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Small Joys: Volume 4

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Small Joys: Volume 4 | Fairly Southern

1. Tate’s cookies. They make some of my favorite gluten-free chocolate chip cookies! They are perfectly crispy and buttery. Gluten lovers also adore them! Just make sure you buy the gluten-free version, as Tate’s also makes regular gluten cookies.

Small Joys: Volume 4. Tate's Cookies! The best crispy and buttery gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. | Fairly Southern

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Meatless Monday is looking pretty sexy over here!

Meatless Monday is looking pretty sexy over here! I mean, those luscious summer strawberries 🍓😍

Who else grew up eating meat at least once or twice a day? 🙋🏻‍♀️ It can be hard to even imagine going meatless when you’re so used to eating meat all the time! But as a former meat-all-the-timer to someone who is now Meatless Everyday, I am here to tell you that it can be done, and there are a lot of great reasons to cut down on your meat consumption:

1) Generally, livestock require more resources (water, land, etc) to produce than plant crops and are far more polluting to the environment.

2) It’s better for your health! Meat is a known carcinogen and a major contributor to heart disease.

3) Mass meat producers are notoriously abusive and inhumane to animals.

4) Going meatless can cut your grocery bill wayyyyyy down, as meat is pretty pricey compared to most plants.

Going meatless even just one day a week is a great step to cutting down on your carbon footprint and living a healthier lifestyle. And I hope this food inspo helps show you that it can be delicious too!

Y’all, I am not a salad person. It’s just not something I really crave or want a lot of. UNLESS it’s summertime and hot as hades and I have ALL the delicious toppings! I have zero interest in turning on the oven these days. I want something cool and crisp. But it still needs to be filling. I don’t want a salad that leaves me feeling still as hungry as when I started, because, been there, and nothing makes me grumpier. Enter: ALL THE TOPPINGS. All the fresh veggies and fruits (here I’ve got mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, carrots, and strawberries), nuts, beans, baked tofu, lots of dressing. Lots and lots and lots of all of these things piled high on a big plate. I was STUFFED after polishing off this beauty last night! I’m planning to eat another one for lunch today.

What are you eating for Meatless Monday? What are your favorite cool and easy summertime meals?

Am FINALLY organizing all of my digital photos (th

Am FINALLY organizing all of my digital photos (thank you quarantine for forcing me to get to my most dreaded projects) and stumbled across this snap from two years ago. It seems like a completely different lifetime. Like is that actually me?? I don’t even wear jeans or blow dry my hair anymore, much less leave the house. Life is super surreal right now. But I know there are more sunflower fields to come, someday.

The fight for racial justice didn’t end back in

The fight for racial justice didn’t end back in June. What small or large steps have you been taking to advocate for and support Black lives lately?
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Today I got the BEST smoothie from @thelinknutrition, a Black owned business in Raleigh. Black owned businesses have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 (hiiiii systemic racism! 👋🏼), so it’s more important than ever to support Black businesses. If you’re in the Raleigh area, I highly recommend a smoothie/protein shake from The Link! Crucial for these hotttttt summer days!
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Also sorry to those of y’all who started following me for fashion, because between quarantine and it being hotter than hell itself in NC right now, I CANNOT with “real” clothes, and I don’t foresee that changing anytime soon. Old sorority tank tops and lounge shorts all day. What are zippers? What are buttons? What is jewelry? They say to dress for the job you want, and right now the only job I want is to work from the couch under the fan or to work from the pool...so here we are. 😎

Me walking away from insta the past week or so...

Me walking away from insta the past week or so...
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Just kidding, I didn’t totally walk away and it honestly wasn’t intentional. Things have just been super busy in the personal and professional sides of my life (mostly good things). I keep thinking of things I want to post and then forget to! But, I’m getting myself back together. Please comment with which you want to see first in my stories:
1) a small yet super impactful social justice action step you can take this week
2) a quarantine tip for people who have piercings
3) my thoughts on how ridiculously gendered our society is
4) a look at the new device I just bought to help me avoid disgusting public toilets
5) _________ - fill in the blank and tell me what you want to see/hear about!
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Xoxo, Laura

