As an ex church-goer, living in one of the least church-going parts of the country, it’s easy for me to forget about church as a potential answer to the question “where on earth do people get these bizarre and terrible ideas?” The last time I attended an evangelical church, aContinue Reading
So what is patriarchy, anyway? This is an area where the Quiverfull version is, at least, honest, openly declaring itself to be pushing patriarchy and setting itself against feminism. Secular anti-feminists — the informal kind you run into on the Internet, anyway — are in the habit of denying thatContinue Reading
The Christian patriarchy has a plan for world domination that involves out-reproducing feminists, liberals, heathens, secular humanists, etc. This plan is very white-America-centric. It also assumes that each subsequent generation has no apostates who leave the faith. Evangelicals typically believe in a literal hell which only their particular version ofContinue Reading
I finished reading Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement by Kathryn Joyce (2009). I was looking for additional insight into the kinds of experiences Abby might have had growing up in a family cult based on patriarchy doctrine teachings, such as Quiverfull. The book was informative, but I found readingContinue Reading
I started writing this back when Mark Driscoll was still head of Mars Hill Church and Mars Hill Church was still a thing. I set it aside when he resigned, thinking perhaps it wasn’t relevant anymore. But grifters gotta grift, I guess, and there seems to be no level ofContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 9 of 9. VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!!!! ) Let’s see, where were we? I believe our essayist was insisting that his erotic preferences are, in fact, the obvious and objectively correct default for the entirety of the humanContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 8 of 9. Really? We’re not done yet? Good lord. ) When we left off, we were talking about feminism-as-cult. So why are the ladies in despair? Why do they commit suicide in record numbers? Is itContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 7 of 9. I… I don’t know if I can make it after all… let me just lie here… and die… ) When we left off, our essayist was explaining the conspiracy to take over the country forContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 6 of 9. I can taste victory!) When we left off, Mr. Wright was talking about how unrealistic he finds women in film who can kick your butt. He goes on: I have never seen a sceneContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 5 of 9. We’re in the home stretch now!) Earlier in the essay, we were treated to the spectacle of our essayist pretending he didn’t understand the dictionary definition of sexism. So, he redefined it to something he personallyContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 4 of 9. We’re almost halfway there!) Back to our deconstruction of the essay, we briefly diverge into something that isn’t detailing exactly the ways in which our essayist believes that women are different from men. Instead,Continue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 3 of 9. See, we’re a third of the way through already!) So, here’s what we’ve got so far: Mr. Wright believes that “strong female character” is code for “masculine female character” and that this is aContinue Reading
(Saving the world from Strong Female Characters so you don’t have to, Part 2 of 9. Don’t panic!) When we left off, Mr. Wright was in the middle of detailing his idealized feminine qualities. Diving back in, we get to: The female spirit is [..] deep in understanding rather thanContinue Reading