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221. Living Inside the Occupation with Janessa Quinn
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- Moon to Moon
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- Feb 11, 2026
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- 4228
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Summary
In this episode, Britten LaRue is joined by artist, astrologer, and mom extraordinaire, Janessa Quinn, for an intimate and revealing conversation about what it's like to live inside the active moment of political crisis in Minnesota. Janessa shares firsthand experiences of community response to ICE activity, the emergence of underground networks of care, and the psychological and logistical realities of daily life under what many are calling an occupation. Together, they reflect on astrology as a contextual anchor and explore what it means to stop asking systems to save us and instead build something new through relationship, proximity, and care. Topics They Cover: Janessa's personal and geographic context: growing up between South Florida and Minnesota, and how Minnesota's rule-following culture shapes both resistance and collective response How the murder of George Floyd marked a turning point that seeded long-term mutual aid, underground care networks, and community organizing that are now being reactivated What daily life looks like inside the current situation in Minnesota: hypervigilance, checking maps, encrypted group chats, anonymous coordination, and the emotional toll of living in multiple realities at once Parenting through crisis: how Janessa talks with her children about ICE, safety, kidnapping, and the presence of helpers without sugarcoating what's happening The concept of occupation: why that word fits, how it feels psychologically and physically, and how it echoes historical moments of wartime normalization The role of local businesses, neighbors, and mutual aid becoming acts of resistance Astrology as both a witness and compass: Pluto in Aquarius, Jupiter in Cancer, the Aries Point, and the tension between urgency, force, love, and long-term capacity-…