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June 2012

June 11, 2012
I recently read Teach Your Children to Succeed by Putting Obstacles in Their Way by Eric...
June 11, 2012
When I got to college, the very first "worldly music" album I purchased was U2, All...
June 10, 2012
Rachel Held Evans has just followed up the discussion linked in my last post with the literary...
June 09, 2012
Complementarianism is a lie. Yeah. It's fake. It doesn't exist. What does exist is patriarchy in...
June 08, 2012
Today, I walked past a rally to take away my rights. I walk past a...
June 08, 2012
Saliha at Azizatu Nafsiha has begun to write a beautiful, thoughtful series about wrestling with faith and...
June 07, 2012
Over the past year, survivors of spiritual abuse have been slowly connecting with one another,...
June 06, 2012
Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...
June 04, 2012
Those who read Melissa's story at Permission to Live will probably be interested in this story,...
June 03, 2012
Fundamentalists use the Bible the way a drunk uses a lamp post: always for support...
June 02, 2012
Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project If you are interested in participating in a blog series...
June 01, 2012
Wearing the hijab or dressing modestly (no low necklines and leaving miniskirts to models) can,...
June 01, 2012
Definition: The “modesty doctrine” is the belief that women need to cover their bodies to prevent...

May 2012

May 31, 2012
Melissa at Permission to Live has just written a beautiful post about her family's first...
May 30, 2012
Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...
May 30, 2012
Reluctant Xtian has written a follow-up to his previous post, which I linked here. 5...
May 29, 2012
I just ran across the wonderful article below and heartily recommend it: Reluctant Xtian: 5...
May 28, 2012
I know, I know, I got carried away by the alliteration automobile. Here's a definition...
May 27, 2012
Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...
May 26, 2012
If you haven't checked out Libby Anne's "Raised Quiverfull" project yet, you're missing out! Raised...
May 26, 2012
Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. -1 Samuel 16:7 Clothes...
May 25, 2012
A North Carolina pastor's anti-gay tirade has gone viral on youtube. He proposes sending all...
May 25, 2012
Whenever I punish myself by reading evangelical-fundamentalist blog posts about modesty, I run into images...
May 24, 2012
From Two to One and The Feminist Mystique are co-hosting a series called The Last...
May 23, 2012
When I was a kid, I had a really hard time with titles. I felt...
May 22, 2012
A little while ago, Libby Anne wrote a great post called Sex Abuse, the First...
May 21, 2012
A recent article on Religion Dispatches takes on the question few people bother to ask...
May 21, 2012
Joseph Branham's reactionary letter to the WHAS11 news story on William Branham and the Message...
May 20, 2012
(Note: This is cross-posted from Love, Joy, Feminism. The original is here.) By Libby Anne...
May 18, 2012
I was alerted to Joseph Branham's written response to the WHAS11 news story on his...
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