MXMFW 3: Interfaith Marriage

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08/09/21 • 55 min

This week, Bridget, Theo, and Maggie dig into what scripture really says about intermarriage, try to stay up to date on current Christian and Jewish takes on intermarriage, and discuss the vibes of people who worship the Devil. They also engage in some slightly tangential discourse about if Jesus is a divine top or not.
Sources:
Deuteronomy 7
Corinthians 6
The websites of every American rabbinical school
A diagram of Jesus as an umbrella in a heterosexual christian marriage
Transcript available here: https://mxmfwpod.buzzsprout.com/1759327/8921156-mxmfw-3-interfaith-marriage

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MXMFW 2: Genesis 1:27

Theo, Maggie, and Bridget ponder about what G-d's gender is, what Genesis tells us about gender and sex, whether or not Jesus was intersex, what kind of genetics God would have if God was a biological entity, and so much more in this Episode of My Ex and My Future Wife.
Sources Referenced:
She Who Is by Elizabeth A. Johnson
Beyond God the Father by Mary Daly*
Torah Queeries edited by Drinkwater et. al.
Radical Love by Patrick S. Cheng
Bridget's childhood camp songs
Maggie's Pastor Dad
Theo's medical special interest
Bridget's armchair genetics degree from watching Orphan Black
*Listen to our disclaimer about Mary Daly's transphobia in the episode!
Transcript available here: https://mxmfwpod.buzzsprout.com/1759327/8511150-mxmfw-2-genesis-1-27

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MXMFW 4: Purity Culture Part 1

What is Purity Culture? How did it emerge and evolve in the United States? How is it related to American Christianity's history of racism and misogyny? How did it become politically terrifying? How is it related to the Lavender Scare and the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey?
Join us for this episode of My Ex and My Future Wife as we discuss the history of Evangelical Purity Culture in the United States.

**Episode Correction: Nat Turner—not Nat Taylor—lead the 1831 slave revolt mentioned in this episode.

CW/TW: This episode contains discussions of racism, abusive theology, misogyny, sexual abuse, rape, rape culture, and child abuse

Sources:
“I Have the Power in My Body to Make People Sin” by Katie Cross, found in the book Feminist Trauma Theologies
“Daddy’s Little Girls: on the perils of chastity clubs, purity balls, and ritualized abstinence” by Breanne Fahs
“Producing High Priests and Princesses: The Father-Daughter Relationship in the Christian Sexual Purity Movement” by Elizabeth Gish
“Suffer the Children: National Crisis, Affective Collectivity, and the Sexualized Child” by Susan Knabe
“It’s like Playing with a Nuclear Bomb” by Sara Moslener
Developing a measure of Purity culture: Sexual messages in evangelical Christian culture by Amanda Ortiz
The Impact of Patriarchal Religions on the Creation of Oppressive Cultures of Female Purity and the Contribution to Rape Culture by Haley Stepp
“‘Some Could Suckle over Their Shoulder’: Male Travelers, Female Bodies” by Jennifer Morgan from Women’s America Refocusing the Past Ninth Edition
Beyond Loving: Intimate Racework in Lesbian, Gay, and Straight Interracial Relationships by Amy C. Steinbugler
Maggie’s True Crime Obsession