#people think discussing new age spiritual beliefs is an integral part of leftist/lgbt organizing and assume that everyone believes in it

[moodr1ng]

im in this nonwhite-only lgbt group in my city (or at least i attended like 1 event and im in their whatsapp groups) and like im glad to be in it ig but also the fucking conversations are abysmal. someone just sent a message warning people to mask up bc theres another rise in covid cases and someone else replied "were filling up on essential oils!" and im just expected to act like thats a reasonable thing to say. this new age shit in lgbt spaces is insane to me like.

#97 #all the new agey shit makes me insane. #in the one event i attended i had to leave at some point bc everyone started talking about like.. #their crystals and astrology leading to a conversation on like evil vibes and malevolent entities and shit #and i had to go in the bathroom and chill myself down bc that shit is like. so paranoia inducing. #like they were essentially talking like this was known fact about how theres bad entities that live in your home and can attack you at nigh #thats literally the shit my delusions are about. #and im not usually on the side of like 'everyone has to tailor their conversations to avoid triggering stuff' i dont believe that #but its the like.. how personal religious/spiritual/new age beliefs are treated as accepted reality in these spaces #without you opting into that youre kinda expected to participate in lengthy convos about spiritual shit and its like. #this is a group about being lgbt (in this particular case being poc as well but it happens in every lgbt group) yet it seems almost like.. #people think discussing new age spiritual beliefs is an integral part of leftist/lgbt organizing and assume that everyone believes in it #like idk maybe bring back spiritism clubs and go do that and have fun. they were kinda cunty you could def bring that back. #hell yknow if i was prepared to talk about some heavily paranoia/unreality inducing shit and i knew it was coming id even attend #events surrounding the subject i think it can be interesting + have some of my own beliefs #but like. yknow how when i go on a tangent about my strange beliefs i tag that shit unreality bc ik talking about it like its applicable #to everyone is harmful? yeah.