November 14, 2024 • 44 mins
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The Rusted Rabbit
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Kim (00:00):
Welcome back to your Average Witch.
This week is going to be adifferent episode because last
Tuesday was a shitshow.
I asked past guests and somefriends some of which aren't
even witches if they wouldrecord a message of hope, or let
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me use audio from interactionswe've had before.
These are the gracious peoplewho accepted and agreed.
Some of it's pieced togetherfrom private conversations, Some
is from semi-privateconversations and groups, Some
are from Messenger that I justsaid hey, record it on Messenger
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and I'll use that.
At least one of them.
The first one is going to besomething that was written and
they asked me to read it.
If there was editing, it wasdone with the knowledge and
participation of the speakerswho heard the final edit and
okayed it.
So hopefully this helps youstay with us and maybe gives you
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a little hope and comfort.
It did me.
And now let's get to thestories.
First, I'm reading somethingwritten by Katie.
First I'm reading somethingwritten by KT.
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The cold and lonely closet thatI stepped out from is not a
place that you will ever be ableto put me back in.
Your cold stares will notintimidate me.
I've stared death in the facemany times.
You do not scare me.
I do not see you as an enemy,even though you see me as one.
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I will hold doors for you.
I will use manners.
I will say please and thank you, Not out of fear, but morals.
Morals that are not driven byreligious beliefs.
I do not fear you.
I have already lived indarkness.
Time for light time for light.
Amy Blackthorn (02:29):
Hi there, it's been a couple days for a lot of
people, and so I'm just steppingin to remind us all we're not
helpless.
I need you to sit with that fora second, because it's really
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important for people to explainto us how helpless we are.
Our power wouldn't mean nearlyas much if they weren't
terrified of it.
So take a deep breath with me.
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What can you do?
I need you to focus on what youcan do, not what you can't do,
because there's going to beplenty of people ready, willing
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and able to tell us what wecan't do.
Who am I?
My name is amy blackthorn.
I wrote Blackthorn's ProtectionMagic and a bunch of other
stuff, but specifically I wantto talk about how do you protect
yourself moving forward, I'mgetting a bunch of messages all
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day, every day, from peoplesaying what can I do?
How can I protect myself?
How can I protect my family?
What's the reasonable,responsible thing to do?
So the first thing is I'mgetting a lot of questions about
pepper spray.
If you decide to carry pepperspray, go look at your selection
that's available to you.
If you are okay with buyingfrom Amazon, go with the mace
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pepper gel.
It has a UV dye in it that willmark your attacker for up to a
week.
I'm seeing videos and memesshared of a blue dye.
It scrubs off really easy.
It's gone in a day or so andthat's not what we're doing.
Mace pepper gel UV.
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It has a spray.
It comes in a couple differentconfigurations.
One has a flashlight built in,so if you put your finger on the
trigger of the pepper spraynozzle, a flashlight will come
on, so you know where you'regoing.
There's ones with a laser on.
It also helps you withtargeting assistance, no matter
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what you do, no matter where yougo.
First I want you to do is lookat your packaging and see if
there's an expiration date on it.
We don't know how long it'sbeen sitting on the shelf.
If there's no expiration dateon it, write a date on there.
Two years out from when you buyit.
The propellant in there isgoing to leak out over time and
after two years there's notenough propellant left in there
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for you to accurately be able touse it safely.
So we want to make sure thatafter two years it's trash.
Throw it away, get another one.
So buy two.
I know it's a little bit moreexpensive, but trust me it's
worth your safety.
So take one of them out to themiddle of nowhere, away from
dogs, cats, pets, people, andspray it until it is empty.
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It seems wasteful.
I understand.
I need you to know how far it'sgoing to shoot, how far away
from your attacker you can beand still hit them.
I need you to know what thespray pattern looks like If it's
a cone, if it's a fog, if it'sa stream.
You need to know what thatlooks like and how to protect
yourself.
We don't want you to walk intosome overspray.
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Foggers are not a thing.
Especially don't ever use themindoors.
You'll gas yourself.
I want you to know all of thesethings because you need to know
how to protect yourself withthis specific tool.
None of these things are magicwands that are going to get you
out of danger spectacularly andeasily.
We need to know how they work.
So spray it until it's empty.
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I want you to see how far awayyou can be and still hit them
with it.
I want you to know how to keepyourself from getting hit with
the overspray.
I go with a pepper gel over aspray, because it'll get behind
glasses.
It'll look like somebody hitthem in the face with a pumpkin
pie.
So I want to make sure thatthey are as far away from you as
they can be.
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You can still make sure thatyou are as safe and protected as
you can be.
What about stun guns versustasers?
You're going to run into a lotmore legal repercussions with an
electronic device.
Keep in mind that tasers arenot as widely legal as stun guns
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are.
Keep in mind that with stunguns and tasers, because they're
not firearms, they're regulateddifferently.
There could be a prohibitionagainst it in your city or your
county, even if it's legal inyour state.
So, for example, stun guns areillegal in Maryland but they're
not legal in Baltimore City.
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They're illegal in New CastleCounty but they're legal in
other parts of Delaware, legalin Newcastle County.
Or they're illegal in NewcastleCounty but they're legal in
other parts of Delaware.
Make sure that yourmunicipality is listed as to
anything that's legal or notlegal.
The difference between stun gunsand tasers and movies get this
wrong every single day.
The taser has prongs that shootout and can attack and attach
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to your attacker.
Stun guns have fixed prongs andyou have to be a lot closer to
actually touch them with thedevice.
Two separate styles ofcommunication.
They both have their pros andcons.
Neither one is inherently good,neither one is inherently bad
With tasers.
If both prongs do not land sayone prong lands on the skin and
one prong lands on a heavyjacket you're not going to get
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the result that you're lookingfor.
You'd have to reload First ofall.
You'd have to figure out how toreload.
You'd actually have to have asecond cartridge on you.
Most tasers are only going tocome with one or the other, not
both.
They create a lot of waste.
If you're deploying one,there's usually the cartridge
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that you're reloading is filledwith one.
It's a lot of plastic waste.
There's fishhook barbs Thankyou, millie.
There's often a lot of confettiput in there with the serial
number of the cartridge on it,and so when you deploy it, it
creates not only a lot of waste,but it gives serial numbers to
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the police.
That way they know who to lookfor who needs help.
So stun guns are going to haveto.
You're going to have to be alot closer to them and they
don't cycle the way a taser does.
A taser will have a cyclingpattern, just like an electric
fence buzz, buzz, buzz.
Stun guns are constant.
You have to get really close touse them, which means the bad
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guy can grab you and if you'reum, then hit the button after
they've grabbed you.
It's going to make it a lotharder to let go of that button
before it causes injury to youas well as the person you're
defending yourself against.
All of these is to sayeverybody's got pros and cons.
If you have questions about oneor the other, please, please.
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Chapter six in Blackthroat'sProtection Magic is a 13,000
word escape innovation course.
It's going to tell you how tonot only how to get out, but
where to go.
What to do how to lose stalkers.
How to what to do if someone'sfollowing you home, either on
foot or in a car.
What to do and how to get awayfrom stalkers.
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What to do if someone isharassing you online.
How to escape rope, duct tape,zip ties, handcuffs, chains
anyone who's trying to illegallyrestrain you.
