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April 2013
April 25, 2013
The Fistfight Fallacy: rape culture’s ahistorical premise
Trigger warning: I'm fighting back against a rape apologist's claim, and some of this material...
February 2013
February 08, 2013
What my feminism is, and why I’m not okay with “mansplaining”
I grew up on anti-feminist propaganda. I heard that they were ball-busting man-haters before I...
January 2013
January 05, 2013
Prospect.org: Purity Culture is Rape Culture
Trigger warning: The linked article contains a graphic description of gang rape. In fact, the...
January 03, 2013
Are you part of the pants, pants revolution?
2012-13 is the Winter of the Pants. Will you join the party? On December 16,...
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...
November 2012
November 06, 2012
I Voted! (Suck it, Mr. Branham.)
Growing up fundamentalist, I was reminded on a near monthly basis that I shouldn't be...
October 2012
October 24, 2012
Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2
The following is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. Read the previous...
August 2012
August 30, 2012
Ann Romney’s Gendered Martyrdom: “Women and Children First”?
Credit isn't all it's cracked up to be. I'm not talking about your credit score...
July 2012
July 27, 2012
Doug Wilson Continues Attention-Seeking Rants Against Rachel Held Evans, Feminists
I blame Libby Anne for sharing this link and making me write despite my sore wrist!...
July 21, 2012
Misogynist Pastor Doug Wilson Continues Gaslighting His Critics
Gaslighting is a term derived from the 1944 film Gaslight. Here's an excerpt from the...
July 19, 2012
Doug Wilson’s Daughters Defend Him by Attacking Rachel Held Evans
Them's Fightin' Words and Daddy Issues are the responses of Bekah and Rachel (Lizzie), daughters of Doug...
July 19, 2012
Trigger warning for rape and sexual abuse. Jared Wilson unwittingly set off a flare in...
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 11, 2012
Sexuality Project: Questioning, Q. 1
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...
July 09, 2012
Sexuality Project: Romantic Relationships, Q. 5
This is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. You can read the full...
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 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 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 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 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 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 08, 2012
Azizatu Nafsiha: Coming Into My Own
Saliha at Azizatu Nafsiha has begun to write a beautiful, thoughtful series about wrestling with faith and...
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
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...
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