At the age of five, my family moved from Pine Bluff to Russellville, where I spent most of my childhood on the banks of the Arkansas River. I loved it. I had my own private paradise in a neighborhood with huge backyards that were meant to be shared. I spent hours pretending to be a [...]

I like to fix things. I like  taking something apart and feeling good when I get it to work again. Most recently, I fixed the vacuum cleaner belt. I know vacuum cleaner belts are one of the easiest things to fix, but I don’t have much experience with it.
My dad is really good at fixing [...]

It’s supposed to be attractive for women to be as naive as I was. In a rare conversation that included both my parents, my mom told me, “A girl who is modest, who wears longer skirts instead of short skirts, is much more attractive to a guy. Knees are just ugly!” She turned to my [...]

I have written several times about virginity and abstinence and how it’s overrated and can actually wreak havoc on one’s life. Feministing wrote a post about Why Everyone Should Have Pre-Marital Sex. You should check it out. Some highlights:
You know, a common misconception people have about my work. . .  is that because I argue [...]

A common theme in fundamentalist literature, as everybody knows, is that of the submissive wife. I think sometimes people think only the most conservative of groups hold to that ideal. While you do see it in its extreme in churches that blame women for every problem in the marriage, you can find shades of it [...]

I have pondered for the last several months the reasons why I feel so much safer as part of the atheist group than I did in any Christian groups. I feel like I have people (both online and in real life) I can count on, and I can be myself more than I ever have. [...]