Some of my favorite bloggers/writers are Christian feminists. Not all feminists understand my faith, and not all Christians understand even the most basic feminist concept of gender equality. Christian feminists are my people. They get me. They get God. They don’t try to put men and women into a box, and they definitely don’t place limits on the glory and power of God.
Kelly of The Lady Errant and Kiersten of She Is Fierce asked me for my feminist book/film/music/site recommendations. I’m putting my own twist on this month’s link-up and sharing my Christian feminist recommendations.
Back in November, I included three Christian feminists in my list of Feminist Role Models. I’ll just briefly repeat them here. Rachel Held Evans, Dianna Anderson, and Sarah Bessey are three incredible and inspiring writers.
A few months ago, I also mentioned how Danielle Vermeer has opened my eyes to unsafe labor conditions across the globe, often in factories that produce the goods we buy in America. I hope her blog will encourage you to buy less and make more ethical shopping decisions.
Emily Maynard writes beautiful prose with daring thoughts about God’s love for all people, men and women. In “God Has a Body,” she describes the alienation she often felt as a female Christian worshiping a “male” God. I particularly love everything she’s written on Modesty Culture.
Sarah Moon is a queer feminist who escaped fundamentalism. Out of all her writing, her critiques of Christian dating books are my favorite. I would love to meet her before Dan and I leave Ohio, since she lives less than an hour away.
Samantha Field describes herself as a Christian bisexual intersectional feminist. At Defeating the Dragons, she writes about fundamentalism and spiritual abuse. She also has a great series in which she reads and reviews Christian books on relationships and marriage.
You might be familiar with Micah J. Murray’s viral posts “How Feminism Hurts Men,” “What I Wish Women Knew About Men,” and “Why I Can’t Say Love the Sinner/Hate the Sin Anymore.” His writing makes me laugh while it makes me think.
I haven’t been reading Christena Cleveland’s blog as long as some of these other writers. The wonderful benefit of blogs and social media is how following one interesting person reveals more interesting people. A womanist, Christena writes about social justice and racial reconciliation.
Becca Rose blogs at Bookworm Beauty, but her work can also be seen on other websites. Her vulnerable critique of Modesty Culture brought me to tears. I also love her posts on dating and singleness.
Bonus: I’m a Christian feminist blogger! While many of my posts are generally feminist or generally Christian, I am working to write more specifically on Christian feminism. Feel free to read what I’ve done so far.
- Intersections of Faith, Feminism, and Freedom
- How Can One Person Make the World a Better Place?
- I’m Thankful I’m White, or When Are Blessings Actually Privilege?
Are you linking up with Kiersten and Kelly today? Do you have any Christian feminist recommendations for me? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Heh, that was the first time I read Micah J. Murray’s viral post “How Feminism Hurts Men.” It’s always wonderful to read men who aren’t defensive about feminism and actually seem to get it.
Yeah, he definitely understands feminism. 🙂 I’ve enjoyed most of his writing, but just shared a few highlights.
As a Christian Feminist who is seeking to expand her reading on Christianity and Feminism, I really appreciate this post. Will be bookmarking. Thanks for sharing, Brita! 🙂
Yay, I’m happy I can help!
I just went and checked out Bookworm Beauty. Can’t wait to get sucked into her archives!
She’s so talented. I love her writing.
I can’t wait to check some of these out! I’m definitely not a Christian myself, but I love seeing the different types of feminists and ways we can discuss that.
I definitely appreciate secular feminists willing to read the works of religious feminists. Change can only happen from within. Christians don’t really care what non-Christians think of them (unless they’re whining about persecution in America…), so religion needs feminists within the belief system to change the patriarchal problems.