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Sometimes you might feel as if you just have to survive for a while knowing that you were traumatized by a culture, and part of the trauma o...

Death and Vanilla - "To Where the Wild Things Are (Full Album)" https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcKVAayA7qk&si=VVAagCzGOTrHkl4k Co...

I just read in a spiritual book about a very young cat who didn't know how to take care of her kittens and she tried to pull away from t...

"...eating all the food and people forget where that food is coming from." "Some farmworkers receiving gifts fear ICE" |...

Well, I guess the people who didn't like the "Barbie" movie SO much that they actually put out a sign alongside the road about...

"Ricky Gervais Told Us Everything Back in 2020: His Golden Globes Monologue Revisited" https://youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ojEhhX5c...

When the moms who mansplain mansplained the benefits of the mansplaining to the children of men...IRL.

"Here’s why we can’t get rid of ‘mansplaining’" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/04/heres-why-we-cant-get-rid-of-manspl...

"We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said" https://www.theguardian.co...

Well, I didn't see the movie in question (or I don't remember seeing the whole thing from start to finish, at any rate) but maybe QT...

"McCormick predicts this flavor will dominate menus" https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/food/mccormick-flavor-of-the-year-2026 Their o...

"making a Barbie-style jello cake💕💞💖✨  #asmrsounds" @sweetzori https://youtube.com/shorts/NaoA_uE0wlM?si=iOyI9spMrrS5kmes

"My grandma didn't have as much access to library books when she was hiding away in an attic and she survived, so I think they'...

"Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS Are No Longer Protected By The First Amendment" https://lithub.com/public-libraries-in-tx-la-...

I'm so glad nobody ever expects to replicate Grandpa's life cuz he's not going to be able to do it either.

"Little Lord Fauntleroy" | Free Drama Movie ArtflixMovieClassics https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJTerAzzHfs&si=vGRLh0Bpocx_xs28

"Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS Are No Longer Protected By The First Amendment" https://lithub.com/public-libraries-in-tx-la-a...

Looking forward to hanging out with an open-minded mom who doesn't mind that I bring up these topics sometimes. She just kind of magical...

Gee, I wonder how the situation could have gotten even worse for your daughters?

Patriarchy is like this: How to act like you do not care about most girls and women (some kinds of mothers are possibly the exception), but ...

"Main character" https://www.reddit.com/r/GuysBeingDudes/s/noqETSabcK "Techno Viking" https://youtu.be/ajYsC9-poLw?si...

Before I finally surrender to the music that will let me sleep... These are just some thoughts that sort of floated up. More humans could le...

Like, oh my God, can you imagine less than 100 years ago people were hiding in an attic from the Nazis and a girl with a grumpy dentist as a...

Maybe this is a good, or even excellent, time to give yourself more permission to heal than the culture ever expected. Maybe if you give you...

"From Root to Crown: A 432Hz Flute Journey..." Codythesoundhealer https://youtube.com/watch?v=00pMBSQLSCc&si=M0ezjvetxxnwEBT-

Paris Paloma - "LABOUR (the cacophony) [Official Lyrics]" https://youtube.com/watch?v=H_sSuViPBHs&si=_N8fliAwhYUhgTba

"'Normal' was never a neutral word..." kristina.kyser.phd https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRN75SPjzg2/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng=...

"Little Lord Fauntleroy" | Free Drama Movie ArtflixMovieClassics https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJTerAzzHfs&si=vGRLh0Bpocx_xs28

"my new style rainbow jelly cake✨🌈 #jelly #asmr" @sweetzori https://youtube.com/shorts/1iQtpX6LOi0?si=9ZI93eJnJcT3XVem

"Schopenhauer's Advice to Gifted Children" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perfectionism/202511/schopenhauers-advice-...

Some patriarchal parents were just explaining how whatever was awful for others still felt awesome to them because "People are assholes...

"Let’s make gender reveal jelly 🩷🩵🩷🩵" ~ kateyamyam https://youtube.com/shorts/U6CVyAU7wX0?si=XobEq8ZnnSP7cbYc

I don't think the title of this is quite true anymore.  "Why do women challenge beauty norms only after they age out of them?"...

