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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 2h
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: [On the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15]: “The challenge-riposte, if offered to a man, would be an attempt to gain honor at his expense. But Jesus offers it to a woman who, according to every social convention of both their cultures, /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 22h
“When complementarianism fails to produce divine satisfaction, the system draws its adherents in deeper by convincing them they are the problem, and what they need is more of what it’s selling. The solution to complementarianism’s problems is more complementarianism! /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: [On John 7:53–8:11]: “Although it is difficult to determine when this passage received the title “the adulterous woman,” the title dates at least to the fourth century ... /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"You trust in lies that will only hurt you. Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury ... and then come and stand before me in this temple that bears my name, and say, “We are safe,” only to keep on doing all these detestable things? /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Why does this supposedly beautiful life require so much control? … Maybe it is because being subjugated is not actually fulfilling. Maybe being denied authority over your own life is not peaceful. Maybe carrying everyone else’s burdens while being told to “die to yourself” is not joyful. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“In the 1890s, after she was elected president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Elizabeth Cady Stanton pulled together a group of women to edit and publish The Woman’s Bible, which caused a scandal – including among other suffragists who thought it was a distraction ... /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Men are being told, “society hates you for who you are” when the real message is, “patriarchal ideology is hurting you & grooming you to hurt others. This ISN'T who you are. You're being told to take this critique on a harmful culture as a personal attack.” /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Complementarianism hurts women ... as our research and other research has shown: – women in complementarian churches have worse health outcomes, and the health benefits of religiosity disappear in structurally sexist religious spaces /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world are in fact women and girls who live in patriarchal societies where they are dependent on men. What are Christian men ... doing to help these poor women and girls who really are in need of protection? /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Healthy spiritual spaces do not try to convince you to give them your power — they will actively try to empower you! Healthy spiritual spaces don’t try to force you to listen to and submit to the decisions of pastors or elders. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“We’re a resurrection people, and we can put our weapons down, secure in the Lordship and reign of Christ. Jesus isn’t threatened by women. He talked to us, ate with us, and let us anoint his feet, and he incorporates us into his very body through baptism, making our female flesh his own. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[On the ‘femininity prosperity gospel’]: “But what happens when you do all these things, when you submit, when you sacrifice your own desire, give up your own will, and things don’t improve, right? And that’s the kind of tragic story. Some women really double down – /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“What exactly is a “role”? Can one be eternally subordinate in function while remaining ontologically equal? Did the theologians of the past consider women existentially equal to men? Do the creeds of the church regarding the Trinity reflect this position? /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“In regard to what the Bible teaches on the man-woman relationship, no creed or confession says anything on this. All we have is a tradition that exactly reflects the cultural norms of past times. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“TGC does acknowledge that terrible things have happened in evangelicalism. They do say that some of the stories that Kristin [Du Mez] tells are really sad. Good. But this really sounds like James 2:15-17 to me: /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“It seems like many of the criticisms of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s new book, “Live Laugh Love” —whether they come from Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, or other conservative outlets—are essentially telling women that no matter how deeply they’ve been hurt /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “You believe what you want about womens roles in home & church. But don’t tell me it’s just about who can be pastor/elder. Women have heard the discussions. We have cringed over the blatant disrespect. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “If unity comes at the cost of women continuing to be devalued, diminished, disrespected and rejected, that does not seem like the gospel unity embodied by Jesus. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
[On Ephesians 5]: “I would like to point out a fundamental metaphorical reasoning error that I see all the time when complementarians read this passage. They see that in the passage both husbands and Christ are mapped to the head /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Not everything that was done in the Bible has a universal, timeless, or useful application. What is a timeless principle is that both men and women should be taking their lead from Jesus. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “If you tell a man he has to earn his place as an equal among the men and women around him you might generate active men, but tell him he deserves the unconditional respect of half the population before he even lifts a finger, /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Men had better busy themselves in building up the temple of God, instead of employing their time in pushing from the scaffold their sisters, who are both able and willing to work with them side by side.” – B. T. Roberts From the book "Ordaining Women", written in 1891
