this is how i grew up. they are scared of everything, or do they hate it? i can't tell. but it's an awful way to be. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

i was not allowed ratm growing up, bc god is not mocked. but i love it now. their words are timeless warnings. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse

surprised it took me so long to realize, but here we are - knowledge is the same as sin in christianity. i was punished for thinking/questioning. burn it all down. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

n is reading to me from braiding sweetgrass & the inherent colonization of christianity is a real thing. the earth is my relative as a #2spirit person. they mock us for caring. a gift creates a relationship. a commodity is just a thing. #BookSky #ReadingSky #2Spirit #Exvangelical

thinking abt #mothersday & how i never hurt the kids or humiliated them. the fantasy that she wd have been better if she left has died. she loved the power & chose to stay bc hurting us for god was more important. i broke the cycle. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

i can make some towering dairy free biscuits! the secret is cream of tartar! #cooking #food #foodsky

tomorrow is mother's day. i am a better parent than she ever was. she & her god are pale imitations of love. i am better. fuck that world. don't wish me a happy mother's day either. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

i was brought up to work work work - never do things for joy. god is a stern taskmaster. i abandoned all that & did something for me. #photography #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

kitty is napping the nap of innocents. naturally i am perched on the edge of the couch rather than ask her to move. #cats #catsofbluesky

Hey guess what the guy who wrote the book on brainwashing thought Dr. James Dobson was a sadist who targeted children

the exparents were fond of saying the govt wd come for their rights. they ignored the fact that i had rights & i was kept ignorant of the fact that i did. my kids know they do. i broke the cycle. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

i am not surprised he's in there. he was a terrible human who treated children as a theory to be exploited for harm. burn it all down. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

i give you toe beans. #cats #catsofbluesky

this is what happens when the land is protected!

protect the land!!

judgement eyes. #cats #catsofbluesky

picking up my big camera for the first time in yrs & yrs to shoot just for me, and not for anyone else's pleasure. #photography, do i want the 50mm or the 24mm, along w the 24-200mm today?

kitty says 'are you quite finished?' #cats #catsofbluesky

not a v good gargoyle of doom as she waits for me to go to sleep so she can come cuddle me. #cats #catsofbluesky

no pics, but the kitty is currently not speaking to me bc morgan freeman talking abt dinos woke her up from her nap. #cats #catsofbluesky

i use aac part of the time bc beingg #autistic is hard work, even tho i wdn't trade it for being allistic. my brain just bends towards text modes of communication. my partner knows this & often we text while in the same room just so it's easier for me. 10/10 no notes.

kitty is reveling in no giant puppy nose poking her bc he is bored. #cats #catsofbluesky #cat

who knew going dairy free bc of lactose intolerance wd see me celebrating my heritage so well? oyster mushroom tacos! #food #foodsky #cooking

if you want to know the affect the climate is having on #lgbtq youth, the pride summit our kid gets to go to only has one bus this yr for the rural area we live in. last yr they had 2. reason? more kids are in the closet again. #transgender

color me shocked. yet another christian institution found to be covering up SA. burn it all down. fuck their god. fuck their heroes. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

keep encouraging them to drop out! disabled children deserve the right to education full and clear! i did not get these rights as a child, so i believe every child shd have them now!

they are trimming branches by our driveway & the NOISE. i was like oh shit i'm #autistic. tried to type a business email & oh the typoes. i'm def not allistic at all. whew. my poor brain.

who still retains 'swears' from their childhood fundy days? i find myself saying gosh and good grief a lot a lot. we weren't allowed to say fart or geez or anything like that, but some things snuck thru. remnants of the old world. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

kitty has found the tiny box to sit in. #cats

Ooooh part of my thesis got published in a (very good) article on the connections between James Dobson and Jeffrey Epstein: therevealer.org/jeffrey-epst...

i'm gonna say it. it's r*pe cuilture from the church. the exfather was atrocious. he used me. he traded me. the church is complicit. fuck them, their god, their heroes. burn it all down. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

welp. it looks like the sbc is also home to predators. color me not surprised. burn it all down. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

@microsoft.com edge stores all its passwords in clear text at startup! wtf? where's the security? turns out it's NOT the safe alternative it keeps telling us it is! do better! hackingpassion.com/microsoft-ed...

@developers.google.com claims to care abt proper use of ai, but is forcing downloads of 4G of ai to every machine that runs chrome w o consent. do better google. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

The Lakota are still here. #ProtectPesla #ProtectHesapa #HesapaLandback #PeslaProtectorCamp www.instagram.com/reel/DX-nedj...

Today (5/4), Rapid City High School students marched during school hours to the courthouse to demand Pe' Sla be protected, access to clean water, and the ability to pray on the land where their ancestors have for thousands of years. 📸 Credit: Angel White Eyes

this is the kind of man my exfather revered & many in the church also revered. i was given books written by him/his wife for our wedding. they creeped me out even before i left that world. fuck all those enablers/abusers. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

i agree w this. i am positive that the exfather (who traded me around) was drawn to this community bc of how children were portrayed & how it gave him new ideas for how to betray us. he loved the power/prestige too. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

no more missing relatives #2spirit

today i am wearing red in honor of MMIWG2S day. no more missing relatives!

we are allowed to feel our feels - all of them! #autistic

it will take YEARS to recover from this, if there is ever a chance to. fuck it all.

this cinco de mayo, think abt how tacos are considered street food & french food is considered high class. it's racism. tacos are more than 1k yrs old. my people's food is ancient/sacred. redefine things.

i still remember all the preaching abt this. it wasn't until i was an adult that i learned this was all a lie. fuck their lies & their god. they scared us all into belief. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

go go go. homeschooled children deserve protections! having been an unprotected homeschooled child, this is fantastic. reasonable protections matter. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

yet not a word abt their pastor washing where they hide predators & abusers by shifting them around to other churches, or plain not telling congregants abt them. whitewashed bones & tombs. burn it all down. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

the church has always had predators. any top-down organization is ripe for a situation where abusers are attracted to it. ask me how i know? i survived it. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

Today, Lakota people & allies stopped drilling on 2 active drill pads at Pe'Sla. We continue to hold the space in prayer. Every day that we can stop the destruction of Mother Earth at this sacred site gets us closer to our demand — the Forest Service rescind the mining permit for driling at Pe'Sla.

it's not that i think religion causes mental illness. but if one is prone to it, religion can really spike it along. like prayer to ocd/anxiety/depression. or the rapture. i mean, come on. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor