This originally appeared at The Phoenix And The Olive Branch. Republished here with permission. Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. It’s probably not something you want to read if you’re already having a bad […]
This originally appeared at The Phoenix And The Olive Branch. Republished here with permission. Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. It’s probably not something you want to read if you’re already having a bad […]
This originally appeared at No Longer Quivering. Republished here with permission. (We republished Part I of this piece here.) I’ve written a few times about how the modesty doctrine hurts women. Now it’s time to switch lenses. The modesty doctrine also wreaks havoc on the minds of young men in the Christian patriarchy movement. Here’s how: It teaches men to be […]
This was originally posted at No Longer Quivering. Republished here with permission. This isn’t a story about how modest clothes allowed me to “let myself go” and conceal a growing figure. It’s not even a story about how wearing modest clothes kept my self-esteem at rock bottom and thrust me into a too-close relationship with […]
