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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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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,...

Witchcraft symbolism: illustration of horned god Cernunnos inside a circle of sacred geometry.

Witchcraft for White Antiracists

A Witchcraft Primer For White People. Witchcraft and paganism in...

A photo of women in a group. The woman in foreground is wearing black bra top with fishnet over it. across her stomach in red is written: el violador eres tu. She has a black bandana covering her eyes, and red smeared on her face.

What Can Feminist Performance Art by Las Tesis Teach U.S. Feminists?

Las Tesis is a feminist art collective in Chile, with...

a photo of people walking down a road holding signs, a gay flag. a child and adult in front, child with megaphone, in foreground.

We Can’t Rely On Police With Hate Group Ties

LGBTQIA2S+ Community allies must stand together against hate groups and...

How to Survive the Death of the United States

The United States has been roiling in environmental, political, emotional,...

A picture courtesy NBC News of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, nicknamed Dr. Death, and his "suicide machine." The doctor brought medically assisted dying into the American conversation in the early 90s. A white man smiles looking upwards. He appears quite joyous, and he wears a pale blue sweater over a button up white shirt and crisp striped tie. His hair is gray and short. His hand is on his "machine" on a table next to him, which appears to have three vials hanging from a scaffolding of some kind and down into a container beneath.

MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) in America?

A year after COVID lockdown, the Canadian Government legalized medically-assisted...

My Stupid Fucking Mental Health Coping Skills

I realized all my stupid fucking coping skills that have...

You Should Google Your Therapist

It’s more important than ever to Google Your Therapist. If...

A White Christian Young Person

They know their own sad heritage of white European puritanism...

Ohio House Bill 454 Fact Sheet for Mental Health Providers

Ohio House Bill 454 takes a terrifying and far-reaching approach to...

The United Police States of America Threatens Public Safety

I can’t help but notice patterns of behavior in the...

Ohio Is For Gun Lovers, Not Gun Control.

Ohio adding to police budgets for weapons tracks, but loosening...

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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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