Rebekah Lovejoy
@rebekahlovejoyphd.bsky.social
Therapist, Writer, Academic, Painter, Parent, Creativity Coach
Utopian Complex: American Individualism
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Utopian Complex: American Individualism
Section 56 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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December 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Utopian Complex: American Individualism
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Utopian Complex: New World Utopia
Apple Pie Is Utopian, and Johnny Appleseed Is A Hippie
Apple Pie Is Utopian, and Johnny Appleseed Is A Hippie
Utopian Complex: New World Utopia
Section 55 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Utopian Complex: New World Utopia
Apple Pie Is Utopian, and Johnny Appleseed Is A Hippie
Apple Pie Is Utopian, and Johnny Appleseed Is A Hippie
The Counterculture's Place Within the Larger Utopian Complex
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The Counterculture's Place Within the Larger Utopian Complex
Section 54 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Counterculture's Place Within the Larger Utopian Complex
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Be Real Complex: The Wounding Side
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Be Real Complex: The Wounding Side
Section 53 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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November 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Be Real Complex: The Wounding Side
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Be Real Complex: Socialization
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Be Real Complex: Socialization
Section 52 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Be Real Complex: Socialization
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Be Real Complex: Fantasy and Play
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Be Real Complex: Fantasy and Play
Section 51 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Be Real Complex: Fantasy and Play
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Bloomsbury posted the cover and blurb for our book.
The book should be available Feb 2026.
The book should be available Feb 2026.
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Bloomsbury posted the cover and blurb for our book.
The book should be available Feb 2026.
The book should be available Feb 2026.
Be Real Complex: Contradictions of Forced Honesty
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Be Real Complex: Contradictions of Forced Honesty
Section 50 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Be Real Complex: Contradictions of Forced Honesty
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Be Real Complex: Truth-Telling
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Be Real Complex: Truth-Telling
Section 49 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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October 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Be Real Complex: Truth-Telling
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Pause For Protest
It felt necessary to go to the rally today.
It felt necessary to go to the rally today.
Pause For Protest
I stopped at my favorite cafe at about 10:30 AM.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Pause For Protest
It felt necessary to go to the rally today.
It felt necessary to go to the rally today.
Be Real Complex: Confessional Ways to think about Foucault's concepts of purity in relationship to counterculture kids and their need to say what they are thinking.
Be Real Complex: Confessional
Section 48 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Be Real Complex: Confessional Ways to think about Foucault's concepts of purity in relationship to counterculture kids and their need to say what they are thinking.
Be Real Complex: Spontaneous Truth
Finding a sense of momentary personal truth through the collective conversation of the community
Finding a sense of momentary personal truth through the collective conversation of the community
Be Real Complex: Spontaneous Truth
Section 47 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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October 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Be Real Complex: Spontaneous Truth
Finding a sense of momentary personal truth through the collective conversation of the community
Finding a sense of momentary personal truth through the collective conversation of the community
The Complex of Being Real
Be real, Man!
Be real, Man!
The Complex of Being Real
Section 46 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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September 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The Complex of Being Real
Be real, Man!
Be real, Man!
Cool Complex: Sometimes Territorial
The posturing that cool requires is disliked by Post-Cool Kids, who prefer authenticity. It is however the defensive stance that is presented when their own belonging is challenged by outsiders and newbies.
The posturing that cool requires is disliked by Post-Cool Kids, who prefer authenticity. It is however the defensive stance that is presented when their own belonging is challenged by outsiders and newbies.
Cool Complex: Sometimes Territorial
Section 45 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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September 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cool Complex: Sometimes Territorial
The posturing that cool requires is disliked by Post-Cool Kids, who prefer authenticity. It is however the defensive stance that is presented when their own belonging is challenged by outsiders and newbies.
The posturing that cool requires is disliked by Post-Cool Kids, who prefer authenticity. It is however the defensive stance that is presented when their own belonging is challenged by outsiders and newbies.
Cool Complex: Not Extreme Enough
"The test of how counterculture you are actually comes down to the test of how cool you are—within counterculture valuations of cool."
"The test of how counterculture you are actually comes down to the test of how cool you are—within counterculture valuations of cool."
Cool Complex: Not Extreme Enough
Section 44 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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September 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Cool Complex: Not Extreme Enough
"The test of how counterculture you are actually comes down to the test of how cool you are—within counterculture valuations of cool."
"The test of how counterculture you are actually comes down to the test of how cool you are—within counterculture valuations of cool."
Cool Complex: Insider Outsider
Counter Culture Children have been told they aren't as cool as their parents, and they believe it. They lived through the same scene, but they were told they are just the accessories of righteousness, even as they were utterly shaped by the experience.
Counter Culture Children have been told they aren't as cool as their parents, and they believe it. They lived through the same scene, but they were told they are just the accessories of righteousness, even as they were utterly shaped by the experience.
Cool Complex: Insider Outsider
Section 43 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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September 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Cool Complex: Insider Outsider
Counter Culture Children have been told they aren't as cool as their parents, and they believe it. They lived through the same scene, but they were told they are just the accessories of righteousness, even as they were utterly shaped by the experience.
Counter Culture Children have been told they aren't as cool as their parents, and they believe it. They lived through the same scene, but they were told they are just the accessories of righteousness, even as they were utterly shaped by the experience.
