On this episode, Ginger tells Ren a tale as old as time: about a 6-foot-tall religious lady in the early 1900s taking a hatchet to your local pub.
Carry A. Nation was a prohibitionist but without any chill whatsoever, and we thank her wholeheartedly for that. Featuring Goosy Joss, braising politicians, and faking your own death to escape social blunders
Self Care Plan
An alcohol-themed plan, because we are always thematics.
- Drinking alcohol alone isn’t self care. If it’s something you enjoy, that’s fine. But if it’s your only or primary coping strategy, you may have a problem.
- If you do feel you have a problem with alcohol, there are more strategies than just abstinence or the 12 steps. Find what works best for you. As long as it doesn’t involve a hatchet. That’s just going to cause more problems.
- It’s important to find a community that values your boundaries and what you’re working towards, both in terms of alcohol and generally. It’s important that they give you critical feedback when you need it, because being sycophantic yes men and supporting your questionable vaudeville career sounds more like a cult.
Citations
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carry-Nation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaybird–Woodpecker_War
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_organ
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Springs,_Arkansas
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/04/16/101188248.pdf
- https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/carry-nation
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carry-nation-smashes-bar
- https://www.history.com/news/carry-nation-temperance-prohibition-alcohol
- https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/nation-carrie-a/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-radical-prohibitionist-carry-nation-180967627/
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