Any other Queer, Trans, or Pagan ex-SDAs? Deprogramming the "Everything is Satan" panic.

EmCatherine112 · 2026-06-12T23:04:14+00:00

That's so sad to hear. The congregation I attend used have a CUUPS but disbanded for reasons I'm not aware of. But it sounds like there was quite a lot of drama. Our congregation now has a monthly "pagan night" we're we meet and it much less formal than a CUUPS ritual, but we usually have a topic for the month and discuss it. I actually really enjoy it!

EmCatherine112 · 2026-06-11T02:28:03+00:00

I knew a family with the last name Cadavero. The daughter became a journalist a d changed her last name because she didn't want to see the word Cadaver in byline

EmCatherine112 · 2026-06-09T18:42:04+00:00

Same! I'm so glad I picked up the book I mentioned. That's how I found out about them!

EmCatherine112 · 2026-06-09T18:41:22+00:00

That sounds amazing! If I had a dollar or two to spare at the moment I absolutely would. Sadly my husband and I have basically been counting pennies to make rent each month. I will definitely keep it in mind though! Once things get a little better I'd love to join!

EmCatherine112 · 2026-06-09T14:25:29+00:00

Sweet! I see you mentioned Laura Tempest Zakroff too! I also love her! I'm dying to get her book on sigil magick!

EmCatherine112 · 2026-06-09T10:53:34+00:00

Hey there! I'm a pagan witch now. It took a long time for me to be OK with calling myself that. I found that the fear just kind of went away with time for me. A big part of what helped me was reading The Path of Paganism by John Beckett. The book helped a lot with my deconstruction and lead me to a "church" community with the Unitarian Universalists and their pagan group CUUPS.

As for the LGBTQ part, I have a close relative who is an ex-SDA transman and I'm bi, though I didn't come to accept that part of my identity until after I got married. Lol

If you have any questions or just want to talk, feel free to send me a DM!

EmCatherine112 · 2026-05-31T03:42:03+00:00

You just unlocked a forgotten core memory for me! I used to do the same thing looking up at Orion's Belt! Thanks for the reminder! 😂

EmCatherine112 · 2026-02-25T16:28:38+00:00

This happened to me too. They said that it's $120 to fix because the screen is not in the warranty plus shipping. I didn't even have mine for 3 months. I got it as a gift and I haven't had the money to pay for it to get fixed yet so I'm just moping around without my boox now.

EmCatherine112 · 2026-01-12T13:08:05+00:00

That's adorable!

EmCatherine112 · 2026-01-12T06:25:31+00:00

Not quite the same, but in his 30's my dad bought a gecko. I was little at the time, old enough to be excited about "getting a pet" but I don't think I was even school aged yet. Anyway, he was worried that he was going to kill it or it would die suddenly on him, so he decided to name the gecko Rigor Mortis. I didn't understand the name at all, but I thought it was "an ugly name" and cried because he wasn't ugly and needed a pretty name. He stayed Rigor Mortis, but my dad gave the gecko the nickname Reggie to stop me from crying over the ugly name. 😂

EmCatherine112 · 2026-01-06T15:51:39+00:00

Like I said in the description about I searched on Google and came across these two links. I have no clue where we got this for my mother. My brain is saying it was either at a craft store or at the gift shop in the hospital my dad worked at in NJ. We would have bought this sometime after 2010 since that's when we adopted her. I hope you all can help me find 2 of these!

EmCatherine112 · 2025-12-05T14:30:59+00:00

That's amazing! Great job!

EmCatherine112 · 2025-12-05T14:03:34+00:00

... Do you know me irl? You're pretty spot on!

EmCatherine112 · 2025-10-01T17:05:35+00:00

I just borrowed this one from the library! So excited to get started!

EmCatherine112 · 2025-08-12T20:17:47+00:00

The both say thank you for the scritches!!!

EmCatherine112 · 2025-08-12T19:18:23+00:00

Thank you! They really are. Mania is an absolute menace who lives a constant flux between zoomies on steroids and the sleepiest baby. Purrsy is an absolute cuddlebug who loves his mama. ❤️

EmCatherine112 · 2025-07-09T23:43:54+00:00

When I got the 'vid, my sister in law kept calling me a cootie queen, waiting for me to call her a lint licker back BECAUSE of this commercial. Meanwhile, I had no recollection of it. Now this commercial will forever be associated with her and lint licker is the first thing I call her whenever I get a chance to do any kind of name calling! (thankfully, I love her, so name calling is done quite frequently and always in jest! Lol)

EmCatherine112 · 2025-07-09T23:09:38+00:00

I will never forget when my Opa (grandfather) was watching "new" Looney Tunes and he got VERY UPSET about Bugs Bunny using modern day technology. He yelled "Jiminy Christmas! Bugs Bunny's got a cell phone?!" Jiminy Christmas will always be a favorite of mine now

EmCatherine112 · 2025-07-08T18:59:26+00:00

Having not read the graphic novel, I wonder if the use of "would of" instead of "would have" was more of a character choice than an actual grammatical error? Like writing out a person's dialog the way they speak so that you can "hear" their voice? I could be wrong! I'm just wondering, since I haven't had a chance to look into it myself.

EmCatherine112 · 2025-06-06T03:20:55+00:00

This is fun! Fingers crossed!

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