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July 2012

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...

July 08, 2012

Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 3

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

July 06, 2012

Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 2

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

July 06, 2012

Wifely Submission and Honoring, Cherishing and Loving Your Wife as Your Own Body

Leaders of the Christian Patriarchy Movement and their disciples (minor pastors who covet their attention)...

July 05, 2012

Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 1

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

June 2012

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

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 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 10, 2012

Rachel Held Evans: Is Patriarchy Really God’s Dream for the World?

Rachel Held Evans has just followed up the discussion linked in my last post with the literary...

June 09, 2012

Christian Patriarchy and Complementarianism: “Separate But Equal” Puts on Lipstick

Complementarianism is a lie. Yeah. It's fake. It doesn't exist. What does exist is patriarchy in...

June 07, 2012

New Spiritual Abuse Survivor Network at No Longer Quivering

Over the past year, survivors of spiritual abuse have been slowly connecting with one another,...

June 01, 2012

Modesty and False Empowerment

Wearing the hijab or dressing modestly (no low necklines and leaving miniskirts to models) can,...

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 26, 2012

Libby Anne: Raised Quiverfull Project

If you haven't checked out Libby Anne's "Raised Quiverfull" project yet, you're missing out! Raised...

May 25, 2012

Quick Hits: Modesty, LGBTQ, and “Honoring” Women

A North Carolina pastor's anti-gay tirade has gone viral on youtube. He proposes sending all...

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...

May 16, 2012

The Modesty Myth: a new series on From Two to One

Those who remember my series of posts on the modesty doctrine will appreciate the new "Modesty Myth" series...

May 14, 2012

The WHAS11 Louisville News story on William Branham and the Message: a review

I am very impressed with Mr. Wasler's coverage of the Message on WHAS11. It could...

May 14, 2012

Breaking: William Branham on the news

A friend just sent me a link to WHAS11 News, a Louisville program airing a...

May 08, 2012

Homeschooling: The Good

I liked being homeschooled. To this day, I have no problem with it. Nonetheless, I...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Essential Reads

Melissa at Permission to Live has just completed a phenomenal series about her journey with...

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...

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