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Why Are Progressives So Afraid Of Being Complicit In Harm?

If you’re a secular liberal, you’d find the approach to morality I was raised with both claustrophobic and alien. Progressive morality…

Oct 28, 2021

Why Are Progressives So Afraid Of Being Complicit In Harm?

Oct 28, 2021

You Have To Believe You Can Win

Here’s a fact about human nature: you act according to what you believe is possible. If you don’t think you could ever really reach your…

Sep 14, 2021

You Have To Believe You Can Win

Sep 14, 2021

Despair Doesn’t Make You More Progressive

I want progressive values to win. I believe they can.

Sep 13, 2021

Despair Doesn’t Make You More Progressive

Sep 13, 2021

Stop Would-Believing

Paganism has no creed and no central authority. Not only is there no orthodoxy — there isn’t anyone to test for it. That’s made it home…

Sep 12, 2021

Stop Would-Believing

Sep 12, 2021

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Counter Arts

Being Transgender Isn’t Political

Simply existing as a trans person in a hostile society is not a revolutionary act.

Sep 11, 2021

Being Transgender Isn’t Political

Sep 11, 2021

Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts

When I was a teenager, I thought the 50s sounded dystopian.

Sep 8, 2021

Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts

Sep 8, 2021

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An Injustice!

Oppression Isn’t Meaningful

Early in my gender transition, I fell into a habit shared by a lot of newly-out trans people. The difference between me and a cis person…

Sep 7, 2021

Oppression Isn’t Meaningful

Sep 7, 2021

Only You Can Stop Cancel Culture

I used to cancel people, back when we called it “calling out.”

Sep 6, 2021

Only You Can Stop Cancel Culture

Sep 6, 2021

Published in
An Injustice!

The Most Marginalized Don’t Speak Social Justice

Social justice is not identity politics.

Sep 4, 2021

The Most Marginalized Don’t Speak Social Justice

Sep 4, 2021

Community Or Success?

Progressives have to choose

Sep 2, 2021

Community Or Success?

Sep 2, 2021

Sophia Burns

Sophia Burns

Paganism, Buddhism, Classics, philosophy, LGBTQ culture, and the art of living well. Former activist; I don’t trust culture war. http://patreon.com/sophiaburns

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