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CONNECTING RECOVERING EVANGELICALS, ONE SHAMELESS OVERSHARE AT A TIME
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May 13, 20187 min read
You Can't Fuck The Doorman
It was the morning after Halloween and I’d just spent my evening how I spent most weekend evenings in my early twenties...
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11 minutes ago9 min read
Your Body is a Temple Part 2
My sessions with Jill were always very hard, but we talked a lot and that made me focus less on how difficult the workouts were. We chatted
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Jan 176 min read
Your Body is A Temple Part 1
1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? I was...
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Jun 13, 20246 min read
Date To Marry Part 4: Hot Yoga
I'd just broken up with a perfectly fine adorable dude I'm calling Brooklyn Boy...
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Mar 15, 20246 min read
The Three Train
A few weeks ago Linda Kay Klein (author of Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Women and How I Broke Free...
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Sep 13, 20228 min read
Onward, Ho
Today I am celebrating my 32nd birthday. To this day, I have somehow succeeded as a thriving artist in New York City for 9 years; I have...
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May 25, 20227 min read
Date To Marry Part 3 - I Can Only Imagine
The one where Mattie Jo shows you how to excel in being a romantic, horny Jedi queen. Sort of.
xoxo - Mattie Jo
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Apr 15, 20226 min read
Date To Marry Part 2: Date for Data
Growing up Evangelical in rural Missouri, I was bombarded with dating books that told me how to date in a “Godly way...."
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Feb 18, 20227 min read
Date To Marry: Part 1
If you grew up Evangelical, you are probably very familiar with the term “date to marry.” Since Evangelical culture is obsessed with...
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Jan 2, 20225 min read
Something About Sundays
There’s something about Sundays that will always be a little sacred to me. This Sunday morning included me waking up a little hungover...
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Dec 7, 20218 min read
Do It For The Story
I guess I want to start this off by saying, I acknowledge that I've taken kind a bit of a hiatus from writing about dating, sex, and how...
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Nov 8, 202111 min read
God, Sex, and Rich People: The Series
Hello friends, family, and fellow Recovering Evangelicals! Just a fair warning, this blog post is a bit longer than my usual posts. But...
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Oct 5, 20215 min read
Asteroid is Hitting Your Home!
Ahhh!!!!! THE DAY HAS COME! ASTEROID WILL HIT YOUR HOMES (Via streaming services such as Amazon and Vudu. Hyperlinks included)!!!! For...
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Sep 20, 20216 min read
Hell No Part 2 - True Love Casts Out All Fear
So I wrote some blog posts a year ago that were intended to be part of a series where I break down how I realized the entire effort of...
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Jul 8, 20218 min read
Why I'm Still Single -- Love, Your Favorite Recovering Evangelical
My friend, fellow Midwestern New York transplant, funny lady, and writer of things sex, relationship, and figuring-my-shit-out-already,...
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Jun 20, 20216 min read
I'm Not Like...Angry
This week I started reading Pure by Linda Kay Klein and oh boy. Oh boy oh boy oh boy. If you are a Recovering Evangelical, this is a must...
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May 7, 20217 min read
Boy Crazy
As a freshman in college, I was in the throes of falling deeply in love for the first time. Since I was 19 years old and grew up...
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Mar 30, 20217 min read
Too Soon?
I had just finished working with some billionaire kids in Tribeca when I got a text from a dude who I assumed was no longer interested....
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Mar 11, 20217 min read
Dear Mr. Preacher Man
Malden General Baptist Pastor claims women should look like Melania Trump in order to avoid their husband's cheating not them...
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Oct 29, 20205 min read
Hell No Part 1
Alright, so I have recently come out as a “Non-Christian/Not a Believer.” See: Hell Yes. Oh, Fuck for a refresher. To be clear, this was...
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