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one comment re:the census: I think the biggest disservice we’ve done for Gaelic is pretending duolingo etc are markers of progress while the gàidhealtachd becomes more and more unlivable. it doesn’t matter if people learn a few phrases while the language loses its home and soul.
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Don’t know what Glasgow-based Scottish-travel influencer needs to hear this, but not every beach that exists above the highland line is a “secret beach”
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Irish Americans need to be cut off. That’s all I’m going to say on the matter.
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I want a Cèilidh so fucking bad. I want to nearly have my arm dislocated during a dashing white sergeant. I want to wear my *formal* kilt. I want my heels to bleed at the end of the night. I want to get very drunk and pull a stranger. All while I’m young, preferably :(((
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Genuinely never seen a 12th this bad...George square is a cloud of smoke, but they can’t decide wether they’re sticking to red, blue or orange so it’s all blended into pink like some kind of mass sectarian gender reveal...hope she grows up and marries an Irishman x
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Scottish girl summer is all about accumulating a fuck tonne of freckles and regret
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rip robert burns you would’ve loved sandyford sexual health clinic
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so sick of clearly financially privileged folk moving to the h&i and making viral slow-living/soft life tiktok content which plays on every false stereotype that locals are trying to dismantle. none of them seem to make videos about travelling 500 miles for a doctors appointment.
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Absolutely nobody:
Me on my silly little Instagram story (personal vlog) the second this silly little pandemic is over:
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outlander has done undeniable damage to the integrity of the scottish tourism industry, but we NEED to discuss how it has also caused the cultural sector to cheapen and trivialise itself to appeal to the shortbread tin fantasies of sexually repressed middle-aged american women…
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Help! I’ve been here for four days and my big loyalist brain is yet to devise a plan to free myself from this circle of Gay-lik sorcery! I’m dizzy :’(
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275 years ago today Flora MacDonald celebrated pride month by helping the most wanted man in the world escape Benbecula by putting him in ✨full drag✨. Unbelievably iconic behaviour and all she got for it was a year in jail and a statue in fucking Inverness.
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An inter-Gàidhealtachd song contest: Argyll would come last with a depressing ballad, something completely nonsensical and bazar from Barra, Uist would enter a song about Uist, Skye would win with a techno rendition of psalm 122, and Lewis would just send a guy with a melodion
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Hi pals, I’m writing a wee piece atm about the widespread mythicism and falsehoods surrounding Scottish culture + identity (particularly the over romanticisation of the highlands)...has anyone got any personal anecdotes? E.g. I was once asked by a tourist why I’m not ginger 🥴
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Don’t know what SNP da needs to hear this, but yes, comparing Russia and Ukraine to Scotland and England is both factually inaccurate and incredibly insulting. 1. We’re not occupied 2. This isn’t about us.
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There is literally nothing secret about Ganavan sands, Kyle. Put the drone down.
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No point in interacting with/giving attention to folk like this, but in my wee echo-chamber I sometimes I forget how much blatant, unchecked hatred there is towards Gaels and Gaelic. Its depressing, yes, but more angering. Why are they so comfortable saying these things?
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duilz but the Scottish arts sector is pathetic compared to Ireland. In the last decade they’ve had kneecap, s rooney, Irish language at the Oscar’s etc while all we seem to produce is meaningless, derivative, unauthentic, shortbread-tin pish which fetishises Scotland. Infuriating
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Highlanders, please be GRATEFUL for the bourgeoisie who buy up local homes as boltholes - during their biannual visit they are so generous as to indulge in a meal at the 1 restaurant which remains open despite economic depression, school closures, and the exodus of young locals x
The areas of Scotland with the highest proportions of second homes have been revealed in a new report
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Dated a Campbell, made him fall in love with me, made him trust me and then broke his heart...that was for MacDonald of Glencoe x
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I’ve been thinking about how, in the past, knitting was such a necessary and integral part of daily life. For women, it was an activity quite literally woven into every second - a state as natural as breathing. Even while doing backbreaking labour...
(Shetland, N Uist, Lewis x2)
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Stories I would like to read that newspapers could do well: Who was the last person in Britain to discover the 2022 guga hunt was cancelled (someone in London, eg, still may not know)?
