![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I learned about this big wide world I’d been sheltered from. Then I got a job as a copy assistant at my local newspaper at 18, and very quickly my career path turned to journalism. I think that’s where I developed my insatiable curiosity as a communicator. The answer to every query was, “god did it!" - which made me want to ask more questions. Not long after that, the head pastor told my parents I was an abomination. I looked at the verses around it and there was another that said you shouldn’t wear mixed blend fabrics, so I asked my youth pastor, ‘So if this verse is correct, what about this verse over here? Does it mean that polyester-blend suits are wrong in the eyes of god, too?’ He wore a lot of polyester suits. There's this Old Testament verse they would throw out to the congregation, that says a woman shouldn’t wear anything pertaining to a man. The church was incredibly strict about gender roles, and I think that made me feel a lot of pressure to fit into the heteronormative stereotype of what it means to be feminine. ![]() Jen Smith: I was raised in a devoutly religious home, and I was homeschooled. She might be the smartest person we know. We got to sit down with her for an interview and talked religious upbringing, survivor stories, and empowerment through education. The one doing sick roller skating tricks in TomboyX - sometimes just undies? That’s Jen. ![]()
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