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April 2013

April 20, 2013

Sexism, Judgment Day and Forgetting as a Survival Skill

Sometimes, my mind goes through a litany of abuse that I can't stop. From my...

April 02, 2013

Daughter of the Patriarchy, epilogue: What does leaving fundamentalism look like?

Occasionally, I get asked whether or not I ever actually left my old fundamentalist church....

January 2013

January 02, 2013

We thought modesty made us timeless

I grew up wearing "holiness." I'll wait for a moment so you can finish making jokes....

December 2012

December 20, 2012

You can’t stop the reign of guns and patriarchy without talking about religion

Americans have come to expect certain conversations after public shooting incidents. It's a stain on...

December 16, 2012

Guns an equalizer?

A question occurred to me as I proofread my last post about how my father's...

December 14, 2012

Columbine, martyrs, and growing up NRA at the end of the world

This morning, a deranged attacker opened fire in a Connecticut school, killing tens of children...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

Can you TELL? or, Lies I Believed About Women’s Reproduction

Ever since Todd Akin's remarks about women's bodies' magical powers to repel the sperm of...

August 2012

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...

July 2012

July 15, 2012

Sexuality Project: Questioning, Qs. 4 and 5

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

July 14, 2012

Sexuality Project: Questioning, Q. 3

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

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 13, 2012

Sexuality Project: Questioning, Q. 2

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

July 10, 2012

Strong Women: Weightlifting and Sports are a Great Solution to the Modesty Problem

Possible trigger warning: This post contains some profanity, and is written for those members of...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

The Duggar Family Doesn’t Go to the Beach, and Why That’s Bad for Their Kids

This just in from the Department of Unintended Irony: Michelle Duggar makes a public statement about...

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...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part One: Generalized Anxiety and Images of Depravity

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...

May 27, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia: It Really Is About Fear (Introducing a New Series)

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people...

May 21, 2012

Eagle Cry Radio Cries Some More

Joseph Branham's reactionary letter to the WHAS11 news story on William Branham and the Message...

May 06, 2012

The Unforgivable Sin

Recently, someone stumbled upon my blog while googling this question: is the unforgivable sin abortion?...

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