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My mother set herself on fire. Why do people choose to self-immolate?

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Don't dismiss these horrifying acts as 'crazy,' because they're rarely so simple. There was a cultural context when my mother did it in 1971, just as there is today.

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My mother set herself on fire. Why do people choose to self-immolate?

Don't dismiss these horrifying acts as 'crazy,' because they're rarely so simple. There was a cultural context when my mother did it in 1971, just as there is today.

15 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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