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July 2014

July 14, 2014

Lauren Winner’s Real Sex, and the Church’s Responsibility to Single Parents

If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you’ll know I have...

March 2014

March 05, 2014

The Answer To Sexual Shame is Not MORE Sexual Shame, Carson T. Clark

[Content Note: Sexual and Spiritual Abuse] When I was 16, I dated an abuser who...

December 2013

December 07, 2013

The Magical Marriage Switch

[Content Note: Marital Sexual Coercion] Purity culture Christians like to think of marriage as something...

November 2013

November 23, 2013

Complementarianism is a scam.

I'm still reading through the book Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. Dr. Eggerichs is, obviously,...

October 2013

October 05, 2013

Once Upon a Cheap Hotel Room

Content Note: Brief Mentions of Rape/Sexual Abuse [Disclaimer: This is a story of my personal...

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 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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Guidelines for a holistic sexual ethic, part 3

If you haven't read my other two posts on sexual ethics, I suggest you do...

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...

June 23, 2013

Guidelines for a holistic sexual ethic, part 1

I know I told you the other day that I would be too busy to...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

Love and the mystery of men and women

I've been reading bell hook's book All About Love: New Visions. In it, she stresses the importance...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

In which I ruin the sanctity of marriage.

If it were 1958, I would be ruining the sanctity of marriage. See, I am...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

“Unwilling Desperado:” A guest post!

Today's guest post is from my good friend, Abe Kobylanski. I hope you'll enjoy his...