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Tuan Vu (Vietnamese, 1971) - Wood Nymphs, Satyr and the Young Spartans (Diptych) (2023)

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Johannes Itten (Swiss,1887-1967)

The Last Guard. 1918

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Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GAM) in Turin, Italy.

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Gorge Frederic Watts, after the deluge 1886

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Late Night by the Pool - Patricia Chidlaw , 2026.

American , b. 1951 -

Oil on linen, 30 x 30 in.

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Bro same thing with working as a caseworker.

You'll have a single mother of three who's fleeing a DV relationship. She has no recent work history because her ex kept her barefoot and pregnant. She's struggling with depression+PTSD while trying to find work in a horrific job market.

Now I have to be the one to tell her "Dept of Social Services insists every child over the age of 5 have their own bedroom, so you'll have to get a 4 bedroom, which will likely cost $5000/mo. You will get a housing voucher that covers 50% of the cost, so $2500/mo. You will need to make $90k/yr to comfortably afford this"

You and her both know a full-time minimum wage job comes out to $32k/yr in your area and most of that is going to go towards child care so she can work a job that will never pay enough to cover her living expenses. Even if she worked two full-time jobs, she'd still be ~$30k/yr short of the required income.

She can do everything right, she can work her ass off, she can get benefits, and it still won't make a difference. Her abusive ex is going to get the kids in the divorce simply because he has a steady income and home.

You see, in that moment, the woman start to consider going back to a guy who'll probably kill her and/or the kids someday and there's really fuck all you can do. Like " uhh I can help you apply for SNAP, you'll probably get $200/mo. Sorry for all the systemic issues"