm
More cities and states make homeless encampments a crime, leaving low-income people with few options - Claire Thornton
Homeless Camping Bans Are Spreading. This Group Shaped the Bills - Kristian Hernández
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Van Life Movement - Van Life Movement
Alpine Knee: Is Van Life a Sacrifice—or Another Form of Privilege? - Corey Buhay
https://www.climbing.com/membership/alpine-knee-is-van-life-a-sacrifice-or-another-form-of-privilege
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Fees and Fines: The Criminalization of Poverty - Kiren Jahangeer
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/government_public/publications/public_lawyer_articles/fees-fines
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Notes: Ritz also recommends these references, which she used for her paper on recidivism, for further reading.
Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 24 States in 2008: A 10-Year Follow-Up Period (2008–2018) - Leonardo Antenangeli and Matthew R. Durose. https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/recidivism-prisoners-released-24-states-2008-10-year-follow-period-2008-2018
Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among Formerly Incarcerated People - Lucius Couloute and Daniel Kopf
Getting Back on Course: Educational Exclusion and Attainment among Formerly Incarcerated People - Lucius Couloute
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/education.html
Norway's Prison System: Investigating Recidivism and Reintegration from Bridges from A Journal of Student Research: Vol. 10, Issue 10 - Meagan Denny
Legalizing Marijuana Doesn’t Mean It’s Legal for Everyone - Nazish Dholakia
https://www.vera.org/news/legalizing-marijuana-doesnt-mean-its-legal-for-everyone
Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 34 States in 2012: A 5-Year Follow-Up Period (2012–2017) - Matthew R Durose and Leonardo Antenangeli.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/recidivism-prisoners-released-34-states-2012-5-year-follow-period-2012-2017
Fifty Years Ago Today, President Nixon Declared the War on Drugs - Jamila Hodge
https://www.vera.org/news/fifty-years-ago-today-president-nixon-declared-the-war-on-drugs
Housing Not Handcuffs - National Law Center On Homelessness and Poverty
https://homelesslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HOUSING-NOT-HANDCUFFS-2019-FINAL.pdf.
How Education Helps Reduce Recidivism SARC Foundation for Health - SARC
www.sarccenterfoundation.org/how-education-helps-reduce-recidivism#:~:text=Research%20Proves%20Education%20Reduces%20Recidivism,education%20programs%20are%20cost%2Deffective.
Work and Opportunity before and after Incarceration Economic Studies at Brookings - Adam Looney and Nicholas Turner
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/es_20180314_looneyincarceration_final.pdf.
Mass incarceration and criminalization - We Are The Drug Policy Alliance
https://drugpolicy.org/issues/mass-criminalization
No More Double Punishments: Lifting the Ban on SNAP and TANF for People with Prior Felony Drug Convictions - CLASP
https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/no- more-double-punishments
Northwestern Prison Education Program Unlocks Potential Inside a Maximum Security Prison - NorthwesternU
Investing in Futures: Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Postsecondary Education in Prison - Patrick Oakford et al
https://www.vera.org/downloads/publications/investing-in-futures.pdf.
O'Neill Hayes, Tara, and Margaret Barnhorst. “Incarceration and Poverty in the United States.” American Action Forum, 30 July 2020, https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/incarceration-and-poverty-in-the-united-states
Public Enemy Number One: A Pragmatic Approach to America's Drug Problem - Richard Nixon Foundation
https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2016/06/26404
Not Just Any Job Will Do: A Study on Employment Characteristics and Recidivism Risks after Release - Ramakers, Anke, et al.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x16636141
Reducing Recidivism: Creating a Path to Successful Reentry. First Step Alliance
Crime and Deviance over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds - Robert J Sampson and John H Laub
https://doi.org/10.2307/2095859
Prison Education Programs: What to Know - Sarah Wood
https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/prison-education-programs-what-to-know
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Note: This is the meme I mention.
People Are Sharing Things That Are Considered Trashy If You're Poor But Classy If You're Rich, And There's A Double Standard - Alexa Lisitza
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/people-share-rich-poor-double-standard
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Note: In case you’re interested, hehe, here is my old work from my stint as a staff writer at Bustle, which I mention.
Just FYI, some of my opinions have grown and shifted since this time in my life, had no control over the articles’ titles, and had to adjust my writing style to give ‘cool, American 2015 millennial babe’ vibes haha.
Also FYI the pay was atrocious!!
https://www.bustle.com/profile/freyia-lilian-porteous-1908386
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Is It An OUTFIT Or Is She Just Skinny? - Karina Gomez
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lnclk6grLxk
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This is the impact of Instagram’s accidental fat-phobic algorithm - Jessica Richman
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Lovehoney
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Put A Cup In It
What Is A Menstrual Cup? - Put A Cup In It
Diva Cup
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Why lingerie and swimwear brands are not happy with Instagram's new policy - Amy de Clerk
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Annual income of richest 100 people enough to end global poverty four times over - Oxfam
Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years - Oxfam
Credits:
H O S T
Freyia Lilian
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Marithza Barger
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Foxhunt (he/him)
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Will Ainsworth (he/him)
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