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July 2014

July 10, 2014

Beautiful, Beautiful Bitterness

The other morning, I came across a tweet from a self-identified “theobrogian,” calling for ex-fundamentalist...

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...

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...

January 07, 2014

Proverbs of Ashes: “What If This Is Not True?”

I am tired of the ways Christian theology is used, over and over and over...

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 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 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 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 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 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...

June 2013

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...

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...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

What is a Rape Myth?

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

May 15, 2013

Can you love others if you can’t love yourself?

Trigger Warning for discussions of depression and suicide Today on Twitter, someone that I follow...

May 06, 2013

New Series on Rape and Sexual Assault in Christian Dating Books: “You Are Not Your Own”

If you're a regular reader from my old address at SarahOverTheMoon.com, or if you follow...

April 2013

April 27, 2013

Guest Post for Alise Write

Hi friends! My research project is done, my exams are finished, and (though I still...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Feminisms Fest: I need feminism because there is no love without justice.

When I heard that Preston Yancey, Danielle Vermeer, and J.R. Goudeau were hosting a three-day blog...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Do Gender Roles Cause Unrealistic Expectations for Relationships?

I wrote a guest post for Kevin Olenick about how the gender roles I learned...

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...

September 2012

September 04, 2012

Unseduced and Unshaken: A Book Review

The following is a book review of Rosalie de Rosset's book, Unseduced and...

February 2012

February 14, 2012

Last Valentine’s Day…

Last Valentine's Day was hard. I had had plans, of course. I was going to...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Weekend links!

Here are a few of my favorite moments from the internet this week! Enjoy! "Five...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

Continued thoughts on Nice Guy Syndrome

I recently wrote a post about Harold Lauder, a character from Stephen King's The Stand. I...

October 2011

October 25, 2011

My deepest, darkest secret

As long-time readers of my blog (you folks are awesome!) already know, I've dedicated this...

October 13, 2011

The subtle signs of relationship abuse

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Are you aware of domestic violence? Of course you...

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...

September 17, 2011

Is the church a few steps behind?

I've never heard a pastor talk positively about the feminist movement. But when I read...

September 05, 2011

Thoughts and feelings

The following is an exchange between Sarah the Thinker and Sarah the Feeler. Feeler parts...