This Is What Happens When Women Read

This Is What Happens When Women Read is Julianna Glasse's memoir of questioning and ultimately leaving the evangelical world in which she was raised.

It follows her movement from Christian pop singer and religious author to an advocate for intellectual, spiritual, sexual, and psychological autonomy.

The title comes from an encounter in which her then-husband mocked her books after discovering her changing beliefs.

Glasse describes how reading philosophy, listening to LGBTQ neighbors, and recognizing fear-based systems gave her language for experiences she could not previously articulate.

The memoir frames education and storytelling as tools for freedom, self-actualization, and social change.