“And so, at least symbolically, the blood of Eve courses through each one of her daughters' veins. We are each associated with life; each subject to the impossible expectations and cruel projections of men; each fallen, blamed, and misunderstood; and each stubbornly vital to the process of bringing something new--perhaps something better--into this world...We are each an Eve.” MenWorldCoursesProcessImpossibleBloodSubjectsThis WorldExpectationsDaughterFallenSomething NewVeinsMisunderstoodProjectionSomething Better Book:A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master' Source: A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'
“Perhaps we could push beyond these legalistic gender roles if we spent less time worrying about “acting like men” and “acting like women,” and more time acting like Jesus.” IfsMenJesusActingRolesWorryGenderMore TimeGender Roles Author:Rachel Held Evans
“The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect.” MenHumansFormHuman BeingsTeachingTruth IsFemaleTreatsWorthyLustCoveringBikinisBurqaFemale Form Author:Rachel Held Evans
“From the baking aisle to the post office line to the wrapping paper bin in the attic, women populate every dark corner of Christmas. Who got up at 4 a.m. to put the ham in the oven? A woman. . . . Who sent the Christmas card describing her eighteen-year-old son's incarceration as 'a short break before college?' A woman. Who remembered to include batteries at the bottom of each stocking? A woman. And who gets credit for pulling it all off? Santa.That's right. A man.” MenYearsLinesDarkHealingBreakCollegeSonOfficePaperBottomCornersCreditCardsPostsRememberedPullingSantaDescribingBakingEighteenBatteriesAisleHamOvensIncarcerationAtticsWrappingStockingsPost OfficeChristmas CardEighteen Years OldWrapping Paper Author:Rachel Held Evans
