Content note: sexual assault, kink I know, I’m late to the party. The film came out almost a year ago. I got it from Redbox last night. But I have something to say about Christian Grey, even though so much has already been said. Consent isn’t just about sexual relationships. Consent is a way ofContinueContinue reading “Boundaries and why Christian Grey needs them”
Category Archives: Narratives + Opinions
Child abuse prevention in the church is not big government
Back in high school, I used to love Andrée Seu Peterson’s columns. I read her pieces first when our copy of World magazine arrived in the mail every week. She always made me think because she was less conservative than my homeschool textbooks, and I admired her writing style. I’m pretty sure that other homeschoolContinueContinue reading “Child abuse prevention in the church is not big government”
How the War on Christmas lost me
I used to wear one of those little buttons that the American Family Association (AFA) distributes every year, the ones that say something like “Keep Christ in Christmas” or “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” Little old ladies greeting customers at Sam’s Club in Colorado Springs wore them, too. Back in high school andContinueContinue reading “How the War on Christmas lost me”
The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul
You know people who talk about the dark night of the soul? Yeah, that. It doesn’t just exist in fiction. I try not to complain. I’m naturally an optimist. But 2015 has been an incredibly difficult year. I’ve lost several people, not to death, but to change. I don’t know which is harder, honestly. IContinueContinue reading “The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul”
Isn’t this why we don’t send our homeschooled kids to public school?
I was four years old. We were visiting my dad’s childhood home in New York, and we went to the house of an elderly lady who used to be his neighbor. She had a caretaker, a single mom homeschooling her son, who was around my age. My favorite TV show was Barney the Dinosaur, myContinueContinue reading “Isn’t this why we don’t send our homeschooled kids to public school?”
Eleanor Skelton 