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September 2012

September 09, 2012

Nature’s God

I'm often asked what I believe now, and I often answer that I'm blissfully uncommitted....

September 06, 2012

Emotional Control: Mandatory Happiness Makes Me Sad

I recently joined Pinterest. I resisted for a little while, like I always do, but...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Ann Romney’s Gendered Martyrdom: “Women and Children First”?

Credit isn't all it's cracked up to be. I'm not talking about your credit score...

August 22, 2012

On Identity and Political Christianity

When I was growing up, I believed our church to be mostly apolitical. This was...

August 21, 2012

Settling in and Getting Organized: check out my (restored) blogroll!

You may have noticed that the menu section now includes a link to my blogroll....

August 17, 2012

Electrick Children (July 2012): A New Indie Drama about a Girl’s Journey out of Fundamentalist Mormonism

Following up Paradise Recovered as the second recent cinematic portrayal of a fundamentalist girl's journey...

August 16, 2012

My mom is going back to school!

Some of you may remember this post, in which I described the frustration of discovering...

August 10, 2012

A snarky response to an annoying facebook post about poverty

So, I keep seeing this seriously problematic image circulating on facebook. It's an ugly beige...

August 08, 2012

A Fundamentalist Christian Paradox? “Love is an Action, Not a Feeling” vs. “Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner”

A comment on Libby Anne's blog recently got me thinking about love, and what it...

August 07, 2012

BelieveTheSign.com Issues a Public Apology for Promoting William Branham as a Modern Prophet

If you've been following my blog for a while, you'll recognize William Branham as the...

August 06, 2012

Sexuality Project – Introducing Calulu, Jenn, Meggie, Parker, Shadowspring and Vyckie

Welcome to another round of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project! This time, our writers...

August 03, 2012

Chick-fil-A’s “Appreciation Day”, or, Spite is Not a Christian Virtue

This morning, one of the first things I saw on my facebook feed was an...

August 01, 2012

“I Don’t Hate Gay People, They Just Shouldn’t Get Married”: Chick-fil-A’s Supporters Need a Lesson on Structural Violence

Chick-fil-A sent ripples through my church in the early noughties; I still have no real...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Disability, Prenatal Testing and the Case for a Moral, Compassionate Abortion

Note: If the headline didn't already clue you in, this is controversial subject matter. If you...

July 27, 2012

Doug Wilson Continues Attention-Seeking Rants Against Rachel Held Evans, Feminists

I blame Libby Anne for sharing this link and making me write despite my sore wrist!...

July 26, 2012

A short break

Hey everybody. I want to apologize first for the unexplained silence on my blog for...

July 24, 2012

How do Food Stamps Work?

Courtney at From Austin to A&M has an excellent article about food stamps that helps...

July 23, 2012

Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 5

This concludes the answers of first group of participants in the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project....

July 22, 2012

Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 4

This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...

July 21, 2012

Misogynist Pastor Doug Wilson Continues Gaslighting His Critics

Gaslighting is a term derived from the 1944 film Gaslight. Here's an excerpt from the...

July 21, 2012

Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 3

This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...

July 21, 2012

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 20, 2012

Slacktivist: When a lack of anger reveals a lack of love

Fred Clark recently posted one of the most powerful endorsements of anger at injustice I...

July 20, 2012

Gloating and Slander: Michael Pearl, Nancy Ann Wilson, and Christian Fundamentalist Responses to Criticism

Femina has been lighting up like a Christmas tree since The Gospel Coalition blog post that...

July 20, 2012

Changes afoot!

Hang tight, everybody! We're going to Patheos! (The new URL will be , but you'll...

July 19, 2012

Good idea, bad idea.

Anybody remember these? A couple of people apparently found my blog using the following google...

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 19, 2012

Doug Wilson on The Gospel Coalition: How Christian Patriarchy Turns Sex into Rape and Pregnancy into Slavery

Trigger warning for rape and sexual abuse. Jared Wilson unwittingly set off a flare in...

July 19, 2012

Abortion, Life and Personhood: A Philosophical Experiment

A little while ago, Libby Anne at Love, Joy, Feminism posted a link to an article...

July 18, 2012

Daughter of the Patriarchy: Ripping the Moorings, Part Two

My mother is stubborn. My father jokes that it's the Polish in her (and me)...

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