Let me cut straight to the chase. If you earnestly plead with me that good Christian women should just cover up to help their frail, weak, pathetic Christian brothers not to lust, I will still bother to refute your points with as much politeness as I can muster. But if you offer up the ridiculous,… [Read More]
Can We Just Stop with the Bad Relationship Advice Already?
When I wrote about bad dating advice a few months ago, I had initially planned on sharing ALL the bad advice on heterosexual romantic entanglements. That is, not just dating, but relationships, sex, and marriage. Only after I started writing that post did I realize the sheer volume of bad advice I’ve received–or my friends… [Read More]
Feminism 101: An Introduction to Privilege
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]
Gone Girl Review: Book vs. Film
I never had any intention of reading Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, but when Dan and I flew out for my brother’s wedding in October, I forgot to pack my iPad. No books for the entire weekend?! At the airport bookstore, I picked up Gone Girl, basically the only option that appealed to me at all…. [Read More]
Stop Sharing Horrible Dating Advice
I’ve received a lot of well-meaning, but extremely misguided relationship advice over the years. At first, I thought it was just me. If you only know me through my blog, then you might not realize that I married my first boyfriend. I was perpetually single until I met him, just a few months after my… [Read More]
Feminism 101: Everyday Sexism in My Life
TW: gendered slurs I know a feminist dictionary might seem like a weird choice for my first Feminism 101 post. But everyone has to start somewhere, and I really wanted my readers to understand the difference between two easily confused words. Misogyny and sexism are not exactly the same thing. Misogyny is intentional. It is… [Read More]