Apostate Mixtape
“Don't ask me how I survived. Ask me what song I played on repeat when I thought my whole world was over.” Was there a song that...
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- Jun 18
- 4 min
Becoming Apostate
As a Witness, was there any worse epithet that could be hurled at you than, “Apostate?” “Brother or Sister Informed have turned...
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- Apr 2
- 3 min
Dogma vs Daughters
How many of us received invitations to return to a Kingdom Hall to attend the one religious sacrament that our JW family members and...
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- Feb 4
- 3 min
Adulting Without A Safety Net
The post on a social media page for former fundies was as earnest and melancholy as a plaintive wail. “It has been 8 years since I...
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- Dec 25, 2023
- 2 min
Season's Greetings
Children reared by devout Jehovah’s Witness parents do not learn any family Christmas traditions. There are no Christmas cookies for...
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- Oct 25, 2023
- 5 min
Becoming Worldly
“{T}hey are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world.” John 17:14, New World Translation. Jehovah’s Witnesses interpret...
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- Aug 18, 2023
- 1 min
Thriving after Fading
Meeting other ex-Jehovah's Witnesses and learning how they have navigated rebuilding their authentic lives has been such a rewarding...
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- Aug 7, 2023
- 5 min
Dealbreakers
For those of you that were either born into a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses, or were converted, you decided, at some point, that enough...
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- Jul 4, 2023
- 1 min
No Longer Silent: Sharing My Story on the Podcast, Broadening the Narrative
Broadening the Narrative Podcast | Nicki Pappas
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- Jun 25, 2023
- 7 min
Shiny, Happy Women
Did you watch Shiny Happy People on Prime Video? If not, it is a must-see for PIMO and former Jehovah’s Witnesses. Shiny Happy People is...
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- Feb 26, 2023
- 1 min
Call Me Vashti to Be Featured at The Songbird Supper Club on February 28
I am honored to be invited by Winston-Salem artist and founder of The Center for Female Sovereignty, Cashavelly Morrison, to join a...
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- Feb 15, 2023
- 5 min
The Past as Prologue: What Florida’s Stop Woke Act Means to Me
It is effective political theater, the conservative Florida governor standing in front of microphones vowing to the Moms for Liberty that...
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- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
Tis The Season to Be Conflicted
Tis the season… to be conflicted if you were reared as a Jehovah’s Witness. Even today, there is a stark contrast between the joy that...
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- Nov 22, 2022
- 5 min
Lemons or Lemonade – Reclaiming My Story in TheHumanist.com
Lemons or Lemonade – Reclaiming My Story - TheHumanist.com In her classic novel, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison exhorts, “Stop sniveling....
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- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Virtual Book Launch at 7p.m. EST on Friday, October 21, 2022
Webinar Registration - Zoom
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- Oct 12, 2022
- 1 min
Drumroll, please....
My pandemic project became a manuscript and now my manuscript has become a novel, Sunless and Silent and Deep. Buy your copy today!
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- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
Lemons or Lemonade?
What have you lost? If you were reared in a Jehovah’s Witness family, you were denied normal childhood experiences - birthday parties,...
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- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Who am I? What do I believe to be true? Those basic questions are the impetus for faith deconstruction. Who are you? If you had asked me...
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- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste
If you want to get a group of ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses (esp. second or third generation Witnesses) really riled up, ask them about the...
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