#I’m a Mormon and I’m proud
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So I am the ward librarian of our church, there’s a little whiteboard that I like to write little messages on, sometimes it’s jokes, sometimes it’s polls. Today one of the guys there came up to me and said that people have told him that those signs are the highlight of their Sunday and he always asks people if they read this week’s sign. Last week it was on Beethoven’s birthday, this week it was a poll: have you been naughty, or nice? The options were naughty, nice, and I plea the fifth.
#church stuff#mormonism#I’m a Mormon and I’m proud#lds#christianity#religon#Mormon#stuff that has been going on in my life
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“Inseminary”
or “Lockpick to the Priesthood” or “Come Unto Me” or “Pearl Necklace of Great Price” or “Faith is Like a Little Seed”
Authentic stolen holy text, Near Clear silicone, gold pigment.
I went to the mormon church’s website, looked up their views on homosexuality, noted the scriptures they referenced, ripped them by hand out of the bible and book of mormon I stole from their chapel, and then mixed them into a silicone dildo of my own design like confetti. A dildo which will of course be used for homosexual purposes (with non-lubricated condoms and water based lube, for safety).
I’ve wanted to try dildo making for literally over a decade. I don’t have any fancy equipment like a 3D printer or a vacuum chamber, I made the sculpt by hand, and I fucked up a lot along the way, but all that being said I’m proud of what I was able to accomplish and I learned a lot. I put in more gold than I meant to, but honestly, it was meant to represent scripture’s gilded edges, and as it turned out, it looks really beautiful or quite filthy depending on the lighting, which feels entirely appropriate for scripture.
It was hard to read all of those verses. But as I tore them up I bathed them in the intention to take words that were meant to inflict queer pain wherever they go, and say “Actually, I pull those words out when I want some queer pleasure.” Build joy where they want you to have it the least.
Read about/donate to the Timpanogos tribe, for whom brigham young sent out an “extermination order”
LandBack
#exmo#exmormon#apostake#apostate#blasphemy#sacrilege#my art#2024#this was honestly so much fun#fucking expensive#but so fun
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MOCCA Arts Festival
Announcing the 2023 MoCCA Arts Festival Featured Guests
The Society of Illustrators is proud to share a list of Featured Guests who will appear at the MoCCA Arts Festival, taking place April 1 - 2, 2023 from 11:00AM - 7:00PM on Saturday and 11:00AM - 6:00PM on Sunday. The Exhibitor Hall will be held at Met Pavilion, a spacious venue nestled in the heart of the Chelsea neighborhood, and is within walking distance to many great restaurants and attractions. Programming will be a few steps away at the SVA Flatiron Gallery, located at 133 West 21st Street.
Maia Kobabe is the author of Gender Queer (Oni Press), a critically acclaimed Young Adult graphic memoir that has also been named a Stonewall Honor book. Gender Queer was also ranked by the American Library Association as the most frequently banned or challenged book in the United States in 2021. Kobabe will talk about eir work in a special spotlight session moderated by Michele Kirichanskaya and will also participate in a panel on comics and censorship hosted by PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman.
In her career, Colleen Doran has written and drawn the long-running creator-owned series A Distant Soil and has worked on titles including Wonder Woman, Amazing Spider-Man, and many others. Her body of work includes a series of collaborations with writer Neil Gaiman which are the subject of the exhibit “Colleen Doran Illustrates Neil Gaiman,” running from March 22nd to July 29th at the Society of Illustrators. She will appear in conversation with Gaiman to discuss their comics collaborations and her overall body of work in a special programming event moderated by exhibition curator Kim Munson.
Barbara Brandon-Croft became the first Black woman to write and draw a nationally syndicated comic strip when Where I’m Coming From debuted in American newspapers in 1991. Featuring a cast of nine women of color commenting insightfully on current events, her groundbreaking comic strip has now been anthologized in a book edition from Drawn and Quarterly. Brandon-Croft will talk about her trailblazing work in a special spotlight session.
Other featured artists at this year’s festival will include:
Kim Deitch, a pioneering underground comix artist who began publishing comics in the East Village Other in 1967 and whose most recent graphic novel, Reincarnation Stories (Fantagraphics) was published to critical acclaim in 2019.
Drew Friedman, whose most recent book of portraiture, Maverix and Lunatix (Fantagraphics), celebrates the artists of the underground comix generation
Miriam Katin, whose out-of-print graphic memoir of escaping the Holocaust as a child refugee accompanied by her mother, We Are On Our Own (Drawn & Quarterly), will be republished in a forthcoming paperback edition.
Toma Vagner, the award-winning illustrator who designed this year’s MoCCA key image and has produced striking graphics for clients including Harry Styles, Google, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and The New Yorker.
Noah Van Sciver, whose body of graphic novels includes Joseph Smith and the Mormons (Abrams ComicArts), Fante Bukowski (Fantagraphics Books), and the forthcoming comic book series Maple Terrace (Uncivilized Books).
These and other Featured Artists will participate in programming and signings, schedules for which will be announced in the coming days and weeks. A full list of exhibiting artists can be found on the MoCCA Arts website.
About the Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators and the MoCCA Arts Festival
Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators and its Museum of Illustration together comprise America’s longest-standing nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration. The mission of SI/MI is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration and its history and evolving nature through exhibitions and educational programs.
The MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event, Manhattan’s largest independent comics and cartoon festival, drawing over 7,000 attendees each year. With over 500 exhibiting artists displaying their work, award-winning honorees speaking about their careers and artistic processes and other featured artists conducting demos, lectures and panels, our Festival mission accelerates the advancement of the Society’s broader mission to serve as Manhattan’s singular cultural institution promoting all genres of illustration through exhibitions, programs and art education.
The Society will continue to release additional information about the Fest in the near future. Tickets are available to purchase online as well as at the door. The Society is following all state and city safety protocols. Protocols are subject to change, so be sure to check back for the latest information. As of now, face coverings are optional at Metropolitan Pavilion and the Exhibitor Hall. Proof of vaccines, boosters and masks are required to enter SVA buildings and programming.
To learn more about the Fest, please visit the website.
For media inquiries please contact:
Kate Feirtag
Director of Communications and External Relations
#exhibits#personal appearance#neilgaiman#neil gaiman#MOCCA#maia kobabe#drew friedman#society of illustrators
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The thing about being frum as a Jewish woman (particularly an unmarried one) is that it is not quite so visible. No kippah or peyot or dangling tzitzit to give you away. Unless you choose to wear some fashion accessory specifically signifying Judaism (Magen David, Hebrew name necklace, etc.), people you pass in the street might not guess at all. Tzniut dress can be fairly ambiguous. I’ve had people ask if I’m Jehovah’s Witness, Seventh-Day Adventist, or Mormon before finally (if at all) landing on Jewish.
It’s funny, sometimes. Frustrating, other times. That instantaneous, wordless moment of connection with a fellow Jew is just a little more complicated to come by. For better or worse, it means that (outside of specifically Jewish settings) I usually have to actively disclose who I am — whether to Jews or non-Jews — instead of people just… seeing and knowing, as they might for my father or brother or son.
But the sad part is that sometimes — especially when I look at the news or hear about another local or national or international antisemitic incident — it’s also a relief.
I am very Jewish. I am proud to be Jewish. I am freely open about my Jewishness.
But being a little less immediately visible means that, in certain circumstances, I am a little more safe. And oh, how I hate that.
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Hello,Howdyo!!My name’s Wyll,I use He/it and am a Multifandom Selfshipper,Therian,Fictionkin,Songkin and Placekin!I’m 15(turning 16 in June!)I am FTM,Genderqueer,Nonbinary,Gay and Demi romantic,Asexual!!I am white and also incredibly Welsh and proud!!:3
My pronouns.cc
Kin userboxes
Various userboxes
I am autistic and some of my special interests are:
•The X-men
•Fallout:New Vegas
•The Smiler/Alton Towers as a whole
•Musicals(But specifically,Book of Mormon,Something Rotten,Sweeney Todd and The Great Comet)
•Resident Evil Village + Re4
As I said I am also a selfshipper!!Theses are my main F/os + the ones I’m hyper fixated on at the moment:
•Charles Xavier
•William Shakespeare(Something Rotten)
•Pierre Bezukhov
•Robert House/Mr.House
•Mr.New Vegas
Plus Dni if you ship with:
•Remy LeBeau(Gambit)
•Karl Heisenberg
(They’re not main f/o’s but they are important to me)
Big Dni:If you ship Charles Xavier with anyone other than myself(He basically is my irl husband at this point,so please don’t),Bigot,Fatphobic,ana/anti-recovery ED, radqueer, anti-therian, anti-alterhuman,Alterhuman exclusionist, kink blog, petplay blog,mdni blogs,18+ blogs.
My entire kin list is under the cut:3
Kinlist:
Highest kins
High kins
Medium kins
Lowest kins
(As in attachment,shifts etc)
Confirmed:
•Beetlejuice(Specifically movie)
•Dr.Robotnik(specifically movie)
•Kuro(OPLA)
•Buggy The Clown(OPLA)
•The Dreamfinder(JiI)
•Doctor Strange(Specifically Disneyland Version)
•Catnap
•The Candyman(Doctor Who Oc)
•Matt Murdock/Daredevil
•Wyll Howlett (Mutant Oc)
•Marty Mcfly
Questioning:
•Rodger Rabbit
•Indiana Jones
•Junkrat
•Wyll Ap Gryfudd(Medieval Welsh Knight oc)
Synpath:
•Peter Parker/Spiderman
Theriotypes:
•Ginger Cat
•Siberian Tiger
•German Shepard
•Goat
•Questioning Dragon
PlaceKins:
•Journey into imagination Building
•Future World
•Disneyland Paris
•New Vegas Kin
Questioning:
•Las Vegas Kin
Hearthomes:
•The Mojave desert(New Vegas)
•Vault 13 (New Vegas)
•Walt Disney Studios
Era HeartHome:
•The 80s
Songkin:
•I don’t want to set the World on Fire-The ink spots
•It’s a Sin to tell a Lie-the ink spots
Questioning:
•Thunderball-Tom Jones
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This…is so dumb but I’ve been nicknaming my Pokémon the weirdest shit I can think of. Mostly taking inspiration form a Twitter thread where people said that “dogs have such normal names and then here’s my cat Tupperware”
Sprigatito is Snoop Catt (personal favorite, very proud of that one). I named my gardevoir Benadryl bc she can make you sleepy.
And I’m giggling at Arven finding out out of nowhere, like y’all are battling and all of a sudden you’re chucking a pokeball out like “let’s go vape god 420” and it’s a fuckin torkoal. Catches him off guard for a sec
Later on you’re introducing him to the squad like “and this is cheesestick” “IPad 3 my beloved” “trash boat” “Pantone 3945c” just bizarre ass names BUT some of them are hilariously clever, like “Queen Elizabeth” (your cofagrigus)
Anon you're an absolute genius and so much better at nicknames than me oh my god
I absolutely adore this. The Lizzie cofagrigus esp omfg.
I will be naming my shiny tinkatink The Final Pam. My shiny scream tail is Bloofer Lady because of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and my Slither Wing is Mothra, but you specifically have to say it like the one guy from the musical Book of Mormon in the song Two By Two.
Also I do have a quaquaval named Katrina, but that's kinda basic at this point
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“f the mormons” but like why?
haha, randomly posting my thoughts bc i’m pissed but don’t have a platform. why is prejudice against every religion except mine something that is completely unacceptable? but then when it comes to mormon’s, suddenly it’s “well all their members are racist” or “their church has history of racism and discrimination” or “byu has does this or that,” like why do y’all have to explain yourself? the minute you have to explain yourself, you lose. you could explain away discriminating against anyone or any protected group for however long you want, it is still discrimination and is still wrong. and i HATE how the right wing members are the absolute loudest when it comes to responding to hate and they always respond in the worst way possible. bc as someone who is left leaning (and by leaning, i mean swerving) we don’t speak up, we see the explanations people make and we can’t explain them away, and won’t. there is history of racism, and there are still big problems with acceptance within the church currently, i will never try to justify that or downplay it, but assuming that everyone agrees with these problems is just plain wrong.
mormonism is a religion of personal revelation, that is developing your relationship with God yourself, rather than just believing everything a pastor tells you. and it maddens me to know a good amount of history about the church and how it was too feminist and socialist for america, so the governments decided to rage war against us? bc polygamy and communitarianism were, and apparently presently are far too controversial. so you know, to not get killed, the leaders of the church basically put on some camo gear and tried to fit in as much as possible with the very christians who had massacred their friends, families, and hopes, and have stayed that way up until the present, leading to lots of members being disillusioned that the teachings of the church are just the ideals of the republican party, which (believe me, i lived in germany for a year on my mission, and witnessed a bishop laugh at the police and at byu for the whole “light the y” color the campus situation) is completely wrong. and probably the reason why we lost the third hour of church, we need less time facilitating with one another what we reason to be doc of the church, and more time asking God themself what we should believe and do.
either way, no one sees the actual tree of the religion and only look at the rotten branches that slowly choke out the good ones. yes, the tree needs to be pruned but i have no clue how that would be possible. and so the public eye only sees the rotten fruits located at the very end of the long long branches and ignore the good fruits growing closer to the tree and no one ever thinks to look at the roots. so they point and scrutinize the overgrown branches and bitter fruit, not understanding there is more underneath that they are also criticizing. i am honestly always nervous to tell people about my religion bc i know with what groups they will group me into, all groups i don’t belong to (republicans or trumpians, basic utahns, loud and proud americans, etc. etc.) bc as prez nelson taught us, i put my title of disciple of christ, child of god, and child of the covenant before anything else. why is it that i myself feel ashamed to talk about my religion? bc it always comes with some sort of shift in attitude from the person learning this info. it’s always.. “oh, you’re a mormon..?” followed by jokes about polygamy and magic underwear. it’s always bad to joke about religion when it comes to every religion besides mormonism and even when you point out the hypocrisy, so called leftists still laugh in your face and continue making fun of a protected group.
and so i am left to ask myself every day, why? why can’t i tell them that polygamy, though sometimes disgusting and icky at the time it was in practice in the actual church and since then exploited by excommunicated perverts (i’m not referring to that practicing of polygamy bc like yikes), was a system in which women could easily form romantic friendships with one another and you know kiss and stuff, that sealings between men were allowed until the late 1800s in order to connect them and their families forever in eternity, that women could heal the sick for a time, that the church has so much money because of our communal money system, and the history of racism coincided directly with average christian beliefs about race at the time (remember how we just really really wanted to fit in?) and how one of our prophets legit told a gay couple that he didn’t know enough about it to make a judgement and encouraged them to live a happy life together (plus it was the prophet easily regarded as one of the kindest and most christlike modern prophets by most other modern prophets) and that one of our core beliefs is that men and women are inherently equal and another being the existence of feminine deity and her possible co-authoring of everything we consider God the father to have authored, and like so much more, but i’m getting tired and can’t think anymore. but yeah, most people still consider those things like God the mother and polyamory and spiritual communism are still unfortunately pretty radical concepts.
so yeah, “f the mormons,” but just remember that it’s not just blind sheep you’re hating on, but your colleagues and friends you never knew were mormon simply bc they were afraid to tell you.
and you’re evidence as to why... and that’s called oppression
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I was just thinking about how well I’m doing considering I was in a cult for the first 16 years of my life and just found out and then I realized:
It’s been months. I didn’t just stop believing in the church like 2 weeks ago it has been months. That’s why I’m doing so well. It took months to get to this point.
ADHD is wild like that I guess.
anyway,
Shout out to the Jess at the beginning on that terrible night, reading through the exmormon subreddit as her worldview shattered (and reading an ungodly amount of fanfiction to cope). Shoutout to the Jess who was mourning the eternal life she will never get to have. The Jess who had to relearn the definition of death after being taught the plan of salvation her whole life. The Jess who had to go to young women’s camp with her newfound fear of death. The Jess who suffered through a week of mormon indoctrination at FSY.
Idk I have a long way to go still but I’m proud of myself and how far I’ve come.
Also for those of you who are in beginning of summer Jess’s position, it gets better.
I don’t think there’s really a point to this post, mostly just shit my brain hacked up.
#Also my middle finger used to hurt when I flipped people off and now it doesn’t :3#Pimo#exmormon#exmo#ex cult#cult survivor#ex christian
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4/9/24
I’m starting to gather my information for filing disability. This will be my 4th time filing. So starts that journey again.
I got into the store I wanted to transfer to. It’s just them getting me into the system under the right store number. This store is only like 10 minutes away from my new home. It has a lot of people over me in seniority, and I’ve been at this company for almost 9 years. Which shows me retention. My old store didn’t have that what so ever. So I hope I’m not the only one on my shift.
My stomach is hurting today. I’m living in zofran and atarax and adderall today. I don’t need tramadol, at least yet. I’m unpacking boxes as I work on filing for disability. I also dipped my veggies chicken nuggets in some honey, that maybe adding to my stomach hurting. Since I had gastric bypass I don’t take in a lot of sugar products, cause I don’t want to dump.
I have to say I handled this move very well. I packed most of the boxes. I found this apartment. I found the moving company we used.
This apartment feels more like home than my last apartment ever did. We’ve been here just over a week.
I’m also looking forward to finding my swimsuit so I can go swimming. That will feel so good on my back and joints. I will probably lose some weight.
Ok I know this is my chronic illness blog, but I’m obsessed with Gaga. She was seen in California, but look at that ring on her finger. If she’s engaged, I’m so happy for her. •••Since I was never able to have babies, and I dreamed of being a mom since I was a little girl. I don’t know how I will feel if and when she has a baby. I will be so jealous. But I know she will be an amazing momma. I’ve learned to box that jealousy away. I don’t know when it will come out or be triggered in me. I will have to deal with that when the time comes•••
My apartment is a mess of boxes. We moved into a smaller apartment. I had a lot of stuff in my old room, including my king sized bed, and still had room for all my stuff.
But as my friends say moving takes time, and probably more time to unpack cause you have to find new homes for everything you unpack.
I’ve reconnected with a friend of mine. She was a friend of mine all through high school. She became a Mormon and married into the church, to someone I feel she should have never married. They are in the process of getting a divorce. I’m so proud of her. She’s blossoming into an amazing person. I feel our connection will stronger this time around. She’s living on her own, and has a car. She’s making it her own life. I’m very proud of her. She’s so open minded now. I feel I can tell her anything. I’m really looking forward to connecting with her.
Ok back to what I was doing.
#chronic illness#autoimmine disease#chronic life#chronic pain#spoonie#disability#Lady Gaga#infertility
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Okay so… because my art wasn’t going as planned, I think I’m gonna take a break and come back later (though I really want to draw statehuman Utah and the rest of the dinosaur gals out in this scenic desert studying some dinosaur fossils)
Which also means that I have nothing to keep my hands busy during conference meaning moving on to plan B:
Build a replica of the salt lake temple and temple square in Minecraft. Including the conference center complete with the organ and all of the rooms inside the temple. And maybe have a phantom of the conference center running amuck and plot twist: it’s actually Russel M. Nelson because he didn’t show up to conference this year
Finally Steve’s temple work can be done!
(That, or finish crocheting some bees for my niece and nephew…)
#lord bunny’s ponderings#ldsconf#lds church#mormonism#Minecraft#general conference#lds#I’m a Mormon and I’m proud!#is that what he calls it?
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took me four years but i’ve finally worked up the courage to unsubscribe from the lds church mailing list and i did it and i didn’t burst into flames 👍🏻 i haven’t considered myself mormon in a long time, but i could never bring myself to unsubscribe from their emails. it sounds silly but it was like i just kept waiting for one of them to say “god is super chill with the gays now, you can come home.” my patriarchal blessing still burns a hole in my desk and the promise i made to my great-grandmother on her deathbed still burns a hole in my heart but i’m one little step closer to living life on my terms. everyone clap and cheer i need someone to be proud of me 🥹
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Big shocker I’m thinking about UTBOH again...
I’ve been thinking about Jeb and reading “Cultish” by Amanda Montell, and had some sort of epiphany about my feelings leaving the church. I remember growing up I would hear the church called a cult a lot, and all the mormons I would talk to about it had strong opinions. “Of course the church isn’t a cult!” usually followed by laughter, “You can leave whenever you want!”
Can you?
That’s when I started thinking about Jeb again (lets be honest when am I not). Andrew Garfield did a fantastic job with his faith crisis scene, but I could never put my finger on why I connected with it so much, why it meant so much to see it on screen. He shows why the “you can leave whenever you want” counterpoint feels so off: you can leave the church whenever you want, but it’s painful. You can see how painful it is for him in that car. His whole life is crumbling down around him, and that’s exactly what it feels like. Why would you leave when it would bring you so much pain? Everyone he loves would be impacted by his decision to leave the church. Everyone! That is huge crazy immense pressure! That’s not even considering the eternal complications if you’re making the wrong choice, if your doubts really are evil. My family converted when I was like 6 or something, and my biggest motivator in the church was making sure I could get into the celestial kingdom to be with my parents forever. Leaving the church not only meant my whole life was in vain, but if I was wrong, I would be cast out from my family for eternity. And my family was in it for a relatively short time! It’s always the bloodline mormons that say it’s not a cult, even though it would be hardest for them to leave.
I think I often feel silly for still thinking about the church so much 3 years after I left, but seeing a faith crisis helps me put it back in perspective. So to any other ex-mormons perusing Tumblr: I’m proud of you. Whether you were born in the church or converted, you did a hard thing and I’m proud of you.
#exmo#exmormon#fuck the church#im feeling very exmo in this chilis tonight#utboh spoilers#utboh#under the banner of heaven#andrew garfield#jeb pyre#brother jebediah pyre#officer pyre#cultish
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Hi, I was raised mormon in utah but left the church in part because I couldn’t be gay and like myself at the same time while being taught that it was a sin. I just want to say that I’m genuinely happy you’re at peace with yourself as a gay mormon. If you don’t mind me asking, how did you come to terms with it? I still feel a connection to the church even six years after I left but I don’t think I could bear to be told that it’s a sin to love who I love if I ever stepped foot back in.
Do you have any insight on how I can be proud to be gay while still thinking of myself as sort-of-mormon-ish? I don’t think I like the bitterness that calling myself “exmormon” has instilled in me, but I still can’t bear the guilt of being gay and having left the church.
I knew two missionaries who served in the same mission. According to them, it was a harsh mission. When they turned in their weekly reports, they'd get lectured about how they aren't producing enough and would be shown the stats of the companionship who had the highest numbers that week and told that this is what a good report looks like.
One of these missionaries had a hard time and wound up coming home after a few months, and she felt like a failure, that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't be good enough.
The other missionary didn't seem to be bothered by it began her mission before COVID-19, and when the pandemic began, she was transferred from where she was to a mission in the United States. Then she was sent home temporarily before getting assigned to yet another mission.
This harsh mission was her 3rd mission to serve in. She'd gotten a chance to experience how different missions and mission presidents did things. While she didn't appreciate the heavy emphasis on shaming missionaries into trying to get them to produce more, she knew she is a good missionary and the numbers will be whatever the numbers will be.
She had resilience to the negative messages because she understood herself to be good, and that the culture & messages directed against her said more about the people doing & saying those things than it did about her.
I share that story because I think it illustrates what a queer person has to do to make it work if they also want to remain a Mormon.
I understand God loves me. God knows I'm gay and is fine with that. God wants me to love and have joy. I'm not evil or wicked for being who I am and experiencing life as my creator made me. This is something that is part of my core and I can't change it, so how dare they say I'm wicked or evil simply for being as God made me.
That's not to say that being resilient makes things easy. I wish it was easier. I wish church and my orientation was more compatible because I don't believe I'm incompatible with God.
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Whom else survived the lightning delay and finished up this weird ass game??
Anyways.
USWNT V COLOMBIA (Tuesday edition)
I love Alyssa Naeher. She’s the best. That save 😍
The backup back line with Huerta, Sonnett, Girma, and Pickett was really solid.
Huerta with the CROSSES, the forced own goal. She’s settling into her place comfortably and I love that for her.
And then Kelley coming in to just continue the right back goal supremacy for the game. Good shit.
Pickett with her first cap!! She did great and her crosses were excellent as to be expected from her.
I… really liked Sonnett and Girma together. Girma was this calm, Becky-esque final defender which I think relaxes the whole line. Sonnett’s passing into the midfield was extremely precise and it seemed like she was asked to play this CB/6 flex position. She was challenging the 50/50 balls in the middle and had a lot of success stopping any play from starting. A v classic, look how a player does when they play their preferred position.
Rose and Sanchez are very very very fun together and I’d love more lineups where we can figure out how to get them together. However, I do think the pair lacks a physical presence. They obviously have the foot skills so it’s not a huge problem, but it’s a factor. Sanchez had a quieter game. I think consistency is going to be v important for her. And feisty Rose with a card.
Lindsey… let’s say, if I had a professional coaching license and was in charge, she would not be playing. Her knee is clearly not okay. It’s held together with bubble gum and paper clips. Her running speed is slowed down and she’s clearly backing out of tackles. It’s a self preservation play that’s so unnecessary when she could instead be resting and rehabbing. Thankfully, Colombia wasn’t pressuring to a point where she was allowed to play make without people crashing into her.
and all this 6 nonsense. We don’t have one. Julie is pregnant and Andi isn’t healthy enough. Why we are not trying other formations is BEYOND me. 4-3-3 is not the end all be all. And to be honest, between club, high school, and college, I never even played in that formation. We don’t need double CB’s. Put Alana or Sonnett or fucking Becky at a stopper. Play North Carolina Courages weird ass box midfield. Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Kristie was about to fucking fight at the end of the game and lololol. The fact that Sonnett sprinted in to pull her away is even funnier. About her actual play? She’s also not a 6. Though she did serve the best diagonal long balls.
Hatch also. Starting fights!! Go Mormon go! Hometown brawl!
Alex should have been involved in more national team camps earlier in the year. She’s on fire right now in club. There’s no explanation for her play other than a lack of chemistry. And having Pinoe barely counts because 2022 Pinoe and Alex are NOT the same as 2019 Pinoe and Alex.
Midge was fine. She had very bright spots and other moments where it made sense why she came off at half.
Mal was the best player driving into the box, hands down. Finishing? Could use a little tightening up. But hey, she didn’t shove a photographer today. Proud of her!
Trin had great energy. She’s going to be a PROBLEM for international defenses in the future.
Korn sure was out there being tall!! She had trouble settling in, which is fine. She’s on cap 2, she came in late and there was a delay.
The team disconnect down both sides came down to chemistry. Crystal Sam Lindsey Pinoe Tobin Press Kelley. Those lineups had this innate connection. The chemistry was so obvious. Pickett Sanchez and Pinoe and the opposite side of Huerta Rose and Midge simply did not have the vibes.
I’m not a coaching expert but we gotta click some more pieces into place before I could be confident we’d win a major tournament with this squad. BUT TRULY, with everyone out with bébés and extremely rude injuries, it’s not the full squad yet.
Big whatever though. I still love these players and will still scream at my TV at midnight!
#uswnt#alyssa naeher#Naomi Girma#Emily Sonnett#sofia huerta#carson pickett#kelley o'hara#rose lavelle#ashley sanchez#Lindsey Horan#Kristie mewis#taylor kornieck#alex morgan#Ashley hatch#Trinity rodman#midge purce#Megan Rapinoe#mal pugh
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This just in: crispy Mormon man considers violence therapy because religion (I’m not funny I know)
4.5 hours on this one and I’m proud
#joshua graham#fallout new vegas#honest hearts#fallout#fnv#fnv fanart#fanart#digital art#procreate#my art
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Greetings and welcome to my humble blog! I’m Zephy, I like ✨Art, Writing, Music, & Stories ✨ and Gravity Falls is currently taking up all the space in my brain. I am…
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Currently on my way to becoming a middle school English teacher/counselor!
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The author of The Turn Back Time AU! In which Ford finishes the portal in the 80’s and must turn back the clock with the help of Fiddleford and his brothers after failing to stop the end of the world.
A FiddAuthor shipper and BillFord apologist (explanations here and here). Most of my BillFord content is art for my Human Bill AU summarized here and also a chaptered fic on Ao3 with weekly updates!
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