I really wish all these other Christians who got smoke for me and other LGBTQIA+ folks had this energy to call for the eradication of ICE, trafficking, and detention centers like Delaney Hall.

When I first came out 10 years ago, I did so because I wanted to be for others who I wished someone would’ve been for me. I didn’t have models of openly queer or pansexual folk coming up and for damn sure didn’t know any who were Christian or were ministers.

May you encounter something beautiful that makes you smile and celebrate the creative energy that brought it into being. 💛

Islamophobia is deadly & people failing to confront & root it out is why the Islamic Center of San Diego community now grieves 3 murdered community members & the aftermath of gun violence done by hate filled teens.

A friend wished me a happy belated bday & I joked that I’m extra & since I turned 40 this year it’ll be my birthday until it’s not lolol. The truth is I believe in celebrating aliveness and want to invite folks to join me by sending me used & new copies of the art they love & helps them feel alive.

Hey beloveds! A family is in crisis and could use some help. They’re facing eviction and need immediate funds to keep their home. They’ve raised some but need $2700 more to catch up.

Our babies deserve/d better and the great hell of being a Black adult is knowing that you can't/couldn't protect them the way you wanted to

Ahhhh! It’s the Eve of my 40th Birthday and I’m so excited! To turn 40, yes, but also bc I conjured the executive function to make a way for folks to celebrate me lol.

My toxic trait is that I watch DIY home design and makeover content and think “I could totally do that” despite not picking up a hammer for anything other than to move it for years and depending on my wife to build almost all our furniture 😂

I turn 40 in a lil over a month & am curious if I gave folk the means to, would you send me books, zines, or vinyls that hold meaning for you, esp things created by marginalized & minoritized folk? I want to learn & experience new things & literally hold in hand work that matters to ppl I care about

As a Christian, minister, & theologian, there’s no day I feel more divergent & further from what I was raised to believe like Easter. I see what beloveds not in this tradition can’t access bc everything is closed for our days alongside family chasms, fissures, & loss that makes folks ache.

This Transgender Day of Visibility I give thanks for & speak protection around all of my kin whose beings are living proof that gender is expansive, evolving, complex, & dynamic.

Eid, Nowrooz, and Spring Equinox are all here. Blessings to all whose hearts and minds are considering what may come from renewal, emergence, and revelation. May you siblings be blessed and restored in the ways you seek and need 💕

In this moment where we are collectively grieving the *specific* accounts of sexual harassment, abuse, & assault, I want to offer a gentle reminder.

I’m speaking words of gentleness and peace over all who are impacted by the news of Cesar Chavez’s violence and assaults. For Dolores Huerta who at 95 is speaking about what she survived at his hand. For the women and girls he harmed whose names we may or may not ever know.

I’m writing a piece on doing what we can in this moment and am sending up prayers for the students, recent alum, and those expelled for calling for an end to genocide and apartheid in Palestine.

Thinking about & praying for folks in & in the diasporas of Iran, Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, & every place or people pained & impacted by war, war profiteering, capitalist exploitation, those wanting to possess & wield power over others, & imperialism…

Even though we live in a time where monsters and unimaginable evil are being revealed we are also in an age of unparalleled good. Not only do we have access to the wisdoms, ingenuity, and brilliance of our time, we also have tools for survival and flourishing that our elders and ancestors left us.

There’s something wild and beautiful about the convergence of Ramadan, Lent, and the beginning of the Year of the Fire Horse. When I close my eyes and hold it all I just see strength, movement, and sacred flames.

What if we started thinking about our rallying cries for justice as prayers & forms of intention setting? Fuck Ice. ICE Out. Fuck 12. Free Palestine. Never Again Means Now. Black Lives Matter. Stop Asian Hate. Protect Trans Kids. Stop Cop City. Land Back. We Shall Overcome.

There is no Stonewall without our transgender kin. Don’t let your relative privilege as cisgender people stop you from locking arms in solidarity with our trans kin because this administration is trying to hard to literally and metaphorically erase them.

I just wanna gently remind folks that who we were ain’t necessarily who we are. I’m seeing a lot of folks criticizing Bad Bunny for sharing the stage with Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin who’ve previously been identified as Zionists and/or raised money for the IDF. 1/2

Please stop saying you wanna go watch In The Heights after seeing Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance. LMM and his mess got you sounding foolish because Washington Heights is a predominantly Dominican neighborhood and that project had folks from different diasporas in it.

One of the most moving images in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show was the scene where he gave a little boy watching his Grammy speech his award. So many of us wept seeing this & questioned if this baby was Liam Conejo Ramos, the little boy used as a pawn and then kidnapped by ICE in Minnesota.

I’ve had other Christians telling me I ain’t “saved” or reverent enough for their liking so seeing 3,666 followers sent me cause somebody is gonna call that a sign 😂. Me and God got jokes and I take my faith with a dab of irreverence and pinch of what others may call heresy.

