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Emily Joy Allison

@emilyjoyallison.bsky.social

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Writer on religion, gender and sexuality, focusing on Christianity in the US, sexual violence and evangelicalism. Author of #ChurchToo and In The Beginning (William Morrow 2027). Views & swears my own 🌈

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi it’s me! Glad to be here!

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Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
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Slowly rebuilding over here.

#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing

Sexual abuse is utterly rampant in Christian churches in America. And the reasons are somewhat different than those you might find in the #MeToo stories coming out of Hollywood or Washington. #ChurchT...

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Nashville Severe Weather @nashseverewx.com · 1d

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 2d

-Twitter was for years the gathering place for a community of clergy abuse survivors who taught me daily what true empathy, righteousness and love look like. I would not be the person I am today without them.

-Jerry Falwell’s belly button.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 4d

TODAY IS ELECTION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE FOR AFTYN BEHN!!!!

1. Check your polling place and time by clicking the link below:
web.go-vote-tn.elect...

2. Grab your government-issued ID!

3. Head to polls! They close at 7 PM CT!

Let's send our girl to Congress! #VoteForAftyn

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 4d

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 6d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 6d

I just know that we are all meant for so much more.

That’s what’s so frustrating. It’s knowing deep in your soul that this isn’t the way things are supposed to be. It was made this way. And just as it was made. It can be unmade.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 6d

HOW IT STARTED VS. HOW IT'S GOING

In 2019, I was cited for protesting our former Speaker of the House, now serving time for corruption. In 2025, I'm the only woman running in this seat. Women don't wait for permission to lead — we fight, we build, and we change the game.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 8d

I wish more people understood that them not liking what I say, or how I say it, doesn’t make me wrong. Sometimes I am wrong. More often than I want to be, for sure. But when I’m not, their strong preference for a different outcome won’t change that fact.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 11d

Doing evil looks exhausting. I would be so tired.

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 11d

Some people (who are very bad at their jobs) think that’s what’s happening and unfortunately those people often make podcasts

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 11d

With regards to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez specifically though I am not entirely sure she’s not a plant lolsob. Lord deliver us

Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 11d

Obsessed with the idea that there’s some kind of “sharp rightward shift in the electorate” though 😂 the Dems who saw November as some kind of overwhelming mandate & then thought the best way forward was adjusting messaging & policy proposals to align with fascism as much as possible are fascinating

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 11d

I’ll take Things Literally No One Has Ever Asked For for $200 Alex

NOTUS @notus.com · 12d

A nonprofit group aligned with the House’s Blue Dog Coalition of Democrats is launching a new podcast to highlight the party’s centrist side.
www.notus.org/democrats/bl...

Blue Dog Democrats Launch a Podcast to Highlight Party’s Centrist Side

The number of moderate and centrist Democrats has waned significantly over the years.

www.notus.org

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 12d

Also a pretty good example of something the right does consistently better than the left which is make common cause with people they otherwise disagree with to accomplish a specific purpose. That’s why we got lapped on Roe also. Buncha people who thought each other were going to hell banded together

Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 12d

Don’t get me wrong, effective rhetorical move on the part of whoever’s writing those talking points cause framing it as Christian persecution is a great way to exploit lack of religious literacy & distract from the fact that the shooter was as far as we can tell yet another conservative white male.

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 12d

There’s no intellectually honest argument to be made that Mormonism is not a part of Christianity but the vast majority of rightwing evangelicals believe Mormons are not only not Christians but actively part of a hellbound satanic cult & I wonder if Donald Trump knows that because I kind of doubt it

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 12d

I’m so mad that I am *quite literally* seven houses away from being able to vote for Aftyn Behn but I need everyone seven houses to the west of me to GET OUT FOR THIS ONE and vote for Aftyn for TN-07. Tennessee was a swing state during my lifetime and they want you to forget that.

Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 16d

TENNESSEANS ARE BROKEEEEE 😭😭😭

Tennessee’s economy is “booming” — but we're broke. Housing up 70%, child care up 20%, wages flat. Why? Corporate greed + rigged rules. In Congress, I’ll fight to repeal Citizens United, close loopholes, & put working families first.

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Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social · 15d

Currently in traffic behind a dusty semi truck that has both titties and “RIP CHARLIE KIRK” drawn on it

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