KAY SMYTHE

Writer, Researcher, Social Scientist

May 2023: Who Do You Support?

How much time do you spend on the internet? If you’re anything like me, you probably spend more time online than you want to, and it is starting to show. It feels like every day is an endless, repetitive cycle of doom scrolling through conspiracy theories, gardening videos, and things that make me feel like I’m not doing enough. My logical mind understands that the timers I have on my social media help limit my exposure to crappy accounts online, but they still seem to take up space inside my brain.

That’s why all of my PublicSq reels from this month have showcased the other folks who use their time to promote brands that help us get back to our humanity. The first clip I threw together was of Will Witt describing how Big Pharma is manipulating the rhetoric to earn millions, if not billions from America’s most vulnerable demographic: children.

I wanted something a little lighter for my second video, which is how I found @somechickwhoshoots — the reel she put together of all the amazing alternative brands you can find on PublicSq is absolutely inspiring. For the first time since watching the new season of Selling Sunset, I don’t feel like a fashion failure.

After a month of scrolling through PublicSq’s socials and app, I discovered that I am far from alone in my yearning for a different type of online experience. According to @GrahamAllen1, PSQ surpassed Amazon. Watch the whole video here for more information. The main takeaway from this clip is that YOU are not alone in wanting something different from what you’re being fed.

The Western Experiment of consumerism isn’t just unsustainable from a global perspective, but from a social one too. How we spend money matters now more than ever, as fewer and fewer companies will survive the crunches that lay ahead of us. If you want to find more brands (and a better online experience) check out PublicSq today, and follow them on Instagram here.

April 2023: Showers Bring Flowers

April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Aside from the garden, which benefitted enormously from the wet weather we’ve had through April, the showers were not all fun. The metaphorical showers of April were exhausting, and brought enormous changes to my mental, practical being.

Sometimes studying the end of the world can be a little bit depressing and exhausting, especially when you feel like you and your fam are fighting a battle with limited support.

But after a good dose of heavy rain, the beautiful temperament of North Carolina’s climate will often bring a rainbow. And boy was this more than just some pretty colors in the sky.

One of the first things that brought some light to April was PublicSq’s latest Buy/Ditch campaigns. I put a video together for my social media on three excellent items that you can switch up today to ensure your money is supporting what you really want from America.

For women, I found Garnuu, an excellent tampon and women’s health company who aren’t being manipulated by the masses to lie about how biological men need tampons. I think a lot of people believe my stance on this stuff is anti-trans. This couldn’t be further from the truth. My stance on things like this is that I am pro-women, anti-manipulation.

Consumerism and greed are arguably the #1 cause of social decline, and lie at the root of all major evils in the Western World right now. Telling non-biological women that they need to buy tampons isn’t just stupid, it’s forcing them to contribute financially to something that they don’t need, and actually creates a huge amount of waste.

To check out the rest of the best Buy/Ditch items from PublicSq in April, watch this video I shared on my Instagram.

And to learn more about PublicSq and why this excellent company is fighting back against the corrupt systems within America, I linked this video from the company’s founder, Michael Seifert. This clip comes from an interview conducted by one of my closest friends, mentors, and host of “The Joe Pags Show,” Joe Pags. I guarantee you’ll download the app today (and upload your business to it if you haven’t already!).

March 2023: Common Sense

Most of March has been fairly chaotic for me. You might have seen me rip apart the relevancy of former Congressman Barney Frank on Newsmax TV. In defense of his importance, Frank told the nation that he was on the board of a bank … which collapsed less than a week later. You can watch the clip here, even though I absolutely hate myself for being so rude throughout it. I received a huge backlash from Twitter Twatters over this particular segment. At the time, I thought it was justified. That’s all I’ll say on that.

The economy is one of my biggest concerns right now. The dollar’s stability as a currency is in a state of flux. Foreign powers are trading more and more oil using alternate means, creating a bubble that could render us a third world nation in an incredibly short amount of time. If you haven’t read my work about this, check out this video. It explains a bit, but if you need more, shoot me an email using the contact form.

Explaining what’s going on with the economy is too much for just one short blog post today. Thankfully, I’m relaunching my Patreon with FRESH CONTENT, INTERVIEWS, AND MORE as of next week (April, this is not a joke). Through the content provided on that platform and others, I’ll be addressing as many aspects of our social decline as possible, including how to mitigate the worst of the economic crisis heading our way.

The first thing I would advise everyone to do today is to stop shopping with businesses who do not support America, our ideals, and our stability. So many of the brands we use are run by foreign conglomerates, none of whom need America. We might buy a lot now, but so many other countries are evolving to fill our financial place in a globalized world.

Download PublicSq today and you’ll be introduced to thousands of incredible American brands. The money you spend on this site is a vote to support American business owners and our success as an economy. When all of these globalized conglomerates turn their backs on us and our governments cannot provide for our demand, we’ll need the skills of those who run these companies to create a hyper-local economy that ensures we’re fed, clothed, safe, warm, and that our children get access to educational materials.

Anyone with common sense can see we’re in huge trouble, and anyone not taking every step to mitigate the worst for themselves need help. I hope this blog post is a small help, or at least a nudge in the right direction.

Also, can someone tell me what plant that is in the cover photo for this post? Thanks.