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[moominmolly]

I love the It Gets Better project. Sure, it encourages kids to dream of escaping their shitty little towns rather than figuring out ways to stay and make it better. And obviously, in the long run, making it better is the way to go. But you know what? If you hate life so much that it makes you want to die, maybe, just maybe, dreaming of escape is a seriously life-affirming thing.

But this is the one that moved me to tears:

Just give Mr West Texas there a listen. It's 13 minutes; fair warning, I was probably bawling for six of those.

And, if you don't feel like crying, but rather feel like punching your fist into the air because sometimes people are fucking awesome, read this story about Krystal Ball, a woman running for Congress in Virginia who had a phenomenal response to someone leaking some mildly racy pictures of her and her now-husband from a costume party years ago.