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June 2021
June 2021
What Does ‘Good Sleep’ Mean, Anyway?
What Does ‘Good Sleep’ Mean, Anyway?
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Katmai National Park and Preserve
What Is Cottagecore?
What Is Cottagecore?
Dry Tortugas National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park
Bon Voyage!
Bon Voyage!
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park
Tips for Better Sleep - Dos
Tips for Better Sleep - Dos
Tips for Better Sleep - Don'ts
Tips for Better Sleep - Don'ts
Putting together your homebuying dream team
Putting together your homebuying dream team
How to pick your team
How to pick your team
How Five Star Award Winners  Are Chosen
How Five Star Award Winners Are Chosen
Canadian Bacon, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
Canadian Bacon, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
Bakes Sweet Potato Frittata
Bakes Sweet Potato Frittata
Potato, Sausage, and Broccoli Anytime Casserole
Potato, Sausage, and Broccoli Anytime Casserole
Warrior Two
Warrior Two
Tree Pose
Tree Pose
Cobra
Cobra
Seated Forward-Fold
Seated Forward-Fold
Cottagecore AV Club
Cottagecore AV Club
The Big Disconnect
The Big Disconnect
Baked Sweet Potato Frittata
Baked Sweet Potato Frittata
Potato, Sausage, and Broccoli Anytime Casserole
Potato, Sausage, and Broccoli Anytime Casserole
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The Big Disconnect

The Big Disconnect

written by Mye Brooks

At first blush, the cottagecore trend may seem counterintuitive. Why are urbanized digital natives, people connected 24/7 by technology and social media, romanticizing a time and place without WiFi? What about the hard realities of rural living, let alone rural living a hundred years ago? It's safe to say that many who ascribe to the cottagecore aesthetic have never mucked a horse stall or grown vegetables. It's even more confusing when you see how many women and members of the LGBT community covet the cottagecore lifestyle, when historically 'simpler times' meant oppression for them. 

But cottagecore isn't about running away to the 1800s or trading in hard-won equality for antiquated social norms — it's about reconciling the soul to the hollow demands of modern life. If a person can take one step away from the outside world and look toward a more peaceful existence, what does it matter if they're wearing rose-colored glasses to do it