I can understand the sort of cognitive dissonance that would want to pretend some of the largest publishers of occult books are worthy of respect... from those same companies' published authors. (1/5) But those companies won't get my respect until they confront the white, colonialist, cisnormative mentality that is rife with normalising cultural appropriation, and notably lacking in diversity (beyond whitewashed, bullshit appeasement statements). 2/5

It's nearly impossible to begin to disentangle the fight for LGBTQ+ rights from the battle for AIDS education, prevention, protections and awareness. So I try to begin each Pride month by recognising some of the people who were truly pioneers that helped shape my own work as an AIDS activist, a social justice warrior, civil rights ally, and LGBTQ+ activist.

Reading diatribes written by people who recognise the amount of FRAUD in modern spiritual communities, movements, covens and societies, who think the "solution" is more gatekeeping bullshit, with wholly unqualified people determining who is "accredited" to practice is... (1/5) ...the PERFECT illustration of why I find 20th century attempts to turn the Craft into a religion to be as problematic, unnecessary and as fraught with disgrace as Christian fundamentalism. (2/5)

For many years, I made a sincere effort to give everyone a fair shake. Just because someone associated with toxic people, I didn't automatically write them off. 1/10 But there comes a time, as we realise the impact that those toxic connections have on a much broader range of interactions, when we have to say, "Sorry... your association with toxic individuals is unacceptable and an indication of your tacit approval of their behaviour. 2/10