John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 20hNEW DESIGNS IN THE SHOP! As a self-employed creator, our shop helps offset our health insurance/healthcare costs. Thanks for your support! 24413
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 23hNow that fascism is here, let’s make sure we drive it back to the hell it came from together. We can. We must. We will. Take heart, good people. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/take-heart...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTake Heart, Good People; In One Month, We Defeat FascismSo, here’s the bad news: fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here. 1618
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 23hMay we be our best selves in this moment, so that History one day tells our story as one where disparate humanity twisted the plot that once seemed inevitable... 1523
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 23hFortunately, decent, brave, and organized human beings like us aren’t gonna wait around for that. We have a month left to transform the what is into the what will be... 1130
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 23hYes, the bad news is that fascism is here, but the good news is that so are we. Dictators don’t oust themselves, horrible regimes don’t leave on their own, and oligarchs don’t tire of devouring up nations... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/take-heart...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTake Heart, Good People; In One Month, We Defeat FascismSo, here’s the bad news: fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here. 716750
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This not only makes survivors more reticent to report their trauma, but it emboldens unwell men who are more apt to act out on the monstrous things in their minds, believing accountability will never come. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...johnpavlovitz.substack.comConservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane DoesWarning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some. 26018
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The United States has a long-gestating r*pe culture that ensures that the Jane Does will always be hounded and that the Cornell 7s will always be sheltered... 26623
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They understand that they will face a microscopic scrutiny of their dating histories, clothing choices, and public conduct that places the burden of the violence visited upon them squarely on their shoulders and never on those who authored it... 1194
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is why more survivors of sexual assault don’t come forward; because they know that in doing so, they will find themselves facing violence and indignities from strangers that compound their wounds and amplify the shame of their initial trauma... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...johnpavlovitz.substack.comConservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane DoesWarning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some. 620280
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Long after he is gone, that grief will remain. No election result will change that. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-gri...johnpavlovitz.substack.comI Don't Grieve Trump’s Hatred. I Grieve The Hatred of The People Who Love Him.I am grieving right now, and my family members, former friends, and neighbors who support him don’t understand why, though they think they do. 35713
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026To me, the greatest tragedy of all of this isn’t him. The greatest tragedy is how many Americans he now represents, and that he apparently represents those I loved and lived alongside and used to feel at home with. That’s where the sadness is and why I mourn the loss of the people I thought I knew. 46912
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I cannot fathom how I could have been so wrong about them for so long. Coming to terms with how poisoned their hearts are is something I’ll never recover from. It’s a funeral I will be forever attending... 281
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They ridicule me for what they believe to be my unhealthy preoccupation with him, saying that he “lives rent-free in my head.” He doesn’t; they do.... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-dont-gri...johnpavlovitz.substack.comI Don't Grieve Trump’s Hatred. I Grieve The Hatred of The People Who Love Him.I am grieving right now, and my family members, former friends, and neighbors who support him don’t understand why, though they think they do. 1012331
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was raised to believe that real men have the courage to stand alone and speak out when every other man around them is devolving into the worst of themselves. Boy, was I misled... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confession...johnpavlovitz.substack.comConfessions Of A Beta Male.I am a beta male. 1649
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was taught that I was solely responsible for my choices, that it wasn’t a woman’s job to dress or act in a way that ensured that she would be safe in my presence; that my presence should guarantee her safety... 2647
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I grew up believing that a woman’s consent trumped anything; that I should yield to her will regarding her body, no matter what the circumstances... 1221
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I try to explain that I can’t help it, that I was raised this way, that I am a product of my upbringing. Looking back, I can see that my parents and mentors apparently all failed to make me into a “real man.”... 1180
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They relentlessly ridicule me for protesting a pedophile president, for calling out Evangelical misogyny, and for condemning frat boy college rape culture; these things all supposedly revealing my shortcomings as a card-carrying man... 1171
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am a beta male. Conservative, self-identified alpha males remind me every day. Like self-appointed testosterone police, they fly into my mentions to make sure I know just how deficient in being a dude I actually am... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confession...johnpavlovitz.substack.comConfessions Of A Beta Male.I am a beta male. 1611330
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That’s because JD Vance’s God isn’t an empathetic street preacher from Nazareth, but a narcissistic, racist former slum-lord from New York City. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo Hell With The Hateful, Heretical Christianity of JD VanceI don’t imagine Jesus was the litigious type, but if he were on the planet right now, I’m pretty sure he’d sue JD Vance for false association or identity theft. 29620
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The fact that Vance is intentionally targeting some of the most vulnerable people residing here illustrates his full contempt for Jesus’ clear directive to care for the least of these as if we were caring for him, and the VP’s abject refusal to love his brown-skinned neighbors as himself... 17715
