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Fashionable Intolerance

Published at Sacred Matters on July 28, 2016. The mainstream media labeled FLDS fashion as prairie chic or polygamist fashion. Bloggers, editors and opinion writers all grappled with the pressing issue of how these women could wear such awful clothing. For a moment, fashion disaster appeared more pressing than child brides.

Goodbye, Tim LaHaye

Published at Killing the Buddha on July 28, 2016. I purchased a copy of the Left Behind DVD for a few dollars; my partner refused to watch it with me with an inappropriate (appropriate) “Hell no.” The more I read and watched, the more I wanted to read and watch. I started ordering titles from his prophecy […]

Talking About Racism

Published at Bearings on April 8, 2016. Regardless of how extensively I engage in anti-racism work, my discomfort never seems to go away—and frankly, I don’t want it to. Discussions of racism should make us uncomfortable, because racism is an uncomfortable reality.

Why I Remain Hopeful

Published at Chronicle Vitae on July 5, 2016. Fatalism absolves our responsibility for the world around us. Fatalism leads us to accept the inequalities of academia as normative and unfixable. I can’t bear it anymore; you shouldn’t bear it anymore, either.

Birth of the Klan’s Nation

Published at Sacred Matters on April 12, 2016. By wearing white robes under the light of the fiery cross, the 1920s Klan hoped to save America. Robes and crosses materialized their hope. Yet, the fiery cross and robes did not offer comfort or assurance to the Klan’s victims. They only found fear and terror, not religious symbolism […]

On Redeeming Other People

Published by Killing the Buddha on June 8, 2016. Small hands darted into brambles to pick the juicy, sun-ripened fruit. My hands ended up scratched and bleeding from our efforts, but I continued to pick more. Wounds that led to a reward seemed somehow sweeter. The agony was worth it. But, I gave up on romanticizing […]