#dead sara

[derangedforrocknroll]

dead sara's ain't it tragic + saving yourself

emily armstrong on 'heroes' (genre is dead, 2021):

When you read all the lyrics, it becomes very apparent what it’s about – growing up and having all these people like your parents, figures, or whoever you consider a hero. Someone who has gotten you through hard times. Then you realize it’s really up to you and that could be a lonely thought. That kind of realization in your life sucks. But at the same time, it could be a good thing to be, like, I’m now more independent.

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emily armstrong on 'starry eyed' (blurred culture, 2021):

It wasn’t until I was fully done with the lyrics and we recorded it … I was sitting there writing all the lyrics down, and I was like, oh my god, I just realized what this song is about. The thing is, I kept thinking of the picture of our first album - not the actual sound of the first album - and then I was like, holy shit, I’m writing this song to that person. I’m listening to it over and over again, and being like, it’s okay. Things are not gonna be what you thought they were 10 years from now. Just be who you are, you still have this life to live, and you still have, you know, a lot to show. I was trying not to cry in front of my girlfriend. … I don’t think I was able to really see that when I was writing it. It was probably too much for me, emotionally.

[alexluvsskittlez]

this is such a beautiful picture of Emily <3

[emliyarmstrong]

Emily armstrong Dead Sara ★ 2012

[your-fave-hates-trump]

Emily Armstrong hates trump!!

[lanternlightseer]

Happy International Women's Day!

[linkinbert]

We stan 😂

[tempered-grace]

I apologize Dead Sara I was NOT familiar with your game

Heavens got a back door????????? SO FUCKING GOOD

unamerican????? BANGER. ENOUGH SAID

weatherman????? Incredible showstopping

Emily Armstrong the woman that you are 💜💜💜

[thecitybee]

Meat-eating orchids Forgive no one just yet

portrait study of The Female of the Species

✨ 🐝 Commissions | Instagram | Buy Prints 🐝 ✨

[armstrong-singing]

🥹

Living her dream with her brothers

[musicopera4life]

Best comment at Anybody official video clip.

[drumdivewhen]

Okay so apparently you can't add videos on reblogs

But @armstrong-singing your recent post about One Day We'll Make It Big reminded me of this edit I've seen on TikTok

(If anyone uses TT here's the original link please give the author kudos)

[derangedforrocknroll]

excuse me ??

[alexluvsskittlez]

pretty girl >_<

[emliyarmstrong]

Dead Sara performing ' Gimme Gimme' in Las Vegas

[jenakaine]

Hi tumblr, would you kindly direct me to the LP/dead sara/Emily Armstrong + lesbian/sapphic/queer fan community that simply must exist or else I will cry? Thankyou!

[chemical-ghoul]

emily armstrong scientology thingo

That freak who wants Emily dead and thinks she’s married to Chester has me blocked so I can post whatever I want now thank the fucking lord 🙏

I've done tons of research on this topic and like��� there is so much proof against Emily being in Scientology, people refuse to inform themselves outside of random articles or listen to people of the likes of Jamie Bennington, who is known for making up obvious vile lies about the band & who's own mother has a restraining order against him due to his crazy claims and stalkerish behaviour. Obviously we won't know anything until and unless Emily says something but I'm absolutely willing to bet she's either on her way out or has been out for a while.

If there’s anything wrong here please do feel free to correct me, I love learning about this topic.

For the things that still may qualify her being in the cult, other than her ~2013 & prior involvement from the gala (that brought awareness to this issue in the first place) the only CURRENT things I can think of are probably

1: her relationship with her mother--it doesn't necessarily mean she's in or out, but her mother is a higher up in the cult and therefore would probably want to provent her daughter leaving. Emily has discussed speaking to her mother as recently as September.

and 2: the other members of her band Dead Sara either are or have previously also been scientologists. again this doesn’t mean she hasn’t left, but it would explain why she wouldn’t speak out as it would make her into a suppressive person and have her immediately lose that connection if they are still inside of the cult.

As much as I wish she wouldn’t, I understand why she would still want to connect with her mother even if she isn’t in the cult anymore. And she can absolutely do that, but if she wants to speak out about it it’d mean leaving her mother and potentially her bandmates behind and becoming a suppressive person, which I doubt she would want to do. From what I can gather, she’s most likely left silently.

The only real proof of her ever being properly active in the cult at the time of me writing this, are from photos and other peoples retellings of her as a child (some of which explain just how uninterested she was IN actually being a scientologist), one completed task on her profile from 2007 & the latest being in 2013, when she went to a Scientology celebrity gala (probably the wrong name but i'm mind blanking) and there's been basically nothing since.

For the things against her being in the cult: For starters she has never promoted the cult. She's mentioned having a therapist in recent interviews and discusses mental health & anti religion SO much in her music. I don't think someone whose ideologies still line up with Scientology would have been as anti religion and pro mental health help as she is and has been. I believe a while after 2013, maybe roughly when 'Pleasure to Meet You' (Dead Sara’s 2nd full album) released?, is when her lyrics began getting more close to lyrics that a scientologist probably wouldn't write. Alongside this, since 2017, a few years after PTMY came out, fans have noticed changes in her attitude that make her seem a lot happier and less tired. I think this change is worth a mention, as the record that came out after 2017, Temporary Things Taking Up Space, is so lyrically against all of Scientology’s values it’s shocking a so called hardcore scientologist could even think to sing these songs.

Colin, Linkin Park’s drummer, has denied himself having any connections with the cult in a vague instagram comment, which isn't much but I do think if they want to stay quiet small instagram comments poking fun at people accusing them is a fine way to go about confirming anything. Mike spoke out about Scientology a year after he met her--which in most cases and discussions i've seen, would have a scientologist cut ties entirely with a person. She has associated with many people who have left the cult and spoken out about them, Mike being the most obvious example but Beck is a good one too. He left the cult many years ago and only spoke out about it years later due to fear of retaliation from the church. She’s also friends with Brian Bowen Smith who to my knowledge photographed Leah Remini for her book about Scientology.

Her being a lesbian also helps my case, but not by much because if anything it really depends on if she came out before she was in Dead Sara or not. They tend to allow famous people to be lgbtq without issue by the looks of things, but we aren't sure when she came out. Speaking of DS, they have performed at lots of events raising money and awareness for mental health including the charity Talinda Bennington (Chester's wife) set up after Chester passed away. Not really relevant but worth a mention, they’re also good friends with the band Badflower, who have songs that are very openly about mental health and abuse. I don’t see a scientologist being friends with someone like Josh Katz who can write and sing those words.

The people accusing her of being a hardcore scientologist (Cedric and his wife Chrissie? could be wrong about her name—also those shitty scientology youtubers who keep making videos on this subject that should really be dropped by now LMAO) are still yet to really show any proof she's still in other than claims which I don't think should be taken as 100% fact—none of this paragraph stuff should either but I think someone who’s been a LP fan for years and has always been very openly anti scientology may have a good outlook on the situation so this is my two cents.