I came across this article this morning and I wanted had to share it. The title is : Childhood Psychological Abuse Is Sometimes More Harmful than Sexual or Physical Abuse Yes. It. Is. “anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, symptoms of post-traumatic stress and suicidality at the same rate and, in some cases, at a greater rate than children who were physically or sexually…
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How Monsanto is Seeding Fear and why you should help #StopTheDARKAct
This is such a powerful story of fourth generation farmer Michael White and his family’s fight against Monsanto (and their death threats and intimidation tactics) for the right to save seeds. Thanks Kristy Jackson for sharing this video and post by Neil Young. Seeing our family farmers suffer for the sake of a corporations profit has to stop. But how? What one farmer has…
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Finding Rocky Mount, NC
I read a fantastic piece by Robert Draper for GQ Magazine on Rocky Mount, North Carolina this morning. I hate that it took me 5 years to finally come across it. Having never lived there myself, I happened across this NC city by chance over a month ago while looking at North Carolina real estate. I fell in love with…
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The Death of the Solo Social Media Spokesperson?
As I sit here this morning and process through the online maelstrom surrounding Jared Fogle, the grassroots social media/brand spokesperson from Subway, I see vicious comments and quips being posted at a dizzying rate…even from people that I thought wouldn’t be so quick to pick up a pitchfork and torch. There is something I want to say before moving forward…
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Stop the inbox spam. Just. Fucking. Stop.
I know y’all are going to get sick of me bitching about inbox spam but DAMN. It’s like the spam dam broke and all the smarmy sales pitches are flooding my inboxes. Every. Last. One. LinkedIn, Email, Facebook, Twitter, and yes, even my post office box. . . gah. Just. Fucking. Stop. Two things. 1. This type of spam, to me, is…
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