That Time Mary Pride Put the Modesty Survey on Blast

Oh snap.

When “Respect” Involves “Disgust”

“Growing up in a conservative evangelical home, I believed that we were the ones who truly respected women. I believed that our young men—the young men in my homeschooling community—were being raised to treat the women around them, of whatever age, with respect. I was wrong, very, very wrong.”

Our Bodies, Our Selves: The Other Other Side of Modesty

“A healthy acceptance of our bodies is so desperately needed. Our bodies are our selves, in such a fundamental and core way.”

The Big Swimsuit Question: A Roundup of Posts and Thoughts

“Here’s a big secret: women can be visual, too. I’m more visually oriented than Luke. And there are a lot of guys objectively more attractive (and by that I mean, with really ripped abs) than him. It’s okay. I still find him breathtakingly handsome and I love him more than anybody.”

A Tool In Someone Else’s Culture War: Philosophical Perspectives’s Story, Part Two

“We’ve been parroting a Republican platform and the great things about homeschooling since we were toddlers. Any negative or critical commentary was marked as ‘rebellious,’ and unacceptable, especially when it was directed at homeschooling itself. The options were, repent, or get out.”

Why The Rebelution’s Modesty Survey Was A Bad Idea: Shaney Irene’s Story

On Valentine’s Day 2007, The Rebelution unveiled the Modesty Survey. Girls submitted questions, and guys responded. As a moderator of the Rebelution forum, I was really excited about the project. Six years later, if you ask me what I think of the Survey, I’ll tell you I wish the project didn’t exist.”

Silence Isn’t Golden: Kierstyn King’s Story

“In 2005, 2006, and 2007 I was a blogger, an NCFCA-er, a Rebelution moderator, a Regenerate Our Culture board member, a Student Project campaigner, and a TeenPact Alumni…I contributed to the amount of hurt I and many others who grew up in this radical, evangelical, conservative christian subculture endured.”