Iris Wanderlust
@travelingbookwitch.bsky.social
They thought I was a princess, but I was always born to be a witch
Writer, storyteller, traveler
Writer, storyteller, traveler
When I was a child, I was taught that the world was going to end.
Now, it feels like it actually is, but for very different reasons that what I was taught in my Mormon upbringing.
The world is ending. And I just woke up.
Maybe you did too.
Now, it feels like it actually is, but for very different reasons that what I was taught in my Mormon upbringing.
The world is ending. And I just woke up.
Maybe you did too.
March 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
When I was a child, I was taught that the world was going to end.
Now, it feels like it actually is, but for very different reasons that what I was taught in my Mormon upbringing.
The world is ending. And I just woke up.
Maybe you did too.
Now, it feels like it actually is, but for very different reasons that what I was taught in my Mormon upbringing.
The world is ending. And I just woke up.
Maybe you did too.
The thing about religion is that everyone was a kid once.
And kids will believe anything;)
For a while, anyway.
And kids will believe anything;)
For a while, anyway.
March 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The thing about religion is that everyone was a kid once.
And kids will believe anything;)
For a while, anyway.
And kids will believe anything;)
For a while, anyway.
I’ve heard so many philosophies of why the world is broken, Prison planet, demi-urge.
But the thing that makes most sense to me so far is biology.
The men of the people decided that they were more important. And they created a god in the sandbox to show that.
#bannedbooks #read #createandwrite
But the thing that makes most sense to me so far is biology.
The men of the people decided that they were more important. And they created a god in the sandbox to show that.
#bannedbooks #read #createandwrite
February 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’ve heard so many philosophies of why the world is broken, Prison planet, demi-urge.
But the thing that makes most sense to me so far is biology.
The men of the people decided that they were more important. And they created a god in the sandbox to show that.
#bannedbooks #read #createandwrite
But the thing that makes most sense to me so far is biology.
The men of the people decided that they were more important. And they created a god in the sandbox to show that.
#bannedbooks #read #createandwrite
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Day Two of posting Terry Pratchett quotes for no particular reason #readbooksthatmakeyouthink #bannedbooks #terrypratchett
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Day Two of posting Terry Pratchett quotes for no particular reason #readbooksthatmakeyouthink #bannedbooks #terrypratchett
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
Day One of posting Terry Pratchett quotes for no particular reason. #literature #bannedbooks #booksthatteachthings
February 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Day One of posting Terry Pratchett quotes for no particular reason. #literature #bannedbooks #booksthatteachthings
I write because I need to know
What I think
Years of indoctrination
Taught me I already knew
Everything important
And now that I no longer
Believe that,
I must find whatever brain cells
That are left.
And bring them back to me
What I think
Years of indoctrination
Taught me I already knew
Everything important
And now that I no longer
Believe that,
I must find whatever brain cells
That are left.
And bring them back to me
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I write because I need to know
What I think
Years of indoctrination
Taught me I already knew
Everything important
And now that I no longer
Believe that,
I must find whatever brain cells
That are left.
And bring them back to me
What I think
Years of indoctrination
Taught me I already knew
Everything important
And now that I no longer
Believe that,
I must find whatever brain cells
That are left.
And bring them back to me
Remember-Everything that has happened up until this point is backstory.
January 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Remember-Everything that has happened up until this point is backstory.
Did you have parents who believed they knew you better than you know yourself?
But you hid so much of yourself as you saw them not accepting you?
You ever think, “all your genetics run through me. I understand YOU better, even as I don’t want to.”
It’s backwards, darling, like most real things.
But you hid so much of yourself as you saw them not accepting you?
You ever think, “all your genetics run through me. I understand YOU better, even as I don’t want to.”
It’s backwards, darling, like most real things.
January 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Did you have parents who believed they knew you better than you know yourself?
But you hid so much of yourself as you saw them not accepting you?
You ever think, “all your genetics run through me. I understand YOU better, even as I don’t want to.”
It’s backwards, darling, like most real things.
But you hid so much of yourself as you saw them not accepting you?
You ever think, “all your genetics run through me. I understand YOU better, even as I don’t want to.”
It’s backwards, darling, like most real things.
Stories teach empathy.
All those hours watching anime, reading fanfiction, playing DnD. We are learning through the thing our parents mocked.
All those hours watching anime, reading fanfiction, playing DnD. We are learning through the thing our parents mocked.
January 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Stories teach empathy.
All those hours watching anime, reading fanfiction, playing DnD. We are learning through the thing our parents mocked.
All those hours watching anime, reading fanfiction, playing DnD. We are learning through the thing our parents mocked.
@heatherdent.bsky.social yo! It’s your exmo cousin who spent 31 years in that cult. Love you!
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@heatherdent.bsky.social yo! It’s your exmo cousin who spent 31 years in that cult. Love you!
I can get through all things through spite, which strengthens me
January 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I can get through all things through spite, which strengthens me
I came to feminism late.
But now that I’m here-
I’m never going back
But now that I’m here-
I’m never going back
January 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I came to feminism late.
But now that I’m here-
I’m never going back
But now that I’m here-
I’m never going back
I was led to believe if I lived in a dystopia, I would be a teenager, and have two heartthrobs fighting over me.
I feel cheated.
I feel cheated.
January 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I was led to believe if I lived in a dystopia, I would be a teenager, and have two heartthrobs fighting over me.
I feel cheated.
I feel cheated.
They raised us to be fighters.
They raised us to believe the apocalypse would come
They raised us to believe we’d be attacked.
And now they we’ve left them,
And found our souls in our chests,
They weren’t wrong.
They just mistook the side.
Because I do best in the burning.
And maybe you do too.
They raised us to believe the apocalypse would come
They raised us to believe we’d be attacked.
And now they we’ve left them,
And found our souls in our chests,
They weren’t wrong.
They just mistook the side.
Because I do best in the burning.
And maybe you do too.
January 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
They raised us to be fighters.
They raised us to believe the apocalypse would come
They raised us to believe we’d be attacked.
And now they we’ve left them,
And found our souls in our chests,
They weren’t wrong.
They just mistook the side.
Because I do best in the burning.
And maybe you do too.
They raised us to believe the apocalypse would come
They raised us to believe we’d be attacked.
And now they we’ve left them,
And found our souls in our chests,
They weren’t wrong.
They just mistook the side.
Because I do best in the burning.
And maybe you do too.
Reposted by Iris Wanderlust
I guess I’ll read “Parable of the Sower”now
January 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I guess I’ll read “Parable of the Sower”now
I’m American, but live out of the country. TikTok is out here too. And I don’t have an American number.
January 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I’m American, but live out of the country. TikTok is out here too. And I don’t have an American number.
Reposted by Iris Wanderlust
In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees
January 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees
When you leave a high-demand religion, you feel crippled. Nothing feels real. Everything you used to believe is a lie. You sort of feel like a 17-year-old in a dystopia novel who is supposed to save a broken world, because nothing is what you were told it was.
January 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
When you leave a high-demand religion, you feel crippled. Nothing feels real. Everything you used to believe is a lie. You sort of feel like a 17-year-old in a dystopia novel who is supposed to save a broken world, because nothing is what you were told it was.
We have created an artificial society. And we know it. We know it through the extraordinary lengths we undergo to survive it.
We were not meant to be tools for capitalism throughout our entire adult lives.
We were not meant to be tools for capitalism throughout our entire adult lives.
January 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We have created an artificial society. And we know it. We know it through the extraordinary lengths we undergo to survive it.
We were not meant to be tools for capitalism throughout our entire adult lives.
We were not meant to be tools for capitalism throughout our entire adult lives.