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August 2018

August 03, 2018

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

Writing about sex is hard. Heh. And it's not just because the innuendos keep coming...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Lies the Church Told Us About Sex

Growing up in church, you hear an awful lot of things about sex that just...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

I Let My Husband Rape Me, and Here’s Why…

I've spent the last few weeks wondering if I should own this story or if...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

Bearing False Witness…Against Yourself

If you grew up in the Christian church, you probably have heard people speak of “testifying...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Sexual Purity: What They Said vs. What We Learned

I had a very eye-opening conversation with my mom recently. We were talking about my...

April 19, 2016

Escaping A Culture of Repentance

I was fourteen years old when an older boy showed up on my street. I often...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Breasts Are Sinful, Little Girl

My religious upbringing included a message about breasts that can be summed up like this:...

March 21, 2016

The Twins of Shame: Self-Esteem and Being Told To Cover Up

Imagine young girls and the women they are supposed to look up to as educators,...

March 16, 2016

5 Harmful Religious Ideas I Had to Unlearn about Sex

My Pentecostal background was not as extreme as Kim Davis’s, but I did grow up...

March 13, 2016

Why Sex May Be the Greatest Threat to Christianity

I recently tweeted something of an epiphany and I'd like to take a minute to unpack...

March 12, 2016

My Mother’s Challenge

It was a bright and sunny day and we were tourists on the streets of...

March 11, 2016

Finding a Kink in Your Marital Intimacy

I am a big believer in continual self improvement. When I was a Christian--as a...

March 09, 2016

Beauty to Ashes: How Sexual Shame Nearly Killed Me

As I entered into adulthood I experienced the deepest turmoil and pain of my life....

February 2016

February 28, 2016

A Brief History of Me and My Buddy

Some rights reserved by stallio (derivative work) I grew up in the purity culture of...

February 26, 2016

Autistic, Bisexual, and Afraid

I feel that I've been luckier than most in my experience of growing up a...

February 03, 2016

The Worst Sex Education: Not Talking About It at All

[Today's guest post is written by Karen Garst, former Executive Director of the Oregon State Bar...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Bacon, Sex, and Why Your Condemnation Doesn’t Stick

It has taken me a long time to become confident enough to write publicly about...

January 29, 2016

10 Things You’re Taught Growing Up as a Christian Woman

When you're a young woman growing up in conservative Christianity---or in a culture heavily influenced...

January 27, 2016

Removing the Fig Leaf: A New Blog About Sexuality Without Shame

Abrahamic faiths have never been very big on celebrating the human body. While some religions...

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