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the Empathy List #172: Jeremy Alder Wants You to Organize Like You Mean It

The comedian & community organizer believes political change is still possible—even now.

Aug 11 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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Curious Reads: No Contact Summer?

Boomer parents are blaming family estrangements on therapists… again. 😮‍💨

Aug 5 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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July 2026

Did She Really Not Know She Was Gay?

Nope... because: religious trauma.

Published on Recasting Religious Trauma • Jul 22

the Empathy List #171: The Orange Man Peering Over My Shoulder

The Orange Man© wants to fix elections for a millenium, and he said so plainly, on national television, while threatening to exile “communists.” Also he…

Jul 15 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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Curious Reads: We Have to Talk About the U.S. Supreme Court...

Justice Brown Jackson: It’s "Calvinball jurisprudence.”

Jul 1 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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June 2026

the Empathy List #170: Kristen LaValley Wants You to Know that God Doesn't Hate You, Not Even a Little Bit

Also, lighten up a bit.

Jun 24 • Liz Charlotte Grant and Kristen LaValley

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the Empathy List #169: “Silence, rib!"

The casual and institutional misogyny of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Jun 16 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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the Empathy List #168: Hiii, I'M BACK, I missed you! 🥳 (Intro to Liz + AMA)

Yes, I turned in Book Number 2, and I'm answering your questions.

Jun 9 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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March 2026

the Empathy List #167: The Myth of the Christian "Third Way"

No, Jesus was not a Republican or a Democrat, but Jesus was political.

Mar 3 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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February 2026

Curious Reads: The White victims of ICE aren't the only victims.

What the story of three Mississippi Civil Rights workers taught me about media, advocacy, and standing up for ALL of ICE's victims - not just the White…

Feb 18 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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The Empathy List #166: Christian Celebrity Betrayals

How do we respond when Christian celebrities (like Dobson and Elliot) fail us?

Feb 10 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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Curious Reads: Why is Dr. Dobson in the Epstein Files? (TW)

One of American Evangelicalism's favorite parenting experts has found himself in the infamous data drop. What do we make of it? (TRIGGER WARNING)

Feb 3 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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