Blessed Are the Feminists

We talk with author and nonprofit founder Nicole Lynn Lewis about getting through college as a teen mother, how others perceive a Black female leader, and why today's teen parents are giving her hope.

Connect with Nicole and Generation Hope online:

• Instagram: @supportgenhope (Generation Hope) and @nicolelynnlewis (Personal)
• Twitter: @supportgenhope (Generation Hope) and @nicolelynnlewis (Personal)
• Website: generationhope.org (Generation Hope) and nicolelynnlewis.com (Personal)

For a full transcript of this episode, visit blessedarethefeminists.com.

Find us on Instagram @holyfeminists or Twitter @holyfeminists. Share your feedback via email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (737) BATF-POD (737-228-3763). Help us keep the show going by supporting us on Patreon.

In the first episode of the newest season, Jessica and Tyler talk about what's changed since they launched the podcast two years ago, how they're thinking about returning to church (or not), and what qualities of who they are today come from their Christianity and their feminism.

Who should we interview this season? Suggest a guest here!

For a full transcript of this episode, visit blessedarethefeminists.com.

Find us on Instagram @holyfeminists or Twitter @holyfeminists. Share your feedback via email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (737) BATF-POD (737-228-3763). Help us keep the show going by supporting us on Patreon.

We talk with author and podcaster Kat Armas about theology learned from our grandmothers' faith, recognizing holy moments in retrospect, and not expecting stories of trauma from those with traditionally marginalized identities.

Connect with Kat online:

• Twitter: @kat_armas
• Instagram: @kat_armas
• Website: katarmas.com

For a full transcript of this episode, visit blessedarethefeminists.com.

Find us on Instagram @holyfeminists or Twitter @holyfeminists. Share your feedback via email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (737) BATF-POD (737-228-3763). Help us keep the show going by supporting us on Patreon.

We talk with Roman Catholic Womanpriest Christine Haider-Winnett about being both within and outside of her home tradition, doing Zoom church with little kids, and the surprising way her childhood priest reacted when she felt called to ordination at 13.

Connect with Via Sophia Ministry online:

• Facebook: Via Sophia Ministry
• Instagram: @viasophiaministry
• Website: viasophiaministry.com

For a full transcript of this episode, visit blessedarethefeminists.com.

Find us on Instagram @holyfeminists or Twitter @holyfeminists. Share your feedback via email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (737) BATF-POD (737-228-3763). Help us keep the show going by supporting us on Patreon.

Before taking a hiatus until March, we list the books, podcasts, documentaries, and other resources that have been mentioned on our past 31 episodes, and we share voicemails from many past guests with additional recommendations!

Mentioned in this episode:

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Be Kind to Yourself: Releasing Frustrations and Embracing Joy by Cindy Bunch

Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith by Monica Coleman

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Deviced!: Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital World by doreen dodgen-magee

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century ed. by Alice Wong

Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart by Christena Cleveland

Facing "The Talk": Conversations with My Four Daughters About Sex by Mx WE King

Feminism Is for Boys by Elizabeth Rhodes

Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

Freeing Theology: The Essentials of Theology in Feminist Perspective ed. by Catherine M. Lacugna

God's Feminist Movement: Redefining "A Woman's Place" From a Biblical Perspective by Amber Picota

Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible by Caryn Rivadeneira

Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints by Daneen Akers

Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now by Scott Erickson

I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation by Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks

Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology by Monica Coleman

Maybe God Is Like That Too by Jennifer Grant

Migrations of the Heart by Marita Golden

Original Blessing: Putting Sin in Its Rightful Place by Danielle Shroyer

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church by Bryan Massingale

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley

Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by Aimee Byrd

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective by Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas

The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs by Pete Enns

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Still Stace: My Gay Christian Coming of Age Story by Stacey Chomiak (Coming 2021)

Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah

Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding & Restoring Hope in the City ed. by Shabrae Jackson Krieg and Janet Balasiri Singleterry

When God Was a Little Girl by David Weiss

Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by the Rev. Wil Gafney

Women who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Blessed Are the Binary Breakers

The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber

How to Be Human

Intersectionality Matters

Plaid Skirts and Basic Black

Pray with Our Feet

Reclaiming My Theology

1946

Brother Outsider

Maiden

Mama Bears

Seventh-Gay Adventists

Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer

Binary Breakers (formerly transchristianity.com)

Christians for Biblical Equality International