For a while, my friends and I have had a little test I like to call the “shonen bechdel test”. The criteria are essentially: in a shonen anime, does a woman ever win a story important fight, against a man, on her own. I think I could count on 1 hand the number that pass
Around me, places like Chipotle and Chick-fil-A are hiring at about $19/hr.
Full time that's roughly $3,300/month before taxes.
After taxes you're probably taking home around $2,900.
Average one bedroom apartment? close to $1,900.
So most of your paycheck disappears just keeping a roof over your head.
And somehow people still call this a "budgeting problem."
Working full time shouldn't feel like survival mode.