About 25 years ago a lady immigrated to the United States with her 2 kids. She’d had a decent career in her home country, and was eager to see where being in this country would land her. It was a new leaf. And it went pretty well for awhile. But sadly she fell on spectacularly hard times, and even became homeless for a time. Then a guy offered to let her and the kids live in his apartment. She had no other option and he seemed nice enough, so she said yes. And well, he drugged and raped her. This lady’s daughter watched the whole thing happen, unbeknownst to him. Well this lady immediately left terrified once she found out. After a little while it became clear that she was pregnant. This lady was in an impossible situation. She was broke, had 2 kids, and one thing I forgot to mention before is her son had a severe form of autism. And of course this child was the product of and a constant reminder of a violent and cruel attack on her. The rational thing to do from the world’s perspective would have been to terminate the pregnancy. Well, after a lot of deliberation, she chose not to terminate the pregnancy. She gave birth to a son on August 18, 2004. And that little boy was me. Every single life is precious. And every single life matters. From the womb to the tomb. I pray for the day, when that is recognized in law, and elective abortion is abolished in the United States of America.

When he has a miscarriage, gives birth vaginally, has a c-section, has PMS, PMDD, PCOS, breast pain, endometriosis, perimenopause, pap-smears, mammograms, emotional fluctuations in his luteal phase, post cycle depression, mastectomy, hysterectomy, menstrual cramps, unexplained female infertility, fallopian tube removal after an eptopic pregnancy, morning sickness, or any of the many things women go through we can talk about him being a “she” … but this will never happen because he will never be a woman. Women don’t have prostates and XY chromosomes.

This type of stuff is why Christian movies and music are terrible and almost never get mainstream attention The left gained control of Hollywood by putting their messages subtly into stories most people could relate to For example, I had to explain to my poor devout Christian brother that George Harrison was a Hindu and My Sweet Lord is not about Jesus, but it doesn't become obvious until the final part of the song But as a Christian, I can still relate to the feeling he's expressing in that song because Harrison was a great songwriter. Apart from the last verse, it is hard to tell which Lord he's talking about because good writing requires that kind of subtley Traditional Western horror has always been subtley pro Christian Think about what hurts vampires Crosses. Holy water. Churches. The reason they can't see their reflection is because they don't have souls. These are all essential staples in vampire lore. Bram Stoker was a Christian Who are the heroes in The Exorcist? The priests In fact, The Exorcist is about a priest struggling with his faith and he comes back to God after encountering true evil. Reagan's mom in the story starts out as an atheist, and she gets blindsided by the reality of spiritual warfare when she realizes secular doctors can't help her daughter. The author of the book and screenwriter of the film, William Peter Blatty, was also a Christian Ed and Lorraine Warren were devout Christians who wielded their faith to save countless people from demons The point of horror is to show how evil the world can be, and that good prevails if you're willing to fight for what's right and true Christian authors used to understand the importance of subtly in storytelling (Lord of the Rings being another fantastic example), and secularists in Hollywood learned from their craft But now thanks to people like Allie who have a proverbial stick up their butts, modern Christian authors are scared stiff of writing anything with more grit than Veggie Tales Until Christians are willing to write stories about people who cuss, people who cry, people who fornicate, people who scream and suffer and are damaged and make horrible decisions that put themselves in such a deep hole that only Jesus can pull them out, our stories will always be boring and unrelateable to the average person What's funny, though, is now Hollywood is making the same mistake by forcing woke nonsense into everything, which many Christian conservatives will correctly make fun of, but then they don't see the irony in that their own creative works have the same artistic problem

Swap the genders and it would have been assault.

She didn't "gently nudge" him. Incidentally, this video has turned into a fascinating real world experiment. Everyone is watching the same video, yet, people are seeing completely different things.

Antidepressants can lead to physical changes in the genitals. Dr. Ahad Waraich, through the use of ultrasounds, has detected penile scarring (fibrosis) in young men experiencing #PSSD. The penile tissue of young PSSD patients usually resembles that of an 80-year-old person.

