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July 2013

July 12, 2013

“We Showed Up” :: Millennials & Reproductive Justice

Consider the masses of younger women who showed up at the Texas statehouse before and...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

Papa’s Day 2013

Check out the great series of e-cards for Papa’s Day 2013 from Strong Families. Some of...

June 10, 2013

Our Voices: “Little Lady”

This summer, I’ll be sharing a series of short personal stories from the Our Voices,...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Pentecost Happened

This Sunday, Christians celebrate Pentecost. As a liturgical moment, it marks the arrival of the...

May 13, 2013

Yes, College is Worth It: Justice, Opportunity, & ‘the practice of freedom’

The following is a set of remarks I delivered yesterday, graduation day, as part of...

May 10, 2013

Mama’s Day & “The Balance of Justice”

The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations describes the Mama’s Day movement and it’s connection to...

May 02, 2013

Open Letter to a Bishop

“If you could have me read one article, what would it be? ... Basically, what...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

“Why Guys Throw Bombs”

In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Mohamed Elibiary described the kind of...

April 19, 2013

Who Needs A Day of Silence?

Today is the National Day of Silence, “a day of action in which students across...

April 15, 2013

God-talk 101: Shug & Celie

I’m teaching The Color Purple this month in Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies. Alice...

April 02, 2013

Red Logo Resistance: Homonationalism & the HRC

I did it. You probably did it. Everyone was doing it. Changing their profile picture...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Honorable Mention: Resisting Structural Evil

It seems fitting to Good Friday for me to share a bit about a new...

March 27, 2013

Even If He’s Not Your Son, He’s Still Human

It shouldn’t take a gay son to convince a senator to support marriage equality. Like...

March 04, 2013

The Personal Is Theological

There are a lot of reasons why we need Lana Dalberg’s new book, Birthing God:...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Black History is Now, part three

This is my third and final post related to our national observation of Black History...

February 27, 2013

“Our Multiple, Messy, In-Process Selves”

I first met Darcy Baxter several years ago at a Faith and Feminism conference at...

February 21, 2013

Black History is Now, part two

Over at SoulRevision, Kim Moore is taking a new angle on the standard Black History...

February 19, 2013

Refuse Easy Answers

There are a lot of reasons that I should like Refuse to Do Nothing. Written...

February 12, 2013

Black History is Now

Over at SoulRevision, Kim Moore is taking a new angle on the standard Black History...

February 07, 2013

Because God Said: Farmers, Myth & Truth

Just hearing Paul Harvey’s voice during the Super Bowl commercial featuring his words from a...

February 05, 2013

BREAKING: Fierce Women Freak Out Conservatives

Leave it to Kathryn Jean Lopez at The National Review to lead the slut-shaming of...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Seneca Falls. Selma. Stonewall :: The Basics

Unless you’ve actively studied the gay rights movement in the U.S., it might be possible...

January 23, 2013

Your Spring Feminist Reading List (or, why Twitter rocks)

Last Friday, @feministtexican tweeted a simple query: feminist books by women of color that everyone...

January 21, 2013

A Healing Priestess, ‘Changing Church’

Around Christmas, I shared some of the creative work that Jann Aldredge-Clanton has done with...

January 03, 2013

I Am Not A Hostage

Joumana Haddad wrote a provocative piece for NOW News last week titled “Islamic Feminism: Stockholm...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

When Men Kill

More than a few people and organizations pay attention to the gendered nature of gun...

December 10, 2012

Getting Theological: Sin

I’m getting back to my series of posts in which I “Get Theological” with the...

December 04, 2012

Men Talk Guns: Costas, Whitlock, & Powell

These are the kinds of things I want to hear more men saying about guns...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Hindus Buddhists & Bisexuals ~ Oh My!

In the interview that Sally Steenland, Director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at...

November 27, 2012

It’s Racism, Stupid

I’ll let actual Republicans do the full post-mortems on their collective failures in the 2012...