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washingtonpost.com
Perspective | What early Christians knew that modern Christians don’t: Women make great leaders
Marginalizing women ignores rich church history going back to the life of Jesus.
“…Although most American Christians are aware of the life and work of St. Augustine, fewer of us know of or have studied the life of his mother, Monica of Hippo — even though St. Augustine credits her for his salvation and ministry. Monica was renowned as a peacemaker and minister to teachers and pastors in the early church, and 19th century biographer Émile Bougaud suggested that she possessed “the most beautiful love that perhaps ever existed.” Monica dedicated her life to prayers for the salvation of her family, especially her disreputable and licentious son, Augustine. Peter Brown writes that Augustine’s “Confessions,” written after he became a Christian, is “dominated by one figure — his mother, Monica.”
Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th-century saint and polymath who wrote treatises on medicine and natural history, composed musical works and poetry, experienced visions, and wrote her own language. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI declared her to be both a saint and doctor of the church — one of only four women to receive that title.
Teresa of Avila was a mystic and church reformer who wrote theological works on prayer and contemplation and founded several monasteries. She defied her parents in joining the church — as did Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century saint who helped broker peace for the pope, and worked as a church ambassador to princes and cardinals throughout Europe.
Many of these early church saints, which Catholic and Orthodox churches continue to revere, are neither known nor appreciated in America’s Protestant churches. Whether because of our suspicions of mysticism and sainthood, or because of our allegiance to “Scripture alone,” we’ve edited their legacy and influence out of our church histories. We may talk occasionally about Thomas Aquinas or Francis of Assisi, but rarely do evangelical Christians discuss St. Therese of Lisieux, Julian of Norwich or Catherine of Alexandria — despite the fact that these women wrote books of theology, inspired church leaders, preached the Gospel and even gave their lives for their faith.
In disassociating ourselves with this broader church history, we’ve cut ourselves off from timeless wisdom, inspiration and truth.”
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you can joke all you want about how “stupid” biphobia is or how ridiculous and inconsequential biphobic stereotypes are but that doesn’t change the fact that bi people, and specifically bi women, will continue to suffer real world trauma because of the shit you say and do.
i hung out with this guy i always joked was “the perfect gentleman” over summer. i was at his house for maybe 30 mins before he rolled on top of me and shoved his hand down my pants.
after i finished yelling at him and asked what possibly could’ve made him think i wanted that, he showed me this lovely group chat he was in (with 4 other guys who i had been friends with).
“don’t bother to ask,” they said.
“she’s definitely into that kind of shit”
“she’s always tweeting about freaky shit. she’ll be down.” (i tweet about being bi. that’s it.)
“ask her how many dudes she’s fucked before.”
“ask about the girls she’s been with.”
“she’s been a slut since like 5th grade” (when i first came out)
“what’s her body count? what’s her ratio?”
“ask if we can join”
“she’s bi, right? fuck she’ll probably let you video tape it”
im bi. so of course im down to fuck.
im bi, so why should they have to ask?
I’m still thinking about this post so OP I hope you don’t mind me adding some commentary.
You people need to read this, internalize it, and understand that biphobia is a real form of patriachal oppression. When bi women face biphobia, it is clear that this is the form of misogyny and homophobia they’re dealing with. The reason bisexual women report high rates of IPV and sexual assault is because of biphobia. It’s not because of generic misogyny and it’s not because of misdirected homophobia.
Please understand that if you as an LGBT person or as a feminist are saying the same things that straight men say about bi women, you’re directly contributing to why bi women are oppressed. You’re enabling straight men to get away with what they do to bi women.
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it’s continually appalling the level of anti-semitism some people on the left are willing to handwave and excuse
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These pages have been going around a lot lately. It;s from a story I wrote for Wonder Woman’s 75th Anniversary Special, and I am reblogging to make sure that the artist/co-creator, Colleen Doran, gets proper credit for making Star-Blossom so adorable! :)
This cured my depression
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We live in a weird predatory culture where grown ass men will fantasize about 14-17 year old girls. Then wait until the exact day she turns 18 to voice how much they’ve BEEN wanting to smash her. It didn’t just happen the day she turned 18. You’ve been fantasizing about her. Now you just feel it’s normal because she’s “legally an adult”.
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