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📚HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE APOCALYPSE | notable Best Am Science/Nature Writing 2023 | 🖋️in: @Longreads @TheRumpus @Newsweek | Free Palestine | she/they

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Despite the absolute debacle of SPD’s closing, my book, HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE APOCALYPSE, ✨lives✨! She’ll be here soon, but she is officially on her way. She has a cover and everything! There's even a preorder link!! >>
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@ambernoelle My rib cage will never be the same! People are so obsessed with weight, but never talk about how *your bones are in a different place than before.*
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@ElyKreimendahl “My cat is sitting on me so standing up feels sad”
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@amykaycannon Every line from the movie Clue, but especially anything from the incomparable Madeline Kahn.
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I wish I had enough followers to tweet “my book comes out in 16 days” and a bunch of people would say “fuck yeah!”
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Let’s make Jean proud, okay?
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Make good choices, bc Jean is watching
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@AlisonB916 Thank you for putting this all together. I learned a lot (especially seeing it all so cohesively assembled.)
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@OgLakyn @itsayosigns More joy and creativity in her little finger than an army of boring haters.
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Masculinity is a construct. Stop being weird and neuter your pets.
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i think its weird to imply that neutering an animal is emasculating or embarrassing for them they dont care
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In this economy?!
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Can’t believe you tried to brush me without giving me a treat first? We live in a society
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Me, doing my taxes:
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@taeilsbian I’m a cat and my profession is being a cat
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This part. It's not an age-gap relationship, it's a relationship in which the author has ceded her sense of self in exchange for proximity to power. I'm so tired of watching us sell ourselves out to systems that don't care about us.
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That piece in The Cut is something we’re going to see a lot more of: Reddit’s Red Pill Women content beautified, ideology softened so that young women can swallow it whole. We should be wary of arguments that uphold the fantasies of capitalism and its hierarchies of power
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Screaming, crying, and dancing around my house in such a way that my cat is frightened… 🎉🎉🎉I’VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE🎉🎉🎉
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@TrulyTafakari Love every bit of this. I try to be this mom at my kid’s school, too.
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@msemilymccombs 🔥damn🔥
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@svershbow We've been it together with duct tape and dopamine and they think they can just waltz back in here?!
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Maybe it’s my grief talking, but every morning I wake up wanting to shake every person I see and scream, “We’re all going to die! Be kinder than you think is strictly necessary!”
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@AditiJuneja3 I think this is the problem with agreeing to disagree. Like, there's a big difference between, "Let's respect each other's diversity of tactics in how we work toward a common goal" and "this person doesn't think I'm a sovereign being."
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@amil @offbeatorbit This is a major design flaw. The poor farty babies!
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This is 40.
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@Eve6 They’re so mad that Tom Morello hates them.
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My friend, Jen Angel, was the coolest, the most fun, and the fiercest spirit. She was an essential part of so many communities. She passed away tonight, and there is no measure to how much I will miss her and no overstating the size of our collective loss. She is irreplaceable.
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@feederofcats I’m sorry, did you get a newborn kitten now?! Because that is an extremely petite gentleman.
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A friendly reminder: if you see people shoplifting food, medicine, diapers, formula, or toys for kids this holiday season? You didn’t see shit.
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I can't #deleteuber because I never downloaded it (it's always been a ethically-dubious company). But if you have it, I hope you will.
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So for... *cough* an author photo, which one do we like best?
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@ambernoelle My Oklahoman grandmother who made men’s lives miserable in courtrooms for a living would have *loved* this. Next-level.
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A tiered rejection from Granta?? “Consider us for future submissions”? Bet your ass I will!
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@EmilyVanDuyne OH NO. Shan’t be doing that with my one precious life.
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@JortsTheCat Oh, Jorts. I think I’ll miss you most of all.
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@ambernoelle Also, finding those opportunities in the first place?? I’ve gotten some of my biggest bylines from calls for pitches, etc from Twitter. Like, I’m not that cool, editors aren’t soliciting me.
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@ambernoelle She was a riot. Put herself through high school, college and law school at night. Divorced her husband and became a family attorney to get women fair divorce settlements in the 50s/60s.
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I’ve read this poem 1000 times, but it hit me like a ton of bricks, so here. In case you also need to cry in your kitchen.
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@ElyKreimendahl I’ve always appreciated the notion that if you need to manage it, it’s become unmanageable. I’ll have five years next March. 💜
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@AnaMardoll Mark Cuban just started a cheap online pharmacy deliberately designed to undercut pharma companies. We just need that kind of thing from every single one of them.
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I received a truly unexpected acceptance last night from @StanchionZine and I cannot stop smiling. My work is going to be in print in (at least) three places next year and that feels incredibly rad.
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@anthgarrett Ada Limon. Joy Harjo. Naomi Shihab Nye. Dianne Seuss.
