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September 2014

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...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Why Do We Blame The Victim?: We Want To Control Others’ Behavior

This is my third, and final post in a series I’ve been doing about victim...

July 07, 2014

Why Do We Blame the Victim?: We Don’t Want to Face Our Responsibility and Privilege

This is post number two in a series I'm working on about why we tend...

December 2013

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...

December 10, 2013

Love And R-E-S-P-E-C-T

As regular readers know, I've recently read the Christian marriage book, Love and Respect (which was supposed...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Privilege in Christian Pacifism: What Counts as Violence?

This is my third piece in a series about the problems that privilege brings to...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

I watched John Piper and Douglas Wilson Talk About “Homosexuality, Abortion, and Race” for TWO HOURS

(Update: Now with 100% more Ron Swanson gifs, inspired by my Facebook friend Neal) Pray...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Must Reads!

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

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...

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 22, 2013

Racism, Dehumanization, and Trayvon Martin

Trigger Warning: Racism, dehumanization, discussion of racial violence and the George Zimmerman case I've spent...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Tony Jones, Peter Rollins, and the trend of “don’t call me racist!”

I've noticed a trend among white, straight, academic cis men in so-called progressive or emergent...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Crucifixion and Liberation

[Trigger warnings for abuse, rape, and violence against oppressed groups] I recently wrote a blog...

March 11, 2013

Must reads!

Lots of posts that I want to share this week. I hope you'll check them...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Must Reads!

It's been awhile since I've had the time to sit down and post links to...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

A quote for today…

I'm having trouble today, writing words. When I try to set the words free through...

November 2012

November 03, 2012

The founding fathers get a free pass. The feminists? Not so much.

It is more than acceptable in our society to quote one of the founding fathers...

October 2012

October 06, 2012

All of who we are

When I first started dating my now-fiance, I had just recently begun calling myself a...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Whose knowledge? Whose power?

Here's an interesting quote I found while reading the book Feminist Research Practice, by Sharlene...

March 2012

March 17, 2012

Joseph Kony is famous. Trayvon Martin is not.

White Evangelical Christians love African children. Two years at Grace College (a predominantly white Grace...