Hey everybody! Happy Friday. Are you as glad as I am that it’s the weekend? I’m ready to curl up with a laptop and some coffee and get some work done on my NaNoWriMo novel. I’m a little over 4,000 words in, thanks to my patient daughter who spent a heck of a lot of time with her stuffed animals yesterday.
In other news:
1. Brave young women learning about life
17-year-old Ela donned a head covering and ventured out into the mall—only to face discrimination. Every American Christian should read this post. It will give you something to think about next time you’re tempted to cry “persecution.”
In a somewhat more strange tale, a college student attempted (and failed) to achieve ironic racism. Instead, she just ended up punched in the face. I’ll give her credit here, though. At least she claims to have learned her lesson. I only hope that she learns that not only is dressing as a racist not cool, it’s also not cool to dress as someone you merely label a racist.
2. Those sexy voting ads
I will admit it: I didn’t think the Lena Dunham ad was cute at all. Call me square, but I found it more sexualized than sexy (yes, there is a big difference). I get her point, but I was put off by the ad, and not because I’m conservative. So in that sense, I think Anne Morse makes a good call. As for the rest of the crap in Morse’s post, well, just read it for yourselves. I like how she seems to believe that reproductive rights aren’t an important women’s issue or that the Obama campaign only talks about reproductive freedoms when it comes to women’s issues. Guess she missed the memo on that whole “equal pay” thing.
3. Okay, I admit it, I’m bragging.
This never, ever gets old. I’m on Fred Clark’s list of Christian women who blog. That by itself is exciting. But I’ve also had three of my posts mentioned in the last 5 or 6 weeks, including my post from Wednesday on reproductive rights and my review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood. My sweet, innocent, not controversial at all (cough, cough) blog is getting some love. If that’s not enough to brighten my week, I don’t know what is.
4. This week in reviews of A Year of Biblical Womanhood
Cheers to Team Dan and Rachel! I suffered through 45 minutes of The View in order to see Rachel talk about the book for 4 minutes and Dan to answer one question about Rachel calling him “Master” during her project. It was worth it! (Not only did I get to see Rachel, I got all my chores done while I waited.) If you missed it, you can watch here. Then check out all the awesome things everyone is saying about the book at these links:
Book review (and call to arms) – A Year of Biblical Womanhood – Rachel Held Evans by Jessica Harmon
Eschet Chayil, by Emerging Anabaptist | Ryan Robinson
The Year of Biblical Womanhood, a Review, by Jessica McCracken
Biblical Sex and Beauty, by The Emerging-Anabaptist | Ryan Robinson
A Year of Biblical Womanhood, by Tiffany Norris/No Faint Hearts
Struggling with the Bible is Not Unbiblical: #BiblicalWomanhood Review #1, Embracing the Odyssey
Review: A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans, by Natasha Crain (Christian Mom Thoughts)
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans, by Rachel Tan
Why Biblical Womanhood Needs Rachel Held Evans, by Alise Wright
Making Peace With Proverbs 31 {A Year of Biblical Womanhood}, by Suzannah Paul | The Smitten Word
Open Letter to RHE, by J.R. Goudeau/Love Is What You Do (Synchroblog Link-up)
Reviewing A Year of Biblical Womanhood, by Biblical Woman
“Justice, Simplicity, and Legalism” by Ryan Robinson | The Emerging-Anabaptist
A Year of Biblical Womanhood {Or Accepting that Patriarchal Gender Roles are Part of The Matrix}, by Jessica Bowman
“Reviewing the Reviews of ‘A Year of Biblical Womanhood.” by Matt Mikalatos/Out of Ur
“Being A Woman just got easier” by Emily Ballbach
Book Review: A Year of Biblical Womanhood, by Amy Mitchell (Provoketive)
Biblical Submission, by Ryan Robinson | The Emering-Anabaptist
Women of Valor: Finding each other, by Rebecca Kirkpatrick/Bread not Stones
Loving the Bible For What It Is, Not What We Want It To Be, by Ryan Robinson | The Emerging-Anabaptist
