Chrissy Stroop

@CarolineCalcote

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Yes and yes.

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

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“What’s the deal with ‘bugbear’? My thinking is shaped by the fact that America is living through a moral panic fomented by right-wing Christians and their allies. As a transgender woman, I belong to one of the Right’s most reviled demographics. I am a modern American bugbear”

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

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@cstroop

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“What’s the deal with ‘bugbear’? My thinking is shaped by the fact that America is living through a moral panic fomented by right-wing Christians and their allies. As a transgender woman, I belong to one of the Right’s most reviled demographics. I am a modern American bugbear”

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

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09:24 PM - Sep 28, 2023

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Chrissy Stroop

@cstroop

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The month is ending, so here’s my little pitch. Do you value my writing? Could you afford to pay something for it to keep me afloat?

If you answered yes to both, please subscribe to my Substack and/or support me on Patreon. Thanks!

https://www.patreon.com/cs...

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

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09:24 PM - Sep 28, 2023

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@cstroop

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If you can’t afford to pay for a subscription or Patreon pledge, could you please help me with boosting the post below? Thanks so much!

I also love having free subscribers to The Bugbear Dispatch, and free subscribers get two high-quality, thought-provoking essays a month

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

The month is ending, so here’s my little pitch. Do you value my writing? Could you afford to pay something for it to keep me afloat?

If you answered yes to both, please subscribe to my Substack and/or support me on Patreon. Thanks!

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https://www.bugbeardispatc...

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09:24 PM - Sep 28, 2023

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If you can’t afford to pay for a subscription or Patreon pledge, could you please help me with boosting the post below? Thanks so much!

I also love having free subscribers to The Bugbear Dispatch, and free subscribers get two high-quality, thought-provoking essays a month

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

The month is ending, so here’s my little pitch. Do you value my writing? Could you afford to pay something for it to keep me afloat?

If you answered yes to both, please subscribe to my Substack and/or support me on Patreon. Thanks!

https://www.patreon.com/cs...

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

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Roxxy Riot

@RoxxyRiot

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3 Threaded Spouts

Yeah. Only like every day.
Being trans, I feel like I exist in a different universe sometimes. Being happy means I have to take on a certain amount of discomfort, "I don't like the vibe of this place, guess I just can't use the bathroom here"
Things people take for granted are an obstacle for me.

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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The month is ending, so here’s my little pitch. Do you value my writing? Could you afford to pay something for it to keep me afloat?

If you answered yes to both, please subscribe to my Substack and/or support me on Patreon. Thanks!

https://www.patreon.com/cs...

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

Patreon

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Am I the only one for whom visceral fear of a hell I no longer believed in dissipated only after I realized—belatedly, as an adult—that I’m queer/trans?

https://open.substack.com/...

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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear? In the flesh in (of all places) O..

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@cstroop

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Am I the only one for whom visceral fear of a hell I no longer believed in dissipated only after I realized—belatedly, as an adult—that I’m queer/trans?

https://open.substack.com/...

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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear? In the flesh in (of all places) O..

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@cstroop

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“Direct cash payments from the federal government improved millions of Americans’ lives during the pandemic.”

We’ll need them again, plus more high-density and affordable housing like yesterday.

We know what to do in the face of this kind of crisis. The problem is making it politically possible

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

When insurers’ refusal to cover homes in areas at risk due to climate change leads to further migration to high cost-of-living urban centres, the result will be increased homelessness.

My latest:

https://www.opendemocracy....

US home insurers pulling out over climate risk spells disaster | openDemocracy

When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe

12:11 PM - Sep 27, 2023

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@cstroop

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When insurers’ refusal to cover homes in areas at risk due to climate change leads to further migration to high cost-of-living urban centres, the result will be increased homelessness.

My latest:

https://www.opendemocracy....

US home insurers pulling out over climate risk spells disaster | openDemocracy

When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe

12:11 PM - Sep 27, 2023

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Chrissy Stroop

@cstroop

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Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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Salma Typhii

@Epidatageek

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I'm 49 and just got an official ADHD with inattentive whatever. 49 fucking years thinking I was just lazy, useless, and not trying hard enough

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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"At the time, I was still trying to be a liberal Christian, sort of, but I couldn’t really muster any conviction about any beliefs. I was wrestling with the identity loss, however, and at one point I told Annie, 'My hobby is having existential crises.'"

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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Pamela

@Pamela

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In response to Chrissy Stroop.

Very interesting story. I’m sorry that people made you feel like an impossible person. I’m glad you’ve been able to realize that you’re possible and perfectly fine the way you are.