Chapter six I went back andforth over including a chapter
on personal security in a bookon protection magic, but I feel
like if I don't include it, I'mdoing a disservice to my
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community.
You won't find a list of punchesand kicks.
I want everyone to be able toprotect themselves the best way
they can, no matter their age,ability, health or strength.
I'm a black belt and can teachthat class in person, but I
cannot supervise you at home tomake sure you aren't hurt
practicing.
I fully believe in encouragingthe society where, instead of
admonishing women not to beassaulted, we teach everyone
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consent.
Sadly, that is not the world inwhich we currently find
ourselves.
If you can get away, do it.
If you can escape and get toother potential victims, to
safety too, do it.
But get out so you can saveyourself and help others if they
are affected.
If it's only you, you're theonly one who can make that
decision, and whether or not youchoose to report, I believe you
, I see you and I stand with you.
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Again, my name is AmyBlackthorn.
We are talking aboutBlackthorn's protection magic,
because I want to make sure thatyou make it home safely at the
end of the day, which is pagans,heathens.
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I want to make sure that youhave the opportunity to get
yourself and your family homesafely.
I'm not going to tell you thatit's not scary outside, but
there are things to hope for.
Take a deep breath and moveforward with the knowledge that
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you are the only one of you thatwe have.
We can replace pepper spray, wecan replace stun guns.
We can replace a lot.
We cannot get another.
You Stay safe.
2 (12:27):
Hi, my name is Corey from Corey's Cauldron.
After last week, a lot ofpeople are feeling scared,
defeated, nervous, anxious.
The list of emotions couldreally go on.
I want to say that thesefeelings are valid.
There's a large part of thecommunity AFAB individuals,
trans individuals, non-binaryindividuals, queer individuals,
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non-white individuals or thosethat may be perceived in any of
these groups that may beexperiencing this entire set of
emotions.
I want to say that now is thetime to plan and figure out your
options.
File any paperwork that youneed to file now, apply for
passports, look at possible visasolutions and start saving
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money, preferably cash, if youcan.
Look at options for self-defenseand protection.
This does not always mean thatyou have to have a gun.
There's pepper spray, pepper,gel tasers, stun guns and even a
cotton handkerchief with afunctional master lock tied to
it can provide a pretty decentdefense weapon.
Find self-defense resourcesonline or in person, if you can
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get to them and can afford themand you're physically able.
Most importantly, know thelocal and state laws in regard
to your abilities to defendyourself.
Stand your ground.
States work both ways.
Also, some states don't allowcertain types of self-defense.
These are things that you needto know when traveling, be aware
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of the state that you aretraveling to and their laws and
regulations around thoseself-defense items.
If you're flying, ensure thatyou have TSA-approved items in
both your checked and carry-onbags so that you don't lose
those abilities to protectyourself.
Specifically to the LGBTQ plusmembers out there, know that you
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are not alone.
Part of queer history is thatwe have been targets by certain
religious and political groupssince they turned their hateful
sights on us.
Find your local community, makefriends inside your local
community, set aside pettysquabbles, work through them and
if you can't, then don't engagewith those that you cannot
engage with in a healthy way.
But we have to build a supportnetwork with each other so that
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we can all be as safe aspossible To those that tout
themselves as allies to thecommunities I mentioned at the
beginning.
Now is the time to put youractions to your words.
There will be moments when youneed to speak.
Do it If it makes youmomentarily uncomfortable.
Imagine what it's like forsomeone who has the identity
that you're advocating for.
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There will be moments when youneed to be the person to raise a
voice of the minorityindividual.
Do it.
Don't talk over them.
Put a spotlight on them.
There will be moments when youmay need to physically defend
minority individuals.
Do it to the best of yourability.
The people in these groups maynot feel safe and may need
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additional backup in thatprotection.
And for everyone listening, Iencourage you to look up
greenbystander interventionstrategies.
This is a method of creatingsafe and healthy and respectful
spaces.
These are tools that you canuse that do all of the above in
safer ways.
You are not alone in this.
Now is the time to show up andshow out, however you can
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mentally, emotionally,spiritually and physically.
If that means you do thingsfrom a computer, go for it.
Calling local politicalrepresentatives, that's awesome.
Going to protest cool.
Any action is better thaninaction.
And as a final reminder,witchcraft has always been a
tool of the minority communitiesto regain control and power
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from those who look to oppressus.
Do not forget that power.
3 (16:07):
Hello from your local Canadian witch.
I am sending so much love andsupport and comfort from across
the border.
Please note that there are manyof us here that are thinking
very dearly of you, and evenoverseas I have friends from
elsewhere who also feel the same.
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You are not alone.
The world is watching and theworld is aware of how disastrous
this is.
But the world is also there tosupport you, even if we're a
little bit farther away.
You, even if we're a little bitfarther away.
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I simply would like you toremember where your power lies.
You have it and you have a lotof it, and you're the only one
who can raise it or diminish it.
Nobody can take that power awayfrom you.
They can put laws into place,they can put limitations on you.
They can't take your ownpersonal power away.
You are a strong witch and thatbelongs to you.
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Please keep that in your heartand reach out to close friends
or friends across the border ifever you feel like you need to
Take care.
4 (17:35):
Hey guys, this is Lyra.
Whoever is out there listening,you know.
Thank you.
Thank you for making thiscommunity what it is, because,
it's true, every single personin this community, every single
listener, every singleparticipant or lurker, you make
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this community what it is.
And, in a time of suchuncertainty and feelings of
helplessness, leaning into ourcommunities, whether they be
across the street or across thecountry, is the most important
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thing that we can do in additionto keeping our own cups filled
and our hearts as light as theycan be.
Lean into your neighbor, helpyour neighbor, love your
neighbor, and there is no oneperfect way or singular way to
do that, because we come fromall walks of life, all levels of
privilege, all abilities.
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There are things that we canand cannot do with our time and
resources, so this is animportant time to remember that
no contribution is too small.
This is an important time toremember that you don't have to
be incredibly good at somethingfor it to be valid or valuable,
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whether that be how you serveyour community, or a hobby or
craft that you enjoy right nowto keep your heart filled and
your mind off of things.
It does not have to be good orperfect to be valuable, because
our very presence amongst eachother is the most valuable thing
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that we can have.
I love you guys.
5 (19:33):
I think that a lot of my despair and tears on Tuesday and
hopelessness was exhaustionmore than anything else.
Like just exhausted, right, wealways have, especially those of
us in communities where wedon't follow and fall in line
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with the norm.
We've always organized andfought and gotten together, so
we're going to keep doing it.
It just hurt real bad for allof us because it set us back
from progress we had alreadymade a long time ago.
So that is, I think, the mostdisheartening thing that I'm
feeling.
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And then fear right, like notonly will he set us back, what
will he fucking like?
It's pretty frightening and Ikeep getting a lot of people
very like it's gonna be fine,it's just four years.
And it's like we're lucky ifit's gonna be four years because
there's things he wants to undoyears and it's like we're lucky
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if it's going to be four yearsbecause there's things he wants
to undo.
I don't like that.
People and I get it some ofthem are saying it for
themselves so that they can stopfocusing on the impending doom
they're feeling but four yearsis a long time, guys, it's not.
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Yeah, it goes by fast and itfeels short, but really in a
human life four years is a longtime.
You know it's also privilegedto just go oh, it's only four
years.
What if you don't make itthrough the four years?
You know what I mean.