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this article about ballerina farm has been making me feel nauseous all day so I wrote a shitty poem about her on the way home
Eight children, one husband, hundreds of acres beneath the enormous skies of the American west – and millions of social media followers. I spent the day with "trad wife" Hannah Neeleman, or Ballerina Farm, to figure out what all the fuss was about
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For hundreds of years my family’s only job was to sit on their silly little island and write their silly little gaelic poems, but nooooooo I had to be born in the age of capitalism where that’s not considered a “real job”? So raging, I’ve genuinely been scammed.
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famously alex salmond has NEVER appropriated Gaelic for its false nationalist connotations by not bothering to learn the pronunciation of the four letter word which he named his political party for a totally non-strategic reason
@nicmharcuis
The fuck's it got to do with Alex Salmond? You know he hasn't been First Minister for a DECADE now, right?
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Life atm feels like the final stretch of the west highland line...six hours sat in a ScotRail chair has given you scoliosis. You fell asleep and missed the viaduct. Its dark. You’re cold. Reality seems altered. You’re asking yourself “why the hell am I even going to Mallaig?”
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alex salmond; visit scotland; glasgow airport, repeat after me:
a language which I do not respect enough to use correctly is not a valid marketing strategy. it is not mine to appropriate for profit. I admit that by doing so I am playing on romanticism which harms the language.
Good morning
@GLA_Airport
, maybe don’t just google your translations. That’s Irish not Scottish Gaelic. Show some respect.
Hire someone to translate it or even just try
@LearnGaelicScot
maybe.
#g
àidhlig
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Another thought on my tweet about the stereotyping and romanticisation of Scotland: we need to talk about how Scottish women in the trad/culture scene are constantly sexualised and objectified online? Much like our country we seem to be a canvas to project a fantasy onto (1/4)
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I’ve said this before but Gaelic in the central belt is a class privilege. I’m sorry but I genuinely do not care if the wealthy children of Glasgow and Edinburgh enjoy the “benefits of bilingualism” while the western isles is left with no children.
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Me every summer walking around any given west highland village in my docs, people make Glasgow tote and copious amounts of eyeliner thinking I’m the incredibly mysterious city girl who everyone instantly falls in love with.
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Does anyone know of any seasonal work going in the western isles over summer? I’ll hopefully be a Gàidhlig student as of September and need to get my speaking confidence back 🤍 if you know of anything can you drop me a wee dm?
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“Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal, ach mairidh gaol is ceòl.” is literally the “𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒, 𝓁𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒” of na Gàidhealtachd change my mind
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Right lads, H&I romanticism bingo (look up guardian articles + trip advisor reviews for your home town/area/island). We really need to talk about the way the highlands are discussed/marketed in mass-media.
Don’t know what Glasgow-based Scottish-travel influencer needs to hear this, but not every beach that exists above the highland line is a “secret beach”
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the survival of gaelic is a class issue. your ability to live - let alone thrive - in the gàidhealtachd is financially dependent. for children in gla and edi, gme is located in high income areas with sub-1% deprivation rates. 2/4 unis with gaelic courses are russel group.
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me and
@_nataliecameron
got drunk in the park and had a silly idea and now we’re pushing pills at the mòd exhibition…come see us if you’re about x
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Didn’t know who J*yd* Fr*ns*n was until yesterday. Don’t have anything to say except this: emigration and settlement IS the Glaswegian experience. From Lewis to Lahore to Limerick. So it has been, so it shall be - just as we have always stood against fascism and racism. 💪🏻🏴
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A guardian article (who is surprised) perfectly demonstrating the attitude I was attempting to get at with this tweet: non-Gaels perceiving Gaelic arts to be less sophisticated or important because they don’t resemble their perception of artistic success (profit)
I love when nepotism “artists” move to the highlands and start branding their work around its production in the “remote, rugged, precipice of Scotland” in an attempt to give it the illusion of soul or meaning which their (lack of) talent didn’t allow for
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feeling the fear of…uig? please god i need to see this woman stranded in shawbost on a friday night
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Lèirsinn dhen àm ri teachd:
Artists impression of Castlebay, People’s replublic of Barra, under supreme leader Cathy-Ann - circa 2027.
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like, you sold a 350k flat in edi/surrey and moved to skye? wow. so brave. we’re all inspired, really - let’s give you a platform so you can dictate what the entire internet perceives island life to be. the reality is too miserable to go viral, anyway.
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Glasgow Gael home decor is so niche lol. Topographic maps. Tenement bookshelf displaying your whisky and artisan island gin. An amateur oil painting of a lonely Croft house or deserted beach. Margaret Fay Shaw coffee table book. Instruments on display if you’re that way inclined.
