Terrified of the One-Eyed Snake
Peak Allison Janney right here, but with numerous parental triggers: “engorged,” “testicle retrieval,” “heinous bitch,” and of course, “Reginald’s quivering member.”
Just One
I know some churches are trying. “Singles group” is a thing. But really? That’s depressing on a good day, patronizing on a bad one.
God’s Orgasm
Why do we expect God to be sexually pure? As a woman, it’s fun to realize God and I have that in common.
If God is Love
Your body is not your enemy. And if you think it is, then treat it like an enemy: love it. Do good to it. Bless it. Pray for it.
The Sex Talk I Never Had
Could my parents have admitted they were too busy or uncomfortable to teach me? Yes.
Am I mad, bro? No.
A Christian Teenager’s Guide to Resisting Temptation
To the Church’s credit, I did not have premarital sex as a teenager. But there was also a lot of damage done.
A Letter to My Daughter (Should I Have One)
Wear your womanhood however you prefer. Wear it as a low-cut tank top and your short-shorts in the park, drinking lemonade.
Condom Nation
Those who drive sex education policies, it would seem, care more about ideology than accuracy—more about ideology, in fact, than effectiveness, teen moms, or lifelong diseases, either.
Sex: A Knowing
Daunted by the rightness of wrong, by the wrongness of right, by the thought that this is the nature of knowledge we inherit.
In a Day or Two
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hope for an afterlife like that—one where everything is shiny and my partner and I look like we’re thirty for the rest of our lives.
