Even When It’s Not on ‘The List’
I think Olivia Pope was wrong about herself on last night’s “Scandal.” I don’t think she wants painful love (which would also be oxymoronic love.) I think she just wants what she wants, even when it’s not on The List. You know, The List of All the Things That Indicate A Black Woman’s Life is [...]
Bringing Black Churches into Reproductive Justice
(For the first Faith & Feminism Friday of 2013, I’m a guest contributor on the “Feminism and Religion” blog. The post starts below and continues there.) I don’t expect to hear anything in church about the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade during the month of January, the month marking 40 years since the U.S. [...]
There’s Something about Mary
I have a problem with obedience—not necessarily the action, but the idea of it. Obedience implies acts done with or without willingness, despite questions and absent protest. If you’re a fan of this blog, you know I question stuff all the time, sometimes just for the heck of it. That’s why something about Mary, the [...]
Pretty Biblical
Sometimes I read posts written as responses to something unusual and esoteric written online and wonder how the respondent found the original elusive piece in the first place. And then in spite of myself, both pieces make me think about my own experiences and its broader applications. So went my mind as I read Britni [...]
Called to Love in Election 2012
“to be ‘feminist’ in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.” –bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman For this last Faith and Feminism Friday post before the 2012 election, I want to point you to a conversation with bell [...]
God’s Gift of Rape – The Reprise
I’ve already addressed “God’s gift of rape,” but since Indiana republican senate candidate Richard Mourdock has put the phrase back in the news, I’ve had more discussions about it. A friend who is anti-abortion and Christian but also against making abortion illegal, against the GOP in general and against Mourdock and other republican nominees who [...]
Where the Men Never Ended and Could Begin Again Part 2
In part 1, I talked about Hanna Rosin’s book The End of Men and the Rise of Women and suggested that black male leadership in various church ministries could have enormous benefits for black men and black communities. The black church can be an effective place to prepare leaders—leaders that, for better or for worse, communities turn to [...]
My Thing With Things Against Submission
Last Saturday, for the first time ever, I went to a wedding and took notes. I think most single women who consider getting married one day take a mental note of the colors, décor, the bride’s gown, and what they would or wouldn’t like to repeat in their own ceremony. But I took out my [...]
Where the Men Never Ended and Could Begin Again
In her book, The End of Men, author and The Atlantic editor Hanna Rosin explores how the “mancession” and changing economy have affected relationship dynamics between men and women, the decisions we make about marriage and family, and more generally, our culture and sense of identity. Women outnumber men in the workforce and there are [...]
When Christianity and Feminism Don’t Get Along
The following is part of a real text conversation that took place February 2, 2012. ME: Did u know the “punishment” for men who rape virgins in the O.T. is they get a bride at a discount? Bill1phd: Well… there was also a death penalty if the virgin was engaged ME: But only if she [...]
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