I was that “bad friend” to a “good chaste girl”. Back in high school, my closest friend, who I am going to call “Alice” (not her real name), was very religious. I grew up without religion and consider myself “agnostic, leaning heavily towards atheist”. Already you see the problem here.

Oooh boy, this really hit home for me. Especially the part about our bodies “not belonging to us.” I took part in the True Love Waits movement (with the rings and signed pledges and all that bullshit) and we used to memorize scripture that said “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, therefore glorify God with…

Ah nothin’ major. He just chose just not to be baptised after years of grooming. Simple and effective!

A Creeker, eh?! :) I went to a tiny, evangelical, liberal arts college in Elgin. Many people went to Willow Creek. I may have gone once or twice. I remember being overwhelmed at the size, as a small town Iowa girl.

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Although my parents weren’t religious, they were terrified that my sister and I were going to have sex while we lived at home. My brothers, on the other hand, could travel halfway across the world because “boys are safe.” They convinced us our lives would be over if we had sex. My mother even went as far as to tell me…

Every religion and church is a pyramid scheme designed to take people’s money from them.

Can we just throw out the church?

The sexual abuse within the church is a feature, not a bug. Women are inherently inferior to men, and men own them sexually. Those beliefs, no matter how much they are couched in softer words, lead to abuse, period. Anyone who has read the bible knows that is not an accident, considering the book is full of slaves and…

Jesus Christ:

But addressing a suicide note to a 13 year old child and blaming her dad (without any real explanation) is a very cruel thing to do. That poor kid.

Ivanka trump is not a lean in feminist. She is a grifting, delusional child of a grifter.

I agree with you to a certain extent. Yes, it’s a mental illness, and should be treated just like a physical condition. But I do think being a woman, living under a patriarchy that devalues women, contributes to depression and anxiety. I don’t think this discounts the fact that it’s a mental illness, but it’s not a…

Or maybe run for the hills if you meet someone who talks about mental illness the way you do, because clearly there are some empathy issues going on.

Getting dumped by a 19 year old at ~40. Yikes emoji.

Any time someone mentions these family ties, I like to picture Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz trading goss and getting boozy with each other in the kitchen at holiday functions.

So y’all are just going to ignore this bit about Pete Davidson; 

I’d be more concerned with the fact that the guy was just recently talking about his struggle to get clean and sober, yet took an Instragram pic holding a glass of wine, bragged about how high he got for a pretty high profile gig, and who really looks like shit. This is not a guy in a good place right now.

I’m more surprised by the fact that the Madden brothers seem to be really decent husbands. Would not have predicted that.

I’m just gonna say, going all-in super fast on a new relationship is a common pattern for people with BPD, so I hope Pete Davidson is managing that with his doctor.