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Love is what “we” do; sex is what “they” do
Justin Lee, executive director of the Gay Christian Network, has just written an excellent post using The Lion King to illustrate the unequal terms in which evangelical Christians (in this case, his...
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Evangelical Christian Marriage: Hawking the Product
In evangelical Christian culture, marriage is a commodity. Marriage books are sold like gardening manuals or cheat sheets for the SATs. The sales pitch for marriage in Christian culture is more intense...
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Adventures in Egalitarian Marriage, Part One: Mrs. Who?
“Is your husband home?” I wasn’t prepared to answer that question. If my neighbors’ wide, gently sloping rooftops with huge antennae sprouting out like pine branches hadn’t been enough to make me feel...
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Further thoughts on disability and abortion, by request
A pregnant woman on a beach. If only the realities of pregnancy were always so serene. I’ve been asked to consider this topic again, as Meghan has decided to make it the launching point for a blog...
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Sexuality Project: Sex Education and the Body, Q. 2
The following is an installment of the Religious Fundamentalism and Sexuality Project. Read the previous installment here. You are also invited to join the project. Young Lindsay Lohan making a face....
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Columbine, martyrs, and growing up NRA at the end of the world
This morning, a deranged attacker opened fire in a Connecticut school, killing tens of children and adults. Little else is known right now about this particular shooting, although it’s another episode...
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Guns an equalizer?
Not me. A question occurred to me as I proofread my last post about how my father’s violence and gun ownership gave him unnatural power in the household: Why didn’t guns make me feel safer? After all,...
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Adventures in Egalitarian Marriage: On the Rocks, Please
A man wearing a gemstone ring on his pinky. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve found engagement rings totally perplexing. The part about them being symbols of love and commitment made sense. I got...
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You can’t stop the reign of guns and patriarchy without talking about religion
A gun, a Bible, and the Declaration of Independence: a poisonous American cocktail. Americans have come to expect certain conversations after public shooting incidents. It’s a stain on our national...
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The Fistfight Fallacy: rape culture’s ahistorical premise
Stick figure of a caveman, from wikimedia commons. Trigger warning: I’m fighting back against a rape apologist’s claim, and some of this material may be triggering. Inevitably, when you write about...
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