The Village Voice has a story on
Crystal Evans the homeless
blogger who has lived on the streets for several years. She
fled a harsh fundamentalist home life and later dropped out of
radical extremist Bob Jones University and ended up homeless
after an accident that left her with a brain injury. Her blog
today talks about the cruel and heartless posts some leave on her
blog.
why do people hate me so much?
why do they tear me to pieces?
I am open and honest about my brain injury.
please don't make fun of me.
Brain injury isn't a joke.
Neither are the many hours I've spent at the rehab hospital,
just because I have brain injury and difficulty doing stuff
doesn't mean I'm going to give up.
I just want you to see my journal and see a 'real' homeless
person.
we have feelings too.
we have frustrations.
we don't deserve to be ignored.
we want to be listened to.
we are human beings.
we all have a story.
Rob is the founder of the progressive news site robwire.com