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September 2013

September 23, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” Is Rape Just Another “Sexual Sin?”

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

September 20, 2013

I write from my wounds and they don’t hear Jesus

Today I saw a tweet by a liberal (?), progressive (?), doesn't-think-gay-people-should-have-sex-but-probably-changed-their-FB-profile-picture-to-the-HRC-logo-a-few-months-ago (yeah, that's it)...

September 17, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” When Metaphors For Sex Sound A Lot Like Like Rape

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

September 10, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” Only Selfish Wives Say No

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

September 06, 2013

On Hugo Schwyzer and Christianity’s Open Door Policy for Abusers

Trigger Warning: Abuse apologism, murder/suicide, Hugo Schwyzer We have to talk about Hugo Schwyzer. If...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” People Belong To Their Partners…Even Before Marriage

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

August 26, 2013

If Jesus is Lord, then Caesar is not.

Last night at church, my pastor talked about the phrase "Jesus is Lord," and what...

August 20, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” People Belong To Their Partners

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

August 05, 2013

Maybe God is a “bitch”

In the months following my decision to leave fundamentalism for good, I began to shy...

August 02, 2013

Yup, the REAL problem with the church is Millennials saying “YOLO”

I'm going to start out by saying that I actually go to a church, and...

August 01, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” Unmarried Women Belong to Their Parents

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

When Anger Saved My Life

Trigger Warning for Descriptions of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, Self Injury, and Rape. I...

July 26, 2013

I don’t know, why do you tell your daughters to dress modestly?

Trigger Warning for Modesty Culture B.S. and Benevolent Sexism. Also, I used more swear words...

July 25, 2013

From the archives: A Church “Building Project” that Made a Difference

This post was originally published on December 7, 2012 Many churches get super excited about...

July 23, 2013

Learning the Words: Justice

The blog Defeating the Dragons (by fellow ex-fundamentalist, Samantha) is running a series of guest...

July 21, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” Women are objects, or weaker animals

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

July 15, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” Men Are Animals

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

July 11, 2013

You Are Not Your Own: Benevolent Sexism as the Solution to Hostile Sexism

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

July 08, 2013

Privilege, oppression, and being “nice”

Imagine you're standing there, minding your own business, and all of a sudden someone steps...

July 05, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” So, whose are you?

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

July 02, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own” Series: Religion and Rape Myth Acceptance

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

June 2013

June 09, 2013

When my abuser is welcome at the table, I am not.

It's the cool thing in more progressive branches of Christianity now to talk about how...

June 08, 2013

God as a woman, seeking out the marginalized

One of the most popular images of God in the Bible is the image of...

June 05, 2013

There are little lights everywhere.

I used to believe that the Church was the light of the world. A beacon...

June 05, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own” Series: On Traditional Gender Roles and Dehumanization

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

June 03, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own” Series: On Hostile and Benevolent Sexism

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

On glittery boobs and translating clothing into meaning

Trigger Warnings on this post and the links in it for rape and violence against...

May 24, 2013

Is there room for other perspectives in the evangelical conversation against purity culture?

Today, @mslooola, who I follow on the Twitters (#FF her for more great tweets on...

May 23, 2013

On gaslighting.

Trigger Warning: Verbal Abuse, Gaslighting He called me a slut. I remember it so clearly...

May 20, 2013

What is a Rape Myth?

This post is part of a series called "You Are Not Your Own," focusing on rape...