There are people who want to help themselves and others, and it's not like they're always gonna be perfect at it, but that's gen...

"ICE fears alter annual California farmworker holiday caravan" | KTVU FOX 2 https://www.ktvu.com/news/ice-fears-alter-annual-cali...

"She was also extremely mercantile" "Prairie Fires – the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser | Bob...

"They were very caught up in defending a way of life they had been taught to adhere to. So, no, they were not really thinking about tha...

Whenever the snobby, self-absorbed patriarchal people are making themselves feel more important by acting like they don't care about oth...

I'm watching the flower farm show before a subscription runs out tonight. Some really wonderful, beautiful, breathtaking images! "G...

'Karoline Leavitt’s Detained Relative Torches Her From ICE Custody" https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitts-detained-relat...

Can different perspectives be useful? Yes!

"You'll take the high road and I'll take the laurel road..." No, that's not it! "Lyrics for Loch Lomond" htt...

I guess all those stories about parents having earnest conversations about civil rights with their children really stand out.

"Yosemite loses MLK, Juneteenth free entry under Trump plan" https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/trump-parks-mlk-juneteen...

I don't know why that poem popped in my head. It didn't happen to me. It happened to somebody else. "Incident"| The Poetry...

I'm sure some people have wanted to act in ways that are better and more healing and more compassionate!

"Forgiveness & Letting Go Sound Bath" - 432hz Crystal Bowls Healing Vibrations https://youtube.com/watch?v=OfLcj2U99Ew&si=...

"It’s still not OK, boomer..." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/07/boomer-millennial-gen-z-housing

Everything going okay here? No kidnappings of the wrong kinds of people or anything? "Floret Flowers - We are a small family farm......

"Heartbeat Drum Song" - Native American https://youtube.com/watch?v=duZ60fUYgX8&si=0CONMW5Yf5jEw_iz

It's already time to get calmer about getting back to calming the self after getting upset about the repetitive gullibility and disrespe...

"WomanSpirit Magazine" - Feminist Spirituality https://www.womanspiritmagazine.com/shop

"The genteel, silver-tongued thinker who fathered US conservatism – and paved the way for Trump"| Biography books | The Guardian h...

"Maybe sometimes when you're being grumpy and sarcastic, you could find a better coping mechanism. How about that?" How to tak...

Liberals who were trained to be patriarchal could reach out more to the conservatives who are always acting like abusive men are more import...

 🪷🕉️🧘🏼‍♀️ "YOU are the violence you need to stop." hellolanemoore https://www.threads.com/@hellolanemoore/post/DR3PHR_kRsh?x...

Was he?  What evidence do you have for that?  He joined ICE.  He did it the tough guy way.  Like a real winner. It was exactly what his pare...

That poor man.

Lies, lies, lies.

Did that make her feel more cozy and accepted?

Fat shaming thinness worship is fascism. And colonialism, too.

"So while my grandma was getting chased by ICE, what coping strategies was your grandpa using?"

I wonder if ICE hasn't come around these parts so much because it's a very conservative area, and maybe, just maybe, the spirit of B...

"12 Can't-Miss Holiday Cookie Recipes" https://www.foodandwine.com/cookies-for-the-holidays-11812820

Was emotional immaturity also this rampant 100 years ago? "ICE agents under scrutiny after man’s legs allegedly crushed in Vancouver ar...

"Oregon Education Association to host trainings to protect kids from ICE" https://katu.com/news/local/oregon-education-association...

"Who was William F. Buckley, Jr.? | The Incomparable..." American Masters PBS https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4JG9xEYKM&si=xGVCe...

  "Data Bias in a World Designed For Men" @breakingdownpatriarchy https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVA3GE0wJag&si=aWpvzX9myL1bO4k...

"What happens when a city takes women’s unpaid work seriously?" https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/happens-city-takes-women-unpai...

Whose fault is that?  I wonder if a female ice agent would have anything to say about this? And are there any bro and sis ice agents, who ha...