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✨✨✨Personal news!✨✨✨ Thrilled to announce that my first book, HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE APOCALYPSE, will be published by @EmergeJournal in February 2024. This memoir traces my journey as an activist and activist parent and reckons with how to turn dread into action. 🧵
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@JortsTheCat Oh, Jorts. We love you. 🥲
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@ericsmithrocks The sluttiest thing a bookstore can do is have a ladder.
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@GrimKim I have suggestions for ways to make him not-a-billionaire, if the word bothers him so much.
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@JoseHernandezDz 1. Black Warrior 2. Split Rock 3. Grain 4. Jellyfish 5. Pleiades 6. Ploughshares 7. The Forge 8. The Rumpus 9. Whale Rd. 10. ZYZZYVA (Obviously incomplete, but that’s my list for June so far)
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@feederofcats I have followed you in case Twitter... crosses the rainbow bridge.
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I’ll be out there a bit this week, so if you want a picket buddy in Berkeley, let me know.
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If you’re in CA, you can find picket information here — supporting these workers supports academic workers across the country and around the world:
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Jean is v reliable, so it must be true!
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Jean says good night and don’t worry about that thing. You’re doing great
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@hannahcrileyy This is horrific. Thank you for all of this.
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@thefrankiedlc As a parent, I cannot imagine any other reaction than, "Thank you for trusting me enough to show me your true self." Seriously. The world is so hard. You want to be yourself with me? What an honor.
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@feederofcats A fourth leg will do that.
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@JortsTheCat How are you supposed to keep track of all those feet? Seems like a lot of work, honestly.
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And even when our stuff sucks, it’s still better than AI.
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Pay writers, we make everything that's actually good
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@ambernoelle It really is, and I'm sorry. And I truly hate the weird competitiveness and gatekeeping around it. Climate grief is enormous and we're all allowed to feel our feelings in our own time.
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@bessbell @_megconley As a Californian, I am here to confirm that it is so fucking rough, and I’m sorry.
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@ambernoelle In addition to this being a great concept, I would love to watch white people melt down over this. That would be an amazing day on here.
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If you are feeling hopeless or helpless or heartbroken (natural reactions to abject horror) and have the means, please donate here.
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Thanks to donations, we've been able to purchase and send almost 5000 eSims for Palestinians! I'm so grateful to be in partnership with @pipagaopoetry & @thellpsx Donate: More about project:
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@ambernoelle It’s honestly so cruel. I liked those clothes!
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@svershbow A sweater I finished knitting last month. It’s super cozy.
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@ambernoelle Very much this. Like, we should be making each others’ lives more easeful and pleasant and joyful. I didn’t realize that thinking that was so controversial?
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I'm so excited to have pieces coming out in the next few months with @moonrabbitcandy @thecitronreview @BarrenMagazine @nurtureliterary and @PaddlerPress ❤️ many thanks to the lovely editors who have given my work such kind homes. I can't wait for y'all to read these.
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@tressiemcphd When a woman has a brain it literally can’t be romantic?? I’m torn between feeling sorry for him and just: YIKES.
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@dklineii Oof, this one got me. I got sober just before my kid turned two. I've got more than three years now, and stories like this keep me going. Much gratitude to you and your dad. ❤️
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@ambernoelle I’ve been sober almost four years and my favorite is an ume (Japanese plum) syrup and lime seltzer.
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@AnjaliEnjeti I thought I'd seen it all, but bees on a plane is new! I'm riveted.
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Vague publishing tweet re: a dream outlet for which I just signed a contract! 🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎂🎂🎂🎉🎉🎉
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For @ElectricLit I wrote about addiction memoirs, getting sober, and feeling not fucked up enough to deserve help. All the gratitude to @TheDenneMichele for her kind editorial guidance and giving this vulnerable piece a home.
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@clhubes This is Mister Rogers slander and I won't stand for it.
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So thrilled to receive this Pushcart Prize nomination from @ReservoirRoad —with huge thanks to @AdrienneMarie_ for giving a home to one of my favorite things I’ve written all year. My heart is so full. 💜💜💜
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And there you have it: our nominations for the Pushcart Prize 2024 anthology. @daniel_derock (selected without his knowledge) @oakley_ayden Dallon Robinson @JaredPovanda @ChristyTending
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@ambernoelle These are also the people who are suspiciously quiet on structural “poison”. Like, clean living and personal choice will not save you.
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The author copies are here for HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE APOCALYPSE! Big love to @EmergeJournal for making this dream real!
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✨✨Dream come true!✨✨ I'm in @Longreads today with a piece of my heart, about horseback riding, disability, intuition, self-advocacy, and being a police liaison. Thanks to @kristastevens for being a deeply kind and thoughtful editor.
