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Mom called today.

She misses me and wants to visit, and not even that, wants to take me out to eat.

This is the same Mom I spent $500 on a month ago because she and my dad, even though they're getting a free car and have no mortgage, DID NOT PAY THEIR GODDAMN ELECTRIC BILL FOR THREE MONTHS.

Rage.

#woofday #dog #family #NorthCarolina

It was a very happy reunion after a North Carolina couple spotted their dog, Kaz on the Rocky Mount's Petfinder page.Their escape artist pup went missing 3 years ago, but they never stopped searching for him. Welcome to Woofday Wetnose Wednesday

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UPI · North Carolina family reunited with missing dog after 3 years - UPI.comBy Ben Hooper

The aberrant 1950s model of the nuclear family has been set in stone as the 'traditional' form. But the idea that history began in the 1950s is weird: "the work and crucial roles women have played in society over time are being erased from history".

#family #kinship #women #anthropology

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Exploring History · The 1950s And The Myth Of The “Traditional” Family - Exploring History - MediumBy Alyce Raybould

Antropodi: The love letters – Dreams at the dawn of the Mao Zedong era

This episode features Suvi Rautio's (University of Helsinki) lecture at the Finnish Anthropological Society's annual meeting on April 27th, 2025. Suvi discusses love letters between her Chinese grandfather and Finnish grandmother from the 1950s, stored in the family basement. These letters reveal their migration history from Europe to China and the political euphoria of the time. Suvi is currently researching memory and loss among Beijing’s intellectuals during the Maoist era. […]

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