Fear and Self-Loathing
“Losing my job was a wake up call. But being disregarded as a person lit a fire in my gut. I started my car and peeled out, middle finger extended and the burden of five unhappy years left behind.”
From Matthew Newton’s “Fear and Self-Loathing in America’s Rust Belt,” a moving personal essay about family, fear, optimism, and being fired. (Part 1. Part 2.)
The essay is part of Newton’s new series at True/Slant, Mental Notes, which looks at “job loss, mental health, and the undying pursuit of art.”
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