Like, there's just a lot ofpeople just keep throwing their
privilege around in that sense,and it's frustrating and I think
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that we need to keep discussingit until we're okay.
And I mean I don't, I know weprobably will never be okay,
okay, but until we can allcollectively function together
and do the work again, some morecontinue, right.
But something I was talking tomy friend.
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I met her through the dancefunctions I used to go to and
she's super frightened as well.
We need to keep connecting, weneed to keep uniting, we need to
keep talking, havingconversations.
Again, a lot of what our problemis is those of us on the
opposite side have branches ofsides and we can't seem to
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collectively get along just toget an election won.
You know what I mean and thatis our problem.
And that is a tactic, like hewas saying, on the Republican
side.
How do they further divide us,how do they further make us mad
at each other?
Right, so we have to recognizewhen that's happening and do
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what we can to mend that amongsteach other.
So those of us like I realizedthat I have privilege in the
fact that my day job does notget affected really by anything
that I post, and I've worked tohave a day job that way.
I've had day jobs before whereI'm not allowed and I'm like,
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excuse me, where I'm not allowedand I'm like, excuse me, you
only pay me like $11 an hour,I'm not allowed, get out of here
.
And also, I live in a communitythat's fairly safe for me.
We have worked very hard, chicaand X people, to make a safe
space for us, so I don't havefear.
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I also don't fear anyone in mycommunity and I have a.
That's a privilege as well, soI'm utilizing my platform
bravely.
Also, I don't give a shit whatmy family thinks and most of
them already have known that mywhole life I've always been like
this, so they don't really giveme that much grief for being
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who I am.
So because I don't really havegrief to overshare, I make sure
I overshare and I'm loud,because I've had a lot of people
with my posts reach out to meprivately a lot and tell me
they're feeling the same, butthey don't feel comfortable
sharing it publicly, or they are.
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You know.
They've just reached out to menot to check on me I mean in
addition to checking on me butalso to let me know how they're
feeling.
And so those of us who can beable to share out loud like you
are showing you are showingpeople you're a safe space to
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confide in, to unite with, towork with and someday, help them
to get brave enough to continueto utilize their platform.
Hopefully, these platformsdon't ever get stronger and make
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more in dents and imprints inthe changes that we make and the
marks that we leave.
This is one of my goals, hasalways been one of my goals.
This is one of my goals, hasalways been one of my goals.
And because I've been loud likethis and because I've been
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brave, I've connected withpeople like who I would have
otherwise not been able to meethad I not put myself out there.
I've connected with you guys.
We continue to connect witheach other.
We continue to find more peoplethat are like-minded.
So be brave.
It's hard and when you're ready,you know all our grieving
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processes are different and taketime, but every now and then
you get a surprise.
You give somebody that chanceyou hear them or whatever, and
they aren't a fucking racist orbigot or homophobic asshole, and
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then that's how you connectwith community.
But not everybody has thespoons and the patience and the
mental health you know place towant to do that, and so I
understand.
It's fucking scary, and so Ithink each of us right now are
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trying to find where we go from.
Like now, what, how do I pullmyself?
Find where we go from?
Like now, what, how do I pullmyself?
Each of us are feeling that outof this hole of fright, to be
effective for whoever it iswe're fighting for, including
ourselves, right, and so I loveyou and I love all of you, and
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I'm hoping we can all find wherethat is soon.
But when you're ready and youcan do what, do what you can,
but when you're ready to bebrave and reach out or share
with other people, it makes abig difference.
6 (26:53):
Hey y'all.
It's Lindsay here from theRusted Rabbit.
I just wanted to remind youthat you are loved, valued and
supported always.
I love you so much.
I know that the world is onfire right now and it's going to
get tough, but you're not alone.
We'll get through this together.
We have a beautiful communityand we're really lucky for that.
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We have a lot of support.
Take care of yourselves andeach other.
Oh, also a reminder thatemergency contraceptives have a
shelf life of four years, somaybe stock up on a few of those
, All right, I love you so much.
7 (27:34):
Hi, this is Madam Pamita and I want to reach out to all my
friends who are women, people ofcolor, lgbtq, immigrants.
I am with you, I love you, Icare about you, I see you and I
am with you or any kind ofdocumentable harassment based on
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your gender, your sexualorientation, your ethnicity,
your immigrant status.
Reach out to the SouthernPoverty Law Center.
Sorry, I stumbled on that.
Spl Center is where you canfind them online.
They will help you and theywill support you and if you want
to find a good organizationthat you would like to support
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with your donations, spl Centeris a great place to make a
donation to fight fascism and tofight racism and sexism and
homophobia.
8 (28:30):
Hey y'all.
It's Popcorn Daddy here, justchecking in, wanted to remind
you that you are loved and youare safe.
Right now.
You have a lot of reallybeautiful community around you,
so make sure that you arespending time and putting energy
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into that and putting energyinto that.
Get out, be around the peoplethat you know you're safe with
and yeah don't lose sight ofthat.
We're going to get through it.
I know this shit's really scaryright now, but we're going to
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find a way.
9 (29:18):
Yeah, we will make beauty in the darkness and I'm looking
forward to, has been scary forso many of us, and for some of
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y'all, this fear is a very newfeeling.
As a queer bipolar witch inTexas with a uterus that's tried
to assassinate them multipletimes, this fear is nothing new
for me.
As the daughter of a lesbian, Iwas born to this fear.
As the daughter of an abusiveman, I was born to this fear.
As the daughter of an abusiveman, I was raised in it.
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Fear has controlled me for mostof my life.
It continues to control a fairamount of this world.
While science and spiritualitycan tell us, we cannot think
clearly or make rationaldecisions when we are trapped in
the constant state of fear.
It is so hard to see that andto know that when we are in the
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thick of it and when we arefeeling so alone, you are not
alone.
I had to learn a long time agothat fear must be embraced and
transformed into something newand more powerful.
I learned to turn my fear intoa powerful force for community
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building and healing others likemyself.
So you are not alone in thiswork.
There is an army of communitybuilders, of healers and
resources ready for you to joinus in the resistance.
Find your strength in thisdarkness and know that you are
just one of a sea of starsworking to light up this dark
night.
You're a witch after all.
We've got work to do, so takecare of yourself and I'll see
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you out there.
I love you, guys, and I'll seeyou out there.
10 (31:19):
I love you guys.
Hey witches, this is RachelHenderson, and I'm just letting
you know that you are not alone.
Things are really tough rightnow and I'm not going to say
that they're going to be okay,but what I want you to remember
is that you're not alone.
So take care of yourself andfind your group and your people
and work together to make a safespace for you all.
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I really don't know what muchmore else to say than that, but
just take care of it, that's it.
I love you.
11 (31:54):
Get up, get up, get up, get up.
A decade ago, I wrote a poem asI was coming out of five years
of advocacy work.
It was a poem about beingbone-tired in battle.
That battle is over, but thewar continues.
My role is different in thiscoming battle.
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I recognize it and I honor it.
I am not a soldier, but anactivist in this war.
What I refuse is to be a victim.
I would embolden all of youlistening to crawl deep within
yourself, find your fire, yourpassion, your strength, no
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matter how small it seems rightnow.
If it is laced with fear rightnow, that's okay.
Every good soldier and activisthas fear.
Every enlightened being hasfear.
But I beg you, do not sit withfear for long, for she likes how
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it creates solitude within you.
