My blogging has been horribly irregular lately, folks. I apologize for that. I miss it like crazy, but life's been so full. Lately I've been spending all my time reading and writing papers for classes, and I've got some awesome potential blog material from that, and if you'll all be patient with me, I'll be sure to have it up soon! Also, this week, the "Cemetery for the Innocent" (if you don't know what that is, google it. But, trigger warning if you've had an abortion, because it's a giant … [Read more...]
Our Mother who art in heaven…
March 22, 2012 By 20 Comments
I'm trying this new thing where I don't just think of God as a man. Where I get this image out of my head that God is an old man that looks like Gandalf and has Morgan Freeman's voice. Where I let God out of this box of masculinity that God's been confined to. It's difficult. The images of God that we focus on in the Bible are all quite masculine. God is a Father. God is a King. God as a husband. God is He and Him. And to complicate matters, the preachers that have always told me about God … [Read more...]
When I can
March 20, 2012 By 11 Comments
People assume that healing from abuse is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff. Doctor Who quotes aside, I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "It's been years. Why don't you just let it go?" I can't always get a hold of it, for one. Pain is like a greased pig--I can't even get a grip on it in the first place most of the time, much less "let it go." It's … [Read more...]
Joseph Kony is famous. Trayvon Martin is not.
March 17, 2012 By 23 Comments
White Evangelical Christians love African children. Two years at Grace College (a predominantly white Grace Brethren college in small town Indiana) taught me that. Students went on missions trips in which it was mandatory to return with at least one picture of you surrounded by African children, or perhaps holding an African baby. Then, of course, there was Invisible Children. Middle class white guys "giving voices" to black children in Uganda. Grace College was all over that. And I include … [Read more...]
I Did Not Report
March 13, 2012 By 15 Comments
Trigger Warning for rape and sexual abuse Social media can be powerful. Yesterday, a Twitter trending topic reminded me of that. On #IDidNotReport, people explain why they didn't report rape or sexual abuse. The results are a strong reminder that we still live in a rape culture. I encourage you all to check out this trend. Here are a few tweets: #ididnotreport because she was female, smaller than me, & we were at a club. The fact was I felt powerless & she didn't accept … [Read more...]
Happy International Women’s Day and Feminist Coming Out Day!
March 8, 2012 By 4 Comments
March 8th is an exciting day! First of all, it's my wonderful partner's 28th birthday (Happy Birthday, Abe!). Second, it's National Colon Cleansing Day (Remember! A clean colon is a happy colon). And then, it's International Women's Day and Feminist Coming Out Day! As much as I love Abe and colons, this post is going to focus on the latter two. When I first "came out" as a feminist about a year ago, I got a lot of responses. Some positive, some discouraging. But, I think, by far the most … [Read more...]
Weekend Links!
March 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
Here are some of my favorite posts this week! Enjoy, and post your favorites in the comments!"Ashley's Song Part 2" by Jermaine Lane: A couple days ago, I asked everyone to share any links they might have about self-injury in honor of Self-Injury Awareness Day. Jermaine responded with this poem! Check it out!I won't post too many Rush Limbaugh articles, but here are a few that I think are neat:"Dear Rush Limbaugh, Birth Control Doesn't Work Like Viagra" by Adam Serwer: Adam explains the … [Read more...]
I’m standing up to Rush Limbaugh
March 2, 2012 By 13 Comments
Yes, I know this isn't the first horrible thing Rush Limbaugh has said. Trust me, if anyone knows that, it's me. I grew up listening to my father listen to Rush. I remember when Limbaugh had his own television show and I remember sitting on my father's lap at age 4 or 5 and laughing at the show's silly caricatures of Bill Clinton. I remember singing along with the parody songs he played on his show long before I was old enough to actually know what they meant. I remember learning at a young … [Read more...]
Self-Injury Awareness Day
March 1, 2012 By 5 Comments
In light of Self-Injury Awareness Day, here are a few things that self-injury is NOT, taken from the book Hope and Healing for Kids Who Cut by Marv Penner: It is not just a fad. It is not an extreme version of tattoos or piercings It is probably not a suicide attempt (though self-injury is often the result of deep emotional pain or a symptom of other problems like depression, so the issue of suicide should definitely be addressed! Avoid accusations though, and understand that self-injury … [Read more...]
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