A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog
A year ago today, my husband and I skyped with my parents, my brothers, and my sister-in-law to celebrate my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary and my mother’s 60th birthday. To honor my parents, I wrote one of my most popular posts to date: 30 Lessons My Parents Taught Me about Marriage. During the celebratory skype… [Read More]
According to the self-proclaimed relationship experts of the Internet, my marriage is doomed. Why? For one of the following reasons. 1) Dan and I met online. Apparently if you marry someone you met on a dating website, then you have not found true love and will have a higher chance of getting divorced. 2) We… [Read More]
Dan and I have been married for over 18 months. Wow! Time flies! Last year I shared 6 lessons I learned in my first 6 months of marriage. Today I want to let y’all in on a little secret. I have gleamed all the Christian relationship advice out there. It all boils down to a… [Read More]
I touched on Modesty Culture in both my post on why I wear a bikini and in my 101 post on Purity Culture. In religious circles, Modesty Culture is a subset of Purity Culture. However, Modesty Culture also pops up in secular conversation and public school dress codes. Then it’s not acting as part of… [Read More]
It’s been a few months since I last covered a topic under Feminism 101. It’s been even longer since my post explaining rape culture. If you need a reminder, I recommend you reread that post before continuing with Purity Culture. Purity Culture is a religious subset of rape culture. While Purity Culture is not limited to… [Read More]
Note: This is a response to Christians: the Most Silenced Group of All. Please note that I focus only on American Christians in this response, while the author seemingly writes from a broad perspective. However, she vaguely refers to American-specific situations, and she’s an American blogger. I’m an American Christian, one of the most privileged… [Read More]