Pray to your gods and yourgoddesses.
Leave offerings, do your spellwork.
Honor the women and the witchesthat have come before you, that
fought battles.
Don't let them see you lay downtheir swords, their swords.
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Twenty years ago, I broke out ofthe broom closet and I refuse
to go back.
I revisit teachings of StarhawkLayla Holtite, malala Yousafzai
, hepatia, frida Kahlo, all thefemale suffragettes, whomever
you need to sit with, whateverteachings you need to sit with
to gather yourself and yourstrength.
I beg you, please do it.
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Get up.
Let the current politicians seeyour tears and assume that they
are seasoned only with fear.
It's up to us as women, aswitches, to season them secretly
with courage and resistance aswell.
Be the good kitchen witch.
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Get up.
You are the next generation ofwomen in a century-old global
fight to exist as we know thatwe should.
For centuries, our foremothersall over the world have fought
for this.
Get up, even if it is tomorrow,next week, next month.
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Get up, otherwise they have wonand your foremother's efforts
are wasted.
Get up, because fear is finiteand love is infinite.
Finite and love is infinite,which is rise, get up.
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Since the election news, I havesat in prayer and all I can
hear are the words get up.
My name is Sabine, I will rise.
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Hi friends, teresa Marisa here, I just wanted to hop in
and say that I love you all.
I'm sending you all foreheadkisses, lots of love, lots of
support, and we will get throughthis in community.
So stay in touch, reach out tothe people that you can trust,
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reach out to the people that youlove and that love you and know
that we will make it throughthis time together.
Love you, guys.
Forehead kisses.
14 (36:00):
Hey, it's Danae from Witchy Woman Podcast.
Thank you to Kim for allowingus to come on here and give you
guys a little snippet of what wehave to say.
I want everybody to understandthat whatever you're feeling
right now, it really whateverthe emotion is, it's valid.
It's valid and also allowyourself the time to work
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through that.
There's no timeline, there's nodeadline, there's no
expectations on getting back towhatever normal is going to be.
So allow yourself the time.
Sit with it.
If thinking day to day is givingyou anxiety, think moment to
moment.
Think what do I have to do thishour?
What am I going to do the nexthour?
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So the more overwhelmed youbecome, the smaller increments
of time you think forward into.
Does that make sense?
I hope so.
It's something that mytherapist taught me and it's
actually serving me pretty wellright now.
So I try not to think about toomuch in the future.
I know we have to becauseadulting.
However, for the most part, I'mthinking about what I have to
do from hour to hour, from dayto day.
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That's it.
I highly suggest doing somethingevery day for a mindfulness
practice or meditating orsomething like that, and that
means a lot of different thingsfor a lot of different people.
Mindfulness and meditationdoesn't have to be what you
typically see online on thoseperfect Instagram accounts and
things like that.
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That's not what it has to looklike for you.
It could be five minutes ofstaring into the abyss in
complete silence.
If that's what brings youcomfort and helps you center, do
it.
It could be journaling.
It might be a nature walk ortending to your, you know,
inside plants.
Lately, for me, it's juststretching my body really good
and then grabbing a candle likeI have these little tea light
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candles and I scream and yell atit and I get all of my rage out
into this candle and then Iburn.
It Sounds crazy and I oh God, Ican.
I'm so glad I live in themiddle of fucking nowhere
because people think I'm crazy.
Another little tool that I'vebeen using from my therapist is
to be intentional in finding joydaily.
It may sound completelyunattainable and I get that, but
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hear me out.
So this is what I'm doing.
You do out.
So this is what I'm doing.
You do you, but this is whatI'm doing.
So every morning, as part of myroutine, I turn on some music.
So right now, it's whatever isgoing to bring me some kind of
glimmer of joy.
So right now it's 90s rapbecause I grew up in the and my
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high school years were in the90s.
90s rap because I grew up inthe and my high school years
were in the 90s.
So I've got like 90s rap andthen super ragey metal music and
I just bounce back and forthfor about five, 10 minutes
however long I freaking want toor have time for and I sing
along, I scream, I rap, I danceall over my kitchen, my living
room, whatever.
But I'm doing the things, I'mtrying, and some days it does
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not feel good, but usually, evenif I'm not having a good time,
even if I'm not vibing with themusic, I will end up smiling
because I know I look like afreaking fool, like I know I've
got to look absolutelyridiculous like singing and
dancing in my living room.
So try something.
Whatever that is for you.
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Also, another thing I want tomention is creating community,
and I know not everybody isgoing to be able to do this.
However, if you feel safe,community, in-person type stuff,
is going to mean a lot and it'sgoing to be very, very valuable
for us.
Feeling like you have a safespace like you have a safe place
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to learn and to grow and toheal, and creating some kind of
like meetup.
Or maybe you just hang out oncea month with your friends and
do witchy shit, whatever that is.
Make an effort to see eachother in person if you can.
If you cannot, we have onlinespaces, like there's plenty of
online spaces even within thepodcast, like the Witchy Podcast
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community.
There are so many spaces on allkinds of different social media
platforms that you can connectwith other people and learn from
each other, commiserate,celebrate your joys and your
successes.
That's going to be very, veryimportant.
I'm going to leave you with asmall tidbit of advice and then
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I'm going to go, but remember todrink your water, wash your ass
and ask for help if you need it, okay.
Hi, this is Didi, from myAwesome Didi Tarot and and
studios, and I wanted to remindus about the laws of as above,
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so below, and stars yeah, thestars that we love to group into
constellations, the same starsthat we use to navigate us over
eons, over oceans, the samestars that we wish upon as
they're hurling through space.
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I took a little quote off ofthe interwebs and it goes like
this A star is born when atoms,of light elements, are squeezed
under enough pressure for theirnuclei to undergo fusion.
All stars are the result of abalance of forces.
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The force of gravity compressesatoms in an interstellar gas
until the fusion reactions begin.
Once the fusion reactions begin, they exert in an outward
pressure.
As long as the inward force ofgravity and the outward force
generated by the fusionreactions are equal, the star
will remain stable.
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As above, so below, and as weare driven inward, as humans,
back into ourselves, as weremain mindful of who we are and
who we want to be in just thosemoments, that's what's creating
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our outward force of evolution,our outward shine.
Force of evolution, our outwardshine, and sometimes we don't
know who's counting on us andwho's wishing on us, but they
are, and it could be a long timebefore we actually even notice
that someone was looking to usfor guidance.
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We are stardust, we are eternaland we are also mortal, and
that is our plight, that is ourpurpose To bring meaning to
these mortal coils.
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I hope that was insightful.
Sending all my love, didi.
Kim (43:01):
Thanks for listening.
If you were able to contribute,then know that I appreciate you
so much, and if you weren't,for whatever reason, I hope that
things get better.
I don't know if there will bean episode next week because I
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don't have anything pre-recordedand everything sucks right now,
basically and not just for me,because I don't know if I can do
a good interview and the peoplethat I would talk to are also
struggling, so I don't know ifthere will be an episode next
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week or not.
I'll be back the week after,definitely, but we'll see about
next week.
I will try, I will do my bestand I hope you do your best too.
Be nice to yourself.
Try to be nice to those peoplearound you who deserve it, maybe
even if they don't deserve it.
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I love you.
Welcome back to your Average Witch.
This week is going to be adifferent episode because last
Tuesday was a shitshow.