I completely agree with you on this, and I’m autistic. As a kid I was very introverted. And as a result I was very lonely. My life changed for the better when I decided around age 13 to work hard and become more extroverted. It was very hard, but I did it, and I’ve been extroverted for many years now. And guess what, I started making a lot of friends and I became happier. Go figure lol Introversion is a choice

One of the biggest myths people like to believe is that introversion is permanent or somehow "just how you're wired for good" You might be an introvert, but it's one of the easiest personality traits to change long term (yes, you can change your personality!) An analysis of 207 intervention studies averaging about 24 weeks, it was found that the easiest personality trait to change was emotional stability....followed by one's level of extroversion! This is already somewhat intuitive: most people realize that your extroversion changes as you mature There's two legs to extroversion - Social dominance (assertiveness, taking charge) - this rises a LOT between ~ages 20 and 40 -And social vitality (sociability, energy, seeking stimulation) - this rises in adolescence and then declines in older age We all sort of know this to be true, but then somehow insist that we were "just born a certain way" when it comes to doing things we don't feel like doing...like talking to people There's reason to want this kind of personality change - extroversion is consistently shown to make people happier AND healthier But even if you don't, you have to at least accept that it's possible

I'm realizing a lot of people still seem to believe "Extroverts recharge by being around people, introverts recharge by being alone!" ....there's zero evidence for this, in fact, the evidence pretty heavily debunks this framing! 1) Socializing lifts mood for basically everyone Experience-sampling studies (Fleeson, Malanos and Achille, 2002) find that people felt better in moments when they were acting extroverted, including introverts 2) Lucas and colleagues (2008) found introverts AND extroverts both reported more happiness in social situations AKA extroverts’ higher baseline happiness wasn’t explained by their spending more time around people 3) Introverts mispredict how they’ll feel Zelenski, Santoro and Whelan (2012) found introverts expected acting extraverted to feel worse than it actually did. 4) Social fatigue is universal! Leikas and Ilmarinen (2017) found extraverted behavior produced an immediate mood boost and then more fatigue about three hours later, regardless of a person’s trait level Getting tired after a party is normal for everyone, it doesn’t mean you're an introvert Bottom line is, most people feel better after interacting with people AND most people need some downtime afterwards Introverts and extroverts mostly just differ in the amount of socialization they each seek and prefer - but this doesn't predict whether they'll enjoy it or whether it will benefit them

I think there’s nothing sinful about a believer drinking alcohol as long as he doesn’t get drunk from it. If someone personally has an issue with alcohol, then don’t drink. But they shouldn’t impose their conscience on another believer.

Who decided that "Christian" entertainment had to be safe, grandmother approved, Hallmark channel slop? The stories from the bible are raw, dangerous and violent. Mel Gibson is the only filmmaker with any huevos rancheros.

It’s one of the worst things to happen to Christianity, culturally speaking, in modern times. And despite reports to the contrary, it really hasn’t gotten any better. Most “faith based” entertainment is bland and flavorless and, worst of all, a display of artistic cowardice. It refuses to take any chances or do anything that might be even remotely upsetting to the audience or even vaguely ambiguous about the message it’s trying to send. The result is an endless catalogue of “Christian” films and shows that are lifeless, pointless, and boring to an almost infuriating degree. What makes this so tragic is that it wasn’t always this way. Christian artists in all mediums for centuries created brilliant, beautiful, inspiring, timeless, sometimes difficult and complicated works of art. But the modern day Dostoevsky or Flannery O Connor or even Michelangelo, if such a person exists, would never get a film made by a Christian studio because their stories would be too upsetting to the middle aged Christian female audience that all of these companies exclusively cater to.

if women want to play dress up and pretend to be a masculine, empowered sportsball helper, then they can’t cry when they are treated like a man and expect some sort of privilege.

