Tag Archives: Society for Creative Anachronism

Human Dignity Flutters Free, Again.

(Content note: Religious extremism and terrorism.) It was such an ugly, ugly story–and all the uglier for being so painfully familiar. A Muslim radical, newly arrived to Australia, took the most effective tool of communication he had–a gun–into a nice … Continue reading

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Interlude: Welcome to Our Party!

Happy One-Year Anniversary! Dang, where did all the time go? I still remember how nervous I was when I minted this blog and how wild-eyed I got the first time someone linked me to RationalWiki–and how overwhelmed I felt by … Continue reading

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Garbaholics Anonymous.

People keep finding my blog through searches related to the SCA and Christianity, so I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while now. (BTW: Hi!) The Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA, has been around since the 60s, when … Continue reading

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Wherein Yr. Loyal Correspondent Attends a Pagan Orgy.

No, really, that’s how I ended up re-joining the Pentecostal church. About six months after leaving fundamentalism the first time, my boyfriend at the time, Biff, went to a church service with the specific intention of trolling the Christians there … Continue reading

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My Boyfriend Gets Exorcised.

Now that I wasn’t involved in weird evangelical churches anymore, I blossomed at last in the late 80s. I discovered the Drama Club at school, slowly made normal friends, and tried to fit in. I got involved with a historical … Continue reading

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