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June 2015

June 09, 2015

12 Reasons Why You Can Totally Call God “Mother”

This is written in response to this laughable post published by fellow Patheos author Fr....

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Liberating Liturgies: Anselm of Canterbury, and Jesus Our Mother

Today's Liberating Liturgy comes from an interesting source: Anselm of Canterbury, a monk who lived...

September 17, 2014

Liberating Liturgies: A Creed and a Call

A Creed... Recently, while at work, I was thinking about the Apostles’ Creed, and how...

September 12, 2014

Purity Culture Doesn’t Want Men To Stop Getting Sex: It Wants Women To Stop Getting Power

Yesterday, I stumbled across an interesting blog post by David Murrow of "Church For Men." Interesting...

September 10, 2014

No, We’re Not All On The Same Side

"Why are you arguing with me? We're on the same side!" I've heard this a...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

#Marissa418: White Feminists, It’s Time To Question Our Trust In The Police

Carceral feminism tells us that the state is capable of reform and pushed women to...

August 07, 2014

Mark Driscoll Still Hates Women. Apology Not Accepted

Content Note: Mark Driscoll, sexism, homophobia, transmisogyny There’s a good chance you’ve heard by now that...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

#FaithFeminisms: I Know God Because I Know Feminism

I've heard many Christian feminists say that they are a feminist because of Jesus—because of...

July 11, 2014

“Bush Vs. Beard Contest:” Misogyny in Jesus Feminist Men

I'm glad that mainstream Evangelical Christianity is starting to talk about feminism and women's rights....

June 2014

June 06, 2014

This Guy Broke Up With His Girlfriend Using Only Memes (And I’m Not Laughing)

[Content Note: Death Threats, Shootings, Violence Against Women] Sometimes I click on click-bait. I admit...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Why I’d Choose Conservative Christianity Over Amanda Marcotte’s Feminism

[Content Note: Rape, Victim Blaming, Unjust Arrest] This Monday, popular feminist writer Amanda Marcotte wrote...

February 12, 2014

Was Jesus Progressive For His Time?

Liberal/progressive/leftist Christians like to paint Jesus as an exceptional figure who fought for human rights...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Can detachment from others serve life?

Calls for empathy and compassion toward oppressors and abusers are popular in American Christianity. I...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Stealing Sexy Calendars isn’t Jesus, and it isn’t Radical.

On December 4th, the editors at Jesus Radicals chose to publish a post that left...

December 19, 2013

#PlanetCCM: Relient K And Using CCM To Sell Sexism

Content Note: Victim Blaming, Body Shaming Dianna E. Anderson is hosting a synchroblog this week about contemporary...

November 2013

November 09, 2013

Must Reads!

Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In by bell hooks Sandberg’s work would not have captured the...

October 2013

October 03, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own:” Wrapping Things Up

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

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Must Reads!

Here are some important and/or interesting recent posts from around the blogosphere. Also, as always,...

September 26, 2013

Rape Culture: It’s Not Just For Christian Dating Books!

Content Note: Rape Culture As I wrote my You Are Not Your Own series over...

September 12, 2013

A little more on the “selfish wives” that say no.

I firmly believe in a person's right to say no to marital sex. Marriage is...

August 2013

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 21, 2013

I Don’t Care If You Call Yourself A Feminist, Part 1

In my time on the feminist internets, I often hear arguments for why EVERYONE should...

August 05, 2013

Maybe God is a “bitch”

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

July 2013

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 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 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 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 27, 2013

When the moral arc of the universe feels more like a roller-coaster

Martin Luther King Jr. (paraphrasing Theodore Parker) once said, "The arc of the moral universe...

June 25, 2013

Guidelines for a holistic sexual ethic, part 2

The other day, I talked about how I've noticed over the past few months many...