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May 2017

May 02, 2017

Christianity Today: Woman Bloggers Represent Crisis of Authority

And they wonder why Millennials are leaving church.

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Wives and Daughters: On Ivanka Trump

This is actually a pattern I've noticed, of men who encourage their daughters or granddaughters...

April 17, 2017

The Weird, Weird Role of Women in Evangelicalism

The role of women (and girls) in evangelicalism is weird indeed, and it has not...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Princess or Scientist: It’s Not an Either/Or

I assisted a first grader while volunteering at a book sale at my daughter's school...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

Who Wants the Pink Cloth?

Bobby isn't the only one who objected to the pink cloth. Sally did too.

July 2016

July 13, 2016

Gender, Gender, Everywhere

I was recently at an appointment in a medical office with my preschool son, Bobby....

May 2016

May 16, 2016

“Do I look like a boy, or a girl?”

My children each wear a range of clothes in a range of styles. I've never...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Time for This Millennial Mom to Buy Some Barbies!

Okay, okay, so the title of this post is slightly over the top. This past...

January 12, 2016

Hi! Married Feminist Mother Here!

Last summer Ladies Against Feminism posted an article titled "Speak for Yourself: Why Single Feminists...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

What No One Said about Rey (Star Wars Spoilers!)

I didn't know until I was sitting in the theater that the main character was...

November 2015

November 03, 2015

It’s Not Just a Guy Thing—Oh Wait, Yes It Is

I expected to find an acknowledgement of this reality in Challeis' blog post, coupled of...

October 2015

October 12, 2015

Liberating Moments: Ex-Pentacostals Cut Their Hair

All this came to mind when I watched this youtube video of two former Apostolic...

October 10, 2015

Dress Codes and Preteen Girls: A Reader Asks

How should parents handle dress codes for pre-teens?

September 2015

September 17, 2015

What’s a Girl to Do?

I may have come to the end of the post, but I haven't found the...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

What My Cisgender Children Have Taught Me About Gender Identity

But my takeaway here—the main thing I've realized—is that gender identity and gender performance really...

August 19, 2015

The Battle for the Target Toy Aisle

As for the bit about God creating each boy for himself, the way he wanted...

August 17, 2015

Bill Gothard Explains Road Safety (aka How Not to Get Raped)

Do you remember when that Saudi historian said that western women drive because they don't...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

What’s wrong with Minecraft’s new pocket edition skins?

I mentioned several months ago that Minecraft Pocket Edition only allowed players to play as...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

The Tomboy in Skirts

We need to be careful to make sure we're teaching our daughters "and" rather than...

May 19, 2015

Patriarchy and the Gender of God

I recently came upon an interesting blog post by Sarah Moon of the progressive Christian...

May 04, 2015

Any Time I Hear Someone Say “Traditional Marriage”

In the end, "let's keep things the way they are" will always be the argument...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Gamergate Comes Home

I am not and never have been a gamer. My interest in various fandoms (I'm...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Steve Is a Man: On Minecraft and Gender

Like just about every American child between the ages five and fifteen, my daughter Sally...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

What the Ruff, the Spotted Hyena, and the Cuttlefish Taught Me about Gender and Sexuality

It turns out that gender and sexuality are far more diverse and complicated than I...

February 19, 2015

Pepper Potts in an Iron Man Suit

Pepper Potts was in an Iron Man suit. The suit was keeping her alive. She...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

Are Bugs “Boy” Things and Dolls “Girl” Things?

This fall a little girl wrote to Abdo Publishing after becoming concerned that the book...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

Mattel’s Computer Engineer Barbie Leaves the Computer Engineering to the Boys

I didn't write about last week's women in tech fail---scientist Matt Taylor's decision to wear...

November 18, 2014

Gender-Based Discrimination in Muslim Homeschooling

Homeschooling parents have more control over their children's education and over who their children have...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

“It’s like their brains time-travel back to 1952”

In the past, I've done what I've called "awesome comment award." I want to start...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

The Children in the Sandbox

Over the holidays I read a novel by Jodi Picoult. I enjoyed the book, but...