Evangelical Christian Marriage: Hawking the Product

October 18, 2012 By 9 Comments

by Sierra In evangelical Christian culture, marriage is a commodity. Marriage books are sold like gardening manuals or cheat sheets for the SATs. The sales pitch for marriage in Christian culture is more intense than any you’ll ever experience on a used car lot. Christians are made to believe that they’re God’s designated curators of [...]

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Can you TELL? or, Lies I Believed About Women’s Reproduction

October 5, 2012 By 6 Comments

by Sierra Contrary to the popular Shakira song, hips totally do lie. Ever since Todd Akin’s remarks about women’s bodies’ magical powers to repel the sperm of rapists sent echoes of shock reverberating through the mainstream media, pieces of similar doctrines have bubbled back up into my memory. Akin’s views did not surprise me, as [...]

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News Links September 13, 2012

September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

There really wasn’t much this week that crossed my desktop to post here so today I’m going to be featuring links to some great pieces written by our members of The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network. Libby Anne at Love, Joy, Feminism has a slew of interesting things she’s blogged on this week – I [...]

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Ann Romney’s Gendered Martyrdom: Women and Children First?

August 31, 2012 By 56 Comments

by Sierra Ann Romney cooking – you know, like she has to. Because she’s a lady. Credit isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I’m not talking about your credit score or the plastic in your wallet. I’m talking about public accolades. I’m talking about the river of molten gold that comes out of the [...]

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My mom is going back to school!

August 18, 2012 By 2 Comments

by Sierra (Editors note: Thank you NLQ readership for your part in making this happen! ) Some of you may remember this post, in which I described the frustration of discovering that a clerical error had cost my mom her chance to go back to school for her bachelor’s degree. Leaving for school and realizing [...]

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