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Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Female: Apologist?
April 18th, 2012 by Jonalyn
Apologists have earned a reputation for being obnoxious know-it-alls. I should know. I am an apologist. Apologetics can easily become the Christian sport where you watch your team fight and hopefully smear the rival. So why would women aspire to become apologists? Female apologists are curiosities, somewhat like female wrestlers. Female: apologist? What the what? [...]
Tags: apologetics, loving Jesus, politics
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Ashley Judd Gets it Right
April 11th, 2012 by Jonalyn
“The only thing that matters is how I feel about myself, my personal integrity, and my relationship with my Creator.” –Ashley Judd Ashley Judd recently wrote, “Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate.” I could not agree more. Patriarchy is held in place at least partially by women. [...]
Tags: beauty, body, envy, feminism, politics, vulnerability
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Anthropologie’s Exotic Natives
July 17th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I want you to take a look at one page from an Anthropologie(self-defined as a “A sensory shopping experience for connoisseurs of unique beauty”) advertisement that arrived at my house a few months ago. Beautiful still aside, does this photo strike you as strange? A few notes to consider, the foils happening within, to use a [...]
Tags: beauty, body, politics, prejudice
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Evangelical Feminist?
July 10th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Caryn Rivandeniera posts on the trouble with Democrats including evangelical feminists as serious biz at Her-meneutics blog hosted by Christianity Today. My favorite quote came when she pulled from Anne Graham Lotz (Bill Graham’s daughter), a woman who has had men turn their backs to her while she spoke to mixed audiences. In her Washington [...]
Tags: apologetics, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, politics
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Gay Pride Month and Slutwalks
June 18th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Travel Journal I was tipped off by the biker on 16th Street Mall, downtown Denver. He wore nothing save his boxer briefs which left hardly anything to the imagination. Was it Gay Pride Week? It’s actually Gay Pride month. I felt surprised, treated to an unsolicited peep show and vaguely disappointed. A beautiful gay man, [...]
Tags: body, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, politics, sex
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Motherhood – one year later (and a Beco Carrier Giveaway)
May 12th, 2011 by Jonalyn
It’s been over a year since Finn’s splashy entrance and I’m finding friends (thank you, Julia Wurst) asking for one-year evaluative thoughts. If you’re curious about what motherhood did in one year to this 31 year old, read on. The Right Stuff I find myself talking more, narrating my day to none other than Finn. [...]
Tags: loving Jesus, motherhood, politics, writing/speaking
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For the Love of a Woman – Cleopatra, Sex and Power
April 6th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I recently learned that the real Cleopatra wasn’t Elizabeth Taylor beautiful (neither was she Egyptian, she, along with her Ptolemy family, hailed from Greek). Her nose was long and a bit hooked, her chin pronounced, but her charisma captivating, her voice deep and as rich as Egypt’s lush fields. Admiration and love for spread from [...]
Tags: beauty, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage, politics, reviews, sex
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