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“I once sat in church on Mother’s Day and listened to a male pastor preach about why wives should submit to their husbands. On Mother’s Day. A day to honor mothers. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The mainstream evangelical take on sex is a difference of DEGREE when it comes to JP Miller and the tragic story in Death of The Pastor's Wife, and not a difference of KIND. And that's the whole problem. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“How do patriarchal gender roles contribute to domestic violence? Coercive control through teachings of “helpmate” and submission are not fringe teachings. These concepts are central to complementarian theology, which is central to many evangelical churches. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “There's a way of framing the pastor who sleeps with his congregant as a product of his understandable weakness and his compelling infatuation, which in text condemns the act but actually makes the whole thing /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Good theology has good outcomes. In the case of any theology of the sexes the test is whether it encourages men to treat women as they themselves would like to be treated (Matt 7:12). Is it good news for women? Complementarian theology fails this test. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “I was realizing that you can’t have hierarchy without placing differing value on people and inevitably you protect what you value most. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“The reason why a lot of men are clinging on the idea of “feminism has ruined the nuclear family unit” is because the family is the only hierarchy where the average man actually holds power. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “From the late 18th century onward, Christian women led the way in the fledgling feminist movement, campaigning for the vote, for changes to prostitution laws, for women to be able to own property, and more. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“The result of certain spaces being dominated by certain groups of people means the culture of those spaces becomes the culture of those people. This happens in pastoral circles all the time. Groups of male pastors meet together weekly for prayer. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Abusive men find conservative evangelical churches easy places to hide and groom women and girls primarily because the dominant gender and sexuality theology in evangelicalism today is one of sacralized male entitlement through complementarianism ... /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“It’s really something to see so many who’ve watched Death of Pastor’s Wife express shock that dirty pastors hide in church, groom their victims, and cloak their abuse with Bible verses. All with congregational acceptance. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “As I learn more and more about the “biblical manhood and womanhood” movement, I can’t help but think that it sounds more like the American dream than the upside-down Kingdom that Jesus taught about. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“As I researched this history, I didn’t just pay attention to the women at the top, the leaders and influencers. I also looked for the women below, the women who listened and learned and patterned their lives around these teachings, the women who were never enough, /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “In 1960, ten leading Reformed Afrikaner theologians published a series of essays condemning Apartheid and the claim that the Bible endorsed racial separation. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“For generations, the institutional church has excelled at a very specific, polite, and deeply performative kind of violence. Yes, I said violence. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Essentially, the Samaritan woman is the first woman evangelist.The disciples are also impacted, as Jesus models the need to go beyond conventional boundaries like gender, ethnicity, or geography in order to fulfill the mission of God. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “By its very nature, complementarianism has no remedy for its shriveling effect on gifted women.” – Andrew Bartlett and Terran Williams From: terranwilliams.com/what-mike-wi...
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “In secular contexts, if a man were to announce loudly in public that he finds it hard to not fantasize if a woman is wearing yoga pants, and that the sight of her makes him lust--he would be considered creepy & pervy. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Because complementarian teachings sexualize and objectify women while treating them as an inferior class, it’s nearly impossible for adult men and women in those spaces to have normal interactions ... /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“What then, does complementarian discourse do? It obscures the way gender complementarity aligns Christianity with secular and humanist norms. It excuses and covers inequality and violence. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“In 1 Timothy 5:11-15, Paul addresses the issue of young single women in the church at Ephesus who were shunning marriage ... Some of these young single women had too much time on their hands and were visiting households and “saying things they shouldn’t” ... /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “The main problem is the way complementarian theology and practice trains men to see women, and—maybe even more sadly—the way it trains women to see themselves. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Complementarians say often and loudly that nothing in the Bible encourages men to be abusive of their wives, or legitimates such behavior, but everyone who has been involved in domestic abuse in churchgoing families, or read about it, knows that Paul’s words, /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Anytime you hear a man say a woman should be a submissive wife, ask him what happens if she won’t.” – Tia Levings From: www.threads.com/@tialevingsw...
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “When we locate gendered hierarchy in its proper scriptural place, as a tragic outcome of the first couple’s rebellion against God rather than in God’s creational design, then we will understand gendered hierarchy as analogous to the other outcomes: /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Living in “complementarian” spaces was death by a thousand cuts. It can be hard to articulate, because each cut on its own sounds petty.” - Chelsea From: holytension.com/2022/09/19/f...
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“There’s a formula that certain groups in the Church use to bring women like you to the brink of mental breakdown: 1. Tell her to have as many babies as possible. 2. Tell her that her calling is to take care of her house, children, and husband with a cheerful heart, to the glory of God. /1
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Orthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“[John Piper’s] This Momentary Marriage was written and first published in 2009—the same year Piper said a wife might endure verbal abuse “for a season” and perhaps be “smacked one night” before seeking help from the church. /1
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