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October 2012

October 20, 2012

Jeremy Lott, Rachel Held Evans, and Taboos in the Evangelical Christian Culture Industry

In the attempt to track down sales figures for the evangelical Christian marriage book market,...

October 15, 2012

Checking Out of Privilege: Timothy Kurek’s “The Cross in the Closet” and What it Means to Change Your Identity

What do John Howard Griffin, Barbara Ehrenreich, Timothy Kurek and Rachel Held Evans have in...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

On Identity and Political Christianity

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

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...

July 2012

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 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)...

July 16, 2012

Libertarians, Welfare and Private Charities: Why Haven’t They?

I've written a little about the fact that my best friend in my teen years...

July 15, 2012

15 Reasons Graduate School is Like a Religious Cult

Note: These are meant to be tongue-in-cheek. My graduate school experience is like one of...

July 13, 2012

From Austin to A&M: Don’t you know you’re not special?

Those who liked my Open Letter and Millennial Problems posts will really like this one...

July 04, 2012

Libertarianism, Patriotism, and Starting Points: How I Apparently Became a Pinko Commie

I was seventeen when Ayn Rand captured the hearts of my best friend, Sven and...

July 04, 2012

Millennial Problems and What to Do About Them: Let’s Talk Economy

To date, I've received loads of (probably rhetorical) questions from readers of my millennial post,...

June 2012

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...

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