Hi!! I’ve never done a #fridayintroductions post

Hi!! I’ve never done a #fridayintroductions post and there are some new faces around here, so let’s do it! Except it’s actually Saturday....so maybe we’ll call it #sixonsaturday and I’ll share 6 fun facts about myself.
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1. Hi! I’m Laura, the face behind Fairly Southern! My parents named me Laura after they lost their list of baby names on the way to the hospital, and the name “Laura” is the only one they could both remember!
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2. Speaking of names...let’s talk about Fairly Southern. I gave my blog this name because I am on a mission to hold tight to all the things I love about my Southern heritage while also embracing progressive changes when it comes to social and environmental justice. The name is also a nod to fair trade. Fair/ethical purchasing, especially when it comes to fashion, is a major theme here on Fairly Southern!
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3. I used to get these beachy waves permanently straightened. I ditched those toxic chemicals 7ish years ago and have been learning to embrace my natural curls!
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4. I have traveled to 5 of the 7 continents, but I’ve never lived anywhere other than North Carolina!
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5. I once ate an entire giant restaurant basket of biscuits in one sitting, and it’s one of my dad’s favorite embarrassing stories to tell about me. I now have a gluten intolerance and fully believe I just maxed out my lifetime limit of bread at an early age.
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6. I have been blogging on and off for TEN years!! Fairly Southern is the latest iteration of my blogging journey, which I started not quite 3 years ago. I hope you’ll stick around here on my fair trade, eco-friendly, socially conscious front porch!
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Would love for y’all to say hey in the comments and share with me how you got your name!
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xoxo Laura

Every single week for the last two years, I have p

Every single week for the last two years, I have published a blog post on Fairly Southern. Every Sunday. Until a week ago.
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I’ve been on a much needed (socially distanced) vacation and was bummed that I’d have to spend my Sunday afternoon inside writing instead of enjoying the sun and sand. I just hadn’t had time to prep the post before leaving town.
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Then, I remembered that I’m an adult and the boss of me. I remembered that I’m also the boss of my own blog. So I shut down my computer and hit the beach. I skipped my post last week and this week too, and I feel like a physical weight has dropped from my shoulders.
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Putting myself on a strict weekly writing schedule was a really good thing for a while. I had so many posts I wanted to write that I hadn’t previously made time for. I knew I needed to start being more consistent. So I made the weekly commitment to myself, and I have a lot to show for it.
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But lately, there have been too many Sundays when I am mega stressed about finishing (or heck, just starting) my weekly post. And it’s such a relief to finally throw in that towel and say that that’s not going to work for me anymore.
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Don’t worry, FS isn’t going anywhere. I don’t know what my new schedule is going to look like or if I’ll even have a schedule! But I wanted y’all to know why you haven’t had an email in your inbox the last two weeks. Everything is okay...in fact, things are great! 😎
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I’m excited to see where Fairly Southern continues to take me/us. If you have feedback, suggestions, or ideas of what you’d like to see, let me know. Fairly Southern is a little bit for me, but mostly it’s for you. 💙
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Xoxo Laura

If you’ve been following me a while, then you al

If you’ve been following me a while, then you already know that the 4th of July brings up tricky feelings for me. This year, I am more disillusioned with the USA than ever before. I can’t even begin to celebrate freedom and justice when those words have long meant absolutely nothing for a large portion of people living in the US.
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My family has been taking turns reading this tattered (my fault for getting it soaked in my beach bag, sorry Mom) copy of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. We didn’t plan it this way, but all of us finished it just in time for us to watch the movie Just Mercy together tonight. Honestly, I can’t think of a better way to honor the 4th than by learning from the experiences of a Black American lawyer fighting for justice for wrongly and unfairly convicted individuals while also confronting racial inequities in our country. He has saved so many American lives. A true patriot. May we all follow in his shoes by continuing to fight for freedom and justice for all.

What is something you stopped doing during quarant

What is something you stopped doing during quarantine that you don’t plan to pick back up again? Or something you started doing that you plan to continue? I stopped painting my toenails! This may hardly seem revolutionary, but I haven’t spent more than a day or two without brightly painted nails since my early teens. I discovered that I actually quite like my natural look! My nails look a lot healthier now that the stained top layer has grown out, and I’m glad to be saving myself from some toxic chemicals. I’m not saying I won’t ever paint them again, because I’m sure I will (I love variety!). But I broke a cycle of feeling like I HAVE to do things a certain way, and it feels good to have that fall away.
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Okay, now I want to hear yours! What have you let fall away?

#Repost @hawkshopp with permission: ・・・ Keep

#Repost @hawkshopp with permission:
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Keep protesting, keep fighting. This is all connected—racism is not just police brutality. It is literally in the air we breathe and the water we drink. White allies...environmental activism has to be inclusive. (Sorry for all the typos—Canva is very hard for me to navigate on my phone!!) (no one is tagged on this post because I made it myself. Thank you all so much for the concern though!)

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