🕵🏽‍♀️ 📐👩🏽‍🔬 "Data Bias in a World Designed For Men" @breakingdownpatriarchy https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVA3GE0wJag&si...

"Every time I make an excuse for an abusive man, or another unwell aspect of patriarchal culture, my patriarchal mom / dad status only ...

"College student deported during Thanksgiving trip could’ve fought removal as a kid, US says" https://apnews.com/article/college-s...

So Many Extinction Bursts of Selfishness, Sexism, Greed and Racism. To the detriment of quite a few children, and a number of adults, as wel...

"I have a massive ego. It's very greedy. I was trained to act like I deserve to be super selfish as the highest form of self love. ...

"Positive thoughts: So many more people who have been raised to enable colonizers can celebrate that about themselves in a natural sett...

Even if lots of people were raised by external forces to not really "have the time" to challenge the unhealthy chauvinistic conven...

  WHO GETS SEEN AND WHOSE NEEDS ARE MET "Data Bias in a World Designed For Men" @breakingdownpatriarchy https://youtube.com/watc...

"NPS cuts free entry for MLK Day and Juneteenth, add Trump's birthday" https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/natio...

 🍀🍀🍀🍀 "I'll also add, it's mentally difficult for me to go see family..." Jinx https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrmUJPWP/

 Pink and blue! "easy no bake cotton candy jelly dessert 🩷🩵🩷" ~ kateyamyam https://youtube.com/shorts/c0Z2Ja8iEfo?si=D92hdAx-MT...

  "Part 4 | THEY DESERVE BETTER" #adrianasmith #babychance mewnstone 💖✨ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrmAP41X/

They seem like good people! "Volunteers assemble hundreds of Christmas stockings for children of farmworkers" | KTVU FOX 2 https:...

  Better people. "Security footage shows a 22-year-old U.S. citizen being chased by Border Patrol..." cbsnews https://www.tiktok.c...

"A peaceful gathering and vigil..." Portland, Oregon 12/01/25 ✨Maddiepants ✨ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrm6rx4p/

I wonder if more and more people will be inspired to really change?

I don't believe it's my job to prop up more hurtfully materialistic, misogynistic, anti-feminist attitudes, which got inherited beca...

Does the celebrity feel good enough about himself yet? "Trump awarded FIFA Peace Prize after Nobel rejection" https://www.axios.co...

  "Polar bears are one of the only creatures..." https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/p9PmulVzqF

 😆🥲😭 "Replying to Stephen" Chloe🩷 The Modern Dream Girl™ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTraW4qVc/ "La Matanza" Ashley h...

So many mean, abusive, bullying parents, who act like money is what matters the most. But sometimes, some of their kids got to go to communi...

I hope none of my old students are getting convinced to act like poorly trained and not very intelligent hunting dogs for some temporary for...

Looking forward to more people NOT repeating what was role modeled for them by the older and more unhealthy people, who also could not behav...

"ICE agents detained a US citizen before looking at her ID She was detained on her way to work and released once the agents checked her...

"I overheard two grown men laughing the other day about President Donald Trump’s outburst at the expense of a female reporter he called...

"NPR described Jeffrey Epstein’s victims as 'underage women'" https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-public-editor/2025/12/04/g-...

"Noisy Nora" https://youtu.be/gZBbejaNJXQ?feature=shared What else can you do when all the patriarchs are going to be coming back ...

Takes a lot of labor to fuel some very childish mommies and daddies who got trained to dehumanize others in exchange for... Who? What?  I do...

"To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-...

"Blue Bayou" - ROY ORBISON / LINDA RONSTADT  https://youtube.com/watch?v=VM5i5D-pGiI&si=BCWhLjOMpJEFLuMY

How to be objectified, objectionable, AND abandoned.

"I'm sure you are a lot better to girls and women than what's his name is, but why are you his buddy?" And you're not ...

"Her name has changed and she's married now."

