Wait, Am I Tradwife Now? A lot can happen in six months.

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How Belief in Hell Makes Suffering Easier to Ignore If you believe someone’s worst possible fate is eternal, then nothing happening to them now can ever feel as urgent.

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I Left Church on Easter Sunday Four Years Ago—And My Life Got So Much Better I found the freedom to learn, heal, and love more fully.

Happy Easter!
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The Monthly Table: March — Lemon Pound Cake A bright spring cake, a failed lawsuit, and the cost of telling the truth about powerful people.

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Afroman and a lemon pound cake in front of a courthouse.

New piece from me. ;) Link in comments.

Two Predators and Counting A system that disconnects people from their bodies and instincts while misidentifying “danger” creates an ideal for abusers and retraumatizes victims.

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How To Be a REAL Man Dominate. Control. Never question. Are we talking about red pill influencers or God?

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"To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain" A theology that treats life as expendable—and what following Jesus really looks like in a violent world.

Is Charlie Kirk a martyr?

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The Long Game Against Women’s Suffrage From pulpits to the Pentagon, patriarchal theology is gaining institutional access.

New article from me on Doug Wilson, patriarchy at the Pentagon, and the movement to repeal the 19th Amendment. I would love to hear your thoughts! bekahgwen.substack.com/p/the-long-g...

Purity, Desire, and the Lies I Believed Purity culture and coercion taught me my desire was wrong. Untangled from shame, I'm learning it is holy.

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Bathsheba Deserved Better How Christian teaching excuses sexual violence and trades accountability for redemption.

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Amy is making music again!

😄😄😄 fair enough. Shall I write one featuring Larry Norman, Keith Green, and 2nd Chapter of Acts??

How Christian Obedience Culture Trains Children to Accept Authoritarian Power An examination of how Christian teachings that prioritize obedience over discernment shape childhood formation—and how that conditioning later enables cruelty, contradiction, and loyalty to authoritar...

WARNING to current and former Christians: EXTREME NOSTALGIA AHEAD. Proceed with Caution. 😜

The Monthly Table: January — Sourdough Blueberry Muffins Introducing a delicious new series.

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How Heated Rivalry Made Me Feel Compassion for Michael Knowles The capacity for empathy and generosity flows from real intimacy—and its absence curdles into cruelty.

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Stacie Orrico is Strong Enough The sexual abuse Stacie Orrico endured as a child is a devastating indictment of how Evangelical culture protects power over people.

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Overcome Evil With Good On the killing of Renee Good and why I had to lose my faith to keep Jesus.

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Sovereign, By Right On choosing self-trust over compliance.

A few years back, I took up the practice of choosing a word for the year—a lens through which to view the next 12 months. I’m walking into 2026 with a word that feels earned rather than chosen. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Some Things Are About to Change (And a Joyful Look Back) An important update, an abundance of joy, and gratitude for you, reader.

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Pain and Breaking Your Child's Will: The Legacy of Dr. James Dobson There are some voices that, if I hear them today, can catapult me back to being a child in the car as the radio played—Dr.

Dr. James Dobson deserves no rest and no peace.

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Thank you for reading!

The Pastor Who Abused Me Is Still Playing His Twisted Game From the pulpit to the White House, the playbook is the same: attack the victim, deny the truth, protect your power.

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74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.

The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.

It is imperative that we stop awarding sex predators with elected office.

VIDEO: Masked ICE agents arrest Afghan ally following immigration court hearing In a video that has flooded the internet, Afghan ally Sayed Naser was arrested and put in handcuffs by two masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Sayed Naser worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, fled after the Taliban killed his brother, and was awaiting asylum. ICE agents still took him in handcuffs—and the government won’t explain why.

NO KINGS in Atlanta · No Kings 📍*The location details have been updated and confirmed.* **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing aut...

Next Saturday. mobilize.us/s/evJoaQ

As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.