Category: christianity

Falwell Shows Patriarchy’s True Colors

ByRachel August 26, 2020 0 Comments
It takes much these days to pull the Observational Ginger out of hibernation. A years-long menage-a-trois between powerful evangelical leaders and a 20-year-old kid just might do it, though. I had dropped into Reuters for my daily pandemic briefing when allegations of Jerry Falwell Jr.’s voyeuristic arrangement with a business partner slapped me across my unsuspecting face. I was accosted with...

Charlottesville Is Not So Very Far From Home

ByRachel August 14, 2017 0 Comments
When I was about 8 or 9 years old, we heard that a chapter of the KKK planned to hold a white supremacy rally in my small Midwestern town. Whether this was planned or just rumored I’m not sure, but we took the threat seriously. My father heard that concerned citizens intended to protest the rally to show their disapproval of white supremacy, to show the KKK that they could not claim our town as...

Breaking my silence on the New Year’s assaults on women in Europe.

ByRachel March 10, 2016 0 Comments
I titled this “breaking my silence” not because I kept silent about this on purpose. I just never got around to it. After reflection, I regret not getting around to it, so I’m going to say something now, three months later. Everyone probably remembers the New Year’s attacks on women in Europe that took the news cycle by storm. These attacks raised a big concern: that some refugees who...

“Old-Fashioned” markets itself as antidote to 50 Shades.

ByRachel February 9, 2015 0 Comments
Valentine’s Day sneaks up on me every year. I don’t usually think on it too seriously until about five minutes before it happens, then I run around in a panic to make a homemade card and figure out which eating establishment is passably romantic. This year, however, I started thinking about Valentine’s Day early when I was inundated with social media promotions for a new Christian movie...

Is Egalitarianism Prescriptive or Descriptive, Part 2

ByRachel January 23, 2015 1 Comment
Yesterday, we established that there’s nothing inherently wrong with an egalitarian couple choosing a more “traditional” arrangement for their roles in the family. Egalitarian men can make more money than their wives. Egalitarian women can cook and clean with the best of them. If a couple functions well that way, who’s to stop them? Why, then, do egalitarians like myself tend to actively...