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026JD Vance, a professed Christian, continues to demonize undocumented immigrants in a pathetic attempt to distract voters from the ways he and Donald Trump have decimated our economy, dragged us into an illegal war, and abandoned the needs of the people... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo Hell With The Hateful, Heretical Christianity of JD VanceI don’t imagine Jesus was the litigious type, but if he were on the planet right now, I’m pretty sure he’d sue JD Vance for false association or identity theft. 720460
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Friends, As a fully self-employed creator, support from people like you is invaluable in helping me continue to do this as my life's work. If you're inclined to partner with me, here are 6 ways you can do that... (Links are in comments, as well.) 64621
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And the fact that, by all accounts, none of the 57 young men in that group chat had the elemental human decency to speak up is an indictment of them, their parents, and a culture that has allowed the young men in our collective care to devolve into such mindless barbarism.johnpavlovitz.substack.comCornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.Warning: this piece includes references to sexual assault, as well as words many may find offensive. 514039
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If there'd been just one man in that room or that chat who’d been raised to believe in consent, who’d been taught to see women as equals, who’d been told by their fathers how good men speak when no one else will, it would all have been different for her... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j...johnpavlovitz.substack.comCornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.Warning: this piece includes references to sexual assault, as well as words many may find offensive. 34575182
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If there was ever something that justified a deleted contact number, an empty chair at the Thanksgiving table, an exodus from a church, or the termination of a friendship, it is this. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/yes-you-ca...johnpavlovitz.substack.comYes, You Can (And Maybe Should) End Relationships Over Politics“You shouldn’t let politics get in the way of your relationships.” 0509
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The lives of millions of people hang in the balance as we enter the voting booth: their freedom to make healthcare decisions, their access to fundamental liberties promised in the Constitution, their agency to govern their own destinies, their basic sense of safety from harassment and harm... 1398
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And these things are worth cutting people off, severing ties, and muting on social media. They have to be if our values matter to us, if human suffering moves the needle in our hearts... 1151
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The coming election (much like our political sides in this iteration of America) is about whether we will embrace or reject unapologetic racism, rabid nationalism, mindless homophobia, ethnic cleansing, the dehumanization of immigrants, narcissistic greed, and the coddling of sexual predators... 1142
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is no longer about policy differences, not simple disagreement about the humane and responsible way to deal with collective national challenges. It isn’t a matter of agreeing to disagree on less-than-critical subjects where a stalemate is acceptable... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/yes-you-ca...johnpavlovitz.substack.comYes, You Can (And Maybe Should) End Relationships Over Politics“You shouldn’t let politics get in the way of your relationships.” 1011132
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Vance may be able to B.S. his boss’s sycophantic, racist disciples with this fraudulent, heretical parade of hypocrisy, but the rest of the world (Christians and non-Christians alike) knows they’re full of it. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jd-vance-e...johnpavlovitz.substack.comJD Vance Embodies MAGA's Heretical, Heartless, Jesus-Less ChristianityJD Vance claims to be a follower of Jesus. 49515
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is why they spend their days trying to connect the dots between mass violence against immigrants and a poor, dark-skinned, itinerant refugee preacher commanding his people to love everyone... 17912
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JD Vance's Christianity is unloving, inhumane, and Jesus-less. He and his morally inverted brethren have been bending the knee to their vile, belligerent, spray-tanned savior so long that the actual teachings of Jesus aren’t really a concern at this point. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jd-vance-e...johnpavlovitz.substack.comJD Vance Embodies MAGA's Heretical, Heartless, Jesus-Less ChristianityJD Vance claims to be a follower of Jesus. 27372140
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ILLINOIS!!! I'm headed your way for three great events, November 20-22 at First Presbyterian Church in Decatur! Fri 7:00 pm: Speaking Event, Q & A, Book Signing Sat 2:00 pm: Compassion Fatigue Workshop Sun 9:30 PM: Sunday service Go to fpcdecatur.org/for more info. Hope to see you there! 15910
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026'Cornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j... 818786
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It would have taken one good man to spare her a lifetime of trauma. And the fact that there was not one good man there to be found should fully sicken all of us. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j...johnpavlovitz.substack.comCornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.Warning: this piece includes references to sexual assault, as well as words many may find offensive. 920653
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Over seven hours of unimaginable suffering and indignity, she only needed one young man in that chat or in that house to have the slightest bit of humanity... 114827
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In a Cornell University fraternity house and in the empty silence of phone screens, Jane Doe was being given the message that so many of our daughters hear every single day from their politicians, pastors, fathers, and peers: you just don’t f*ckin’ matter. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j...johnpavlovitz.substack.comCornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.Warning: this piece includes references to sexual assault, as well as words many may find offensive. 721263591
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I see WAY too many professed progressives/liberals using AI trash here for memes, promos, random pics. What are we doing here, people? 2435153
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There isn’t a great deal of investigative work necessary to draw the line from this kind of prehistoric, morally stunted male ideology to a generation of young men who can’t seem to figure out why women avoid them and why none of the other dudes around them give a damn about them or anything else. 16816
