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June 2012

June 06, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Two: The Argument is in the Eyebrows

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

June 04, 2012

Feminist Mormon Housewives: A gender identity story

Those who read Melissa's story at Permission to Live will probably be interested in this story,...

June 01, 2012

Modesty, Body Policing and Rape Culture: Connecting the Dots

Definition: The “modesty doctrine” is the belief that women need to cover their bodies to prevent...

May 2012

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 24, 2012

The Last Name Project

From Two to One and The Feminist Mystique are co-hosting a series called The Last...

May 20, 2012

Libby Anne: Christian Patriarchy and Bodily Ownership

(Note: This is cross-posted from Love, Joy, Feminism. The original is here.) By Libby Anne...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

Bedroom Submission, Birth Control and Tokophobia

Like most fundamentalist churches, mine taught that wives were commanded by God to give their...

April 10, 2012

Emotional Incest: The Bottom Line

My last two posts, and indeed all my thinking on the subject has led me...

April 05, 2012

Emotional Incest: The Mama’s Boy and the Other Woman

I have already written about the ways that growing up in fundamentalist-evangelical culture made me...

April 04, 2012

Emotional Incest: The Junior Wife

Libby Anne has begun a series on Emotional Incest at Love, Joy, Feminism. In her...

February 2012

February 17, 2012

Divorce as Salvation

Growing up fundamentalist, I heard endless tirades about the importance of having a set of...

February 09, 2012

A Brief Comment on Divorce and the Bible

Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of...

February 06, 2012

(In)voluntary Submission

I've noticed a lot of comments on No Longer Quivering recently claiming that there's a...

September 2011

September 05, 2011

How to fake it like a Message girl

Women in the Message of the Hour are not allowed to wear makeup. They are...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Study time! Marriage, submission, and control in the Message

Let's take a walk down Message theology lane. Today's text is a relatively recent sermon...

October 24, 2010

Special Topic: Rejoice Ministries and the “D” word

Note: This message is edited and cross-posted from a thread on the NLQ Forums. After...

September 2010

September 26, 2010

Mythbusting the Message: Misogyny

William Branham's attitude toward women has already been the subject of much commentary. The Apologetics...

September 22, 2010

Love is corrective

The doctrine of "love is corrective" assumes that there is always an error to be...

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