A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog
I talk about privilege a lot. White privilege, male privilege, class privilege, able-bodied privilege–you name it, I talk about it. But aside from the definition I listed in my Feminism 101 glossary, what is privilege, and what is it not? Most of the time, privilege is something you’re born with. You either have it… [Read More]
I’m not a big fan of platitudes. I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe in God’s plan for me, but I don’t need a saccharine platitude when I’m hurting. Don’t tell me life will get better when life is hard now. It’s been a really, really hard year, easily the hardest year… [Read More]
I found this post more difficult to write than expected. I have a somewhat wonderful problem: my life is filled with feminist role models. I have put together a very incomplete list of feminists who have inspired me from childhood to today, loosely grouped by category. My Earliest Feminist Role Models A list of my… [Read More]
The most famous libertarian has run for president three times: once as the Libertarian Party candidate and twice as a Republican primary candidate. Ron Paul might be counted among Republicans, but we all know he’s a libertarian. Just because you’re registered as a Republican doesn’t mean you have to vote for them. Last week I… [Read More]
A few weeks ago I wrote the most politically-neutral post I will possibly ever write. And it still leaned feminist libertarian, because that’s how I roll. Today, however, and next week, I appeal to Democrats and to Republicans to think outside the two-party system. I challenge all US voters to research third-party candidates, especially libertarian… [Read More]
True or false. You only need to vote in the presidential election. FALSE. If you live in a red state or a blue state, your vote in the presidential election doesn’t actually matter (unless you vote third-party, which will help future third-party candidates). The rest of your state will overwhelmingly vote Republican or Democrat, so your… [Read More]
