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June 2012

June 29, 2012
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
June 29, 2012
What kind of obscure title is that, anyway? What does it mean? It's a symbol...
June 29, 2012
Gwen Sharp at Sociological Images recently published this post about evangelical Christian textbooks: A Close...
June 28, 2012
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
June 28, 2012
This is part of a series of songs with excerpts of lyrics I’ve found relevant to leaving...
June 27, 2012
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
June 27, 2012
I didn't anticipate the outpouring of energy I'd see on all sides after my response...
June 27, 2012
Libby Anne at Love, Joy, Feminism reviewed Pixar's Brave right after I did. Apparently, we saw...
June 26, 2012
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
June 26, 2012
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
June 26, 2012
Rune at Feminist Mormon Housewives just posted two amazing comics illustrating some problems with the...
June 25, 2012
This is the first installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read...
June 25, 2012
First of all, let me thank everyone who sent in their answers to my Religious...
June 25, 2012
Dear Baby Boomers and Generation X, Quit telling us we're not special. Believe us, we...
June 24, 2012
The following are screen captures from the Voice of God Recordings website, illustrating some of...
June 24, 2012
This is part of a series of songs with excerpts of lyrics I've found relevant...
June 23, 2012
Pixar's Brave is every fairy tale and none of them. It's every trope and none of them....
June 22, 2012
The Friendly Atheist has a great new post addressing the teaching of modesty in Beit Yaakov, an...
June 22, 2012
Following up my last post about the John Edwards and Rielle Hunter affair, have a...
June 21, 2012
I am pro-choice. I don't revel in death. I don't advocate for it. I don't...
June 21, 2012
I just accidentally ran across this piece of weird voyeurism on the internet. (How I...
June 20, 2012
Note: This is my second post in response to Nadiya Takolia's article in the Guardian....
June 19, 2012
Saliha has written another great post that resonates with me as a former Christian fundamentalist....
June 18, 2012
I recently wrote my Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia series to point out how I and other...
June 18, 2012
Sarah at Who I Am Without You is starting a project on the harmful effects...
June 17, 2012
Those who have followed my comments on the WHAS11 Lousiville story on William Branham and...
June 17, 2012
The following song was an incredible help to me during the worst of my conflict...
June 15, 2012
The Guardian recently published an article by Nadiya Takolia titled "The hijab has liberated me from...
June 15, 2012
Note: This is part of an ongoing series on songs that helped me break away...
June 14, 2012
Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...
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