mariposaroja:

thinksquad: Woman launches mobile showers for the homeless A San Francisco woman creates a “shower bus” to help accommodate the city’s 3,500 homeless people. Vanessa Johnston reports. http://news.yahoo.com/video/woman-launches-mobile-showers-homeless-153115907.html It’s a small thing, but a shower can be so cathartic and soothing.

Yes. And I’d say it’s really not so small at all….When you feel filthy, look dirty, or smell, it’s going to affect how you feel, act, everything you do, and most of the people you interact with are going to heavily judge you.

When I was on the street at 16, I ended up in jail for B&E for a little bit. I broke into the house because me and a friend wanted to go hang out at the spot, but wanted to be clean. All we did was eat a piece of dude’s pizza and shower. The cops laughed at me like I was lying when I told them that. That arrest affected my life for years.

All for want of a shower.

(via mariposaroja)