Emily Joy Allison
@emilyjoyallison.bsky.social
Writer on religion, gender and sexuality, focusing on Christianity in the US, sexual violence and evangelicalism. Author of #ChurchToo and In The Beginning (William Morrow 2027). Views & swears my own 🌈
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#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing
Sexual abuse is utterly rampant in Christian churches in America. And the reasons are somewhat different than those you might find in the #MeToo stories coming out of Hollywood or Washington. #ChurchT...
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Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
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Slowly rebuilding over here.
@ emilyjoypoetry on The Bad Place
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Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
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Slowly rebuilding over here.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
AFTYN BEHN NEXT @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
AFTYN BEHN NEXT @aftynbehn.bsky.social
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Democrats not only kept control of the NJ governor's mansion for three terms in a row -- something that hasn't happened since the 1960s -- but went from winning by 3 points last time to winning by *13*
This is how Fox News has that story headlined, in small print, buried on the home page
This is how Fox News has that story headlined, in small print, buried on the home page
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Democrats not only kept control of the NJ governor's mansion for three terms in a row -- something that hasn't happened since the 1960s -- but went from winning by 3 points last time to winning by *13*
This is how Fox News has that story headlined, in small print, buried on the home page
This is how Fox News has that story headlined, in small print, buried on the home page
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Woah, it’s happening in the South. Let’s go, Tennessee, and vote soon for @aftynbehn.bsky.social for Congress!
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Woah, it’s happening in the South. Let’s go, Tennessee, and vote soon for @aftynbehn.bsky.social for Congress!
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Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
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Zohran Mamdani wins with >50% of the vote.
Clean sweeps in statewide races in New Jersey and Virginia.
Pennsylvania retains all democratic Supreme Court justices.
California passes prop 50.
This is the best possible outcome that could've happened tonight.
Clean sweeps in statewide races in New Jersey and Virginia.
Pennsylvania retains all democratic Supreme Court justices.
California passes prop 50.
This is the best possible outcome that could've happened tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Zohran Mamdani wins with >50% of the vote.
Clean sweeps in statewide races in New Jersey and Virginia.
Pennsylvania retains all democratic Supreme Court justices.
California passes prop 50.
This is the best possible outcome that could've happened tonight.
Clean sweeps in statewide races in New Jersey and Virginia.
Pennsylvania retains all democratic Supreme Court justices.
California passes prop 50.
This is the best possible outcome that could've happened tonight.
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
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Celebrating tonight’s results by going out and getting really vaxxed
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Celebrating tonight’s results by going out and getting really vaxxed
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It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
How are we in the timeline where the vice president of the United States is missionary dating his wife
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How are we in the timeline where the vice president of the United States is missionary dating his wife
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We're seeing in real time that many people are already in hell in that they carry hell with them wherever they go. Those making fun of people on SNAP are already in hell.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We're seeing in real time that many people are already in hell in that they carry hell with them wherever they go. Those making fun of people on SNAP are already in hell.
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I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
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conspiracy to make a cop go slow
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
conspiracy to make a cop go slow
Thinking about the time my ex was trying to get music to play out of her parents’ bluetooth speaker and it started coming out of their thermostat instead
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thinking about the time my ex was trying to get music to play out of her parents’ bluetooth speaker and it started coming out of their thermostat instead
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If you come to my house on Halloween, kids will get candy and adults will get a candy with a free zine illustrated by @meganpiont.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you come to my house on Halloween, kids will get candy and adults will get a candy with a free zine illustrated by @meganpiont.bsky.social
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A three-judge panel has ruled against the state's attempt to end a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s nearly total abortion ban.
Court Rules Against State; Abortion Exceptions Lawsuit Continues
Legislation from this year's Tennessee General Assembly was not enough to quash case
www.nashvillescene.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A three-judge panel has ruled against the state's attempt to end a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s nearly total abortion ban.
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If you're new to Nashville, some info in a 🧵. Our tornado season here runs from tonight (when we start getting Fall cold fronts) until about June. While tonight's severe/tornado risk is pretty low, this is good practice for later. (1/6)
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you're new to Nashville, some info in a 🧵. Our tornado season here runs from tonight (when we start getting Fall cold fronts) until about June. While tonight's severe/tornado risk is pretty low, this is good practice for later. (1/6)
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during commercials of @911nashville (a TV maxidrama featuring attractive people rescuing folks), consider helping our most vulnerable Nashvillians by donating food, shelter and warmth that will go directly to those in need through Open Table Nashville. Winter is coming. buff.ly/0ib7qKm?
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October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
during commercials of @911nashville (a TV maxidrama featuring attractive people rescuing folks), consider helping our most vulnerable Nashvillians by donating food, shelter and warmth that will go directly to those in need through Open Table Nashville. Winter is coming. buff.ly/0ib7qKm?
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-Twitter was for years the gathering place for a community of clergy abuse survivors who taught me daily what true empathy, righteousness and love look like. I would not be the person I am today without them.
-Jerry Falwell’s belly button.
-Jerry Falwell’s belly button.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
-Twitter was for years the gathering place for a community of clergy abuse survivors who taught me daily what true empathy, righteousness and love look like. I would not be the person I am today without them.
-Jerry Falwell’s belly button.
-Jerry Falwell’s belly button.
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Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.
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He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.
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Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.
October 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.
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TODAY IS ELECTION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE FOR AFTYN BEHN!!!!
1. Check your polling place and time by clicking the link below:
web.go-vote-tn.elect...
2. Grab your government-issued ID!
3. Head to polls! They close at 7 PM CT!
Let's send our girl to Congress! #VoteForAftyn
1. Check your polling place and time by clicking the link below:
web.go-vote-tn.elect...
2. Grab your government-issued ID!
3. Head to polls! They close at 7 PM CT!
Let's send our girl to Congress! #VoteForAftyn
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
TODAY IS ELECTION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE FOR AFTYN BEHN!!!!
1. Check your polling place and time by clicking the link below:
web.go-vote-tn.elect...
2. Grab your government-issued ID!
3. Head to polls! They close at 7 PM CT!
Let's send our girl to Congress! #VoteForAftyn
1. Check your polling place and time by clicking the link below:
web.go-vote-tn.elect...
2. Grab your government-issued ID!
3. Head to polls! They close at 7 PM CT!
Let's send our girl to Congress! #VoteForAftyn