Yup. My grandfather is Dr. O’Bannon. People have no idea. Read more

This, this, this. Read more

Church of God, Cleveland Tennessee. Pentecostal. Similar to Assemblies of God but far more controlling and centralized. Didn’t meet a Catholic, a Jew, or a Jehovah’s Witness until middle school. Didn’t meet an outspoken atheist until high school. I’m lucky my parents moved us around a lot so that I could meet… Read more

Maybe they’re not as prevalent in the south. What a shocker, huh? I LOVE the UCC. It all ended up okay. I’m very lucky. (Blessed?) Read more

I like to think I’m introspective enough to realize, in some ways, they’re right. We might have made some mistakes, but there’s no going back in time and for us, it seemed like there was no other option. If what people get out of this story is “Wow, I should pay more attention to the kind of work I get into and the… Read more

To be honest, I think that kind of control over your life from an employer is a little abusive too, even for politics. But if you’re happy, I guess, go for it. Read more

Well, now that I go to a UCC church, I know what a real liberal church is like. You have to understand though, that I had no idea until about a year ago that the denomination even existed. I didn’t know what a real liberal church even was, because I have never been exposed to a faith like that. It’s been a crazy… Read more

Seriously, thank God (SWIDT?) for Brene Brawn and women like her. She’s way more of a hero than I am. I’ve never been through anything that horrifying. But I’m glad to speak up for this so stories like hers can be heard. Read more

What can I say? There’s a lot of validity in the arguments here, but when you’re under a lot of financial pressure with two small kids (husband working a shitty warehouse job, on food stamps) you think you’re willing to compromise more than you actually are. We had no idea what was in the contract until we were… Read more

Thank you for sharing. I would love to see your tattoo. I’m so glad you’ve reclaimed your body. Read more

this gif was me, yes Read more

Thank you so much. It all turned out to be worth it :) Read more

I am in love with this image Read more

There’s obviously some validity to this argument, however—the Assemblies of God actually allows female pastors and /tends/ to be slightly more liberal. I guess I was expecting that culture. However, Assemblies of God also allows each of its churches to do whatever it wants, so the beliefs of the individual pastor… Read more

We got married very, very young. ;) Another aspect of conservative Christianity with unforseen consequences. Read more

So much agreement. Yes. Read more

He for sure deserves more front page recognition Read more

Ugh, this is so true it breaks my heart. I’ve had to drag my kids to places (even now, my child’s preschool is only 9-2 and I work from home like...7-7, 8-5 and he’s there with me a lot of the day) and it sucks feeling like shit, especially from other women like this. Women are people, but so are kids. And you know… Read more

Tyler Rogoway, I have never read an article of yours before but this one was fantastic and thorough and I can’t believe how fast you got this up. Good job! Read more

My mom once bought a pad (she typically wore tampons) when I was 10/11 so I could see what it looked like to have a period because you couldn’t find out that info out online and I kept asking questions. She didn’t want me to be embarrassed or shocked when it happened to me. Read more