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Be Anything. Do Anyone. Feminism, Motherhood, and the ERA

Be Anything. Do Anyone. Feminism, Motherhood, and the ERA

FromHoly Ghosting


Be Anything. Do Anyone. Feminism, Motherhood, and the ERA

FromHoly Ghosting

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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It's an episode about motherhood! It's an episode about feminism! It's an episode about feminism and motherhood and all of the fun messages we were taught about being a Good Christian Girl™!In this episode we get into all the nitty gritty of what it means to identify as a woman in The United States of Evangelical America. Here are just a few of the things we cover:-The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)-Concerned Women for America and the work of Phyllis Schlafly (spoiler: she's not in favor of equal rights for women! Not great!)-The (very few) positive female role models that exist in the Bible (and what was so wrong with Vashti anyway? And Jezebel got a bad rap!)-SPAGHETTI STRAPS AND THE PROBLEM OF SHOWING TOO MUCH SEXY SHOULDER-The mixed messages about what it meant to be a woman in Evangelical Christianity-Passing the Bechdel Test in your own damn IG bio-How Mothers are treated like garbage in this country. Paid maternity leave and free healthcare for all, plz.-The church’s insistence on giving women carnations on Mother’s Day. WHY?-How it’s none of your business if people are going to have a baby or not! (Lookin’ at you, Vanessa Lachey)-You can be anything and do anyone! You can change your name or your gender! You don’t have to take your husband’s name!-Motherhood is not the highest and only calling for women. It is a choice and we support your choice to be or not to be a mother. Period.-Motherhood is a gift and also a pain in the ass. Happy Mother’s Day, call your senators, and support the Equal Rights Amendment. The end.To learn more about how to support the Equal Rights Movement please visit: https://www.eracoalition.org/Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/holyghostingFollow us on social: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@holyghostingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/holyghostingpod/Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/holyghosting
Released:
May 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Lindsay, Meg, Sarai & friends - a bunch of former church kids who came of age in 80s and 90s American Evangelicalism - are Holy Ghosting. In each episode, we share our youthful experiences and stories of the harm we endured and perpetrated as American Evangelicals and we laugh, we're sarcastic ladies.All three of our hosts grew up in different cities and didn’t meet until recently - and yet…the culture of Evangelicalism is strong and chock full of harm and quizzical quirks everywhere. But now, in our own ways, we're working to reconstruct a community that gives a shit about our neighbors. Join us as we work to tear down the American foundation of patriarchy and white supremacy and rebuild a better world with equity and equality as Exvangelicals.