Reading Rainbow Redux: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! By Jonathan Goldstein
Earlier today some people were discussing their love of the show Reading Rainbow in the Bitch comments section, and I was inspired to do my own Rainbow-style book review. Here are some of my thoughts...
View ArticlePreacher's Daughter: Gillian Welch's "Dark Turn of Mind"
Americana artist Gillian Welch has always included southern Christian imagery in her work. Though not native to the South, her music is at its most comfortable when it explores the tragedy and violence...
View ArticlePreacher's Daughter: Are There Progressive and Feminist Voices in Country?
A couple of commenters have raised questions about progressiveness in country music. Today, I want to suggest that there are progressive voices, at least in Americana, roots, and alt country music, but...
View ArticlePreacher's Daughter: Anti-Feminism in the Music of the Christian Right
I have a confession to make. I was raised in an evangelical Christian home, and when I was much much younger... I was a fan of contemporary Christian music (CCM). Oh, yes. I realized just how much of...
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Preacher's Daughter: Evangelical Wedding Songs: Wifely Submission and the...
Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsAfter she read my last post about sexist Christian music, my friend, Sarah Morice Brubaker of Religion Dispatches, told me I'd gotten a...
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Preacher's Daughter: The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle and that Goddamn Rush...
So, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle, songwriter and poet laureate of the existentially anguished, identifiesas a feminist and has even said that his feminist ideals conflict with his Catholic...
View ArticlePreacher's Daughter: Why Do We Have to Be "Born This Way"?
Yesterday, Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain clashed with Piers Morgan about whether or not people are born gay. Here's the video:The important thing to know is that Cain sets out saying that...
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