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How to be poor and happy

Money, security, self-sufficiency and charitable giving have long been linked to happiness. But what if you’re working class?

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Surviving as a working-class woman without work

An enforced period of unemployment was extremely tough for Claire Hart, a working-class woman with a strong work ethic. Here she describes her feelings during this difficult time.

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Surviving fatness

It took time for LMM to discover that being fat and poor are mutually exclusive. Here she describes resisting fatphobia by being visible and leaning in to the stereotype.

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Surviving grief when discussing death is off limits

When Iqra Choudhry’s dad died, she lost her words. Here she explains how finding a way to talk and write about loss has been essential for surviving it.

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  • Em todo o mundo quando o problema é ancilóstomíase a solução é 'Alcopar' / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • Em todo o mundo quando o problema é ancilóstomíase a solução é 'Alcopar' / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • Em todo o mundo quando o problema é ancilóstomíase a solução é 'Alcopar' / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
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