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@svershbow This is what I'm saying. We've endured 17.5 major publishing discourses in the last 3 weeks alone, and they think they can come crawling back *now*? It's rude, is what it is.
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@RaxKingIsDead Yup. And when I was breastfeeding, they were like, “here’s the one SSRI that won’t kill your baby! It probably won’t help your depression either, lol! But it’s not like postpartum depression is a big deal.”
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@MsAnnetteMC So handsome! Just like his reward posters! (And as an elder millennial, I am on your side.)
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@clhubes My favorite sound in the world is someone else's kid losing their entire shit and being able to mentally say, "Not my problem," and then go back to whatever I was doing.
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@IBJIYONGI I've worked with a bunch of West Virginians over the years and the way that whole state has been treated like a sacrifice zone and their radical has been erased... It's a lot.
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But also, holy shit, girlies (gender neutral). My book comes out in 16 days.
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@theheatherhogan That bird’s gait is very disconcerting.
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I’m going to the @breadloafwriter Environmental Writers Conference! And one of my favorite pieces of writing ever is coming out next week in a ✨dream✨ outlet. And it was 70 and sunny today so I got to bust out my Barbiecore look. Feeling v pleased.
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@ambernoelle Lol, I had to retire from reading tarot for others after predicting a pregnancy for someone who had not been planning to have a baby. Her kid is six now.
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🎉 A piece I love was just picked up by a mag I love. It's about coyotes; the inventor of the linotype machine; family lore; seeing my dead grandmother as a coyote; James Garner (star of the Rockford Files); and making fudge. Among other things. Can't wait for you to read it.❤️
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@feederofcats The dude saying, "squirt squirt squirt" is just the sweetest thing I've ever seen in my life.
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@AlisonB916 You made mine. I understood a lot of these pieces intellectually, but it’s another thing to see it laid out. And you’re right. Anything short of revolution (with accompanying mutual aid and solidarity) is a stop-gap.
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Going for a walk without your phone counts as writing.
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@ambernoelle This is also my child. He’s only 5, but just made his first zine and it didn’t go perfectly, and whew. Big feelings.
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@BreeNewsome They don't deserve my proper pronunciation.
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Friendly reminder: you (probably) need to update your author website. And if yours is up to date, you should go get yourself a donut*. *ymmv, feel free to substitute appropriate treat here.
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Hi loves, if you are able, it would mean the world to me if you would preorder my book. The world is tough for authors and small presses right now—your support is vital and deeply appreciated. ❤️
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HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE APOCALYPSE is a lyrical exploration of disobedience, grief, and healing. This memoir reckons w/climate grief, the impulse to fight for what we love, & how to turn dread into action. @ChristyTending ’s memoir will subsume you. Preorder:
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Delighted to have this piece up at @BendingGenres today! I wrote this piece in @writesloud ’s nonfiction workshop this past summer. Much gratitude to @rgvaughan and the Bending Genres team for giving this piece a home.
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Your persistent reminder that no coffee is worth crossing a picket line.
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Starbucks Workers United
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Starbucks workers are DOUBLING DOWN. Starting today, over 1,000 baristas are walking out on a THREE DAY STRIKE, making this the longest collective action of our campaign yet. #DoubleDownStrike
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@ChristyTending
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1 year
Having a million tabs open counts as writing.
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@ChristyTending
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2 years
@likaluca I wish we could spare this generation from our mistakes, but it truly seems like they need to learn these lessons themselves. Tragic.
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@ChristyTending
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2 months
@PENamerica This is an embarrassing nothingburger of a statement. Free Palestine.
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@ChristyTending
Christy Tending🏳️‍🌈🏴🍉
1 year
@SFdirewolf I've had it with this pajama slander! I don't want your revolution if I can't wear my PJs!
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@ChristyTending
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8 days
So excited to have pieces forthcoming in @xraylitmag @SugarSugarSalt_ @BulbCultCo @monkeybicycle @PsmokeJournal @HooghlyReview and more! This summer is going to be 🔥🔥🔥!
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@ChristyTending
Christy Tending🏳️‍🌈🏴🍉
22 days
Mosab is a Gazan medical student in Egypt whose family has lost everything and can't cover his tuition. He has to pay $3,000 USD within the next 2 weeks to be able to start his last semester. I kicked in $5, can you match me?
@gazafunds
Gaza Funds
22 days
We don't need to explain how critical it is to support our people from Gaza wherever they are in the world - we know you already know. If you haven't adopted a fundraiser yet, this one is ready for your efforts.
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@ChristyTending
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3 years
@ElyKreimendahl I basically made this power point. One doctor told my amab baby he shouldn’t cry and I lost it. I was a very chill new mom.
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@ChristyTending
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1 year
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@ChristyTending
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2 years
@feederofcats I want Bitty to bite him.
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