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@healingkind.bsky.social

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He/him, peer support professional, advocate for children's rights, evangelical homeschool survivor Sometimes I post art as well There is no pride for some of us without liberation for us all Healingkind.carrd.co

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Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · May 15

Hi folks! This is a public account for me to connect with others who have similar lived experience.

I am a peer recovery professional. That means that I'm a person in recovery who uses my lived experience to support others.

Looking forward to getting to know you all :)

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 14d

As far as I am aware, in the history of homeschooling, this is the first public workshop and roundtable on abuse prevention hosted by a state homeschool organization and featuring a homeschool alum:

facebook.com/events/s/vir....

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 14d

"The hard truth is this: there is no biblical blueprint for families. As much as we want one, as much as it might be easier if we had one, it's just not there."

@ehmcgowin.bsky.social, "Households of Faith"

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 15d

More #swordtember drawings

Two swords side by side. The sword on the left is labeled canine. It is a curved branch with a tennis ball on the end on the hilt. The sword on the right is labeled shell. It is an orange lobster claw

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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 15d

extremely fking weird to yell about “lockdown harms kids” while locking your kids in the basement and only letting them out to go to church
Signed,
a former basement kid

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 16d

I was warming up by doing some #swordtember prompts and this guy just appeared!

A digital sketch of a cat pointing to a sword. The quality of the line work is poor. The cat looks super excited to be holding a cool sword.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 20d

That's all for now!

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 20d

Looking back I just want to tell myself that this is an extremely offensive thing to say. She shouldn't have said that at all. I am furious for my past self.
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Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 20d

She wasn't trying to understand me as a human being. She was trying to win.

I responded by playing therapist. I said I wondered why she would think that. I encouraged her to explore her feelings around this.
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Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 20d

I remember one time after I moved out (about 5 years ago) my mom asked me why I was afraid to be a woman. I could tell this was a "gotcha!" moment for her. She thought if she could just say the right line I would stop being trans.
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Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · 20d

I've been thinking about this thread a lot lately. I used to really buy into this. I loved debate. But it was never a place where I was allowed to have my own opinion.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 21d

I wrote about evangelical homeschoolers and debate here:

Communicators for Christ: How Homeschool Debate Leagues Shaped the Rising Stars of the Christian Right

David Eastman is one of the rising young stars of the Christian Right. Controversial, blunt, and shameless, Eastman has—like his idol, former President Donald Trump—mastered the art of provoking stron...

religiondispatches.org

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 28d

If violence is never the answer, let's stop hitting our own children and bombing other people's children.

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Anthony Iannaccio @mrtonynacho.bsky.social · Jan 2

Mister Rogers never misses

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why?

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm feeling more and more uncomfortable using social media at all lately. Sad to hear this site is more of the same. I thought we might have something different.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 15

Also I was able to get it from my library even though it just came out?! (This is why we queer our libraries folks!) They didn't have a copy of boys weekend so I will definitely be buying that one soon.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 15

Okay I gotta say something. I can no longer stay silent.

Simplicity by @mattielubchansky.com was a great read! The art style was fun, the story was delightfully weird and sweet, and the message was very heartfelt. I only wish it had lasted me a little longer.

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Count Otter Poppula 🧛🏼 Sr., III @peezkyweezky.bsky.social · Aug 13

A reminder that multiple cybersecurity experts were consulted and all said they saw ZERO indication that scammers were targeting Palestinian mutual aid/donation fundraisers.

It’s just assholes and racists, acting like racist assholes as they condemn Gazans to death for “clogging their timeline”

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just stop being assholes I swear

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 14

I just finished reading this and can confirm it is great!

Casey @thecaseface.bsky.social · Aug 14

my preordered copy of @mattielubchansky.com’s new graphic novel SIMPLICITY arrived in the mail while we were in France. jet lag had me up at 5 today, so I brewed some coffee & read the book.
folks, it rips. Mattie has done it again.
a great story, amazing art, hell yeah.
you gotta read it.

A copy of the new graphic novel, SIMPLICITY, by Mattie Lubchansky (author of Boys Weekend). The cover has the book’s title and the author’s name, as well as a quote from Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of MOSTLY DEAD THINGS and WITH TEETH “Mattie Lubchansky is a genius”. The cover art depicts the novel’s protagonist upside down and entangled in glowing green vines. A set of hands reaches from the top edge of the cover.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 13

My life is better than it was 5 years ago! I'm glad I stuck around :)

David Dennis Jr @daviddennisjr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Ok. It feels like quite literally everything is worse than it was 5 years ago. Products, commercials, the world etc.

So I ask: what are you experiencing that you feel is better than it was 5 years ago?

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · Aug 11

The worst part about the news about the national guard being deployed to DC is that I was raised evangelical Christian and surrounded by folks who loudly declared they would fight back against tyranny and a government who used force against its own people. Those people are absolutely silent rn.

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Londonopia @londonopia.bsky.social · Aug 11

Important public service announcement. Reading it might just save a life.

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 7

I need to find something other than substack to host my blog and I've wanted a website for a while. Anyone got any recommendations on how to go about this with minimal experience?

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you’re a homeschool alum leaving home for the first time ever, here are some resources to help you establish your life and keep yourself safe.

A Survival Guide for Homeschool Alumni

Here are some resources to help you establish your life and keep yourself safe.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 7

Here's a follow up to this post:
open.substack.com/pub/beaurobi...

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 6

I haven't been active here or anywhere online over the past few months and it's been great for me! I miss you all sometimes though.

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · Aug 6

I had planned to also publish some of my follow up thoughts and never finished writing it. Months later pretty much ready to publish! Keep an eye out for this

Beau @healingkind.bsky.social · May 27

New post on my substack. It's a vulnerable one and I'm proud of it!
open.substack.com/pub/beaurobi...

My testimony to state legislature as a homeschool alum

"Life's not worth a damn til you can shout out 'I am what I am!'"

open.substack.com