Lauren H. Smith

I write//make music//work with flowers//hunt for beauty//help you explore who you are//I'm equal parts deep & ridiculous #wct

[April Ajoy @aprilajoyr]

If you are posting that the fires in LA are God's judgment, you do not worship a good god and you are not a good person. And I'm saying this as a Christian. Stop.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Learning to be authentic, even when this doesn't get approval is part of being an autonomous adult.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

4. Learn to be misunderstood:

For chronic people pleasers, being misunderstood can feel so painful, they'll avoid it at all costs.

It's healthy and natural to be misunderstood.

[Lauren H. Smith @L_H_Smith]

@derekhmiller 😬

[Lauren H. Smith @L_H_Smith]

@ThreeTwoEephus Finally

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

Governor Abbott, if you have any decency, you will immediately withdraw from this weekend’s NRA convention and urge them to hold it anywhere but Texas.

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Today is the 144th day of 2022.

The Uvalde shooting is the 212th mass shooting of 2022.

Gun violence is a public health crisis.

[Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez]

Immersed in these teachings about sex and power, evangelicals are often unable or unwilling to name abuse, to believe women, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to protect & empower survivors." (J&JW 277-78) 8/

[Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez]

Yet victims are often held culpable for acts perpetrated against them...While men (and women) invested in defending patriarchal authority frequently come to the defense of perpetrators, victims are often pressured to forgive abusers and avoid involving law enforcement. 7/

[Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez]

...on their presumed purity & proper submission to masculine authority. This puts female victims in impossible situations. Caught up in authoritarian settings where a premium is placed on obeying men, women & children find themselves in situations ripe for abuse of power. 6/

[Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez]

"Those lamenting evangelicals' apparent betrayal of 'family values' fail to recognize that ev family values have always entailed assumptions about sex & power...Within this framework, men assign themselves the role of protector, but the protection of women & girls is contingent..

[Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez]

I'm not an SBC insider by any stretch, but one of the first things I did when I started to write JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE was consult a lawyer because I knew sexual abuse and cover-ups needed to be part of the story. How did I know? Because I'd been listening to women. 1/14

[Natasha ❀ @ndelriego]

This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo.

This is Ruth Whitfield, 86. Her son, the former Buffalo Fire Commissioner, said she was on her way from visiting her husband in a nursing home and stopped at the store to get something to eat.

[Lauren H. Smith @L_H_Smith]

@kimberlybroth Daaawwwwww

[sandra 🤠 @sandra32gonza]

The dmv be like you forgot to bring the Declaration of Independence

[Lauren H. Smith @L_H_Smith]

@kaylajohnson28 I LOVE how the wind ripples them as the spicy sword hunks whoosh around

[Lauren H. Smith @L_H_Smith]

The worst part about jury duty day so far (aside from being here): friggin thin-azz toilet paper.

[Lauren H. Smith @L_H_Smith]

@kimberlybroth how. many. more. cats. do. you. need