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James Dobson is finally dead and I have been trying to besmirch his legacy for the past few years! If you want to understand how he targeted strategic developmental stages in childhood to create people ripe for authoritarian abuse, start here: strongwilled.substack.com/p/chapter-3-...
Chapter 3: The Beginnings of the Religious Authoritarian Parenting Movement
How the 1960s and social progress movements sparked a long-term backlash that continues on to the present day.
strongwilled.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
James Dobson is finally dead and I have been trying to besmirch his legacy for the past few years! If you want to understand how he targeted strategic developmental stages in childhood to create people ripe for authoritarian abuse, start here: strongwilled.substack.com/p/chapter-3-...
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Obsessed with @dlmayfield.bsky.social lighting a copy of The Strong Willed Child on fire on TikTok live this morning lol
August 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Obsessed with @dlmayfield.bsky.social lighting a copy of The Strong Willed Child on fire on TikTok live this morning lol
happy James Dobson Is Dead day to all who celebrate
August 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
happy James Dobson Is Dead day to all who celebrate
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here's gavin newsom personally and purposefully destroying the few things a homeless person has on camera because he's proud of doing it
August 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
here's gavin newsom personally and purposefully destroying the few things a homeless person has on camera because he's proud of doing it
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Everything is shit and fascism is here and we're not going to be saved; we have to fight it together. Go volunteer at a local food bank or library or something, joining existing networks will save you time and energy and show you how those connections look and feel if you need to rebuild them later
August 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Everything is shit and fascism is here and we're not going to be saved; we have to fight it together. Go volunteer at a local food bank or library or something, joining existing networks will save you time and energy and show you how those connections look and feel if you need to rebuild them later
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I stumbled on an old photo I took in my local park of a fairy crash site. It's not there any more - the log's rotted - but I think about that fairy often.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I stumbled on an old photo I took in my local park of a fairy crash site. It's not there any more - the log's rotted - but I think about that fairy often.
there’s an old cowboy who loves going to my neighborhood coffee shop and sitting at the bar like it’s the local saloon
August 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
there’s an old cowboy who loves going to my neighborhood coffee shop and sitting at the bar like it’s the local saloon
spiritually i am a new yorker when it comes to going places
I never realize how much of a New Yorker I am till it’s time to walk. Some people do not have a sense of purpose. Step to the side!
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
spiritually i am a new yorker when it comes to going places
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help i said yes to a social event 😢
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
help i said yes to a social event 😢
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not interested in how much horsepower an engine has. only interested in how many horse powers. can it open a stall door with its lips. can it whiffle as it delicately takes a carrot from your palm. can it enchant eight year old girls the world over. CAN IT
August 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
not interested in how much horsepower an engine has. only interested in how many horse powers. can it open a stall door with its lips. can it whiffle as it delicately takes a carrot from your palm. can it enchant eight year old girls the world over. CAN IT
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Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:
The Blue-State Hospitals Carrying Out Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda
In states where gender-affirming care remains legal, some hospitals have nonetheless stopped providing it. What gives?
newrepublic.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:
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my partner heard about the Finnish tradition of getting swords with PhDs and got me a motherfucking sword 😍⚔️
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
my partner heard about the Finnish tradition of getting swords with PhDs and got me a motherfucking sword 😍⚔️
i looked at horse-themed jewelry on Etsy the other day. i need to honor my inner horse girl
August 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
i looked at horse-themed jewelry on Etsy the other day. i need to honor my inner horse girl
one of my most precious dreams is to have an ancient tortoise living in my backyard
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
one of my most precious dreams is to have an ancient tortoise living in my backyard
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when you ask someone how they're doing and they say "can't complain" ???? girl I can
August 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
when you ask someone how they're doing and they say "can't complain" ???? girl I can
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I think it's really worth noting that this concentration camp was opened one month and three days ago.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.
Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside
In an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.
nbcnews.to
August 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I think it's really worth noting that this concentration camp was opened one month and three days ago.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
This woman saw enough horror in that time to quit and tell the public what she saw.
Which suggests that it's not as bad as we think, or as bad as we can envision from her description—it's worse.
have a new journal but i’m scared to start it. afraid to feel
August 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
have a new journal but i’m scared to start it. afraid to feel
i regularly feel guilty buying snacks or slightly fancier groceries these days
show of hands who else feels like crying or possibly throwing up at the grocery store check-out these days?
New polling shows that 53% of Americans consider the price of groceries to be a major source of stress.
www.axios.com/2025/08/04/g...
www.axios.com/2025/08/04/g...
August 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i regularly feel guilty buying snacks or slightly fancier groceries these days
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just had to explain to the kid, head tilted in confusion, completely not understanding the concept, what a spanking is.
"why would mamas and dadas do that? if I break a rule, I just try again"
quite possibly have never felt like a better parent than this moment
"why would mamas and dadas do that? if I break a rule, I just try again"
quite possibly have never felt like a better parent than this moment
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
just had to explain to the kid, head tilted in confusion, completely not understanding the concept, what a spanking is.
"why would mamas and dadas do that? if I break a rule, I just try again"
quite possibly have never felt like a better parent than this moment
"why would mamas and dadas do that? if I break a rule, I just try again"
quite possibly have never felt like a better parent than this moment
saw the most beautiful illustrated copy of dinotopia at half price books the other day
August 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
saw the most beautiful illustrated copy of dinotopia at half price books the other day
saw an article yesterday about whales not singing anymore cuz they’re starving…. i think it’s time for humanity to call it quits
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
saw an article yesterday about whales not singing anymore cuz they’re starving…. i think it’s time for humanity to call it quits
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years ago i met a woman studied the impact of corporeal punishment and never forgot what she said: “whenever i show parents the evidence against spanking they always ask ‘ok but what do studies say about the *benefits* of spanking?’ and they don’t believe me when i tell them there just aren’t any.”
August 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
years ago i met a woman studied the impact of corporeal punishment and never forgot what she said: “whenever i show parents the evidence against spanking they always ask ‘ok but what do studies say about the *benefits* of spanking?’ and they don’t believe me when i tell them there just aren’t any.”
been hyperfixating on my adult coloring book lately to fend off the horrors. prismacolor pencils ily
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
been hyperfixating on my adult coloring book lately to fend off the horrors. prismacolor pencils ily