"White Christian America sees Donald Trump as their modern Moses" writes Steven Rosenfeld in an important AlterNet article: "Threatened to the Core by Fading Power and Demographics, White Christian America is Going All in on Trump."That’s the takeaway of pollsters who specialize in tracking religion and American life and were initially startled as Trump beat a handful of preachers or their sons in the early primaries, namely Scott Walker and Ted Cruz. It’s what’s behind new polls fin … [Read more...]
WATCH THIS VIDEO: On A Mission To Change The Way Women See Their Bodies (and a Backhanded Answer to Trump-Style Misogyny)
June 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Photo TARYN BRUMFITT (Facebook) WATCH this video before some Donald Trump-Clone-Pig tells you or your daughters or granddaughters that their breasts are the "wrong" shape or that they are "too big" or "too small." Trump even was discussing his own baby daughter's breast size not long ago on TV! No kidding!Enough of these Trumpian idiots who reduce women to size and shape. In a world where a sexist pig like Trump belittles women having made a career of so-called bea … [Read more...]
RAPE FROM “Inside me”– The Powerful Letter The Stanford U Victim Read Aloud To Her Attacker (and to anyone else who cares about the plight of women in this sexist society)
June 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
One night in January 2015, two Stanford University graduate students biking across campus spotted a freshman thrusting his body on top of an unconscious, half-naked woman behind a dumpster. Brock Allen Turner, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault.Turner faced a maximum of 14 years in state prison as BuzFeed noted.The rapist was sentenced to six months in county jail and probation.The judge said he feared a longer sentence would "have a severe impact” on Turner, a c … [Read more...]
The “Bible Belt” is the Porn Belt: Surprised?
October 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Bible Belt is the Porn Belt. According to a new study, the more you say you literally believe in the Bible, the more you watch porn. At least that's the inevitable fact-based conclusion drawn from the biggest study of internet Google porn searches by region. Here's some excerpts from a brilliant article by Valerie Tarico first published in Alternet that proves the point. (Reprinted by permission.)Smut in Jesusland: "The honest truth is that we all have our failings, Christian or not, li … [Read more...]
I haven’t the foggiest idea what prayer does– I do know that I can’t get through my day without praying…
July 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Why does prayer feel both right and normal to me and crazy, too? The best I can do is offer this analogy. In the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, people receive a vision of a mountain to which they’re being called. They don’t know what they’re seeing, let alone why. They don’t believe in callings per se. They just have to go there. In the same way, I just have to pray. And while I know that soon my grandchildren will be asking me tough questions about whether any of this spiritual mumbo- … [Read more...]
Jesus, Don’t Let Me Die Before I’ve Had Sex
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here's a clip from my interview in "Jesus, Don't Let Me Die Before I've Had Sex." Matt Barber - the director of Jesus, Don't Let Me Die Before I've Had Sex - a documentary - is posting clips from the project on YouTube. Here's mine.Click HERE for more clips from the movie and watch! … [Read more...]
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