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from Talia Lavin, who's high on my list of "anything she writes is worth reading" journalists. an excerpt from her upcoming book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America.

hopefully the title made it obvious, but a big ol' content warning for explicit and heartbreaking details about child abuse and endangerment.

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I thought I was being clever as a child, and went and broke all the spoons, believing somehow that the spoons were responsible. I quickly learned that it wasn't the case.