--- description: If the women of the Bible could return to life and speak, here's what they might say about #YesAllWomen title: YesAllWomen and YesAllBiblicalWomen: Most Powerful Tweets image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Most Powerful #YesAllBiblicalWomen Tweets by [Elizabeth Dias](/author/elizabeth-dias/) ## Elizabeth Dias Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2014 3:07 PM CUT by [Elizabeth Dias](/author/elizabeth-dias/) ## Elizabeth Dias Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2014 3:07 PM CUT The [shooting spree](http://time.com/113948/elliot-rodger-ucsb-santa-barbara/ "undefined") in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Friday–and suspect Elliot Rodger’s manifesto against women that appears to have been behind it–prompted an [online conversation](http://time.com/114043/yesallwomen-hashtag-santa-barbara-shooting/ "undefined") critiquing the beliefs society instills in men about women. But alongside the #YesAllWomen hashtag cropped up another one–#YesAllBiblicalWomen–as people began imagining the way the women of the Bible would contribute to the #YesAllWomen conversation if they could speak today. Feminist Jewish and Christian theology is a relatively new development in each faith’s history, and many of the women in the Bible, as these tweets suggest, experienced consequences of male entitlement. Here’s a selection of the #YesAllBiblicalWomen tweets, each sharing a Biblical woman’s story, from [@AllBibleWomen](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen "undefined") and others: Sarah: because my husband thought pimping me out was better than other men killing him to take me. [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471157620129005569?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Hagar: Because you think you own me, use my body without my say, and when I finally gain my voice, you set me loose to die [#yesallwomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/yesallwomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 26, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471030935970779138?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Syro-phonecian woman: Because even Jesus calls me a bitch. [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 26, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471032144328810496?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Bathsheba: Because I can’t bathe without being leered at. [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 26, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471035908909973505?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Mary, Mother of Jesus: Because being pregnant while unattached to a man is so dangerous I had to run away to my cousin’s house [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471365318762577920?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Mary: Because the guys get confused by a few women with the same name [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471335098562797568?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Hannah: because when I pray differently than you, you judge me and say I must be a drunk. [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471127440320770048?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren-happuch: Bc we, and our beauty, are only recorded to show how lucky our Dad was [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — YesAllBiblicalWomen (@AllBibleWomen) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen/status/471147552486596608?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") .[@AllBibleWomen](https://twitter.com/AllBibleWomen?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Bilhah & Zilpah: because we gave birth to 4 of the 12 tribes and most don't know our names. [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — Not an OG Just a G (@WilGafney) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/WilGafney/status/471124668263698434?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") because who do you think cooked for and looked after Jesus & disciples while they traipsed around Palestine? — Rev. Dr. Joelle Colville-Hanson (@PastorJoelle) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/PastorJoelle/status/471161253662949376?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Because the church tells women to follow rules while the Bible celebrates women who break them [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — Hillary Haden (@\_thewanderunner) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/%5Fthewanderunner/status/471157187692474368?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") To the unnamed women who are offered up by men to be gang raped so that other men won't harm their guests. [#YesAllBiblicalWomen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllBiblicalWomen?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") — Andre E. Johnson (@aejohnsonphd) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/aejohnsonphd/status/471295160093921282?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/123130/yesallbiblicalwomen-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/123130/yesallbiblicalwomen-tweets/"},"headline":"The Most Powerful #YesAllBiblicalWomen Tweets","datePublished":"2014-05-28T15:07:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:22.094Z","description":"If the women of the Bible could return to life and speak, here's what they might say about #YesAllWomen","url":"https://time.com/123130/yesallbiblicalwomen-tweets/","keywords":["Living","women","Social Media","Religion","twitter","Bible","faith","Tweets"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Dias","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-dias/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/123130/yesallbiblicalwomen-tweets/","name":"The Most Powerful #YesAllBiblicalWomen Tweets"}}]}] ```