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Mary Long

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Welcome! I’m Mary Long, Founder of Herstory Network and the host of Heroines & Heretics Podcast.

I am absolutely convinced that the healing of this world will be brought about by women, but first we have to heal ourselves. We can no longer wait for someone to rescue us, we must rescue ourselves. How do we do that? Together. We do it together. By going within. By asking questions about why we believe what we believe. By challenging the status quo and refusing to be silent any longer.

I have a lot of questions regarding why women have taken on the role we have in this society and our world, and I am in search of answers. It’s time to take a good long look at the parts we’ve accepted as the duty of our gender, and ask ourselves if it isn’t time to re-examine them and see if there isn’t a better way.

Among these pages you will find women of great courage and determination, past and present.  Women who are presently performing amazing feats, big and small, that are changing our world.

Women who history may overlook, but herstory will not.

May they inspire you to remember the greatness that lies within you as well.

Are we ready to flip the board and end the game?

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Politicians tell us we need to work harder and earn our keep, while giving themselves six figure starting salaries, unlimited and fully paid vacation and sick days, food stipends, pensions after five years, excellent healthcare…all paid for by us, the taxpayers. The ones they try and shame and label ‘freeloaders.’ Religious leaders tell us that suffering and sacrifice are holy, and ‘blessed are the poor’, while they live opulant lives of giant cathedrals, private planes, huge mansions, and public worship. Are we finally done playing this game that we didn’t make the rules for but leaves us on the losing end every time? This game of striving to survive and prosper while those in charge stack the decks in their favor? Are we finally ready to flip the board on this evil game and walk away, choosing instead to unite and take our power back? Like Dorothy, we’re all waking up to the realization that it’s we, the people, who have had the power all along. And now, at this glorious moment in humanity’s evolution, we are finally ready to use it. ‘Power to the people’ isn’t just a catchy phrase to use at protests. It’s the answer to all of it.

If Illegals were the Cause, why aren’t Things any Better Without Them?

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Here’s some questions I’d really like someone to answer.

If immigrants were taking all the jobs meant for Americans, why has this year seen the most layoffs and firings of Americans since Covid in 2020? Why have over 800,000 people lost their jobs this year? Unemployment has increased by 76% since 2024. In 2025 ICE started their raids/kidnappings and illegals began to disappear. So, if the immigrants were taking all the great American jobs and the immigrants are now being removed, why are Americans losing jobs instead of stepping into all those wonderful vacancies left by them?

Also, if our healthcare costs were so high because we were paying for illegals healthcare, why are our costs rising? Those millions of illegals who were gaming the system are now being removed from it, so why aren’t American’s insurance costs dropping? Why are they increasing if the problem causing the high costs have been removed?

And all those government programs the illegals were abusing that were keeping Americans from getting the help they need? All of those food and housing benefits that they were using to live the high life? Why are those programs now being decreased or eliminated? If the reason help was so difficult to come by was because the system was clogged with illegals, why aren’t Americans benefits increasing with their removal? Shouldn’t there be more for Americans now, not less?

What about the high cost of everything? Anyone who shops for groceries can clearly see the increase in prices with each trip to the store. They told us over and over that everything was rising in price because we had to make up for all the money we were spending on illegals being here. But they’re gone now, so why are prices still going up?

It’s almost as if illegals were never really the problem. It’s almost as if the people who benefit from keeping people hating each other want to make sure those people never look too closely at what the cause of their struggles could really be. It’s almost as if they want to make damn sure those people never unite, because if they do they know their reign is over and the gravy train ends.

On a completely unrelated note;

Jeff Bezos net worth in 2024–$226 billion     2025–$246 billion

Elon Musk net worth in 2024– $321 billion     2025–$500 billion

DJT net worth in 2024–$5 billion    2025–$8 billion

Congratulations to all of them on their hard work!