Men, PLEASE start therapy NOW. You can literally tell you therapist, “Holly on Twitter told me to come here” if you think you don’t have anything to talk about.

The amount of weight and suffering women are carrying because men won’t do their own work makes me physically ill.
And y’all, I’m talking about GOOD men putting women through exhausting, unnecessary pain and confusion, because they have not done any of the hard work of reflecting on themselves. I’m not referring to “bad” guys. I’m talking about good, faithful, responsible men causing harm.
I am blown away by the women I know seeking out health and wholeness with great effort and sacrifice. There are so many of us.

I’m tired of men being drug behind them towards healing if seeking it at all. Exhausted seeing men only seek therapy after a woman has asked them to.
I don’t care if you are married, single & wanting partnership or single and planning for long-term singleness, go work out your stuff. And if you don’t think you have stuff, that is your stuff, promise. Your stuff is impacting not just women as romantic partners but every woman.
I’m not the only woman I know who is only half joking about asking for a letter from a therapist before going on a date with someone. Not only are we tired of being hurt, we are over carrying the responsibility of health and wholeness alone. We are better off healthy and single.

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6 Mar
I've been thinking about how to share some of these thoughts for awhile. This is not a subtweet at anyone, more some sadness, and I hope wisdom I can bring.

Some thoughts on platform, faithful work, enjoyable work, lifting up other's work:
I really dislike when NYT bestsellers and big conference speakers tell us to not worry about platform. When they call their followers/ministries "rag tag," "little crew," etc.

One of the most important things we can do with power is to own it, then we can steward it.
So I start these thoughts not as a NYT bestseller, but also acknowledging the size of my platform compared to many of you is large.

I often find myself appalled that some of you do not have more people listening to your voices. I want more people listening to many of you.
Read 24 tweets
23 Jul 20
Today you are going to watch a lot of women, across the political spectrum, share the videos of @AOC calling out the bull on the House floor.

Why? Because this is what it is to be a woman in a society built on patriarchy. Because every one of us has a story, or twelve.
We've been name called on the playground & told that he is picking on us because "he likes you".

We've blushed at comments made about our new bodies in middle school before crying at home.

We've been told no one wants to date us as high schoolers because we are "intimidating".
We've gone to college, been hit on by professors, and then been dragged for saying "no".

We've entered the workforce at lower pay than our male counterparts, asked illegally about our plans to start a family in our interviews for promotions.
Read 14 tweets
17 Jun 20
Well, here we go. If you are a progressive or moderate Christian, it is going to be easy to write off this article because it's from The Gospel Coalition and you disagree with all of their content. This article may be more relevant than you want it to be. thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-de…
Yes, I am about to pull apart this article, but buckle up because your more progressive spaces may be quietly, without even knowing it, holding some of the same theology that brings the author to his conclusions.
I'll leave the "family is more important than politics" analysis to @KaitlynSchiess. Suffice it to say, families influence politics and politics influence families, and it is only PRIVILEGE that allows us to say kids not politics is where our focus should be.
Read 25 tweets
10 Sep 19
Friends with mental illness we aren't going to be able to make sense of @JarridWilson's death. You and I know the most horrific part of our diseases is that they don't make sense. We won't be able to read enough articles or tributes to feel less shattered, scared or despairing.
@JarridWilson What we can do is sign-off from this space, from the stream of words and reminders that our diseases are so rarely that far off.

We can text a friend and tell them how we are feeling.

We can pour a glass of water and eat dinner.

We can run a bath and go to bed early.
@JarridWilson We can text our therapist for an extra appointment and ask friends to help pay for it.

We can call in sick to work tomorrow or plan a social activity to get out of the house.

We can watch a comforting tv show or get lost in a fictional story.
Read 14 tweets
5 May 18
Saturdays are the hardest when you’re single. Sometimes it takes until 5:30 to shower & get out.

I drag myself to “my coffee shop.” I like having places that are mine. I don’t have a house or a husband but at least I have the tan couch at my coffee shop.

#storytweeting
Right now the baristas know me as the girl who spilled fancy toast with sticky honey all over everything, but maybe someday they’ll know my name and order. A girl can #hope.

#StoryTweeting
What I really #hope is that one of these baristas will think that I’m pretty and read interesting books and that the way I kick off my sandals and curl up on my tan couch is cute enough to get to know.
Read 22 tweets
21 Apr 18
One of the most painful fears that comes for me out of the ongoing crisis at Willow Creek is the fear that other churches will respond in ways that punish women leaders.
People will say, "See this is why we need the Billy Graham rule" and women will continue to be the ones pushed to the margins of church leadership.
In fear we will act in extreme black & white ways instead of seeking the Spirit & reacting in proactive nuanced ways. Extreme actions rarely serve us well & almost always hurt the marginalized the most.
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