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In Elia Kazan’s 1954 film, On the Waterfront, Terry Malloy, a disgraced prize-fighter, reduced to working as a stevedore on the docks of New York, falls to his knees while his brother…
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It all goes back to that stupid fucking apple. Thousands and thousands of years of men having no accountability and women being blamed for everything. All because of a story about an apple.
No one should have to choose between their family’s health and financial survival. No parent should ever have to decide between showing up for their child and affording basic survival. This fight isn’t just about wages or policies—it’s about the future for everyone.
Quintessential to the migrant journey, tales from our native soil are not the only things we carry when approaching new, unfamiliar settings. Lugging a suitcase to the foreign borders, a push on…
