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June 2012

June 29, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 7

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

June 29, 2012

The Phoenix and Olive Branch: What’s in a Name?

What kind of obscure title is that, anyway? What does it mean? It's a symbol...

June 29, 2012

Evangelical Christian Textbooks, Indoctrination and Non-Learning

Gwen Sharp at Sociological Images recently published this post about evangelical Christian textbooks: A Close...

June 28, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 6

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

June 28, 2012

Survival Songs: Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway

This is part of a series of songs with excerpts of lyrics I’ve found relevant to leaving...

June 27, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Qs. 3, 4 and 5

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

June 27, 2012

Things I Love About Being a Millennial

I didn't anticipate the outpouring of energy I'd see on all sides after my response...

June 27, 2012

Libby Anne reviews Brave, and comes to different conclusions

Libby Anne at Love, Joy, Feminism reviewed Pixar's Brave right after I did. Apparently, we saw...

June 26, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2

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

June 26, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 1

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

June 26, 2012

Modesty Cartoons by Rune

Rune at Feminist Mormon Housewives just posted two amazing comics illustrating some problems with the...

June 25, 2012

Sexuality Project: Introductions

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

June 25, 2012

Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality: The Plan

First of all, let me thank everyone who sent in their answers to my Religious...

June 25, 2012

Open Letter from a Millennial: Quit Telling Us We’re Not Special

Dear Baby Boomers and Generation X, Quit telling us we're not special. Believe us, we...

June 24, 2012

Some Interesting Merchandise from Voice of God Recordings

The following are screen captures from the Voice of God Recordings website, illustrating some of...

June 24, 2012

Survival Songs: Duran Duran, Ordinary World

This is part of a series of songs with excerpts of lyrics I've found relevant...

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 19, 2012

Azizatu Nafsiha: Suffering Doesn’t Make You Special, It Just Makes You Miserable

Saliha has written another great post that resonates with me as a former Christian fundamentalist....

June 18, 2012

“Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner” – a Christian Myth in Perspective

I recently wrote my Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia series to point out how I and other...

June 18, 2012

Sexuality and Spanking in Religious Fundamentalism: Two Projects to Join!

Sarah at Who I Am Without You is starting a project on the harmful effects...

June 17, 2012

Forsberg’s full WHAS11 interview

Those who have followed my comments on the WHAS11 Lousiville story on William Branham and...

June 17, 2012

Survival Songs: Of Verona, The Enemy

The following song was an incredible help to me during the worst of my conflict...

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 15, 2012

Survival Songs: Mandi Perkins, Who I Am

Note: This is part of an ongoing series on songs that helped me break away...

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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