9 Ways to Reclaim Your Female Body From Religion

9 Ways to Reclaim Your Female Body From Religion

If you’re female and grew up in organized religion, you are all too familiar with the rules governing your body. Let’s start the list, in case anyone here isn’t familiar. In most organized religions, especially cults like the LDS church, women: Aren’t permitted to...
5 Most Sexist Lies Religion Made Me Believe

5 Most Sexist Lies Religion Made Me Believe

Limiting this list to five was quite the challenge. From birth to age twenty-seven, I grew up in a cult by the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormonism). Say what you will about organized religion and cults, but these sexist beliefs are...
Be the Bitch: Ending Sexist Slurs by Owning Them

Be the Bitch: Ending Sexist Slurs by Owning Them

Most women don’t like to be called a bitch. Understandable. This is not a flattering word, no matter where you trace its origins to. The term “bitch” is affixed to women who are seen as unreasonable, controlling, aggressive, or dominant. You know, exhibiting typically...
Orgasm is Not a Dirty Word

Orgasm is Not a Dirty Word

It was my first romance book from the library that ignited me for the first time. I must have been fifteen or so. I didn’t know what the strange but addictive gnawing in my belly was. I read the story, the dirty, detailed descriptions. I raced through dinner so I...
10 Reasons To Walk Away From Your Religion

10 Reasons To Walk Away From Your Religion

1. You feel judged or judgmental of others When you have a strict set of Dos and Don’ts, it becomes exceptionally easy to look around and see who is breaking the rules. We did this as children. We ratted out our siblings or classmates when they broke the rules. This...