Knowing Biblical precedence or mandate for adoption: The story of Moses; James 1:27, Deuteronomy 10:18 Recent church-led focus on the practice and the “orphan crisis” A decline in international adoptions…

Note: This is our first transcontinental podcast, and there’s some noise and feedback we couldn’t get rid of. Thanks for sticking with us! Introductions Congratulations Shelah and Shawn! A little…

Author’s Note: Marie’s microphone was being a bit spotty. We’re sorry! Introductions KNOWING A review of the Bechdel Test :http://www.dw.de/sex-violenceand-gender-bias-swedish-cinemas-test-the-bechdel/a-17299348  http://www.slashfilm.com/infographic-movies-that-passed-the-bechdel-test-made-more-money-in-2013/ It’s about representation. Objections to the test More representation…

Introductions Knowing What we talk about when we talk about pop culture Reading Parks and Recreation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test http://tigerbeatdown.com/2010/03/24/13-ways-of-looking-at-liz-lemon/ Female friendship and mentorship are important The work/life balance Leslie and Ben…

Introductions, a welcome, and an apology Knowing Mary as theotokos  Lots of theologians have talked about her role So have lots of feminists Mary’s feast days make this discussion a…

A correction   KNOWING With progress comes backlash Faludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women. New York: Crown, 1991. Print. Levy, Ariel. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of…

  Knowing When was the Third Wave? Why was the Third Wave? Pop culture and “The personal is political.” Reading http://www.girlstothefront.com/ Laurie was a punk rocker: anger, class consciousness, and…

Sorry for the delay on this! Thanks for your patience, listeners!   Knowing How we get from the first wave to the second “One is not born a woman, but…

Knowing Waves of Feminism The Seneca Falls Convention The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments Suffrage and Abolition Racism within the movement Suffrage, Temperance, and the WCTU Reading Iron Jawed Angels.…

Knowing Biblical modesty instruction as tied to female submission 1 Peter 3:1-4, 1 Timothy 2:9-10 Proverbs: nagging wives and leaky roofs; Proverbs 31:30 Beauty and deception: Woman’s inconstancy as literary…

Knowing Christian Feminism: an oxymoron? Why Christians might object to the label Why Feminists might object to the label “The personal is political.”   Reading Julé, Allyson, and Bettina T.…