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How not to be depressed

If you don’t have religious trauma, consider yourself lucky. But if you do, then perhaps you’re still a little bit in luck, because Taylor Tomlinson’s newest comedy special is the dark therapy you need.

Like Tomlinson, I grew up in a strict religious community. Like Tomlinson, I have emotional issues from it. Unlike Tomlinson, I stayed religious (while ditching extracurriculars like purity culture), but I still enjoyed Prodigal Daughter, which — despite its defiant title and marketing — isn’t an hour of criticizing Jesus so much as … Continue reading on Substack