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I've always related to Rapunzel on a personal level. Granted, I'm not as positive or enthusiastic in life as she is, but the way we both grew up is rather similar. My mother is emotionally and mentally abusive, she gaslights me constantly. She sheltered me for a large majority of my life as well. I feel as if I have zero social and real life skills. Rapunzel gives me hope that one day I'll be able to leave my own tower to escape my Mother Gothel.

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Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

by Wendell Berry

Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know.

So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.

Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.

Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion–put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth?

Go with your love to the fields. Lie down in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn’t go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.

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I’m still processing just how special my bridal shower was yesterday! Thank you to everybody, from near and far, who showered me with their love and well wishes!! I’m eternally grateful to everyone who made this day perfect, especially @medic_megan & @brookieb9980 for all their hard work - I could not stop smiling! I’m so lucky I got to celebrate with friends and family from Virginia, California, Vermont, Massachusetts, etc. YOU ALL ARE THE BEST!! 🥰🫖❤️☕️💍👰‍♀️🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyrWZKBLB1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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So excited for #summeronstrong!! Thanks for making this happen & sharing the great news @downtown_sounds 🤩🎶 This also means more seating at @familiarscoffee which is an awesome added bonus! 😋❤️ (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPW-tZphKaU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy birthday Mom!!! 🥰🥰🥰 https://www.instagram.com/p/COy8Yq-hBXX/?igshid=1doq161h9zxoc

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Fully vaccinated ✅ https://www.instagram.com/p/COZV8oPBjwH/?igshid=1brd9t85tlqkk

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It’s a beautiful day to support a small, local business! 😉 Glad I stopped for some delicious lemonade on the Corner of N Elm St & Pilgrim Dr!! 🍋🥤☀️ (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNYT-H_Bd87/?igshid=1gb1ol3ivvmog

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No, we’re not just out to “take your guns”. We simply want to federally regulate them better! #EnoughIsEnough https://www.instagram.com/p/CM09rchhMR2/?igshid=1ff5pb1q9isd6

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Pervis Payne is going to be executed in 17 days unless we act now. Please call 615-741-2001, Press 1, and leave a voicemail for Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (feel free to read from my script below): “I’m asking you to grant a stay of execution for Pervis Payne. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that executing people with intellectual disabilities violates the 8th Amendment, prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Pervis Payne is a person with intellectual disability and suffers from neurocognitive impairment. Therefore, executing Payne would be unconstitutional. Please grant a stay of execution for Pervis Payne.” Sign this Peterson: https://justiceforpervispayne.carrd.co Read and share the key facts about his case before it’s too late: pervispayne.org/ #pervispayne #justiceforpervispayne #justiceforpervis #pervispayneslifematters https://www.instagram.com/p/CMvmWNvhyki/?igshid=1pn3mkhmcbj6m

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Thank you @dropkickmurphys for another awesome virtual Saint Patrick’s Day concert! ☘️💚 I loved hearing the bagpipes from the comfort of my couch! 🎶 (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMil4QghpAx/?igshid=bcb0zfgrsu8u

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Reminiscing on our @jaypeakresort ski trip!! 🎿⛷ ⁠ #SubaruTakeover @skitheeast, @killingtonmtn, and @subaruofnewengland #SkiTheEast #BornFromIce #KeepTheShredAlive https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbSDdWhE2v/?igshid=1hmld2zsaamxf

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@michelleobama: “When you can get the COVID-19 vaccine, I hope you do—Barack and I are certainly glad we did. It’s our best shot at beating this virus, looking out for one another, and getting back to some of the things we miss. Getting vaccinated will save lives—and that life could be yours.” 👏👏👏 If you haven't already heard, starting tomorrow people in MA will be able to pre-register for the COVID vaccine and then you will be notified when you’re eligible to book an appointment. You can even pre-register if you are not eligible in this round because you’ll be put in the queue and will be notified when your group becomes eligible. This is only for the mass vaccination sites but still great news!! https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2021/03/10/mass-to-begin-covid-vaccine-pre-registration-friday (at Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMS87dkBTrq/?igshid=c3h3er4rr034

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Happy International Women’s Day! Throwing it back to the January 2017 Women’s March on Washington DC ✊ https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLvw2CBaQ5/?igshid=1s8xic6lv4yth

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Best analogy for systemic racism I’ve ever heard! 👏 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLavL_Zhxgg/?igshid=13oeh1pifq9g3