I asked past guests and somefriends some of which aren't
even witches if they wouldrecord a message of hope, or let
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me use audio from interactionswe've had before.
These are the gracious peoplewho accepted and agreed.
Some of it's pieced togetherfrom private conversations, Some
is from semi-privateconversations and groups, Some
are from Messenger that I justsaid hey, record it on Messenger
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and I'll use that.
At least one of them.
The first one is going to besomething that was written and
they asked me to read it.
If there was editing, it wasdone with the knowledge and
participation of the speakerswho heard the final edit and
okayed it.
So hopefully this helps youstay with us and maybe gives you
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a little hope and comfort.
It did me.
And now let's get to thestories.
First, I'm reading somethingwritten by Katie.
First I'm reading somethingwritten by KT.
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The cold and lonely closet thatI stepped out from is not a
place that you will ever be ableto put me back in.
Your cold stares will notintimidate me.
I've stared death in the facemany times.
You do not scare me.
I do not see you as an enemy,even though you see me as one.
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I will hold doors for you.
I will use manners.
I will say please and thank you, Not out of fear, but morals.
Morals that are not driven byreligious beliefs.
I do not fear you.
I have already lived indarkness.
Time for light time for light.
Amy Blackthorn (02:29):
Hi there, it's been a couple days for a lot of
people, and so I'm just steppingin to remind us all we're not
helpless.
I need you to sit with that fora second, because it's really
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important for people to explainto us how helpless we are.
Our power wouldn't mean nearlyas much if they weren't
terrified of it.
So take a deep breath with me.
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What can you do?
I need you to focus on what youcan do, not what you can't do,
because there's going to beplenty of people ready, willing
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and able to tell us what wecan't do.
Who am I?
My name is amy blackthorn.
I wrote Blackthorn's ProtectionMagic and a bunch of other
stuff, but specifically I wantto talk about how do you protect
yourself moving forward, I'mgetting a bunch of messages all
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day, every day, from peoplesaying what can I do?
How can I protect myself?
How can I protect my family?
What's the reasonable,responsible thing to do?
So the first thing is I'mgetting a lot of questions about
pepper spray.
If you decide to carry pepperspray, go look at your selection
that's available to you.
If you are okay with buyingfrom Amazon, go with the mace
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pepper gel.
It has a UV dye in it that willmark your attacker for up to a
week.
I'm seeing videos and memesshared of a blue dye.
It scrubs off really easy.
It's gone in a day or so andthat's not what we're doing.
Mace pepper gel UV.
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It has a spray.
It comes in a couple differentconfigurations.
One has a flashlight built in,so if you put your finger on the
trigger of the pepper spraynozzle, a flashlight will come
on, so you know where you'regoing.
There's ones with a laser on.
It also helps you withtargeting assistance, no matter
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what you do, no matter where yougo.
First I want you to do is lookat your packaging and see if
there's an expiration date on it.
We don't know how long it'sbeen sitting on the shelf.
If there's no expiration dateon it, write a date on there.
Two years out from when you buyit.
The propellant in there isgoing to leak out over time and
after two years there's notenough propellant left in there
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for you to accurately be able touse it safely.
So we want to make sure thatafter two years it's trash.
Throw it away, get another one.
So buy two.
I know it's a little bit moreexpensive, but trust me it's
worth your safety.
So take one of them out to themiddle of nowhere, away from
dogs, cats, pets, people, andspray it until it is empty.
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It seems wasteful.
I understand.
I need you to know how far it'sgoing to shoot, how far away
from your attacker you can beand still hit them.
I need you to know what thespray pattern looks like If it's
a cone, if it's a fog, if it'sa stream.
You need to know what thatlooks like and how to protect
yourself.
We don't want you to walk intosome overspray.
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Foggers are not a thing.
Especially don't ever use themindoors.
You'll gas yourself.
I want you to know all of thesethings because you need to know
how to protect yourself withthis specific tool.
None of these things are magicwands that are going to get you
out of danger spectacularly andeasily.
We need to know how they work.
So spray it until it's empty.
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I want you to see how far awayyou can be and still hit them
with it.
I want you to know how to keepyourself from getting hit with
the overspray.
I go with a pepper gel over aspray, because it'll get behind
glasses.
It'll look like somebody hitthem in the face with a pumpkin
pie.
So I want to make sure thatthey are as far away from you as
they can be.
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You can still make sure thatyou are as safe and protected as
you can be.
What about stun guns versustasers?
You're going to run into a lotmore legal repercussions with an
electronic device.
Keep in mind that tasers arenot as widely legal as stun guns
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are.
Keep in mind that with stunguns and tasers, because they're
not firearms, they're regulateddifferently.
There could be a prohibitionagainst it in your city or your
county, even if it's legal inyour state.
So, for example, stun guns areillegal in Maryland but they're
not legal in Baltimore City.
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They're illegal in New CastleCounty but they're legal in
other parts of Delaware, legalin Newcastle County.
Or they're illegal in NewcastleCounty but they're legal in
other parts of Delaware.
Make sure that yourmunicipality is listed as to
anything that's legal or notlegal.
The difference between stun gunsand tasers and movies get this
wrong every single day.
The taser has prongs that shootout and can attack and attach
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to your attacker.
Stun guns have fixed prongs andyou have to be a lot closer to
actually touch them with thedevice.
Two separate styles ofcommunication.
They both have their pros andcons.
Neither one is inherently good,neither one is inherently bad
With tasers.
If both prongs do not land sayone prong lands on the skin and
one prong lands on a heavyjacket you're not going to get
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the result that you're lookingfor.
You'd have to reload First ofall.
You'd have to figure out how toreload.
You'd actually have to have asecond cartridge on you.
Most tasers are only going tocome with one or the other, not
both.
They create a lot of waste.
If you're deploying one,there's usually the cartridge
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that you're reloading is filledwith one.
It's a lot of plastic waste.
There's fishhook barbs Thankyou, millie.
There's often a lot of confettiput in there with the serial
number of the cartridge on it,and so when you deploy it, it
creates not only a lot of waste,but it gives serial numbers to
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the police.
That way they know who to lookfor who needs help.
So stun guns are going to haveto.
You're going to have to be alot closer to them and they
don't cycle the way a taser does.
A taser will have a cyclingpattern, just like an electric
fence buzz, buzz, buzz.
Stun guns are constant.
You have to get really close touse them, which means the bad
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guy can grab you and if you'reum, then hit the button after
they've grabbed you.
It's going to make it a lotharder to let go of that button
before it causes injury to youas well as the person you're
defending yourself against.
All of these is to sayeverybody's got pros and cons.
If you have questions about oneor the other, please, please.
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Chapter six in Blackthroat'sProtection Magic is a 13,000
word escape innovation course.
It's going to tell you how tonot only how to get out, but
where to go.
What to do how to lose stalkers.
How to what to do if someone'sfollowing you home, either on
foot or in a car.
What to do and how to get awayfrom stalkers.
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What to do if someone isharassing you online.
How to escape rope, duct tape,zip ties, handcuffs, chains
anyone who's trying to illegallyrestrain you.
Chapter six I went back andforth over including a chapter
on personal security in a bookon protection magic, but I feel
like if I don't include it, I'mdoing a disservice to my
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community.
You won't find a list of punchesand kicks.
I want everyone to be able toprotect themselves the best way
they can, no matter their age,ability, health or strength.
