Amanda Jo

Nap time is my happy hour.

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

I used to believe
forgiveness meant friendship
and even a flicker of pain meant I was angry for too long—

but I found I can forgive from afar,
across town, at a deathbed,
across a lifetime,

and the pain was not my fault, but how deep the wound was carved.

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

What I used to believe
changed in the crucible of grief.

I believed in a faith
where all things worked out
if I believed enough,

until a dying child held my hand
& prayers to heal her cancer
went unanswered.

I had to relocate my hope
from the outcome
to an outstretched hand.

[Hillary L McBride @hillarylmcbride]

Growing up in a spiritually abusive context disorganizes psychological development. A person is forced to grow up too early, shouldering enormous responsibility and existential concerns, while also infantilized, a healthy integrated embodied selfhood inhibited and made dangerous

[Hillary L McBride @hillarylmcbride]

Although there are more obvious problems of a toxically masculine culture, one insidious consequence is the pervasive loneliness of men. In the masculine script, emotional restriction is venerated, but feeling ones own emotions is required for authentic connection to others.

[Alicia T. Crosby (she/her) @aliciatcrosby]

True story: My sex ed teacher fit a condom over her head in the first day of class to show us just how elastic condoms were lol

[Amanda Jo @amanda_dewaal]

@joystix_ A big ole trauma laugh 🙄😅

[Kevin Garcia 🪷 Spiritual Recovery Coach @theKevinGarcia_]

I was today years old when I found out that the artist’s name was Wayland Jennings, and not The Wailing Jennys.

[WMIII @WilliamMatt22]

I wish being pro-life meant you were against the proliferation of guns and mass shootings rather than abortion

[Amanda Jo @amanda_dewaal]

@KaitlinCurtice Melt it into the burning calf?

[Amanda Jo @amanda_dewaal]

@joi_stix Oh Lordy no

[The Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun]

Terminally ill patients the first in B.C. to consume legal supply of magic mushrooms https://t.co/xxnoucavZU

[Amanda Jo @amanda_dewaal]

YWAM DENVER GET FUCKED, KARMA IS A BITCHHHHHHH #ywamdenver #ywam

[Amanda Jo @amanda_dewaal]

@joi_stix Another CULT down.

[Hillary L McBride @hillarylmcbride]

It’s the time of the year when we can expect that in addition to the already prolific insidious messages about our bodies, we get an extra dose of extraordinarily toxic psychologically manipulative diet-culture bullshit disguised as health, wellness, and self care. #HappyNewYear

[Amanda Jo @amanda_dewaal]

@joi_stix Oof. I choose not to