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If you've ever wondered why women are terrified of being seen as selfish or why others judge women by how much they do for other people, you need not look any further than everyone's favorite two thousand year old book. “We are so accustomed to the assumption that men alone form a nation, that we forget to resent texts such as these.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Oh we won't forget Elizabeth. Especially not after reading the chapter in The Woman's Bible on Exodus ...

The knowledge quest continues. Our 19th century writer pals have yet to find a single place in Genesis where anyone anywhere says women are inferior and subordinate to men. We crack open the rest of the chapter and discuss the sass attacks our Victorian luminaries launched on the wiley translators over things like floods and pregnancy. Additional info about The Woman's Bible contributors mentioned in this episode: Clara Bewick Colby (CBC) Bio: https://womeninwisconsin.org/profile/clara-bewick-...

Ok now we are getting into it with Genesis! Listen in on our reaction to reading The Woman's Bible take on the start of everything. The beginning of earth, animals, humans, and of course, sin. Stanton and her pals make some convincing points about reading Eve as the complex main character. They highlight where the wiley english interpreters took liberties and tell us more about the gorgeous allegories hidden in the classic creationist tale of how it all started. Plus other ...

It's our intro episode! The one where we tell you why you should be jazzed about revisiting Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible with us. Even if you aren't particularly religious, your life is still impacted by the morality and hierarchy dictated in the Bible. 130 years ago, Stanton and some of her scholarly friends took a look at how the gentleman who translated the bible may have taken a few liberties. Join us - Sara Kaye and Joanna, two reunited childhood friends w...