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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...

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 27, 2012

What’s the point of you? The absurdity of defining people by their reproductive organs.

"You'll save him. You always do," says Amelia Pond to the Doctor. "Not always," he...

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...

October 18, 2012

Adventures in Egalitarian Marriage, Part One: Mrs. Who?

"Is your husband home?" I wasn't prepared to answer that question. If my neighbors' wide,...

October 17, 2012

Evangelical Christian Marriage: Hawking the Product

In evangelical Christian culture, marriage is a commodity. Marriage books are sold like gardening manuals...

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 21, 2012

Gospel Coalition’s Jared C. Wilson issues an apology for Doug Wilson post; Rachel Held Evans accepts

Breaking: Whether or not the ripples of the Doug Wilson drama have truly subsided yet,...

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 18, 2012

Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 2

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

July 16, 2012

Sexuality Project: Life Outside the Bubble, Q. 1

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

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

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 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 28, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 6

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

June 27, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Qs. 3, 4 and 5

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

June 26, 2012

Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2

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

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...

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 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 14, 2012

Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Three: Finding Unconditional Love Outside the Church

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

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