Celebration Day (an episode for patreon & substack paid subscribers)
DL & Krispin talk about the passing of James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, how the Internet responded, our personal experiences, and a sneak peak at a story that DL is working on
CW: celebrating a person’s death
TW: from 36:00-48:30, we discuss childhood sexual abuse, incest and childhood sexual abuse materials. Those topics are limited to that portion of the podcast.
Thursday morning, Krispin saw on social media that James Dobson, author of The Strongwilled Child, had died — and literally ran through our small house to tell D.L.
All throughout the day, we saw rejoicing on the internet, alongside people processing the harm that Dobson wrought on them personally and politically. It’s a lot to reckon with.
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