I'm an outspoken #exchristian with too much to say and not enough characters to say it. #humanist #gayaf Marrying @NewLis_OnLife
Joined April 2015
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Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
just a reminder that depression in cis men often goes overlooked because they may present as uncharacteristically irritable, stubborn, aggressive, controlling, or reckless instead of “sad”
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Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
8-10 years ago I was skeptical of survivors. Not actively hostile. Skeptical. I defaulted to defending pastors/leaders. I waited to hear what the leaders of my tribe said, then I fell in line.
I wish I had believed sooner. I’m part of the problem…
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
If your partner tells you that you need to “submit” or “obey” them, reconsider the partnership. These words do not convey respect or equality - and you deserve better. #religioustrauma #smashthepatriarchy #adulting
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
Hot take 🧵
Forcing single Christian women to be celibate till marriage is the last stronghold of the patriarchy and here’s why:
It drastically reduces the dating pool. If you can only date and marry a Christian man, and there are more xian women than men, it creates demand.
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
I brought my childhood imaginary friend back to life using A.I. (#GPT3) and it was one of the scariest and most transformative experiences of my life.
A thread 🤖 (1/23)
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
Jesus: “Show me your funniest joke.”
Babylon Bee: "I have no funniest joke."
Jesus: "You are right in saying, ‘I have no funniest joke,' for you only have one joke, and the one you have is not funny."
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
Client shared this excerpt of a letter they’re drafting to their family as an exercise in processing trauma: “This letter will only be as kind as you have been to me, which is to say, it will not be kind at all; and I will not be held responsible for your feelings about that.”💣
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
How I became affirming.
Maybe no one needs this, and maybe it's ill-advised but here we go. I can't remember if I've ever done this before or not. 🧵
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
Families often tell me that when their child protests loudly about going to school, teachers tell them that if they take them home, this will 'reinforce bad behaviour' and make it likely that they will 'throw more tantrums to get their way'. Here's why that advice is wrong. 1/
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
Ex-theists/Atheists: Do you ever catch yourself praying? Not to a God, but as a self-expression of your desires, hopes and fears?
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
talking about children's rights is just hell bc you'll be like "children have a right to bodily autonomy and personal choice, including to set boundaries with their carers and guardians" and ppl will just start screaming about how baths and bedtimes aren't abusive
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
A few years ago, when my daughter was a toddler, I posted that we had decided that we were not going to use corporal punishment. The online backlash was intense. I was told that she would be an unruly brat and probably end up in jail.
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
A smear campaign is traumatizing, but to an abuse survivor it adds a whole new layer of trauma
When it works it is devastating. It contributes to more feelings of rejection
It encourages a survivor to stay silent & causes them to re-coil into themselves
Been there & felt that
Alek 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ retweeted
I’m tired of evangelicals saying “I’m sorry [other evangelicals] didn’t reflect Christ’s love. I, too, hate what Christianity has become. Please don’t judge God & His people based on the actions of a few. These were not real / true Christians.”
please, for once, take ownership.