By Keegan Otwell In 2017 I left my hometown for what would end up being three years spent broke and wandering the US. My friends were fellow vagrants who aged out of foster care, got kicked out of homes, and were queer. Or, like me, people who were fed up with what felt like a … Continue reading ‘The End of the World:’ Freedom and Death at the Dirty Kids Memorial
Swords and Solidarity
"So far, this quest has prompted the donation of four large boxes with more to come. “Mixing Mutual Aid with medieval roleplay is simple.” Nick says as he prepares for next Saturday’s session, “Players are eager to complete quests and perform meaningful good deeds. It only makes sense that we use parts of our game to help out. Despite what many people in our country may believe, we aren’t 'temporarily inconvenienced millionaires.' Most of us are one or two paychecks away from eviction. The unhoused are our people. They are us and we are them, even when we pretend to be someone else.”
