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Hi everybody! Logging in briefly just to say ICYMI, I'm done with Xitter. Find me instead on Bl*es*y or T*read*s. On the latter, I'm under chrissystroop. On the former, I'm at bugbeardispatch.com, which is also my S*bsta*k that I'd super appreciate subscriptions to!

Note: S*b*sta*k just added DMs and is is the best place to DM me now

@rahabelizabeth @JesterWootton Just Me Emily Joy Allison Chrissy Stroop Jazz @AnnaCaudill4 @preston_shipp David Brooks Brad Sargent/futuristguy *nods* And then there are mostly unpublicized overlaps. I hardly ever decline a doughnut, but this was a day I felt I had to. religiondispatches.org/less-for-moore…

Doing one of my very occasional pop-ins to let you all know that from now through the end of April I've slashed paid subscription prices on my newsletter, The Bugbear Dispatch, by over 25%! You'll get lots of great content, like the new essay linked here bugbeardispatch.com/p/why-you-cant…

I also recently made one of my best essays, this previously paywalled essay about how Jesus was a jerk, available for free, so readers can get a taste of the incisive, insightful, and at times iconoclastic analysis you'll get with a paid subscription: bugbeardispatch.com/p/easter-repos…

"Authoritarian Christianity places a great deal of emphasis on crushing one’s desires in order to become like Jesus. The level of self-erasure prescribed is so extreme that I think it’s comparable to the requirements of the assassins’ cult the Faceless Men in Game of Thrones"

"The allure of understanding the nature of reality in a way that others don’t can be particularly seductive to people who aren’t deriving meaning from community and healthy relationships, or for anyone who is vulnerable due to recent major loss or trauma"

Steve Hassan's cult expertise has helped a lot of folks. Now, weaponized by anti-trans activists, his legacy is fuelling conspiracy theories. This episode tracks his influence in fanning the culture war fire over trans dignity. conspirituality.net/episodes/202-s…

matthew remski Great episode, but small criticism on a talking point popular in anti-trans spaces that you repeated about progressive countries rethinking trans care for teens. In the Netherlands, where I live, questions are mostly being asked by conservative politicians, not the actual doctors

To be honest, it doesn't seem like he needed a lot of prompting. He has gone so far off the transphobic conspiracy deep end that he's now somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

"It would be exceedingly foolish to go and further alienate a large chunk of the Democratic base with calls to 'put God first' in the voting booth," writes Chrissy Stroop for RD: ow.ly/OOVk50RAmKW

Popping back in to promote my recent conversation with Seth Andrews about "true Christian" debates and how they reinforce Christian privilege, among other things. Check it out! spreaker.com/episode/why-ca…

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