I'm a black belt and can teachthat class in person, but I
cannot supervise you at home tomake sure you aren't hurt
practicing.
I fully believe in encouragingthe society where, instead of
admonishing women not to beassaulted, we teach everyone
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consent.
Sadly, that is not the world inwhich we currently find
ourselves.
If you can get away, do it.
If you can escape and get toother potential victims, to
safety too, do it.
But get out so you can saveyourself and help others if they
are affected.
If it's only you, you're theonly one who can make that
decision, and whether or not youchoose to report, I believe you
, I see you and I stand with you.
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Again, my name is AmyBlackthorn.
We are talking aboutBlackthorn's protection magic,
because I want to make sure thatyou make it home safely at the
end of the day, which is pagans,heathens.
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I want to make sure that youhave the opportunity to get
yourself and your family homesafely.
I'm not going to tell you thatit's not scary outside, but
there are things to hope for.
Take a deep breath and moveforward with the knowledge that
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you are the only one of you thatwe have.
We can replace pepper spray, wecan replace stun guns.
We can replace a lot.
We cannot get another.
You Stay safe.
2 (12:27):
Hi, my name is Corey from Corey's Cauldron.
After last week, a lot ofpeople are feeling scared,
defeated, nervous, anxious.
The list of emotions couldreally go on.
I want to say that thesefeelings are valid.
There's a large part of thecommunity AFAB individuals,
trans individuals, non-binaryindividuals, queer individuals,
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non-white individuals or thosethat may be perceived in any of
these groups that may beexperiencing this entire set of
emotions.
I want to say that now is thetime to plan and figure out your
options.
File any paperwork that youneed to file now, apply for
passports, look at possible visasolutions and start saving
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money, preferably cash, if youcan.
Look at options for self-defenseand protection.
This does not always mean thatyou have to have a gun.
There's pepper spray, pepper,gel tasers, stun guns and even a
cotton handkerchief with afunctional master lock tied to
it can provide a pretty decentdefense weapon.
Find self-defense resourcesonline or in person, if you can
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get to them and can afford themand you're physically able.
Most importantly, know thelocal and state laws in regard
to your abilities to defendyourself.
Stand your ground.
States work both ways.
Also, some states don't allowcertain types of self-defense.
These are things that you needto know when traveling, be aware
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of the state that you aretraveling to and their laws and
regulations around thoseself-defense items.
If you're flying, ensure thatyou have TSA-approved items in
both your checked and carry-onbags so that you don't lose
those abilities to protectyourself.
Specifically to the LGBTQ plusmembers out there, know that you
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are not alone.
Part of queer history is thatwe have been targets by certain
religious and political groupssince they turned their hateful
sights on us.
Find your local community, makefriends inside your local
community, set aside pettysquabbles, work through them and
if you can't, then don't engagewith those that you cannot
engage with in a healthy way.
But we have to build a supportnetwork with each other so that
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we can all be as safe aspossible To those that tout
themselves as allies to thecommunities I mentioned at the
beginning.
Now is the time to put youractions to your words.
There will be moments when youneed to speak.
Do it If it makes youmomentarily uncomfortable.
Imagine what it's like forsomeone who has the identity
that you're advocating for.
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There will be moments when youneed to be the person to raise a
voice of the minorityindividual.
Do it.
Don't talk over them.
Put a spotlight on them.
There will be moments when youmay need to physically defend
minority individuals.
Do it to the best of yourability.
The people in these groups maynot feel safe and may need
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additional backup in thatprotection.
And for everyone listening, Iencourage you to look up
greenbystander interventionstrategies.
This is a method of creatingsafe and healthy and respectful
spaces.
These are tools that you canuse that do all of the above in
safer ways.
You are not alone in this.
Now is the time to show up andshow out, however you can
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mentally, emotionally,spiritually and physically.
If that means you do thingsfrom a computer, go for it.
Calling local politicalrepresentatives, that's awesome.
Going to protest cool.
Any action is better thaninaction.
And as a final reminder,witchcraft has always been a
tool of the minority communitiesto regain control and power
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from those who look to oppressus.
Do not forget that power.
3 (16:07):
Hello from your local Canadian witch.
I am sending so much love andsupport and comfort from across
the border.
Please note that there are manyof us here that are thinking
very dearly of you, and evenoverseas I have friends from
elsewhere who also feel the same.
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You are not alone.
The world is watching and theworld is aware of how disastrous
this is.
But the world is also there tosupport you, even if we're a
little bit farther away.
You, even if we're a little bitfarther away.
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I simply would like you toremember where your power lies.
You have it and you have a lotof it, and you're the only one
who can raise it or diminish it.
Nobody can take that power awayfrom you.
They can put laws into place,they can put limitations on you.
They can't take your ownpersonal power away.
You are a strong witch and thatbelongs to you.
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Please keep that in your heartand reach out to close friends
or friends across the border ifever you feel like you need to
Take care.
4 (17:35):
Hey guys, this is Lyra.
Whoever is out there listening,you know.
Thank you.
Thank you for making thiscommunity what it is, because,
it's true, every single personin this community, every single
listener, every singleparticipant or lurker, you make
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this community what it is.
And, in a time of suchuncertainty and feelings of
helplessness, leaning into ourcommunities, whether they be
across the street or across thecountry, is the most important
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thing that we can do in additionto keeping our own cups filled
and our hearts as light as theycan be.
Lean into your neighbor, helpyour neighbor, love your
neighbor, and there is no oneperfect way or singular way to
do that, because we come fromall walks of life, all levels of
privilege, all abilities.
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There are things that we canand cannot do with our time and
resources, so this is animportant time to remember that
no contribution is too small.
This is an important time toremember that you don't have to
be incredibly good at somethingfor it to be valid or valuable,
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whether that be how you serveyour community, or a hobby or
craft that you enjoy right nowto keep your heart filled and
your mind off of things.
It does not have to be good orperfect to be valuable, because
our very presence amongst eachother is the most valuable thing
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that we can have.
I love you guys.
5 (19:33):
I think that a lot of my despair and tears on Tuesday and
hopelessness was exhaustionmore than anything else.
Like just exhausted, right, wealways have, especially those of
us in communities where wedon't follow and fall in line
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with the norm.
We've always organized andfought and gotten together, so
we're going to keep doing it.
It just hurt real bad for allof us because it set us back
from progress we had alreadymade a long time ago.
So that is, I think, the mostdisheartening thing that I'm
feeling.
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And then fear right, like notonly will he set us back, what
will he fucking like?
It's pretty frightening and Ikeep getting a lot of people
very like it's gonna be fine,it's just four years.
And it's like we're lucky ifit's gonna be four years because
there's things he wants to undoyears and it's like we're lucky
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if it's going to be four yearsbecause there's things he wants
to undo.
I don't like that.
People and I get it some ofthem are saying it for
themselves so that they can stopfocusing on the impending doom
they're feeling but four yearsis a long time, guys, it's not.
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Yeah, it goes by fast and itfeels short, but really in a
human life four years is a longtime.
You know it's also privilegedto just go oh, it's only four
years.
What if you don't make itthrough the four years?
You know what I mean.
Like, there's just a lot ofpeople just keep throwing their
privilege around in that sense,and it's frustrating and I think
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that we need to keep discussingit until we're okay.
And I mean I don't, I know weprobably will never be okay,
okay, but until we can allcollectively function together
and do the work again, some morecontinue, right.
