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I'm Lily J. Cunningham, and I write to cope with the realities we live in. I started this website to connect with others, and to help them also connect to their own feelings about the current events in our shared environments.

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Collage of Ohio representatives from top left, Bill Dean, Melanie Miller, Jennifer Gross who is standing beside Kyle Rittenhouse; and Beth Lear who is aiming a gun

How Should the People Respond to the Undemocratic Ohio GOP?

Ohio Republicans Bill Dean, Melanie Miller, Beth Lear, and Jennifer...

a row of empty church pews

Pastors Push Politics at Ohio Pulpit

I’d posted online to speak to Ohio congregants told to...

A protester's hands are visible holding a sign that reads they are coming for your rights next. The ohio statehouse with the ohio and american flag are in the background

Vote For Issue 1 To Protect Reproductive Rights In Ohio

Everything to Know About the Vote to Pass Issue 1...

Mount Olive Baptist Church, church and cemetery of the late Reverend Jacob Cossart, my seventh great-grandfather, and father of Mary Cozad, grandfather of Charity Hinesman.

White Supremacy Lies I Used To Believe

I wrote about being raised to be a Christian Nationalist...

Image shows two girls standing facing one another. One with blonde braids and one with darker hair in the same style. They appear to stand in a woods, wearing older fashioned, feminine clothing. The blonde girl is covered neck to wrist wearing a dress. The darker haired girl faces her wearing more modern black clothing. They face one another and seen in profile

Racism as a Legacy Burden

My therapist introduced me to the concept of legacy burdens....

Image of the cast in costume from Showtime's series The Tudors. Left to right are Gabrielle Anwar as Margaret Tudor; Sam Neill as Bishop Thomas Wolsey in a red cap and red robe; Jeremy Northam as Sir Thomas More in black, standing next to the Bishop. Seated before him in black wearing a crown is Maria Doyle Kennedy playing the role of Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England and Catholic daughter of the Queen of Castille and King of Aragon; beside her standing in gold wearing a crown is Natalie Dormer as Lady Anne Boelyn, Mistress to King Henry VIII and Queen of England; next to her on the right of the image, seated, is Jonathan Rhys Meyers, playing King Henry VIII, King of England

White Supremacy Starts In The Family

I was raised in white supremacy - having learned it...

What Is Grooming? Ohio Republicans Know

Ohio Republicans continue to define grooming incorrectly -- and their...

Normalizing White Christian Nationalism Is Killing Everyone.

In America white supremacy norms are collectively accepted and facilitate...

Being Poor Isn’t the Only Barrier To Barbie

Being poor might not always be the only reason a...

White Racist Violence Is Out Of Control

Racist violence isn’t new. It’s as old as the United...

dark background with white figure of a person throwing a red swastika in the trash. Trash is labeled "trash". Keep your country in white lettering around top. nice and clean it reads, at the bottom.

Stop White Nationalism

All non-racist white people have a duty to use white...

Illustration of people with different hair color, hair styles, skin tones, and clothing, suggesting transgender identity and representing pride.

What Is Gender Affirming Care In Therapy?

Part of the conversation that’s overlooked is gender-affirming care in...

Identity Christians and the Republican Party

Identity Christians are anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Black, Republican Party darlings who...

Ohio House Bill 83 Endangers Education

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are the very core of the...

Mental Health Calls Don’t Need Police

I received the same message, over and over again: Daddy’s...

Screenshot courtesy of Newsweek reads: Following a shooting on Monday that left three 9 year-old children and three adults dead at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Fox News Host Tucker Carlson warned viewers that the 'trans movement is targeting Christians' because they are, 'it's Natural enemy.'" A frozen image of the commentator with his mouth open is beneath the words

Tucker Carlson Is A Trans Enemy

White Christians who watch Tucker Carlson on Fox News are...

Screengrabs from televised interview where Briana Joy stumps Bethany Mandel on woke definition. A photo of a Black woman journalist beside three photos of white woman columnist's changing facial expressions as she struggles to answer a question.

Bethany Mandel Reminded Me Not To Use “Woke”

When Bethany Mandel went viral for not actually being able...

photo of woman with some graying hair in curls around her face. head inclined, smiling. she's wearing a necklace, with hand resting on head, relaxed. she is wearing a bright blue shirt

A Manifesto By Dr. Segato To Wreck The Patriarchy

As Ohio legislation increasingly reflect fascist ideals from white, far-Right,...

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Therapist Lily Cunningham (they/them) received their master’s in education from Cleveland State University in 2013. They make their home in Dublin with their spouse and children. Their writing has been featured on The Columbus Dispatch.

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