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Lessons from Living in Russia
Plagiarism, Perverse Incentives, and the Authoritarian Mindset, Part I
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Chrissy Stroop
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Let's Face it: Some of Jesus's Teachings are Harmful
Breaking the Taboo on Exposing the Dark Side of the Gospels
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Chrissy Stroop
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November 2023
Moving Past Evangelical Shame
A Conversation with Meghan Crozier of Thereafter
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Chrissy Stroop
This is Your Brain on Evangelicalism
or, God Wants You to be Ashamed of Yourself
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Chrissy Stroop
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Learning to Recognize Avoidance
or, Me and My Emo Exvangelical Self
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Chrissy Stroop
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October 2023
Halloween Thoughts
or, That Time I Got Exorcised, Sort Of
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Exvangelical Reflections on Horror
Some Preliminary Thoughts
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Chrissy Stroop
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Notes from the Return
Hello Bugbear Dispatch readers! As you’ll know if you read last week’s post, I’m back from my trip to Indiana, where I visited family and attended the…
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Notes from the Road
Hello, Bugbear Dispatch readers! (Would it be weird to refer to you as “fellow bugbears”? Let me know what you think in the comments or by shooting me…
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Chrissy Stroop
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"Writing Poetry and Thinking about Death"
My Queer Exvangelical American Life with Suicidal Ideation
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Chrissy Stroop
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September 2023
Orange County Communists and Other Impossible People
All my plans fell through my hands, they fell through my hands on me. All my dreams, it suddenly seems, it suddenly seems, empty. - Dolores O’Riordan…
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Chrissy Stroop
My Gender Nightmares, My Gender Dreams
A Deeply Personal Reflection on How Recurring Nightmares Relate to My Experience as a Transgender Woman
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Chrissy Stroop
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