Interview with Vyckie Garrison of No Longer Quivering

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Sunday January 02, 2011 · 6:30 PM PST

2011/01/02 · 18:30

Vyckie Garrison runs a website called No Longer Quivering, which assists women in transitioning from abusive, oppressive and servile roles as breeding servants of husbands and an interpretation of the Bible called The Quiverful movement. The site features the stories of women and families, told in their own words - about the harsh price paid by women and children in oppressive, strict religion. Most of the stories are painful to read, but I encourage you to read them. The knowledge of what these women go through in order to provide healthy lives for themselves and their children - is breathtaking. Vyckie also operates a site called The Take Heart Project, to support women in all religions who seek to free themselves of oppression, brutality & dehumanization in the name of a god.

(Posted at SexGenderBody)

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Saturday November 13, 2010 · 5:20 PM PST

2010/11/13 · 17:20

Do you ever think back to shit you said and realize what a jackass you are/were? It happens to me all the time.

When I was 9, I had a conversation with my childhood best friend about the evils of divorce and how a woman can take everything a man works for. We talked about how unfair that is to men and we promised to a) never marry and b) never join the army. I kept neither promise.

Where the hell does a boy of 9 get such thoughts? That sexist message came from the adults around me - along with a great many other messages.

(Posted at SexGenderBody.com)

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Wednesday October 20, 2010 · 6:35 AM PDT

2010/10/20 · 06:35

This post is about addictions, self-harm, self-discovery and eventually, self-care. I recently had occasion to think back to when I was 20 years old. I retraced my steps to the present day for the first time in one sitting and was quite surprised with my reaction to the story of my own life.

(Cross-posted at SexGenderBody)

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Sunday October 17, 2010 · 7:31 AM PDT

2010/10/17 · 07:31

(This post is part of a blog carnival to raise awareness and funding for Scarleteen - the longest running fact-based sex education resource on the Intenet.)

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Wednesday October 13, 2010 · 2:11 PM PDT

2010/10/13 · 14:11

I confess.

I am a gang member.

I have benefitted from my membership in this gang, all my life. Everything in my life has come to me easier than it has for most of the planet, because I belong to this gang. My clothes, food, shelter, luxuries and freedom are the spoils of my membership. We live a life of ease, gluttony, vanity and waste built on the backs of oppression, deceit and cruelty.

(Posted at SexGenderBody)

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Friday October 08, 2010 · 5:24 AM PDT

2010/10/08 · 05:24

So first, a little background on sex-positive.

There is no organized sex-positive movement. It is a discussion that has grown over the recent years, starting in the 1930's. It can mean a great many things to just about everybody and that is kind of the point, really. The basic idea is that sex is a natural part of human, mammalian existence and that we can embrace it in its variety as a part of normal life.

(Posted at SexGenderBody)

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Sunday September 26, 2010 · 8:56 AM PDT

2010/09/26 · 08:56

There are some crimes that are just gut wrenching to think about. "Honor" killing, the murder of a someone (usually a woman or girl) by family and friends over sex / marriage is an awful thing.

I object to it personally. As a father of a girl, I shudder to think what could bring a father or brother to slaughter their own kin. It cannot end soon enough for me.

(Posted at SexGenderBody).

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Wednesday September 22, 2010 · 11:25 AM PDT

2010/09/22 · 11:25

In the span of 24 hours recently, I came across several vastly different experiences of women regarding feminism, choice and the question of women's control over their bodies.

(Posted at SexGenderBody)

*Trigger Alert* Among other things, this post discusses sex, kink, rape. Links will show you naked people.

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Sunday August 15, 2010 · 1:09 AM PDT

2010/08/15 · 01:09

I can say "Fuck you!" in public, but I cannot (with your permission) actually fuck you in public.

Have you ever wondered why is it that a statement of sex as an insult between people who don't like each other is a protected right, when the actual performance of sex as an act between two people who like each other is prohibited?

Why is sex profane? This is not something that comes from nature. Sex is one of the basic needs of all mammals, along with air, water, space, warmth and food. So, it doesn't come from our DNA, which means that we made this shit up. Sex is free. Sex feels good. Societies across the globe discourage us from having sex, talking about sex, thinking good things about sex, being proud of sex.

The opposition to sex is so widespread across human cultures, that it seems universal, but is it?

(Cross-posted at SexGenderBody)

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Tuesday July 06, 2010 · 9:57 PM PDT

2010/07/06 · 21:57

Most of us know the biblical legend of Adam and Eve. Eve, being the wife of Adam, made from Adam's rib and created (at least according to the patriarchal fairy tale) subservient to Adam. Not many people actually are aware that Eve was God's second attempt. That's right - Adam, the first man, was a divorcee. (So much for the so-called sanctity of marriage, James Dobson.) Adam's first wife was Lilith - and Lilith unlike Eve, was created equal with Adam - but she questioned the authority supposedly given Adam over her by God. And she didn't like the idea of a life in servitude. And who among us today can blame her? Because of Adam's treatment of her, she rebelled - making her the very first feminist - and human rights activist!

(Cross-posted at SexGenderBody by Christina Engela)

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Thursday June 24, 2010 · 11:43 AM PDT

2010/06/24 · 11:43

Remember when "America Speaking Out" was launched? And, how it didn't quite work out as planned?

Well, having learned their lesson, teh GOP-o-saurs have moved to Facebook, where today they will have an open, live chat at 4:30pm EST.

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Tuesday May 18, 2010 · 9:11 PM PDT

2010/05/18 · 21:11

Julian Assange visited Melbourne Australia last week and was greeted by having his passport seized, told that it will be canceled and questioned about hacking crimes he committed as a teen. According to The Times Online, the authorities took his passport for a period of time and when they returned it to him, he was informed that it would be canceled because it is "looking worn". They also brought up his past computer criminal record - hacking Telco's and US Military computers as a teenager, for which he had already been tried, convicted and sentenced.

(Cross-posted at The National Gadfly)

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