Music...

October is Intimate Partner Violence Awareness month which means speak outs and tee shirts for me. However, it is incredibly ironic that during this month my radio is inundated with Eminem telling Rihanna that he will strap her to the bed and set the house on fire. This song is requested and played over and over as well as performed live on the MTV Music Awards. I don't agree with censorship and that's not my point for this post.

How many Christians out there speak openly about songs that encourage teen girls to have sex and act "unladylike". They get so upset and want to tell these teen girls about purity and other bullshit. Am I against teens not having sex? No. Am I against this reasoning that a woman's worth is her virginity? Hell to motherf****** yes (I'm sorry was that unladylike?).

Why aren't people TALKING about the violence in this song that is clearly directed at women? Why don't Christians get angry about this shit? It is so infuriating to receieve hate mail about my focus on love and acceptance of all people when all this goes on and I sit in a church pew and no one talks about it! I don't have a pulpit, this blog is my platform. But if Jesus existed and his focus was peace, love, and equality, then we're definitely missing something here.

Why do we want teen girls to wear white on the wedding day but we don't want to take a stand on intimate partner violence? I feel there is no answer. And part of my journey in this blog is honesty. Honestly, sometimes I find the church so frustrating.