Emily<p>Also theoretically about religion, but only insofar as religion = total patriarchal control over even the imagination of life possibilities. </p><p>Which I'll admit is honestly how I think of it a lot of the time, but I had most recently read about interesting loopholes in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EverydayUtopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EverydayUtopia</span></a>, so I was less predisposed to know where this was all going than usual. </p><p>In this case, though, the church is not providing your secret permission to live life the way you want. It wants you dead.</p>