But something I was talking tomy friend.
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I met her through the dancefunctions I used to go to and
she's super frightened as well.
We need to keep connecting, weneed to keep uniting, we need to
keep talking, havingconversations.
Again, a lot of what our problemis is those of us on the
opposite side have branches ofsides and we can't seem to
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collectively get along just toget an election won.
You know what I mean and thatis our problem.
And that is a tactic, like hewas saying, on the Republican
side.
How do they further divide us,how do they further make us mad
at each other?
Right, so we have to recognizewhen that's happening and do
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what we can to mend that amongsteach other.
So those of us like I realizedthat I have privilege in the
fact that my day job does notget affected really by anything
that I post, and I've worked tohave a day job that way.
I've had day jobs before whereI'm not allowed and I'm like,
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excuse me, where I'm not allowedand I'm like, excuse me, you
only pay me like $11 an hour,I'm not allowed, get out of here
.
And also, I live in a communitythat's fairly safe for me.
We have worked very hard, chicaand X people, to make a safe
space for us, so I don't havefear.
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I also don't fear anyone in mycommunity and I have a.
That's a privilege as well, soI'm utilizing my platform
bravely.
Also, I don't give a shit whatmy family thinks and most of
them already have known that mywhole life I've always been like
this, so they don't really giveme that much grief for being
(23:37):
who I am.
So because I don't really havegrief to overshare, I make sure
I overshare and I'm loud,because I've had a lot of people
with my posts reach out to meprivately a lot and tell me
they're feeling the same, butthey don't feel comfortable
sharing it publicly, or they are.
(23:57):
You know.
They've just reached out to menot to check on me I mean in
addition to checking on me butalso to let me know how they're
feeling.
And so those of us who can beable to share out loud like you
are showing you are showingpeople you're a safe space to
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confide in, to unite with, towork with and someday, help them
to get brave enough to continueto utilize their platform.
Hopefully, these platformsdon't ever get stronger and make
(24:44):
more in dents and imprints inthe changes that we make and the
marks that we leave.
This is one of my goals, hasalways been one of my goals.
This is one of my goals, hasalways been one of my goals.
And because I've been loud likethis and because I've been
(25:04):
brave, I've connected withpeople like who I would have
otherwise not been able to meethad I not put myself out there.
I've connected with you guys.
We continue to connect witheach other.
We continue to find more peoplethat are like-minded.
So be brave.
It's hard and when you're ready,you know all our grieving
(25:25):
processes are different and taketime, but every now and then
you get a surprise.
You give somebody that chanceyou hear them or whatever, and
they aren't a fucking racist orbigot or homophobic asshole, and
(25:50):
then that's how you connectwith community.
But not everybody has thespoons and the patience and the
mental health you know place towant to do that, and so I
understand.
It's fucking scary, and so Ithink each of us right now are
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trying to find where we go from.
Like now, what, how do I pullmyself?
Find where we go from?
Like now, what, how do I pullmyself?
Each of us are feeling that outof this hole of fright, to be
effective for whoever it iswe're fighting for, including
ourselves, right, and so I loveyou and I love all of you, and
(26:34):
I'm hoping we can all find wherethat is soon.
But when you're ready and youcan do what, do what you can,
but when you're ready to bebrave and reach out or share
with other people, it makes abig difference.
6 (26:53):
Hey y'all.
It's Lindsay here from theRusted Rabbit.
I just wanted to remind youthat you are loved, valued and
supported always.
I love you so much.
I know that the world is onfire right now and it's going to
get tough, but you're not alone.
We'll get through this together.
We have a beautiful communityand we're really lucky for that.
(27:15):
We have a lot of support.
Take care of yourselves andeach other.
Oh, also a reminder thatemergency contraceptives have a
shelf life of four years, somaybe stock up on a few of those
, All right, I love you so much.
7 (27:34):
Hi, this is Madam Pamita and I want to reach out to all my
friends who are women, people ofcolor, lgbtq, immigrants.
I am with you, I love you, Icare about you, I see you and I
am with you or any kind ofdocumentable harassment based on
(27:58):
your gender, your sexualorientation, your ethnicity,
your immigrant status.
Reach out to the SouthernPoverty Law Center.
Sorry, I stumbled on that.
Spl Center is where you canfind them online.
They will help you and theywill support you and if you want
to find a good organizationthat you would like to support
(28:18):
with your donations, spl Centeris a great place to make a
donation to fight fascism and tofight racism and sexism and
homophobia.
8 (28:30):
Hey y'all.
It's Popcorn Daddy here, justchecking in, wanted to remind
you that you are loved and youare safe.
Right now.
You have a lot of reallybeautiful community around you,
so make sure that you arespending time and putting energy
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into that and putting energyinto that.
Get out, be around the peoplethat you know you're safe with
and yeah don't lose sight ofthat.
We're going to get through it.
I know this shit's really scaryright now, but we're going to
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find a way.
9 (29:18):
Yeah, we will make beauty in the darkness and I'm looking
forward to, has been scary forso many of us, and for some of
(29:41):
y'all, this fear is a very newfeeling.
As a queer bipolar witch inTexas with a uterus that's tried
to assassinate them multipletimes, this fear is nothing new
for me.
As the daughter of a lesbian, Iwas born to this fear.
As the daughter of an abusiveman, I was born to this fear.
As the daughter of an abusiveman, I was raised in it.
(30:01):
Fear has controlled me for mostof my life.
It continues to control a fairamount of this world.
While science and spiritualitycan tell us, we cannot think
clearly or make rationaldecisions when we are trapped in
the constant state of fear.
It is so hard to see that andto know that when we are in the
(30:24):
thick of it and when we arefeeling so alone, you are not
alone.
I had to learn a long time agothat fear must be embraced and
transformed into something newand more powerful.
I learned to turn my fear intoa powerful force for community
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building and healing others likemyself.
So you are not alone in thiswork.
There is an army of communitybuilders, of healers and
resources ready for you to joinus in the resistance.
Find your strength in thisdarkness and know that you are
just one of a sea of starsworking to light up this dark
night.
You're a witch after all.
We've got work to do, so takecare of yourself and I'll see
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you out there.
I love you, guys, and I'll seeyou out there.
10 (31:19):
I love you guys.
Hey witches, this is RachelHenderson, and I'm just letting
you know that you are not alone.
Things are really tough rightnow and I'm not going to say
that they're going to be okay,but what I want you to remember
is that you're not alone.
So take care of yourself andfind your group and your people
and work together to make a safespace for you all.
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I really don't know what muchmore else to say than that, but
just take care of it, that's it.
I love you.
11 (31:54):
Get up, get up, get up, get up.
A decade ago, I wrote a poem asI was coming out of five years
of advocacy work.
It was a poem about beingbone-tired in battle.
That battle is over, but thewar continues.
My role is different in thiscoming battle.
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I recognize it and I honor it.
I am not a soldier, but anactivist in this war.
What I refuse is to be a victim.
I would embolden all of youlistening to crawl deep within
yourself, find your fire, yourpassion, your strength, no
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matter how small it seems rightnow.
If it is laced with fear rightnow, that's okay.
Every good soldier and activisthas fear.
Every enlightened being hasfear.
But I beg you, do not sit withfear for long, for she likes how
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it creates solitude within you.
Pray to your gods and yourgoddesses.
