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2021-11-11T01:21:13-04:00

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The Me I Do Not Know

Last updated on: November 11, 2021 at 1:21 am By Mary Pezzulo

Just a warning to others who have been traumatized by diets, I’m going to describe some disordered eating in detail today. I’ll try to write something a little less nasty tomorrow. My facebook page has randomly been suggesting “memories” to me lately. I don’t know how it decides which memories are important. The memories it’s giving me now are from 2015. They aren’t nice. They’re memories of when my odd hodgepodge of chronic illness symptoms were flaring all at once,... Read more

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2021-11-10T02:56:47-04:00

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The People With Nowhere to Sleep

Last updated on: November 10, 2021 at 2:56 am By Mary Pezzulo

The neighbor I met last month moved out of that leaky, moldy house right across from where Tink was murdered. She got into a townhouse all the way out of LaBelle, with her Section Eight. She liked the new place much better; her children could play outdoors without fear. But it was a mile and a half from the bus route and they didn’t have a car– nor a bed. Her children had toddler beds but she didn’t. She is... Read more

2021-11-06T13:51:29-04:00

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The Beginning of Wisdom is the End of Fear

Last updated on: November 6, 2021 at 1:51 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Last week was Halloween. As anyone familiar with my work knows by now, my family was dragged into the Charismatic Renewal for a few agonizing years when I was in grammar school. The religious sister who was my mother’s manipulative “spiritual director” was obsessed with the Satanic Panic. She taught us that everything was dangerous and an occasion for demonic possession, and we had to be very careful to be safe. When I was about ten, and the Charismatic... Read more

2021-11-06T01:40:13-04:00

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A Word on Cults

Last updated on: November 6, 2021 at 1:40 am By Mary Pezzulo

The other day, my friends and I were bantering about a ludicrous article published in LifeSite, about someone who claims she saw what my friend Mike calls a “sentient transhuman 5g nano-octopus” in a vaccine. We laughed. I even drew a very bad picture of a cyborg octopus for a joke. But in a way it wasn’t funny, because lots of people seemed to believe it. And I’ve seen several other equally silly vaccine conspiracy theories lately, which people believe... Read more

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2021-11-04T14:11:32-04:00

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A Paradise Where I Don’t Belong

Last updated on: November 4, 2021 at 2:11 pm By Mary Pezzulo

We went to Robinson to buy Rosie new clothes. That’s not a luxury we can afford very often, but we were given a generous gift card from a lovely reader. It felt surreal to be going shopping, with money as tight as it’s been lately. It’s been touch and go since we came back from Columbus and last month was worst of all. We have a stack of utility bills and a looming shutoff notice, but we also had thirty... Read more

2021-11-01T23:44:05-04:00

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The Saints Are Our Mothers

Last updated on: November 1, 2021 at 11:44 pm By Mary Pezzulo

It’s All Saints’ Day. What can I say about the Communion of Saints? The Communion of Saints are our mothers. I began thinking about them this way in response to a grumpy priest who thought it would be funny to correct the Pope. The Pope had said something about “Mother Earth” and the priest pontificated that actually, the Virgin Mary was our mother. Never mind that Saint Francis referred to Earth as his mother, so doing so is the most... Read more

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2021-10-30T22:08:07-04:00

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God Is Not An Abusive Father

Last updated on: October 30, 2021 at 10:08 pm By Mary Pezzulo

It all started when a disgusting person was being characteristically disgusting on Twitter. I don’t want to involve myself with people who say and do revolting things just to hurt others and make a scene. I don’t even want to say his name, but you all know it. It’s a person who publicly admitted to having had “liaisons with men” and “live-in relationships with homosexual men” and I wouldn’t care at all if he had, except that he’s constantly spreading... Read more

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2021-10-30T14:25:47-04:00

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Gold is the Color of Things that are Falling Asleep

Last updated on: October 30, 2021 at 2:25 pm By Mary Pezzulo

I went for a hike by myself. When I was a teenager I was told not to go on hikes by myself because “you might break your leg and die,” but I didn’t listen. I wandered off from my family at those strange reunions up in Pocahontas County, to have peace and quiet by myself. This was considered one of my eccentricities and a sign that I wasn’t all right. I was supposed to like staying at the party... Read more

2021-10-29T23:27:54-04:00

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The World Is Dark, The World Is Light

Last updated on: October 29, 2021 at 11:27 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Last week, Rosie and I delivered a carload of supplies from the birthday donation drive for the Friendship Room: toilet paper, breakfast cereal, granola bars, socks. Rosie had personally packed up the backpacks for the homeless with snacks, a menstrual supplies kit, a shower kit, nail clippers, a rain poncho and a tuna salad lunch kit. I’d tucked a colorful card in each one; they were printed with encouraging phrases. “We love you. Hang in there. I hope... Read more

2021-10-27T00:35:45-04:00

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Trick or Treat!

Last updated on: October 27, 2021 at 12:35 am By Mary Pezzulo

Hey folks, This isn’t a real blog post, I’ll be on with another of those this afternoon. This is just your periodic reminder that Steel Magnificat runs on tips. I get a very small paycheck from Patheos for clicks in the United States and zilch for clicks in most other countries. I get some royalties from my books once a year, and I’ll have fun news about those pretty soon. The rest of what I make to support my family... Read more

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