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American Christianity vs. "My body, my choice."

American Christianity vs. "My body, my choice."

The VVitch, Queer Eye, "American Fascists," and why happiness is so difficult in a country where self-care is considered Satanic.

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Dec 10, 2024
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It is very hard to be happy in America. I had an epiphany as to why during the Spooky Times — by which I mean the fun, sexy spooky times of Halloween, not the awful, screampuking, uglycrying spooky times of the Election the following week — when my wife and I were watching Robert Eggers’ acclaimed 2015 horror movie The Witch. In the film, a Puritan patr…

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