oh wow this is already upsetting and the fatal plane crash is the least of it
the way people in #thewaydown describes Brentwood, TN sounds like my personal hell
The hair and clothes are so... so Very, Very. now theres a dramatic meeting at a Cracker Barrel
her hair is reaching up to jesus
ok so, combining Christian authoritatianism with a weight loss cult is clearly a work of nefarious genius
probably a lot of olives?
DIETS DONT WORK. none of them work!!! restrictive diets? they dont work! 99% of people gain all the weight and more back!!!! health.harvard.edu/blog/when-diet…
my entire body just convulsed with horror
of course the mainstream media fucking ate this up. larry king, today show, tyra, nyt ... people love fatphobia!!!
it is notable that gwen grew up in a church where women were literally *forbidden to speak* and then went on to found an (evil) church. also, if i went into a ladys house and she was playing her own larry king live interview on loop id... run!!! #thewaydown
thats the entirety of her message!!!!!!! #thewaydown
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i am now watching the diana musical on netflix and its one of the worst things ive ever seen. this interview is accurate. diana just sang about regretting marrying a scorpio theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/…
"nights like this, i envy the poor/their parties can't be such a bloody bore"
"it's the thrilla in manila/with diana and camilla"
The Sword and the Sandwich is at almost 2,000 subscribers at the end of the first week!!! This week has been a mix of funny and dark and sad and strange. I am proud of this deep-dive into Christian apocalyptic belief and the anti vaxx movement: theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/apocalypse-n…
The biggest and most ambitious project I'm tackling on Substack - alongside chronicling American extremism - is going through @Wikipedia's mammoth, evolving List of Notable Sandwiches. Today's lunchtime read is the very first on the list: American Hero. theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/the-real-ame…
Today's post is one where I ask a CRUCIALLY important question: what is your favorite sandwich??? I'd love your answer. And I let you know what mine is, too. theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/whats-your-f…
Figured this was the perfect post for (East Coast) lunchtime or West Coast breakfast sandwich hour. (Or really worldwide any hour of the day you are sandwiching.) theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/whats-your-f…
For a year or more, I've been fascinated by that subset of American Christians who consider the covid vaccine the fabled Biblical "mark of the beast." On Substack, I just published a deep dive into the theology - and century of history - behind that idea: theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/apocalypse-n…
I worked really hard on this piece (and read A LOT, dove into right-wing forums, watched anti-vaxx Christian TikToks, learned about "Persecution Games" played at church camps, and learned the life story of John the Revelator). I hope you'll give it a look! theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/apocalypse-n…
Among the subjects of "Mark of the Beast" panics over the last century:
-Social Security Numbers
-The New Deal
-Bar codes
-Credit cards
-Microchips
-And ... the covid-19 vaccine - the deadly apotheosis of an era of fear. theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/apocalypse-n…