Bare Feet on Broken Ground
Archive restoration note: in this post I referred to God as "Infinite One," but I no longer believe in a higher power or intelligent design.…
Justice and Advocacy
Purity Culture and My Sexuality
Re-upload note July 2018: I originally pissed my family off by coming out as a Christian ally to gays and lesbians, notwithstanding the education I ha…
How I Got Burned Out On Current Events and Politics by Age 19
Trigger warnings: current events and politics “By voting, you are complying. You are complying to a preexisting system. I think we need real signific…
February 21 - A Letter to Anastasia Steele
“Emotions aren’t that hard to borrow When love’s a word you never learned…” -Avril Lavigne, Give You What You Like, 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack Dear…
Alecia Pennington, Identity Abuse, and Me
When I first saw Alecia Pennington’s video about how she can’t prove her American citizenship, nothing about it took me by surprise. I have friends w…
Being a Perfect Victim
This is a repost from the archives. For an update, see my post "The Pity Accusation." Yesterday, my brother Micah posted on my Facebook tim…
'I’m Sorry You Lost Your Kids.’
“On prie pour sauver les apparences (To save someone from losing his appearance) Par moment oublier toutes les distances (In this moment you have to l…
Blessing the Child
This article was the penultimate post before I officially broke the news about my parents' abuse. It is an emotional introduction to my goal in wr…
Huck's Lesson: Twisted Perception
The following was originally posted May 2, 2012. It was part of a two-part series, the second of which was lost. While I am no longer a Christian and…