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Jenna DeWitt (she/her)

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Baylor journalism alum, copy editor, New Texican, sapphic-oriented aro ace queer, Side A, the progressive Methodist your pastor warned you about invisiblecakesociety.com

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · Nov 15

Aromanticism and asexuality resources, queer Christian resources (including church finders), affirming theology resources, music by affirming artists, poetry, essays, and podcast guest episodes:

invisiblecakesociety.com

#QueerChristian #FaithfullyLGBTQ #Aromantic #Asexual

Invisible Cake Society

We all feel a little hidden sometimes.

invisiblecakesociety.com

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1h

🫂🫂 been there. Sending healing vibes

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Daniel Hansen @danrhan.bsky.social · 1d

The Lord's Supper celebrated at Broadview ICE facility. The request to bring communion to those detained inside was denied.

We are the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ will be free.

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 9h

Yes!

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 12h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 13h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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kelly kapoor @kellykapoor88.bsky.social · 10h

Apparently there is a No Kings Protest scheduled for the 18th! In case anyone is late to find out like I apparently am!

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 9h

I'm Side A because I've seen the good fruit when everyone is allowed to live out their own unique, God-given identities and vocations. Asexuality is a form of queerness that reveals anything is possible when we discard the narrow roles normativity would place on us.
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Side A. Celibate. Asexual. Queer.

My understanding of this vocation is different from those who typically get the microphone in regards to celibacy.

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 11h

If you need help, community, resources, poems, podcast episodes, term explanations, essays, music, books, blogs, videos, and more:

invisiblecakesociety.com

Invisible Cake Society

We all feel a little hidden sometimes.

invisiblecakesociety.com

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 11h

And when we gatekeep that experience or don't support you, that's a failure of the community, not you. It's not for cis-het-allo people; it's for you to be welcomed home. Come on out into the rainbow light and shine in full color, unique to you and also part of the whole.

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 11h

Happy National Coming Out Day! Remember: coming out is a reference to being formally accepted into society, in our case, the queer community. You are not confessing a secret to the majority; you're being inducted into a family.

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 13h

Homeowners: "we pay too much in property taxes. We demand lower taxes"

Also Homeowners: "I can't believe how little this city does for us. Roads are in terrible condition, services are awful, and infrastructure is crumbling"

how do people not see the connection

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 17h

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 19h

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Old Man J @oldmanj.bsky.social · 14h

You put your right claim in, you put your left claim in, you leave the context out and you turn yourself about. You do the okey dokie and you pat yourself on the back. That’s what it’s all about

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Collect a claim from one side, collect a claim from the other, present them both to the reader with an awkward shrug and a "who can say?"

And the photo choice -- Noem's looking down ... on what? The reverse angle showed a small crowd and a quiet street. But can't show that, it's biased to one side!

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 22h

"Why aren't progressive Christians..." sounds a lot like "Why isn't anyone talking about..." Tbh

We are. We have been. For literal centuries. Y'all just won't listen, believe us, read, follow, show up, volunteer, donate, or support our work. 😑

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 22h

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 23h

Yesss man those letters between them hit my feels. I remember in one, Wesley saying he's got the spiritual and Wilberforce must be brave to do the law changes in the government and they could support each other's work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 23h

Ha, yes, this exactly

Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

It is at least cathartic to see the mainstream aware of the kind of bullshit "heroes of the faith" those of us in junior positions at religious media tried to fight our bosses over for decades.

"But his classical school model is so popular!"

You see how that's worse, right...

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

For sure!

Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

The millennial in me NEEDS one of these even if the Inland Southern Californian in me knows I really don't need anything thicker than a T-shirt 50 weeks out of the year here.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 1d

Ariana Grande wore a pink ‘Gay Pride’ hoodie on the set of Wicked and Gelphie shippers are gagged

Ariana Grande wore a Pride hoodie on the Wicked set and Gelphie shippers are gagged

A new picture of Ariana Grande on the set of Wicked has surfaced ahead of Part Two's release and its sent Gelphie shippers into a tailspin.

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Jake @jakeofonline.bsky.social · 2d

The liberal popes will continue until morale improves

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

Like, am I rigid about my spot or how to load the dishwasher or routine, well, maybe or maybe not for various reasons, but no one else is here to disrupt them so even if I were, it's not distressing because I simply do what I want 🤣 "Do you have a problem with _" "no" because they don't buy _ at all

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

Tangentially, it's funny to me as someone who lives alone that so much of the "you might be ___ if" relies on not having control over your stuff, so like, if there was a spoon or sock or whatever I did not enjoy, I simply would not keep it and buy ones that met my criteria (I know not everyone can)

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

😱😱😱

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I really don’t want to keep talking about this, since frankly - I hate KP. She’s an example of toxic management, and I saw what she did to my friends.

But I’m really disturbed by the number of women, specifically white women on Threads and on here, justifying her cursing at staff.

Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 2d

Going to be honest: Threads going to bat for Katie Porter is one of the most 🫠 things I've seen today...

And really speaks to my ongoing belief we shouldn't stan politicians. At all.

Fellow Dems, hold politicians accountable for their work, not for who you THINK they are only on camera.

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Jenna DeWitt (she/her) @jennadewitt.bsky.social · 1d

Keep up the good work tracking religious affiliation down to the specific denomination and social/political issues! Lots of shuffling around in recent years, especially over LGBTQIA inclusion, immigration, women's roles, etc. that makes old data need a caveat.