Ideally, he wouldn't have reacted like this But any guy is aware that when you shove another man, getting lightly swatted (or more) is 100% on the table, so they won't do it unless they're being intentionally aggressive Women talk a lot about how scared of male violence they are, but from their behavior it's clear they never actually consider it a possibility We don't live in the 60s. You're shoving a steroid user on an athletic scholarship in the middle of a football game. You have to understand that this inherently comes with a degree of danger

Ted Hudacko's minor son believed that he was really a girl. His mother went along. Ted fought tooth and nail to block the medicalization of his son. The judge who celebrated her own's son rejection of his sex, gave him a bone. She gave custody to the child's mother with ONE EXCEPTION. That EXCEPTION was that no gender-related surgeries could occur without Ted's consent or a court order. USCF's Drs. Stephen Rosenthal, Diane Ehrensaft, and Janet Lee really really really wanted to surgically give the boy puberty blockers. UCSF's attorney Asaf Orr said go for it. The child's counsel. Dan Harkins, who is supposed to advise based upon the best interest of the child green lit the surgery. The teenage boy was chemically castrasted. The hell with Ted's parental rights. The hell with the court's order. The figured Ted would just go away. But he didn't. He sued. And now the Supreme Court is deciding whether to take his case. I filed not one, but two briefs to support Ted with help from my friends, @ebclaw @_CryMiaRiver @genspect @JonniSkinner -Full brief links and excerpts from the Brief 2 follow. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2…

It finally happened 🥹 Bear in mind, I didn’t block Megan after she quote tweeted me a few months ago. I didn’t block her after any of the numerous arguments we’ve had on here. She chose to block me, because she’s a bitter woman who can’t tolerate different opinions for a long period of time. The funniest thing about this is my mom loves Megan. She’s her favorite commentator in the world lol

Very well said Matt. Life isn’t just sunshine and rainbows. There is a dark side, demons are real. I see nothing wrong with art that depicts that, as long as it doesn’t glorify it

I’m not the biggest fan of horror films, they aren’t really my thing. But they aren’t sinful. They can be very well done and entertaining. There’s nothing in the Bible that forbids watching content that makes someone afraid. If you don’t like them, don’t watch them. But making a law where there is no law is itself sinful.

I love @conservmillen and value her voice as a needed one for women in our culture. And I truly think she strives for what she believes in. I disagree with her take here, but only in nuance. A great deal of what she said is true. Some people love horror and true crime podcasts so much that it affects them spiritually and emotionally. Some people are angry and wouldn’t give up something that hurts them even if Jesus asked them to do so. But not all horror is wicked and demonic, either. Some have great lessons about good and evil. Others are merely well-told stories about nefarious individuals. Now, is most horror of today slop? Yes, I’d agree. But its not limited to horror. I find many romance books and films to be far more damaging to women. Sex and the City ruined a generational subculture of women. The Bridges of Madison County, in which a woman can just enjoy sex with a drifter outside her marriage for no reason and zero consequence? That’s a far more lethal and wicked spiritual message than “slasher villain is evil”. Now I know that @conservmillen has spoken out about this, too. The Bible doesn’t tell us what entertainment to consume. But it does tells us to test every spirit, and to think on moral virtues. “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1 ESV “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8 ESV So instead of a blanket ban of a genre, our response instead should be to put this to the Holy Spirit for a test. Make God the referee. And when you have your answer, obey it, even if and especially when you don’t like the answer. In spirit, Allie and I agree on most of these points. In practice, I think we should instruct Christians to let the Holy Spirit convict rather than to ban things. That’s His job, not ours. We just need to point others toward Him.

I'd actually argue that horror is the most Christian genre of film. Obviously that's not true of the torture porn stuff -- films in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre tradition -- but supernatural horror is often subtly Christian and sometimes very explicitly Christian. It's the only category of film where the supernatural, demons, spirits, exorcisms, the Church, etc, are consistently taken seriously. The only genre where the priest might actually be the good guy. Horror has deep roots in Christian thought and tradition.

I disagree with her while also seeing her point. For me it’s nuanced. Some people love horror and don’t want to give it up. But others can see that blanket statements like this are unhelpful. I 💯 agree that women horrify themselves with true crime podcasts and it affects them spiritually. I also agree that some horror is of the occult or a sloppy gorefest of waste. Yet not all of it is, and some even contain good messages or warnings against evil. I think the better take is this: ask the Holy Spirit. Is this harming me or helping me? And it’s not just horror. Ask it about anything that we consume. Is this harming me spiritually? And then obey, no matter how much it hurts. We are to test every spirit , not condemn it. By the standard I’ve established, I’d argue that it does rid us of most horror. But also romance, action, fantasy, and science fiction.