Leave offerings, do your spellwork.
Honor the women and the witchesthat have come before you, that
fought battles.
Don't let them see you lay downtheir swords, their swords.
(33:28):
Twenty years ago, I broke out ofthe broom closet and I refuse
to go back.
I revisit teachings of StarhawkLayla Holtite, malala Yousafzai
, hepatia, frida Kahlo, all thefemale suffragettes, whomever
you need to sit with, whateverteachings you need to sit with
to gather yourself and yourstrength.
I beg you, please do it.
(33:50):
Get up.
Let the current politicians seeyour tears and assume that they
are seasoned only with fear.
It's up to us as women, aswitches, to season them secretly
with courage and resistance aswell.
Be the good kitchen witch.
(34:11):
Get up.
You are the next generation ofwomen in a century-old global
fight to exist as we know thatwe should.
For centuries, our foremothersall over the world have fought
for this.
Get up, even if it is tomorrow,next week, next month.
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Get up, otherwise they have wonand your foremother's efforts
are wasted.
Get up, because fear is finiteand love is infinite.
Finite and love is infinite,which is rise, get up.
(35:10):
Since the election news, I havesat in prayer and all I can
hear are the words get up.
My name is Sabine, I will rise.
12 (35:28):
Hi friends, teresa Marisa here, I just wanted to hop in
and say that I love you all.
I'm sending you all foreheadkisses, lots of love, lots of
support, and we will get throughthis in community.
So stay in touch, reach out tothe people that you can trust,
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reach out to the people that youlove and that love you and know
that we will make it throughthis time together.
Love you, guys.
Forehead kisses.
14 (36:00):
Hey, it's Danae from Witchy Woman Podcast.
Thank you to Kim for allowingus to come on here and give you
guys a little snippet of what wehave to say.
I want everybody to understandthat whatever you're feeling
right now, it really whateverthe emotion is, it's valid.
It's valid and also allowyourself the time to work
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through that.
There's no timeline, there's nodeadline, there's no
expectations on getting back towhatever normal is going to be.
So allow yourself the time.
Sit with it.
If thinking day to day is givingyou anxiety, think moment to
moment.
Think what do I have to do thishour?
What am I going to do the nexthour?
(36:41):
So the more overwhelmed youbecome, the smaller increments
of time you think forward into.
Does that make sense?
I hope so.
It's something that mytherapist taught me and it's
actually serving me pretty wellright now.
So I try not to think about toomuch in the future.
I know we have to becauseadulting.
However, for the most part, I'mthinking about what I have to
do from hour to hour, from dayto day.
(37:03):
That's it.
I highly suggest doing somethingevery day for a mindfulness
practice or meditating orsomething like that, and that
means a lot of different thingsfor a lot of different people.
Mindfulness and meditationdoesn't have to be what you
typically see online on thoseperfect Instagram accounts and
things like that.
(37:23):
That's not what it has to looklike for you.
It could be five minutes ofstaring into the abyss in
complete silence.
If that's what brings youcomfort and helps you center, do
it.
It could be journaling.
It might be a nature walk ortending to your, you know,
inside plants.
Lately, for me, it's juststretching my body really good
and then grabbing a candle likeI have these little tea light
(37:45):
candles and I scream and yell atit and I get all of my rage out
into this candle and then Iburn.
It Sounds crazy and I oh God, Ican.
I'm so glad I live in themiddle of fucking nowhere
because people think I'm crazy.
Another little tool that I'vebeen using from my therapist is
to be intentional in finding joydaily.
It may sound completelyunattainable and I get that, but
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hear me out.
So this is what I'm doing.
You do out.
So this is what I'm doing.
You do you, but this is whatI'm doing.
So every morning, as part of myroutine, I turn on some music.
So right now, it's whatever isgoing to bring me some kind of
glimmer of joy.
So right now it's 90s rapbecause I grew up in the and my
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high school years were in the90s.
90s rap because I grew up inthe and my high school years
were in the 90s.
So I've got like 90s rap andthen super ragey metal music and
I just bounce back and forthfor about five, 10 minutes
however long I freaking want toor have time for and I sing
along, I scream, I rap, I danceall over my kitchen, my living
room, whatever.
But I'm doing the things, I'mtrying, and some days it does
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not feel good, but usually, evenif I'm not having a good time,
even if I'm not vibing with themusic, I will end up smiling
because I know I look like afreaking fool, like I know I've
got to look absolutelyridiculous like singing and
dancing in my living room.
So try something.
Whatever that is for you.
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Also, another thing I want tomention is creating community,
and I know not everybody isgoing to be able to do this.
However, if you feel safe,community, in-person type stuff,
is going to mean a lot and it'sgoing to be very, very valuable
for us.
Feeling like you have a safespace like you have a safe place
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to learn and to grow and toheal, and creating some kind of
like meetup.
Or maybe you just hang out oncea month with your friends and
do witchy shit, whatever that is.
Make an effort to see eachother in person if you can.
If you cannot, we have onlinespaces, like there's plenty of
online spaces even within thepodcast, like the Witchy Podcast
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community.
There are so many spaces on allkinds of different social media
platforms that you can connectwith other people and learn from
each other, commiserate,celebrate your joys and your
successes.
That's going to be very, veryimportant.
I'm going to leave you with asmall tidbit of advice and then
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I'm going to go, but remember todrink your water, wash your ass
and ask for help if you need it, okay.
Hi, this is Didi, from myAwesome Didi Tarot and and
studios, and I wanted to remindus about the laws of as above,
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so below, and stars yeah, thestars that we love to group into
constellations, the same starsthat we use to navigate us over
eons, over oceans, the samestars that we wish upon as
they're hurling through space.
(40:56):
I took a little quote off ofthe interwebs and it goes like
this A star is born when atoms,of light elements, are squeezed
under enough pressure for theirnuclei to undergo fusion.
All stars are the result of abalance of forces.
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The force of gravity compressesatoms in an interstellar gas
until the fusion reactions begin.
Once the fusion reactions begin, they exert in an outward
pressure.
As long as the inward force ofgravity and the outward force
generated by the fusionreactions are equal, the star
will remain stable.
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As above, so below, and as weare driven inward, as humans,
back into ourselves, as weremain mindful of who we are and
who we want to be in just thosemoments, that's what's creating
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our outward force of evolution,our outward shine.
Force of evolution, our outwardshine, and sometimes we don't
know who's counting on us andwho's wishing on us, but they
are, and it could be a long timebefore we actually even notice
that someone was looking to usfor guidance.
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We are stardust, we are eternaland we are also mortal, and
that is our plight, that is ourpurpose To bring meaning to
these mortal coils.
(42:47):
I hope that was insightful.
Sending all my love, didi.
Kim (43:01):
Thanks for listening.
If you were able to contribute,then know that I appreciate you
so much, and if you weren't,for whatever reason, I hope that
things get better.
I don't know if there will bean episode next week because I
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don't have anything pre-recordedand everything sucks right now,
basically and not just for me,because I don't know if I can do
a good interview and the peoplethat I would talk to are also
struggling, so I don't know ifthere will be an episode next
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week or not.
I'll be back the week after,definitely, but we'll see about
next week.
I will try, I will do my bestand I hope you do your best too.
Be nice to yourself.
Try to be nice to those peoplearound you who deserve it, maybe
even if they don't deserve it.
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I love you.
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