Tell us we’re not strong enough. But you’re wrong.
Some people out there say that Christianity is for men, because our God came to earth as a man. He was brutally executed on a cross and there was blood and guts and other bad-ass manly things. Some...
View ArticleHappy International Women’s Day and Feminist Coming Out Day!
March 8th is an exciting day! First of all, it’s my wonderful partner’s 28th birthday (Happy Birthday, Abe!). Second, it’s National Colon Cleansing Day (Remember! A clean colon is a happy colon). And...
View ArticleComplementarianism’s ugly relationship with rape
[Trigger warning: rape apologism] [Update: I've changed some mentions of "evangelical leaders" to "complementarian leaders" to clarify that I am referring specifically to complementarians in this post....
View ArticleWould Father’s Day be different?
Would Father’s Day be different . . . If Christianity wasn’t preaching that, not only are they allowed to hit their children, but they must hit their children in order to be good fathers? If...
View ArticleRacism, Dehumanization, and Trayvon Martin
Trigger Warning: Racism, dehumanization, discussion of racial violence and the George Zimmerman case I’ve spent a few blog posts recently talking about the way that the patriarchal mindsets in some...
View Article“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 sexual assault in Christian relationship/dating books Trigger Warning for rape, sexual assault Note: this research...
View ArticleIf Jesus is Lord, then Caesar is not.
Last night at church, my pastor talked about the phrase “Jesus is Lord,” and what that phrase means. After church, a fellow church goer was wanting to start a conversation about what “Jesus is Lord”...
View ArticleLove 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 to be included in my “You Are Not Your Own” series, but had to be cut due to time...
View ArticleModest Is Hottest: A Guest Post for No Shame Movement
Today, I’m over at No Shame Movement sharing my story about growing up in Christian purity culture. Check it out! Also, be sure to read the other stories at NSM, and follow No Shame Movement on...
View ArticlePurity Culture Doesn’t Want Men To Stop Getting Sex: It Wants Women To Stop...
Yesterday, I stumbled across an interesting blog post by David Murrow of “Church For Men.” Interesting in that it is revealing of the way Christian purity culture operates. Purity Culture claims to be...
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