“Are you sure you’re going to be able to afford your half of the rent?” I asked Anais. She had yet to line up a job. And the titles she was interested in—community organizer, community leader, activist, person of the people, change agent—sounded nice, but they also sounded like some shit you don’t really get paid for. “Don’t worry,” she said. “My parents said they’d chip in until I get on my feet. My dad will probably even put in extra just because he’s so concerned about me living somewhere ‘safe.’ ” She continued scrolling through the description of the community garden, then followed their
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