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Recommended by D.L. Mayfield

My name is NJ. I’m a fundamentalist turned atheist who's trying to use their voice to bring light to the harm in Christian fundamentalism.

The Quiverfull Archivist

By Abbi Nye

The Quiverfull daughters would like a word.

STRONGWILLED

By Krispin Mayfield

Reclaiming autonomy and exploring the long-terms impacts of religious authoritarian parenting.

D.L. and Krispin Mayfield are creating a community to unpack the long-term impacts of Religious Authoritarian Parenting.

- D.L. Mayfield

The Altar Within

By Juliet Diaz

notes on life, magic, and liberation.

Axis Mundi Media

By Brad Onishi

Research-Based Podcast Network - publishing work designed to safeguard democracy from religious nationalisms, authoritaranism, and right-wing extremism. Visit www.axismundi.us

The Bugbear Dispatch

By Chrissy Stroop

As a transgender American woman in a time of moral panic, Chrissy Stroop is one of society's current "bugbears." Here she publishes weekly musings connecting her reading and other cultural consumption to her thoughts on American society and more.

Birds Before the Storm

By Margaret Killjoy

Individual and community preparedness. Memoirs of an anarchist life. Reflections on history.

Stir the Pot

By Michelle Albanes-Davis

All the best recipes, common sense cooking tips, and ways to fall back in love with food from 3x NY Times best-selling author Michelle Albanes Davis 🏳️‍🌈. For curious people who love to eat, cook, get in their feelings, and talk a lil sh*t.

All The Threads

By Ivy Zeller

Finding creative spiritual practices after religious trauma. Weaving whimsy and intention into everyday life.

New Means

By JP

Writing that zooms out. New Means discusses politics in the broadest possible ways, from our neighborhoods to our workplaces to our religious lives to organizing to the ways we collectively think.

The Moral High Ground

By Evan Hurst

We are living through a world-historical temper tantrum from white conservative Christians over their loss of control, relevance, and supremacy. This weekly newsletter looks at current events through that lens and usually mocks it mercilessly.

The SWAJ Good News

By Brad Onishi

Religion, Politics, and Culture

Erin In The Morning

By Erin Reed

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Just Above My Head

By Richie X

This is where I come to talk about all things God, Autism, Queer, & Black

Richie X is on a journey of writing about their neurodivergence and leaving fundamentalism behind. Incredible insights and writing!

- D.L. Mayfield

A Glitch in the Good Enough

By Aly Prades

Reflections on faith, self-compassion, and OCD recovery

Eternally Existential

By Hannah B. Makes

A space to sit in the threshold of paradox, pondering the parts of Humaning that are both brutal and beautiful.

writing wholefarted

By Marla Taviano

A short original poem every Thursday. Paid subscribers get juicy, petty long form posts every Tuesday and Friday.

Sluggish

By Jesse Meadows

Re-politicizing mental illness and embracing the weird

Julian's Note

By Julian Davis Reid

Weaving together Christian faith, Blackness, music, and rest so that our kites may catch wind.

Poetic, musical reflections on rest and care from a Christian perspective while the world falls apart.

- D.L. Mayfield

Musings From A Broken Heart

By Robert the contemplative

Theology, poetry, reflections, and restful meditations from a Black man in process

A Gentle Landing

By rose j. percy

A poetic playground for restless dreamers. For the ones asking deeper questions, recovering from burnout, or wondering if softness still has a place in the world.

Gorgeous, thoughtful prose and poems. Watching other people bloom as resistance helps me envision a brighter future for us all.

- D.L. Mayfield

The View From Down Here

By Lucy Webster

What's it *really* like to be disabled? How can you fight ableism? A newsletter aiming to demystify disability through personal stories and observations, from journalist and card-carrying disabled woman Lucy Webster

Butt News

By Lindy West

we're here to watch movies and talk about butts, and we have a lot of both, don't even worry about running out AT ALL

Footnotes by Jemar Tisby

Offering historically informed perspectives on race, faith, and social issues to help you become a lifelong advocate for racial justice

Unpopular Front

By John Ganz

the junk shop of history

Webworm with David Farrier

David Farrier's weird investigations, quirks & oddities delivered direct to your inbox!

David Farrier is an excellent journalist/documentary filmmaker (and his podcast Flightless Bird is fantastic as well!)

- D.L. Mayfield

Binge Thinking

By Knox McCoy

a chaos menu of cultural conversation

An Irritable Métis

By Chris La Tray

Email newsletter from Chris La Tray, member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, author of "Becoming Little Shell" from Milkweed Editions (8/20/2024), and 2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate.

Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

An anti-diet, fat positive community about body liberation. And good snacks.

everything fatphobia and diet culture!

- D.L. Mayfield

The Swipe Up: A Newsletter from Your Internet Friend

By Erin Moon

We've got questions about God, faith, American Christianity, and Zac Efron's post-High School Musical career choices.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you