In one week, two major media outlets published my writing: Newsweek and Salon.
At Newsweek’s My Turn, I share how my anti-abortion upbringing made me childless. I wrote this essay the day South Carolina approved its 6-week abortion ban. (Let’s be honest. It’s a total ban.)
I found out about the bill’s passage in the middle of the night. I’m in Spain for six months, and I attend Spanish school five days a week. The rest of the night, I cried. I missed school the next day and wrote this essay in the throes of rage and despair.
I know what a far-right, anti-abortion upbringing did to me. Few understand how abortion bans will impact countless others more than I do.
I’ve already heard from Gen Z’ers who said, “This is me. RIGHT NOW.” Women in their 30s and 40s have contacted me to share their own mental health challenges, a stunted mentality they blame on this upbringing.
I’m grateful to Newsweek for selecting this essay for My Turn. I’m sorry my story is necessary today.
Over at Salon, I share how the so-called Parents’ Rights movement is a hidden tool for Christian Nationalism.
I continue the theme of suppression of bodily autonomy. What did I learn about my female body as a child? Where did I get answers about sex and my period? What does Adam and Eve have to do with it?
The push for theocratic fascism is happening in the United States. Right now. As triggering as it is to relive this stuff, I write about my upbringing to warn people. We don’t want to be governed by the Christian Taliban.
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I read the essay with an open mind and a broken heart. You just nailed it.
It wasn’t easy to write, but I put it together for others who may be in the same position today. We are creating a generation of this garbage again. I wanted people to feel less alone and get help if possible.
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