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The British empire is the root of the lie that all countries have a singular, dominant native language and culture that all citizens should adhere to regardless of their background. Nobody’s asking you to learn Gàidhlig or be a Gael. We’re all Scottish and can co-exist. Ty.
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writing a full article about tiktok-influencer culture and this idealised, artificially curated, highly privileged portrayal of the gàidhealtachd. also some critique of their enabler: visitscotland. up for grabs if anyone wants to publish it, but i don’t write for free anymore :)
so sick of clearly financially privileged folk moving to the h&i and making viral slow-living/soft life tiktok content which plays on every false stereotype that locals are trying to dismantle. none of them seem to make videos about travelling 500 miles for a doctors appointment.
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the men of the west highlands are sexually attracted to boats and don’t even try to hide it in this essay I will
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The only criteria to be considered a Gael is an ability to obtain energy via photosynthesis
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another thought: this trope is just gentrification with none of the infrastructure improvements brought about during urban gentrification - this is because their perception of the area’s “character” is empty, quaint, rugged etc. the stagnancy killing local culture suits them well
so sick of clearly financially privileged folk moving to the h&i and making viral slow-living/soft life tiktok content which plays on every false stereotype that locals are trying to dismantle. none of them seem to make videos about travelling 500 miles for a doctors appointment.
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the only way to save gaelic is through legislation: business grants to address over-reliance on tourism, fixing poor/non-existent infrastructure, ruthless crackdown on absentee homeowners, gàidhealtachd zones with universal basic income.
legislation nobody is pushing for.
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because, by pretending to ourselves that we are making progress we prevent ourselves from acknowledging the reality of the situation and doing things which are *actually* impactful. there is no campaign for serious legislation - not among ourselves, not from allan, nor forbes.
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Leòdhasach Twitter…I’m looking for a room to sublet in Stornoway, Point or Back for ~five months (April to September)! I’ve hopefully secured my first proper journo job, and living in Lewis would be an absolute dream for me! Retweets so so appreciated, taing mhòr 🤍
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This all falls into Scottish stereotyping cause it’s the false braveheart/outlander image of Scotland that seems to fuel it? This might seem over dramatic if you’ve never experienced it but I’ve been reading some of the replies
@Lenniesaurus
gets and it’s not fucking okay? (3/4)
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Friends with benefits but the benefit is that you inherit a 5 bed near Ballachulish where we raise 8 children and act totally indifferent to one another for 70 years until one of us dies and the other composes a heart wrenching ballad that goes on to become a mòd classic
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the four gaelic seasons:
- this service is cancelled due to adverse weather
- this service is liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice due to adverse weather
- this service is operating to scheduled timetable (two week window)
- this service is fully booked
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Just for the record: I think there’s real gap in the market for a Glasgow ceilidh house. Honestly, everyone I know would throw money at that...the whole “gen z doesn’t want to interact with their culture” narrative is such bs
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London hipsters, “property investors”, *highland escape* seekers and retirees disembarking the ferry, armed with 400 grand and audacity, ready to outbid young locals for the house of a man who’s been cold in the ground for approximately 24 seconds
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I wrote a whole article on this in Jan but decided not to publish bc this corner of the internet does converge with Gaelic things, but this “simple life!” nonsense is 1. borderline poverty porn and 2. a whitewashing of the very shit reality of highland living. might publish now.
so sick of clearly financially privileged folk moving to the h&i and making viral slow-living/soft life tiktok content which plays on every false stereotype that locals are trying to dismantle. none of them seem to make videos about travelling 500 miles for a doctors appointment.
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I get that artists have to make a living but so much of our visual arts and music is for export only at this point as it’s banal and inauthentic to actual scots. I have no ceòl talent but could probably write a trad-pop hit: highland noun, romantic adjective, jaunty or sad melody
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I’m neither Irish nor catholic so I can’t begin to imagine how it feels to be the target of the vile chants filling the streets today. But their problem is with anyone who doesn’t conform to their sense of “Britishness” - so dig a little deeper and I don’t think I fit their bill
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I’m starting a society for Hebrideans with long hair and we are going to renormalise wearing headscarves everywhere! I am seachd searbh sgith of literally having to cut knots out of my hair every time I dare to go for a walk !!!
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oban mòd opening ceremony where we publicly execute anyone who has ever named a house taigh na mara
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“Once covid is over” is like saying “when òran na cloiche ends”...girl they’re doing ALL the verses, sit tight
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Heard you’re a Gàidheal now, a Mhurchaidh!
