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D.L. Mayfield (they/them)
@dlmayfield.bsky.social
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Autistic non-binary, exvangelical, tired. Co-founder of STRONGWILLED, a multi-media project focused on survivors of religious authoritarian parenting methods.
http://strongwilledproject.com
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Every day he makes more and more sense to me
image of michael caine in the movie children of men. he has long white hair and a white beard and is on a couch surrounded by books and his dog and plants.
October 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Ok so they are calling for an emergency naked bike ride in Portland to protest Trump and you know what? Hell yeah.
Screenshot of a picture from the Oregonians instagram page with blurry naked people riding bikes across a bridge at night. Text says emergency world naked bike ride planned in Portland
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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a screenshot from an adventures in odyssey cartoon with an old man with a white mustache staring at a young boy drinking a soda
September 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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If you wore these shoes because you cared about Jesus and social justice then you probably have religious trauma now
Ugly canvas shoes from the brand Toms
September 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Like . . . all of these men writing and sharing these books . . .
Counselor and author H. Norman Wright addresses this matter of a woman’s sense of identity in his outstanding book Always Daddy’s Girl. It contains the following cogent observation, written directly for the female reader: Your relationship with your father was your critical initial interaction with the masculine gender. He was the first man whose attention you wanted to gain. He was the first man you flirted with, the first man to cuddle you and kiss you, the first man to prize you as a very special girl among all other girls. All of these experiences with your father were vital to the nurturing of the element that makes you different from him and all other men: your femininity. The fawning attention of a father for his daughter prepares her for her uniquely feminine role as a girlfriend, fiancée, and wife. cover of a book called alway's daddy's girl by h. Norman Wright
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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It is SO cool that millions and millions of parents really liked the creep that was Dr. James Dobson and ruined our childhoods because of they followed his advice. When in reality he was just broadcasting his gross fantasies constantly.
Some girls will go to great lengths to achieve a close relationship with their fathers. I am reminded of a man who told me about driving a teenage boy to the home of his thirteen-year-old girlfriend. When they arrived, a pretty little teenybopper popped out of the house dressed like a prostitute. She was wearing fishnet stockings and a shocking see-through dress that revealed just about everything, including her panties and bra. Her father was standing in the front yard when she walked past him. He looked up and said, “Have a nice time.” After the girl was in the car, she explained tearfully that she was wearing the sexy dress because she wanted to see if her dad cared enough to stop her. He didn’t. It was just a test of his love and concern. He failed it. When they arrived at their destination, she went into the women’s restroom and changed her clothes. text reads dr james Dobson Blogs January 4 2024 What daughters need from dads a father holds the keys to his daughters feminine identity, her sense of self-worth, and her future relationship. there is a man with a beard laughing while a younger girl with braids is on his back smiling
August 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I’m sorry I can’t do the alt text on this one but here are the major sources:
August 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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99% of CSAM
Most disturbing images made of children are made at home by the victims bio father (58%) or stepfather (41%)
August 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Stranger danger is a myth created to help people deny the horrible reality that abuse is done by those they know and trust
Text reads the average child predator targets the children of their own families and friends
August 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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And they target Christians and Christian spaces
Text reads the average child predator is religious at 90%
August 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Not a creeper/loner living in a van. But a married guy in a community
The average child predator is male at 94% and married or formerly married at 77%
August 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Buckle up, everybody because this is knowledge that we all need in order to keep our communities safe:
Red background and black text that says what are the common characteristics of serial child predators?
August 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Hi, my hot take is that it’s good to be happy when sadistic people like John MacArthur die! Here’s just one snippet of his “biblical” parenting instructions:
A photo of a page from a book with a few yellow highlights. A heading reads recognizing your child’s true potential. Below it says every child comes into the world with an insatiable capacity for evil
July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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An image of a grumpy Thomas the tank engine train with text that reads when someone wishes me a happy 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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My baby turns 50 today 🥹
A picture of a white man with dark hair looking at the camera (it’s Sufjan Stevens!)
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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This is from the recent interview Peter Thiel did with Ross Doughhat. Greta lives rent free in their heads and I feel like we should be paying attention to this!
In our world, the thing that has political resonance is the opposite. The thing that has political resonance is: We need to stop science, we need to just say “stop” to this. And this is where, in the 17th century, I can imagine a Dr. Strangelove, Edward Teller-type person taking over the world. In our world, it’s far more likely to be Greta Thunberg.
June 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Oh we are talking about terrorist sleeper cells here in the US? Here’s one that I think about almost every single day
A brown office building with blue letter on the outside that says focus on the family
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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My signs from today. I would estimate 1-2k people were out in our suburb and only ONE counter-protester
Cardboard sign with text that says I drink my coffee warm because fuck ice Cardboard sign with lettering that reads they’ll say we are disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war — Howard zinn
June 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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My rep @repzachhudson.bsky.social was at our local protest today, busted out a banjo and sang All You Fascists Bound to Lose!!!! You love to see it.
A crowd is gathered outside with signs that say no kings and hands off free speech. There is a man wearing a suit and playing a banjo at the front of the crowd
June 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Did you know that ICE agents barely make above minimum wage? They LIKE terrorizing people for funsies, so act accordingly. (GS-5 is the starting pay for ICE agents and this is from 2024)
Screenshot of the federal pay website. GS-5 Yearly pay is $33,878-$44,039. Monthly pay is $2,823-$3,669. Hourly pay is $16.23-$21.10
June 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Image of a brick wall with black graffiti that says if we burn you burn with us
June 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Remember to steal from the rich and give to the poor (was Robin Hood — the animated version — your sexual awakening or was he your ethical awakening?!?!)
A white person is wearing a green hat with fox years, a red fox tail, a green shirt and brown pants in front of a tree
June 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Please be proud of Krispin he came up with this meme
Meme image of two muscle-y arms clasping each other. Text above says “we’re all gonna die” text below says Sufjan Stevens on the left and senator Joni Ernst on the right
June 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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(This was my first ever ren faire 😂 I did not blend in very well but I had a great time)
A whit person wearing chain mail and sunglasses holds a cardboard sword and shield with flames painted on it. The words say they keep burning us but we keep coming back. The person is standing next to an older white man dressed as a bishop in front of a tent.
June 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Working on a chapter where I talk about this wretched book and my 10yo saw the cover. He wanted to know what the book was about . . . I told him just a tiny bit about the religious authoritarian parenting methods of guilt and corporal punishment. He immediately pointed out that this boy was crying 💔
A hand holds up a book cover with a boy with a terrible bowl cut sneaking a cookie out of a cookie jar. The text says Larry tomczak god the rod and your child’s bod, the art of loving correction for Christian parents A close up of the young boy’s face where you can see his eyes are shiny with tears
June 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM