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previously not allowed bc it was originally a practice meant to dispel evil spirits or whatever, but now it "doesn't hold that meaning in today's culture" so it's fine to do (unless it personally upsets your conscience)

like. lol. lmao even.

"Homosexuality is righteous; Let God be found a liar"

This is my first piece in a series of blackout poems using magazine texts distributed by the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses, all of which are publicly available online for viewing.

The project (not yet titled) aims to show unabashed declarations of queer love, resilience, and spiritual reclamation, while also acknowledging the pain and grief so often caused by high-control religious groups; shunning is one such example.

Being an ex-jw myself, my hope is that other sexual and gender minority peoples who have been negatively impacted--either directly or indirectly--by religious teachings and practices, will find these pieces a source of healing.

not allowed to get involved in anything even remotely “political” even if it directly affects you. basically supposed to “just be patient and rely on god to rectify it”. they villainize tf out of things like protesting

when working with people of color in different countries they do a lot of work to strip away your cultural identity while still claiming to “celebrate” people of all backgrounds. many important cultural traditions are seen as demonic or bad and they ban a lot of them entirely. it’s really stupid to me i could go on and on about the shit they do

Like I keep talking to women who are very aware they could help w all this work and are willing to and are frustrated that they can't BC of how they were born, but refuse to say anything too critical BC it's the GB that said it has to be so.

this rest of the thread continues after the third tweet from the reblog.

like THE FULL THREAD is genuinely so reassuring.

sometimes, it is not enough to just know, sometimes you might need that reassurance of "do you really think of me when i'm away?" and someone reassuring you that yeah, they do. and evaluate that! trust that! just like op did.

and then learning that ykw, it's NOT any of my business really. and finding comfort in that trust that like. whether they are or aren't thinking of me, they really do love me.