abuse

The other morning, I came across a tweet from a self-identified “theobrogian,” calling for ex-fundamentalist...

Content Note: Discussion of sexual assault, victim blaming This is a response to a piece...

Calls for empathy and compassion toward oppressors and abusers are popular in American Christianity. I...

I'm currently reading through Proverbs of Ashes by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker. In the...

Content Note: Descriptions of Abuse, Abuse Apologism Ever since we started dating, my husband Abe...

This is the second post in a short series I've been working on about the...

I wrote this post a few days ago and had it scheduled for today, but...

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

Content Note: Child Abuse, Spanking I've followed Stuff Fundies Like for years now. It's been...

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

Trigger Warning: Abuse apologism, murder/suicide, Hugo Schwyzer We have to talk about Hugo Schwyzer. If...

In the months following my decision to leave fundamentalism for good, I began to shy...

Trigger Warning for Descriptions of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, Self Injury, and Rape.  I...

Would Father's Day be different . . . If Christianity wasn't preaching that, not only...

It's the cool thing in more progressive branches of Christianity now to talk about how...

Trigger Warning: Verbal Abuse, Gaslighting He called me a slut. I remember it so clearly...

The idea that Jesus chose, out of his own free will, to go to the...

Today I'm guest posting at Rachel Held Evans' blog, talking about abuse and images of...

Back in February, Sen. Marco Rubio explained why he opposed the Violence Against Women Act:...

Lots of posts that I want to share this week. I hope you'll check them...

[TRIGGER WARNINGS: Rape and Abuse] As many of you know, in highschool I spent a...

Trigger Warning for abuse and rape:  I've been tired of fighting. Been feeling like nothing...

To Christian men and the churches they attend: I am not your Christ. Churches may...

I'm doing a series on complementarianism's manipulative claims at promoting equality. You can read the...

This piece at John Shore's blog just awakened all kinds of emotions for me: In...

If you wanted an expert opinion on something, usually you'd ask someone with experience on...

Trigger warnings for rape, abuse, stalking I believe in a thing called grace. Really, I...

Trigger Warning for Abuse I used to be in an abusive relationship. Once, I broke...

People assume that healing from abuse is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually...

The following is an exchange between Sarah the Thinker and Sarah the Feeler. Feeler parts...