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Beliefnet Tells Writer She Can’t Use the Word ‘Feminist’ in Her Blog’s Title...

My blogging-buddy Libby Anne has a blog header that looks like this:Love. Joy. Feminism. Cool!Another Patheos blogger writes about the intersection of feminism and her faith:No big deal, right?Well,...

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A Review of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters: Sympathy for the Witch

This is a guest post by Sara Lin Wilde. Sara is a Toronto-dwelling Canadian writer working towards publishing her first novel. You can also find her on Twitter.(There are spoilers in the review...

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Sex-Ed Bill Proposes Funding For Pro-LGBT, Pro-Contraception Programs

A new sex education bill would reward programs that reject gender stereotypes, reach out to LGBT students, and teach a range of birth control methods.It’s almost as if Congress is doing something right...

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A Response to Pastor My-Wife-Has-To-Cook-Three-Awesome-Meals-a-Day

You all remember Pastor Steven Anderson‘s ultra-offensive and misogynistic sermon on the qualities of a “virtuous woman” (a.k.a. The greatest sermon *ever*). I wrote about it here.The folks at...

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North Dakota ‘Personhood’ Bill Targets Roe v. Wade

North Dakota’s war against women gets worse every day.Earlier this month, the Republican-dominated state senate passed a “personhood” bill giving legal rights to human embryos, all but outlawing...

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Christian Pastor: Women Should Have No Say in How Our Country is Run

Pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona is back with another one of his offensive, misogynistic sermons! (His sermon about how his wife cooks for him was incredibly...

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An Exclusive Excerpt from God and Boobs

Robert H. Schuller is best known as the founder of both the Hour of Power television program and the Crystal Cathedral. He’s easily ranked among the kings of televangelism.That’s why it’s a something...

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Christian Pastor: I Carry My Wife Around the House Every Day to Show Her...

Our favorite misogynistic pastor, Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, is back to tell us about his morning rituals with his family. (His previous sermons include one...

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This Must Be What the Religious Right Thinks We Do…

Well, it’s finally happened. They leaked the video of a secret meeting between the atheists, feminists, gays, and evolutionists:(via SMBC Theater)

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Boston College Prohibits Condom Distribution On Campus

Boston College is a university, and a fairly good one at that. It’s a Catholic institution, stating that it “is committed to maintaining and strengthening the Jesuit, Catholic mission of the...

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A Torrent of Atheism-Related Books Is About to Be Unleashed

I said yesterday that the “New Atheists” helped revive a movement that has since grown in both size and scope.Here’s even more evidence of that: The number of books being written about atheism are...

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Christian Pastor: Feminists Really Just Want a Man to Put Them in Their Place

I was going to stop watching sermons by our friend Pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. But then I saw that the subject of his most recent talk was 1...

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What Does It Really Mean for Women to be ‘Free & Equal’? A Talk by Ayaan...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently spoke at the Sydney Opera House-hosted All About Women conference about how everyone ought to condemn cultural practices such as honor killings, forced marriage, and female...

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Christian Pastor: Some Women Are Like Chinese Water Torture

Last night, I watched a sermon given by a fundamentalist Christian pastor talking about complementarianism, where only men can be the leaders in the church and home. I know some of you are sick of...

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Are Religions Unfair to Women? Yes, but This Debate is Still Worth Watching

The Big Questions is a BBC show that tackles you-know-what. The most recent episode asked “Are religions unfair to women?”You can watch the show below:One highlight: Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Shmuel...

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Are We Really Still Debating This?

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Faculty Speaker at Public School Graduation: ‘We Don’t Need More Women as CEOs’

On June 2nd, Peter Heck, a social studies teacher at Eastern High School in Greentown, Indiana, gave a controversial commencement speech at the school’s graduation ceremony. Among other things, he made...

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BuzzFeed: The 21 Things Atheist Girls Love

Buzzfeed’s Natasha Vargas-Cooper has compiled a listicle of 21 Things Atheist Girls Love. What’s on the list? Here’s a glimpse: We should keep in mind this is all about entertainment and it’s not to be...

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The Women of ‘New Atheism’ Are All Around Us

For whatever reason, Salon loves to take digs at the New Atheist authors and the atheist movement in general. The latest salvo is Katie Engelhart‘s piece asking, “Where are the women of New Atheism?”...

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Charisma Editor: Stop Tempting Me With Cleavage! OH THE HUMANITY!

Charisma News, an online news resource for “passionate, Spirit-filled Christians,” recently published an article about how women need to stop tempting men in church with their cleavage: Here’s Shawn A....

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