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Killing the Buddha

Cowboy for Christ

By Quince Mountain | January 14, 2014

Gender-bending love at Bible camp. From Believer, Beware, now available as an e-book!

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The Preacher

By Nancy Kricorian | August 31, 2012

Or, How Ecclesiastes Changed My Life

"Class War," a banner-drop in Oakland on November 2. By Nathan Jongewaard.

Fuck Your Prayer, Show Me Solidarity

By Kristin Rawls | December 15, 2011

A coming-out story in an age of predatory credit.

Killing the Buddha

Love in Action, Except Not

By Becky Garrison | August 28, 2011

For those who wonder how they can respond when they see Michele Bachmann’s husband and other ex-gay activists spewing hatred, the documentary This is Love in Action demonstrates what can happen when…

Blurry Cub Scouts

Nerdjacking Old Glory

By Quince Mountain | June 24, 2011

An irritable butch dyke with a fifth of Southern Comfort does her duty at a Boy Scout jamboree.

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Dispatch from Catholic Camp

By Mary Valle | November 3, 2010

I was recently digging in the KtB archives, researching my upcoming coffee-table book of Catholic summer camps, Our Lady of the Woods. I found this oddity—a postcard from a Catholic…

Believer Beware

Cowboy for Christ

By Quince Mountain | September 2, 2009

From Believer, Beware: Gender-bending love at Christian camp.

Bible Porn

Bible Porn

By Erik Hanson | August 14, 2004

Sometimes corrupting children is a religious duty.

“For most people, ‘Kum Ba Ya’ is the canonical Christian camp hymn.”

I Am a Sea

By Patton Dodd | May 14, 2003

Learning to speak a new language is never easy, especially one that is already dead.