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November 2014

November 19, 2014

#TheNewPacifism: Preston Sprinkle, and the Cost of “Privileged Pacifism”

It's that time of year again! My friend Rod is hosting the second annual #TheNewPacifism synchroblog...

September 2014

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...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

On Proverbs, Job, and Why Victim Blaming is Next to Blasphemy

I've been taking a class on the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, and reading both the...

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 10, 2014

On Bob Jones University, and Letting Survivors Speak

Content Note: Rape, Sexual Assault Growing up expecting to go to Bob Jones University today...

February 06, 2014

Not So Fast, The Daily Beast: The Radical Act of Trusting Children

Content Note: Discussion of sexual assault, victim blaming This is my second piece in response...

February 03, 2014

Not So Fast, The Daily Beast: On Rape Myths and Those Slutty, Gossipy Women

Content Note: Discussion of sexual assault, victim blaming This is a response to a piece...

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...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

Privilege in Christian Pacifism: Privileged Pacifism’s Worldview Problem

This is my fourth, and final (probably...for now at least) piece on some of the...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Embodied Faith is a Faith I Can Live With

Today, I'm guest posting at Suzannah Paul's blog on the topic of Embodied Faith. This...

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 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...

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 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...

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 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 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 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 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 20, 2013

What is a Rape Myth?

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

May 07, 2013

Elizabeth Smart, chewed gum, roses, cars, and me.

Trigger Warning for Rape, Sexual Assault, and "Slut Shaming" As you may have seen, this...

May 06, 2013

New blog series on Patheos!

In case you missed yesterday's announcement, this blog has moved to the Patheos blogging network!...

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...

December 2011

December 13, 2011

So, what about the men?

1 in 6 boys will be sexually assaulted by age 18.* 1 in 33 men...