Cool Complex: Autotelic Experience
Going with the flow is the goal for counterculture families, whether you get there naturally or through substances. It can generate great life achievement, or be the painful self-judgment of how "uncool" one is when it is not achieved.
Going with the flow is the goal for counterculture families, whether you get there naturally or through substances. It can generate great life achievement, or be the painful self-judgment of how "uncool" one is when it is not achieved.
Cool Complex: Autotelic Experience
Section 42 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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September 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Cool Complex: Autotelic Experience
Going with the flow is the goal for counterculture families, whether you get there naturally or through substances. It can generate great life achievement, or be the painful self-judgment of how "uncool" one is when it is not achieved.
Going with the flow is the goal for counterculture families, whether you get there naturally or through substances. It can generate great life achievement, or be the painful self-judgment of how "uncool" one is when it is not achieved.
Cool Complex: Defining Cool
What do I mean by cool? Where does cool come from?
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What do I mean by cool? Where does cool come from?
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Cool Complex: Defining Cool
Section 41 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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September 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Cool Complex: Defining Cool
What do I mean by cool? Where does cool come from?
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What do I mean by cool? Where does cool come from?
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Cool Complex: You’re So Cool You’re Complex
I am returning to the process of posting my dissertation in bite sized pieces.
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I am returning to the process of posting my dissertation in bite sized pieces.
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Cool Complex: You’re So Cool You’re Complex
Section 40 of my book: Transmissions From Parents to Children Within The Counterculture
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August 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cool Complex: You’re So Cool You’re Complex
I am returning to the process of posting my dissertation in bite sized pieces.
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I am returning to the process of posting my dissertation in bite sized pieces.
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Feeling tarot again today.
The question is, “why are the conspiracy rumors about April 20th? Are they true? Will we weather this?”
Is it because of Easter, or Pot, or the Dump thinking he is the second coming? Feeling Pulp Tarot by Todd Alcott today. Result on a three card past/present/future…
The question is, “why are the conspiracy rumors about April 20th? Are they true? Will we weather this?”
Is it because of Easter, or Pot, or the Dump thinking he is the second coming? Feeling Pulp Tarot by Todd Alcott today. Result on a three card past/present/future…
April 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Feeling tarot again today.
The question is, “why are the conspiracy rumors about April 20th? Are they true? Will we weather this?”
Is it because of Easter, or Pot, or the Dump thinking he is the second coming? Feeling Pulp Tarot by Todd Alcott today. Result on a three card past/present/future…
The question is, “why are the conspiracy rumors about April 20th? Are they true? Will we weather this?”
Is it because of Easter, or Pot, or the Dump thinking he is the second coming? Feeling Pulp Tarot by Todd Alcott today. Result on a three card past/present/future…
Plink plink plink
Thoughts come sprinkling in like morning spring rain.
Facing a new day, wondering if the fascism will disrupt my plans.
Bill and Ted are set to wait for Godot on Broadway this fall. Disney has recast Lilo and Stitch with white people.
If life can be absurd so can we.
Be absurd.
Thoughts come sprinkling in like morning spring rain.
Facing a new day, wondering if the fascism will disrupt my plans.
Bill and Ted are set to wait for Godot on Broadway this fall. Disney has recast Lilo and Stitch with white people.
If life can be absurd so can we.
Be absurd.
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Plink plink plink
Thoughts come sprinkling in like morning spring rain.
Facing a new day, wondering if the fascism will disrupt my plans.
Bill and Ted are set to wait for Godot on Broadway this fall. Disney has recast Lilo and Stitch with white people.
If life can be absurd so can we.
Be absurd.
Thoughts come sprinkling in like morning spring rain.
Facing a new day, wondering if the fascism will disrupt my plans.
Bill and Ted are set to wait for Godot on Broadway this fall. Disney has recast Lilo and Stitch with white people.
If life can be absurd so can we.
Be absurd.
In a three card, past/present/future pull, I got The Tower, which is obviously the politics of the last two months. The Page of Swords, which suggests we are ready to learn new ways of thinking. The Knight of Pentacles reversed, which suggests an economic downturn coming.
April 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
In a three card, past/present/future pull, I got The Tower, which is obviously the politics of the last two months. The Page of Swords, which suggests we are ready to learn new ways of thinking. The Knight of Pentacles reversed, which suggests an economic downturn coming.
It is important to recognize that Boomers as a generation have remained narcissistically self-referential. As they age and die, they truly believe the world either is or should die with them. Don’t buy what they are selling. Plenty of those who remain when they are gone are happy to die alone.
April 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It is important to recognize that Boomers as a generation have remained narcissistically self-referential. As they age and die, they truly believe the world either is or should die with them. Don’t buy what they are selling. Plenty of those who remain when they are gone are happy to die alone.
The winds have been non-stop all day, after Booker’s 25 hour standing discussion, we wait for the tide to turn some other direction than global fascism, all of us holding our breath wondering if guns will bang on the door. The wind makes me edgy, difficult, a mood I call feminist to piss people off.
April 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The winds have been non-stop all day, after Booker’s 25 hour standing discussion, we wait for the tide to turn some other direction than global fascism, all of us holding our breath wondering if guns will bang on the door. The wind makes me edgy, difficult, a mood I call feminist to piss people off.