09:18 AM - Sep 26, 2023

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@cstroop

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If you like The Bugbear Dispatch, please help increase its reach by subscribing and sharing the essays I publish there

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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In a time of surging authoritarianism, it’s particularly important to support independent anti-authoritarian writers.

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04:13 PM - Sep 25, 2023

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In a time of surging authoritarianism, it’s particularly important to support independent anti-authoritarian writers.

If you value my voice, would you please subscribe to The Bugbear Dispatch and help me reach a wider audience by sharing my work there with others?
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04:13 PM - Sep 25, 2023

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Caroline Calcote

@CarolineCalcote

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In response to Chrissy Stroop.

I really enjoyed reading this Chrissy. Very relatable. I love getting your posts right to my email and then seeing that you shared it here on Spoutible as well. It makes it easy to share on the only SM platform I use anymore. 💛

01:51 PM - Sep 25, 2023

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Roxxy Riot

@RoxxyRiot

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Sometimes it's whatever. Other days I really don't know why or how much longer I can keep pushing through hoping for that better life we're all fighting for.

02:13 PM - Sep 25, 2023

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@cstroop

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"However I acted on my inability to believe what I grew up expected to believe—whether I chose to pursue intellectual and ethical authenticity, on the one hand, or to stuff that all down in order to please my family on the other—I would be betraying at least one of my core values."

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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@cstroop

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Have you ever felt like "an impossible person who shouldn't exist"? If so, why?

I spent over a decade feeling that way due to evangelical indoctrination imposed on a person who cannot conform to the requisite expectations

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

California 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, the Cranberries, “Empty” “We are communists.” Wait a minute… Communists? The classic 20th-century American bugbear! In the flesh! In (of all places) ..

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Dr.XVI

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In response to Brooksie.

After reading Chrissy, I stopped beating myself up for having stopped going to mass. She is so smart and so on point, and easy to understand. That’s so skillful. I’ve been a fan since the other place!

11:16 PM - Sep 20, 2023

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If you are feeling that the Christians in your life are letting you down at every turn you should read, listen, and follow Chrissy. If you want to have some understanding how Christians are behaving do the same. You aren't insane and you are not the one that turned the world upside down.

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Hot off the presses at The Bugbear Dispatch, an intensely personal essay exploring the relationship between my teenage recurring nightmares and the gender dysphoria I finally had to recognize and contend with:

https://www.bugbeardispatc...

My Gender Nightmares, My Gender Dreams - by Chrissy Stroop

A Deeply Personal Reflection on How Recurring Nightmares Relate to My Experience as a Transgender Woman

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Barbara Reid

@BjReid

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The money bail system not only fails in its purported quest to protect public safety but actually degrades it and results in higher crime.

Editorial: Goodbye to cash bail. L.A. is moving to a better approach to pretrial justice - Los Angeles Times

Bail-or-jail upon arrest will largely disappear from L.A. County, correcting an injustice yet raising concerns at a time of high-profile retail thefts. First in a series.

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I grew up in east TN in a very white part of Appalachia and had a very idyllic childhood. It was very insular, safe, homogeneous, and completely inundated with racism. Reading this book as a teenager may have been the first time I gave deep thought to my own privilege and to the price of it. #SBBC

Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

#SpoutibleBannedBookClub #TheBluestEyeTalkingPoint

How did reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison affect or change you?

#SBBC #TheBluestEye

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Rebecca E

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In response to Dr.XVI.

Thank you! I just followed her. I hope more folks like @cstroop will join us. My main focus as we head into 2024 elections is flipping/holding seats. Most Indivisible folks are on Mastodon, X, IG. I'm trying to get them here along with indep journalists. So far, not batting 1,000.🤫 #NeverGiveUp

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John MacKenzie

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Yup

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Countdown to Clarence Thomas claiming “I was just helping my close personal friends the Kochs raise money for right-wing causes in my super compartmentalized personal friend capacity. You little people expect me to disclose that like it could possibly create a conflict of interest?”
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Nefarious Newt

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The fact that he and Alito and the other Conservatives on the SCOTUS go out of their way to not mention these things tells you quite distinctly that they KNOW these things are wrong, but DO NOT CARE. They're simply waiting for a Republican to return to The White House and make it legal.

Chrissy Stroop @cstroop

Countdown to Clarence Thomas claiming “I was just helping my close personal friends the Kochs raise money for right-wing causes in my super compartmentalized personal friend capacity. You little people expect me to disclose that like it could possibly create a conflict of interest?”
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Editorial: Goodbye to cash bail. L.A. is moving to a better approach to pretrial justice - Los Angeles Times