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What my feminism is, and why I’m not okay with “mansplaining”
I grew up on anti-feminist propaganda. I heard that they were ball-busting man-haters before I...
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I Voted! (Suck it, Mr. Branham.)
Growing up fundamentalist, I was reminded on a near monthly basis that I shouldn't be...
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What’s the point of you? The absurdity of defining people by their reproductive organs.
"You'll save him. You always do," says Amelia Pond to the Doctor. "Not always," he...
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Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2
The following is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. Read the previous...
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Adventures in Egalitarian Marriage, Part One: Mrs. Who?
"Is your husband home?" I wasn't prepared to answer that question. If my neighbors' wide,...
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Evangelical Christian Marriage: Hawking the Product
In evangelical Christian culture, marriage is a commodity. Marriage books are sold like gardening manuals...
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Ann Romney’s Gendered Martyrdom: “Women and Children First”?
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Gospel Coalition’s Jared C. Wilson issues an apology for Doug Wilson post; Rachel Held Evans accepts
Breaking: Whether or not the ripples of the Doug Wilson drama have truly subsided yet,...
July 19, 2012
Doug Wilson’s Daughters Defend Him by Attacking Rachel Held Evans
Them's Fightin' Words and Daddy Issues are the responses of Bekah and Rachel (Lizzie), daughters of Doug...
July 18, 2012
Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 2
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
July 16, 2012
Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 1
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Sexuality Project: Questioning, Qs. 4 and 5
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Sexuality Project: Questioning, Q. 3
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Sexuality Project: Questioning, Q. 2
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Sexuality Project: Questioning, Q. 1
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Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 3
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Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 2
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Wifely Submission and Honoring, Cherishing and Loving Your Wife as Your Own Body
Leaders of the Christian Patriarchy Movement and their disciples (minor pastors who covet their attention)...
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Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 1
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Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 6
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Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Qs. 3, 4 and 5
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Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2
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June 23, 2012
Review: Pixar’s Brave is Braver Than it Looks
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: This is Not How You Teach Modesty
The Friendly Atheist has a great new post addressing the teaching of modesty in Beit Yaakov, an...
June 22, 2012
The Incredible Helplessness of Men: Lust Edition, Epilogue
Following up my last post about the John Edwards and Rielle Hunter affair, have a...
June 21, 2012
Dear Evangelicals: Stop Talking about a “Culture of Death”
I am pro-choice. I don't revel in death. I don't advocate for it. I don't...
June 21, 2012
The Incredible Helplessness of Men: Lust Edition
I just accidentally ran across this piece of weird voyeurism on the internet. (How I...
June 20, 2012
Modesty, Body Policing and Empowerment: The Hijab (Part Two)
Note: This is my second post in response to Nadiya Takolia's article in the Guardian....
June 15, 2012
Modesty, Body Policing, and Empowerment: The Hijab (Part One)
The Guardian recently published an article by Nadiya Takolia titled "The hijab has liberated me from...
June 14, 2012
Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Three: Finding Unconditional Love Outside the Church
Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...
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