@wisteria-grows-here, My Birthday Is September 6th

No one:

Me, in a weird point of deconversion/relearning stuff where I can’t do a lot of technical stuff I frequently did in fundamentalist environment I was raised in anymore, but I also don’t know how to do a lot of technical stuff I have to do in the secular environment I’m in now, that others grew up being taught how to do:

Recovery from intensely restrictive and abusive upbringing is like: I’m comfortable with ambiguity, I’m comfortable with ambiguity, I’m comfortable with ambiguity, OH MY GOD SOMEONE TELL ME THE RULES RIGHT NOW OR I WILL DIE. AM I ALLOWED TO DO THIS? WHAT DO YOU WANT??? AM I IN TROUBLE FOR ASKING??? TELL ME THE RULES, IM SO SCARED, nvm I’m comfortable with ambiguity, I’m comfortable with ambiguity, I’m okay, this is fine, I’m comfortable with ambiguity

Me, holding Apostle Paul up by the scruff of his neck like a kitten to a group of christians: Is this really your mans? Is this really who you listen to? Pathetic.

May God bless you in all of your gay endeavors

Hey I got some discrete pride pins. I love them so much!

It was a part of a kickstarter and they were kind enough to offer non-pride packaging so it would be more accessible. These are lesbian roses and agender calla lillies. Even silent acts of rebellion like this feel great.

i’ll have you know well over six tumblr users enjoy my religious trauma shitposts

I know I go on fuck terf rampages every couple of months, but it's really alarming how many people in the ex cath and Christian tags have "terfs dni" in their bio and yet interact with and reblog posts from terfs!!

it can be hard to spot dogwhistles, but if you consider yourself an ally to trans women you have to make the effort. here are my tips for spotting terfs:

(disclaimer: i am a white, transmisogyny exempt trans lesbian, from a very white part of the united states. i was raised catholic, clearly am not anymore.)

If on desktop, download shinigami eyes. This is a browser extension that shows transphobic people in red, and trans allies in green.

Block the tags "radical feminism", "gender critical", and "terf safe". when these posts pop up on your feed, you can usually find a whole chain of terfs to block.

red flags in bios: excessive use of the word female; the word goddess; most mentions of vagina, vulva, or womb; the phrase "gender critical"; mentions of pagan goddesses (more on this below)

i have less than 100 followers on this blog, so i understand that this is not viable for people with larger followings, but if you take 30 seconds to search the word "trans" on a new follower's blog, you see either positive or negative posts about trans people.

another common red flag i see a lot is defensiveness over whiteness. i saw a post recently in the ex christian tag that said "well i am white and live in a predominantly white area but i am still oppressed by the patriarchy!!" and when i went to her blog she ticked off every point on this list.

i specifically mentioned pagan deities earlier. i know that a lot of people, once they have left christianity, jump into pagan religions and they find a lot of solace in them. most of these people are fine. but there is so much rampant transmisogyny, misognoir, and antisemitism in the pagan and witchcraft community, that anyone who advertises this on their blog instantly becomes a red flag to me (and I'm usually right).

I really implore everyone in the ex christian and ex catholic community here on tumblr to start taking action, and start blocking terfs. don't engage, don't argue with them, DO NOT GIVE THEM A PLATFORM, just block them, tell your friends to block them, and move on.

Good luck to other exjws having to hear their jw relatives talking about bible prophecies, king of the north, armageddon etc because of what’s happening in Ukraine

This is so good! I love the quirk's connections to his appearance and nickname.

Thought id share one of my other bnha au’s, my Deku themed qurik au.

THE WOODEN DOLL HERO: DEKU! 

The idea was inspired but mr conpress’ and the meatball kids quirk as well as Legend of zeldas majora’s mask!

Part of Apple's new terms include "do not post incorrect things about religious texts" but even scholars of religious texts often disagree on the actual content or intent behind them. Apple has therefore declared itself the arbiter of the true word of God. 🤔