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R.L. Stollar
@rlstollar.bsky.social
Child liberation theologian, child and survivor advocate. Learn more about my work: www.rlstollar.com. He/him.
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Hi to new folks!! I am a homeschool alum, exvangelical, child and survivor advocate, and child liberation theologian.

My website:

rlstollar.com.

My book:

www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Chil....

Starter pack on homeschooling:

go.bsky.app/MEZ51Pf.

Starter pack on child advocacy:

go.bsky.app/ToB6xNs.
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How dare Rick Rubin. Gross.
Y'all, Kid Rock singing about sexually preying on children doesn't matter to Christofascists. That was his "former life." He's "born again," an ordained minister, and is making a gospel album. He's got, like, the perfect evangelical testimony.

(Which is the deeper problem.)
February 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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February 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Y'all, Kid Rock singing about sexually preying on children doesn't matter to Christofascists. That was his "former life." He's "born again," an ordained minister, and is making a gospel album. He's got, like, the perfect evangelical testimony.

(Which is the deeper problem.)
February 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Damn. 40 years doesn't seem long enough.
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Yet another homeschooling parent put their children in cages. 💔

"Helton was a foster care mother who had adopted and home-schooled eight children."
Hill Country woman gets 40 years for starving, abusing children
Susan Rae Helton, 53, of New Braunfels kept her adopted children in cages, beat them and starved them, prosecutors say.
www.expressnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Found the world's cutest cat bed. 😍
February 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Just got my ticket for the Ember Gathering in Oakland at the end of the month! Hope to see some of you there!! 💕
The Ember Gathering — Reclaim the sacred. Build what comes next.
A three-day, justice-centered, LGBTQ+-affirming gathering for seekers, dreamers, and builders to heal from religious harm, rebuild life-giving faith, and find your people.
embergathering.fun
February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
"Every [argument], every [theory], every [proposal] about 'parental rights' must be measured against this reality: children are being abused physically and sexually, some are dying, and the systems meant to protect them are already failing."

~ @brucelesley.bsky.social
When "Parental Rights" Become a Shield for Child Abuse
The Texas Supreme Court case every child advocate must watch
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Greatest irony is that the same groups who tout “parental rights” supremacy are also now campaigning against LGBTQ marriage rights because “what adults want shouldn’t be more important than a child’s needs”. Apparently kids need a male parent, but don’t need to survive polio.
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 AM
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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"I don’t see enough examples of how I could do [motherhood] as someone who is left of center and advocates for certain politics... Being a mom is so political."
‘The right has won the family’: my relentless search for lefty mommy bloggers
The most popular mom content tends to be rightwing tradwife propaganda or not political at all – pushing progressive creators out of the algorithm
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
79% of the most powerful and consequential Christian state homeschool organizations in the nation offer zero protection for, or information on protecting, children from abuse.
37 Out of 38 Christian Homeschool Organizations Don’t Have Child Protection Policies
These are the most powerful and consequential homeschool organizations in the nation.
rlstollar.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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purity culture's purpose to is to groom victims and enablers

coercive forgiveness is furthered abuse
James Dobson is in the Epstein files, per the vital research of homeschool alum @dlmayfield.bsky.social.

Link to post:

www.threads.com/@d_l_mayfiel....
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This is absolutely unacceptable for a child protection expert and is a violation of so many best practices. Knowing queer people are not a threat to children is Abuse 101. 🤦🏻‍♂️😤
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I greatly respect Susan Wise Bauer's continued clarity on and speaking out against the human rights atrocities perpetrated by ICE:

m.facebook.com/story.php?st....
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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On Tear-Gassing Children
The Federal Assault on the ICE Out! Labor March in Portland

crimethinc.com/PortlandTear...

On January 31, ICE agents attacked a demonstration in Portland, blanketing a whole neighborhood in tear gas and injuring a number of small children.

An account from eyewitnesses.
On Tear-Gassing Children
On January 31, ICE agents attacked a demonstration in Portland, injuring a number of small children. An account from eyewitnesses.
crimethinc.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
"Many of these kids are not simply passive victims. They, too, have been resisting the regime."
They Are Tear-Gassing Children
On January 31, ICE agents attacked a demonstration in Portland, injuring a number of small children. An account from eyewitnesses.
crimethinc.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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I have to admit: James Dobson in the #EpsteinFiles is not something I had on my Bingo card. He wasn't a direct predator but it seems he *was* a resource for them.

Robert Evans underestimated it when he called Dobson a bastard.

podbay.fm/p/behind-the...
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Dobson was definitely one of the demi-gods often quoted in my fundamentalist evangelical upbringing in the 1980s. He's definitely a contributor to my leaving organized religion and never returning. Once you let yourself think rationally, these views are immoral and just crazy.
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
James Dobson is in the Epstein files, per the vital research of homeschool alum @dlmayfield.bsky.social.

Link to post:

www.threads.com/@d_l_mayfiel....
February 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Something to keep in mind when you read that Jeffrey Epstein cited James Dobson...
How Dad’s Penis Cures Homosexual Kids, According to James Dobson
By recommending this disturbing advice from Joseph Nicolosi, James Dobson is directly promoting and encouraging child sexual abuse.
rlstollar.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM