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February 2021

February 26, 2021

The Vision: One Final Look

The fundamental problem is that Michael wants a shortcut. Something easier than the shoe leather...

February 19, 2021

The Vision: NASA Is On the Case

Well if Levi thinks he's found his Amazon woman, he's got another thing coming, because...

February 12, 2021

The Vision: All the Jewish Virgins

I've noticed this phenomenon, actually. Some fundamentalist Christian women are tight-lipped about sex and refuse...

February 05, 2021

The Vision: The Cult Leader Lie

You know what this feels like? It feels like a cult leader rewriting history. Dusty...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

The Vision: Magdalene’s Martyrdom

For all its faults---and let's face it, it mostly has faults---this book does spend a...

January 22, 2021

The Vision: All the Male Relatives

Magdalene is super excited because she's on her way to spend her last night in...

January 15, 2021

The Vision: The Phone Call

Is anyone actually in charge of TLP? Malachi is, ostensibly, but did Omar talk to...

January 08, 2021

The Vision: Holy Anti-Semitism, Batman!

The Vision, pp. 247-59 You all know this is going to go great, right? So...

January 01, 2021

The Vision: The End is Nigh

She is a runaway! Do they not realize that calling her dad will probably mean she has to...

December 2020

December 18, 2020

The Vision: A Brand-New Cool Subplot

Also, what the heck is going on?! I've never heard any story of the end times that...

December 11, 2020

The Vision: Magdalene’s Mind Runs Wild

But that whole bit there? There's no context I'm leaving out. Magdalene goes all weird...

December 04, 2020

The Vision: The Movie Feds

The Vision, pp. 205-222 This section ends with Asher in a truck with Ben and...

November 2020

November 27, 2020

The Vision: Meet the Geeks

I still don't see the point of this entire missionary meeting. The whole plan as...

November 20, 2020

The Vision: Trauma and Boys

This is not how this would go down in an actual fundamentalist community. So why...

November 13, 2020

The Vision: The Amorous Lover and the Super Center Bomb

In the Super Center, Cheyenne checks yogurt ingredients and is horrified to see how many...

November 06, 2020

The Vision: Salvation Is Trippy

Magdalene has has a personality transplant. It's been a week since the "Trio" forced her...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

The Vision: Magdalene and the Impossible Abortion

The Vision, pp. 148-150 So. Magdalene was telling her coworkers about how she ended up...

October 23, 2020

The Vision: Magdalene, the Wayward Homeschooled Kid

So. What's the rest of Magdalene's story? We now know how she found her way...

October 16, 2020

The Vision: Magdalene and the Abusive Workplace

Just so we're clear: I'm not skipping any context. Magdalene interrupts to say she's hungry...

October 09, 2020

The Vision: All the Trafficked Children

And I'm now halfway convinced Asher was kidnapped by Dan, who was a wanna-be cult...

October 02, 2020

The Vision: Meet Yancey, Future Serial Killer

Someone needs to fire Cheyenne and put Magdalene in charge, because Magdalene would not have put up...

September 2020

September 25, 2020

The Vision: Debi the White Supremacist

If nothing else this section feels like a harbinger of our current moment. Over the...

September 18, 2020

The Vision: Literal Child Trafficking

No one ever says a single world about Magdalene getting paid. Not one. No one...

September 11, 2020

The Vision: Mary Magdalene

Despite teaching parents to beat their children into submission and urging women to obey their...

September 04, 2020

The Vision: Divine Visitation and Erectile Dysfunction

This is not the only time Debi does this, withholding important pieces of information. She...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

The Vision: The Two Brews and the Canine Resurrection

Um. Guys. Derek kills the dog. Debi describes this killing in horrific detail. I'm not...

August 21, 2020

The Vision: Seven Women and One Jewish Man

This is why evangelicals should stay far, far away from discussions of end times prophecy....

August 14, 2020

The Vision: The Native Americans and the Wonder Cure

Hope invented a magic berry brew that's basically the elixir of life and heals anything,...

August 07, 2020

The Vision: Introducing a New Review Series

So! Our brave hero Asher is off to join The Last Publishers and to continue...