Paris Paloma - "LABOUR (the cacophony) [Official Lyrics]" https://youtube.com/watch?v=H_sSuViPBHs&si=3LtwRVYJyO72g3WI

 "Feel first." "In Norway teens are taught one rule for communication..." demina . energy https://www.instagram.com/p/...

Humans definitely deserve to take care of themselves, but sometimes humans can try to challenge themselves more, too.  It can be disappointi...

As people get better at talking about topics that they would perhaps prefer not to think about too much, I think that this conversation will...

"Defiance County Courthouse" - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defiance_County_Courthouse

Something wanted me to admire the branches of this pruned tree today, and its little leaves. This must be another pruned tree.

Even though there's been times when I have responded to something as a result of a personal reaction, sometimes something just comes to ...

"Mom knew better than to worry about Emma, who had, after all, lived in the iron lung for 15 years and was 'accustomed to the occas...

"The Round Robins' trademark enthusiasm was abruptly suspended by the news that Emma had nearly died in a recent thunderstorm.  Eve...

I think he's annoying because he reminds me of how anti-feminist a lot of people were raised to be, and they still are, sometimes. ...

"I don’t want to make anything other than these ever again!" @MessyBaker https://youtube.com/shorts/0KwhUPg7T7A?si=dICb8vaxHR-pgFI...

"I'm in awe" https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/s/bLGf2FiHEG

I used to be an all-about-me kinda person, but then I got sucked in by devious word arrangements, and before I knew it I found myself...uh.....

This book also talks about a mom who gave birth in an iron lung. And then she spent her days devoted to entering contests, and winning some ...

I really need to go out and appreciate nature more. It was so much better for me psychologically yesterday, and I felt so much more sure of ...

Paris Paloma - "LABOUR (the cacophony) [Official Lyrics]"  https://youtube.com/watch?v=H_sSuViPBHs&si=JTqZ032MFYZYW5G7 ...

 

"'Traumatizing’: San Diego mom details ICE arrest while holding baby at green card interview" – NBC 7 San Diego https://www.nb...

This is such a great distraction from the online content about the kidnappings and the ICE raids! "Dad could laugh along with Mom, but ...

I was reading page 117 of "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," and I was like, Wow! He  (sorry, I should have said she!) really r...

Actually, now I wonder if learning more about Eleanor Roosevelt might perk me up. Too bad we didn't learn about her in school. Oh well. ...

I mean not long ago, your ancestors believed girls and women had no rights, and they were marrying their daughters off at incredibly young a...

"Fantastical content, not editing speed, depletes children's cognitive resources" https://www.psypost.org/fantastical-content-...

 Looks like it, anyway. Needed no convincing!

What other perks come with this job?

I have heard that about a thousand times already and I still really do think that this is so unnecessary, though. "Lee is full-on fangi...

 "I feel like if you improved your attitude, you could get a lot better at making Mark Zuckerberg more money." " Is that righ...

"Health Care for Women: How the U.S. Compares Internationally" https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/aug...

The care package for the children of the addicts will include a nice letter to the older children with an offer of one to three items within...

Some moms and dads are so busy! They are very, very, very busy with very, very, very important activities. That is why not, and it is a v...

"Though their appearances on the show did not really fix any problem they had, the Queens were launched into a temporary pseudo-middle ...

"The show has been called a precursor to today’s reality television and 'the worst program in TV history.'” "Queen for a D...

"Father wasn't alone in his stern advice to women..."   "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" by Terry Ryan and part ...

"Cats adjust their communication strategy by meowing when greeting men" by Paul Arnold, Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2025-12-cat...

Dear little urchins, here's your greasy old freezer-burned sausage from the food bank whereas I have just dined upon scrumptious roasted...

Care packages for children in attics? OR Care packages for children and addicts?

"You know, your routine disregard for the well-being of yourself and other people is going to look very rude." "Who told you ...

We are invited to feel sad for several people. "Celebrities who look unrecognizable today 😳🥲" https://www.reddit.com/r/sadpostin...

Have you had any healthy disagreements recently?

Why was Grandpa like that? Well, why not think of yourself? I suppose that YOU wouldn't want to stop enabling a very unwell, patriarchal...