Not content to be passively homophobic, BYU has actively entrapped gay students.
This article covers a recent study of BYU policing over time, and yes, it's worse than you thought.
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https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/08/31/new-research-paper-examines/
An article in the Trib about the divide in Utah between exmos and TBMs.
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Of all the chasms in the state's "Unspoken Divide" between Latter-day Saints and other Utahns, this one — between current members and former members — is the most pernicious, polarizing and protracted.
More in this article, from the personal perspective of someone who experienced abuse by parents influenced by Dobson. By Piper Bly @piper
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/james-dobson-rest-in-piss
#JamesDobson #AbuseCulture #ReligiousTrauma #exvangelical #exvie #exmo #exmormon
For more information, if you can stomach it, the book Breaking Their Will by Janet Heimlich gets into it. (I was unable to finish it.)
Fuck James Dobson.
#JamesDobson #AbuseCulture #ReligiousTrauma #exvangelical #exvie #exmo #exmormon
Not hiding this because folks need to see this, but CW for child abuse and the evils of American Christfascism. And speaking ill of the dead, which I will gladly do. I can't speak ill enough of him.
James Dobson is a major reason why *this*. Even his evangelical friends and radio cohosts thought he was too cruel. I'm glad he died before he could see his creation of Cristofascism come to fruition. He's one of the worst human beings to ever live.
Not content to let trauma-informed culture break the cycle of domestic abuse, he perpetuated child abuse by teaching millions of parents *how*. He even sold a device for beating children called "The Rod." (As in "spare the rod, spoil the child.") He advocated for what was known as "blanket training," used to break the will of children starting in infancy. The goal was to create a mindless being who would not cry when beaten, who would jump to with a "Yes sir!" on *any* command.
The core cruelties of white American evangelicalism in 2025 can be traced to many men, but this man was its face and kindly voice on the radio. When I speak of #AbuseCulture, this is what I mean. Dobson is the black hole which emitted its unholy light even as the revelations of science and open culture attempted to eliminate childhood trauma — Dobson raised its banner and pulled millions of Christians in, not just evangelicals, but anyone who trusted a figure promoting "Family Values," parents who would not on their own be able or even willing to enact such cruelties upon their own children, but under Dobson's manipulations, broke the will of their children...
...children who grew up and abused their own children, who are now pastors and sheriffs and senators and ICE thugs who want to make this reality for all of us.
That is the legacy of this horrible, horrible man.
I don't wish eternal hell on anyone, but I wouldn't mind if this particular creature experienced every pain he caused.
Look, I think it's great that the LDS Church is trying to loosen up. I'd be celebrating if I didn't know about the much darker undercurrent of much more serious problems that these changes are meant to ease pressure from.
This doesn't fix the hundreds of billions of dollars in investments (some which are bad for humans and the earth), or the sex abuse cover-ups, or the rampant abuse of all kinds in many LDS families. Or the racism and genocide. Or the LGBTQ+ problems. Or the draconian purity culture. Or the strict rules on tithing, obedience, and following the prophet (or else you lose everything including your family).
Could I erase a few of the more obvious items in my book that I called them out on? Yes. But the heavy stuff remains.
As they ease the pressure on missionaries (who STILL pay for the privilege of giving up 6-24 months of their lives to be the Church's unpaid sales arm while they are overworked and hardcore brainwashed), I hope the pressure on them to change doesn't lift. They've got so much further to go.
I think the boyo missionaries tried to visit my sister the other day when she was out. Two young men. LDS Missionaries have an unmistakable appearance.
At least... they used to.
These guys were like LDS Missionaries from an alternate universe. Very young white men, yes. But their shoes were casual and not black. I could see their socks, they had slightly baggy not-black pants (not quite sweats?), their white collared shirts were likewise baggy and tucked in in a baggy way, billowing out. One had a bookbag slung around the back. I only saw their backs (I myself was trying to avoid notice), but I'm 90% sure I would have seen the black badge on the front pocket.
Seems like only yesterday when they stopped making them wear the suit coats. They grow up so fast. 🥹
People over on r/exmormon posting the first pics of sister missionaries in sleeveless dresses.
With their "porn shoulders."
Because of the new garmies.
🙄
Halfway through reading "Mister Magic" by Kiersten White and really enjoying it. I was intrigued by the horror premise and the thought of a nostalgic children's show with little evidence of its existence despite its many decades run. The clencher was that I heard the author was exploring her religious trauma after leaving Mormonism.
This description opening a scene just made me laugh out loud. "A man like mayonnaise in human form stalks towards them."
I've known men like this my whole life, but never heard such an apt description.
Here's a description of the book from Libro.fm, which I use to buy audio books while supporting my favorite local bookstore: #UnderTheUmbrella
Mx. Luna Corbden
SinMisterios
Katrina Katrinka 