As we continue to see the horrors (& lies) unfold from the Epstein Files & the issues around AI deepfakes & image manipulation remember the scaffolding for disbelief was put up years ago. Here’s the flyer from a 2017 panel about #fakenews and #alternativefacts. These moments are connected Beloveds!

An essay with resources is coming but here are early morning 💔feels seeing ministry & scholar colleagues (intentionally) generate AI images the week news breaks we’re in “water bankruptcy”. AI can help, harm, or kill & we should be mindful in its use like we are with salt, UV light, or knives.

Folks are feeling a discomfort they can’t place re: Jelly Roll’s Grammy speech so I wrote a Substack to explan how that discomfort or ick is an emotional, energetic, & body response to subtle Christian religious violence you sense but have not been taught to see. open.substack.com/pub/aliciatc...

As some who’s closely studied Christian religious violence and trauma I have some specific concerns about Jelly Roll apart from his 💩 politics. In a religiously diverse country, Christians undoubtedly have religious privilege & can operate in supremacy. Let me explain how this speech did just that

PSA: Be nice—some of us have hormone change I woke up in a sweat & don’t know if I need to blame perimenopause, fibromyalgia, or my long covid dysautonomia bc it’s 33 degrees outside, snow is on the ground, my thermostat is on 62, & my ceiling & bedside fans are on. This don’t make no damn sense 😂

Sometimes I wish folks knew that a big part of having autism is either laughing at yourself or cringing in embarrassment because you realized that you misunderstood a joke or comment somewhere between a minute and literal years after it was said. We smart as hell but be late to the party often 😂

Oh nooo, the liars lied about the incentives professional terrorists would get for their work trafficking humans, breaking families apart, and being murderous, abusive, and violent. 😱 *stares at camera* tone: sarcastic

When I say we all must do what we can as we can to the best of our abilities for our liberation & flourishing I mean me, you, & even Bad Bunny. Benito took his historic win to say #ICEOut, call us to solidarity & love to counter hate, & edify immigrants, Latinos, & all moving thru/with grief.

I know this moment feels overwhelming so I made a quick video to remind us of some truths that includes a brief breathing exercise at the end. www.instagram.com/reel/DUJEVnC...

When I’m intense & have big energy over a thing the motivation behind it is that I love us for real & truly want us to flourish, live, & not die.

I spent some time reflecting on the shortcomings that can be present in activism done without intention & care for my latest Substack. Read more here: aliciatcrosby.substack.com/p/fleshing-o...

I woke up early & used my time to research social strategy tools & write a mini missive on a friend’s socials about the danger in (overconsumption of) AI. Let me tell y’all I am here today by the grace of God & the power of the people.

It’s lovely that some of you are finding your way into deeper waters of resistance work. Welcome! That said, be mindful that some folks aren’t new to this—we’ve been here for decades & years. We’ve developed knowledge, praxis, and perspective that’s been hard earned thru dedication, trial, & time.

FREE 📚 alert: I love free things and learning so I’m super grateful for the beloveds from @versobooks.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org for helping us grow in understanding ICE and this moment by sharing FREE books. Download them via this link: lithub.com/what-to-read...

I stomped through snow to take a photo of this beautiful female northern cardinal for you. I hope you like it.❤️ #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

While blessing people is one of my favorite things to do, I’m committed to publicly cursing the wicked more this year. Like blessing, curses are an invocation inviting energy connect with a person.

Stop asking who will lead or save us. Stop demanding labor from those who’ve worked for our freedom for decades & years. There’s no singular leader who will march us out of tyranny. Liberation has always been a leaderfull, group effort…

White women do stuff like craft for change or take on empty performative actions (ex. wearing pink hats or pins) bc they aren’t in relationship with people impacted state violence, brutality, or terror.

Is anyone else weirded out by the people asking white folks shit like “how’s your Black experience” or “how’s it feel to be Black”?

Nothing happening in this moment is new…it’s just new to white folks whose solidarities have been fickle & disappear when the political climate is safe & favorable for their whiteness. Fascism strips away safety so folks are genuinely shocked bc what has long happened to us is now happening to them.

I wonder if people realize how absurd it sounds to say that ICE would be better if they had proper training. Do they think training help them kidnap, detain, and disappear people more respectfully?

Beloveds, no matter who you are, where you are, or how you feel you have something to give this moment, movement, & resistance. Some can be in the streets but others need to do things like pray or send blessings, encouragement, or funds from bed bc that’s all their bodies or circumstances can allow.

ICE just executed a legal observer in Minneapolis. Several ICE agents jumped, beat, & shot him while he was on the ground. Bear witness & hold presence in the ways your spirit, mind, & body can manage as this is indefensible, despicable, & wicked in ways we lack the ability to describe.

Beloveds in Minneapolis & St. Paul - I’m holding you close to my heart & want to do so with greater intention. If/as you have capacity, feel free to let me know the things you & your beloveds need prayer or blessings for.

With tons of us being under winter storm advisories, I wanted to give a gentle reminder for disabled and chronically ill folks to call your utility service providers.