Sorry but this is nonsense. Gaelic is the ancient language of much of Scotland, and it belongs to unionists as much as nationalists.
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gaelic won’t be lost through tragedy but negligence, and it’s not a loss all of scotland will experience equally. the people with the most to lose need to be the most vocal, but they’re being drowned out by the ignorant positivity of nat-learners while the nat-gov kills the h&i.
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it’s incredibly telling that learners’ reactions today have been overwhelmingly positive, while Hebrideans have had to grieve. I really think Gaels need to be less sad and more angry. we can’t go on as things are and the government have proven they don’t care. get mad.
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the footage from dublin last night is horrifying, but for too long we’ve been avoiding discussing why SO many young working-class irish and scottish men are so susceptible to far-right propaganda, so hateful, so violent. it’s not just the EDL, it’s happening here too.
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Lewis Gaelic was invented in 1783 when a man decided to speak Harris Gaelic wrong
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“Thank you Romesh Ranganathan for reminding me what an absolute tune dh’erich mi moch madainn cheitein is” isn’t a sentence I thought I’d ever be saying (tweeting?) but here we are.
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Got told I should consider a career in radio today cause I have a really nice voice 😌 a win for the Gaels and a loss for every weegie who has ever made fun of my accent x
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this is also why the trad industry is dominated by men btw! they’ve all sold their souls to the jamie fraser cult and abandoned the real, village hall ceilidh culture that made them.
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everytime gaelic language and culture receives a blow like this, skipinnish write a sad song about it, we all retweet saying “so powerful” and then proceed to do absolutely nothing? we have no movement, let alone an organised one - why are we just waiting for things to change?
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Over the next two weeks, The National will be publishing seven exclusive articles focusing on Scots and Gaelic to coincide with the ongoing public consultation on the Scottish Language Bill.
Pay attention to this! I’ve written an article to be included!
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Banning football would solve 90% of Glasgow’s problems. That’s the tweet and I stand by it.
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Kate Forbes, I am BEGGING YOU to send me to the fascist housing estate 🥺🥺🥺
#SNP
fascist tendency in the ascendency, they need voted out, people [grab today’s Herald]
👇
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Shivering alone on the top deck cause you’re seasick, while all your pals are playing rummy inside
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Excited to announce I’m moving to Dublin to further my career in Irish twitter.
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The Scottish experience is just constant suffering then death with a few ceilidhs to pass the time between
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hey, I saw you from across the bar and couldn’t help but notice that you hold a distinctly existential sadness behind your eyes and look like you were raised by an emotionally absent father and overbearing mother…a bheil Gàidhlig agad?
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currently 8000 words into a rage fuelled rant, but i’d like to remind you all of the time i brought up this problem TWO YEARS AGO and scottish patter reposted it? i was not joking at all lmao. the romantic and condescending language non-gaels use re:the h&i is not inconsequential
Don’t know what Glasgow-based Scottish-travel influencer needs to hear this, but not every beach that exists above the highland line is a “secret beach”
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Been having a wee linguistic soul search the night and I've come to an important realisation: for Gàidhlig and Scots to remain living languages, we have to stop treating them as cultural artefacts. Gàidhlig exists outwith the mòd. Scots is not reserved for Burns night. Get me?
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See when I say class consciousness has ruined period dramas for me...now I just sit there thinking “how are the clearances going, Mr Darcy?” 🥴
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Gaelic gets mentioned in any context and people are so fucking ready to turn it into a political debate about wether or not to denote respect to Gaels/Gàidhlig 🤦🏼♀️
There’s nothing political about the existence of a group of people. Wether or not to respect us shouldn’t be a convo
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Hate when I open my silly little mouth and “new years” slips out instead of Hogmanay 🤢🤢🤢 might as well have recited the entirety of rule Britannia
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Anyway...all the love and solidarity to every student whose quality of life and mental health has been sacrificed by their university who chose to abandon them for the sake of profit. Support student rent strikes. Support
@UofGRentStrike
if you’re in Glasgow.
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Me on the internet: treating the west h&i as a playground for your fantasies is bad, guys !!!
My entire personality for four months each summer:
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I love when nepotism “artists” move to the highlands and start branding their work around its production in the “remote, rugged, precipice of Scotland” in an attempt to give it the illusion of soul or meaning which their (lack of) talent didn’t allow for
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