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Posts Tagged ‘prejudice’
What can I do about Sex Slavery?
April 25th, 2012 by Jonalyn
We don’t like to think of ourselves as a country where sex slaves live behind walls in our town. Much less appealing is the idea that we’re accomplices in the sexual slavery in the United States. Since it’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month (between 500 million and 1.5 billion children are estimated to experience violence annually), since our local [...]
Tags: abuse, body, feminin/masculin-ity, feminism, pain, prejudice, sex, spiritual growth
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Who do I look like? Listening to The Hunger Games
March 28th, 2012 by Jonalyn
My mom hung a little cream placard with blue letters in our kitchen. Growing up I’d read it often, “You are who you are when no one is looking.” It plagued me with confusion about who I really was. The me in private? or the me in public? In the movie, Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen [...]
Tags: beauty, body, envy, prejudice, reviews, vulnerability
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What does Feminism Mean to You?
February 16th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I was 19 years old at the University of Virginia and suffering. I had enrolled in Women in American Literature and felt instantly intimidated by the strong, articulate and (to my mind) ANGRY feminists (was their a more vitriolic combination?) sitting beside me. I was so freaked out I ask the professor to let me [...]
Tags: feminism, loving Jesus, prejudice, reviews, ruby slippers
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How to Spot . . . and How to Treat a Chauvinist
January 18th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I thought they were my friends, they were strong, attractive, Spanish guys. We were in the same honors math classes together. I wore a powder blue fitted dress with white patent leather pumps. The heels were carved of stacked wood, but the dress hit the 4″ above the knee rule. That day those men started [...]
Tags: feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, marriage, prejudice
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Thighs this Summer and Curly Girls
July 22nd, 2011 by Jonalyn
I cut off an old pair of horse-riding jeans this morning. They’re short, even shorter when I roll them. Yikes! I checked out my short shorts (and post-momma legs) in our mirror. My legs, in the back, look like someone else’s legs. Not quite firm, not quite smooth, not quite tan. I’m sort of concerned. [...]
Tags: beauty, body, envy, feminin/masculin-ity, prejudice
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Anthropologie’s Exotic Natives
July 17th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I want you to take a look at one page from an Anthropologie(self-defined as a “A sensory shopping experience for connoisseurs of unique beauty”) advertisement that arrived at my house a few months ago. Beautiful still aside, does this photo strike you as strange? A few notes to consider, the foils happening within, to use a [...]
Tags: beauty, body, politics, prejudice
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Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality
January 6th, 2011 by Jonalyn
New Year’s Resolutions seem like a great way to get egg on your face, because who really keeps them the whole year? Yet, with typical zeal and determination, I’ve joined the ranks of attempting to make a resolution. I’m going to try to read about a book a week. “About” because some book are so [...]
Tags: feminin/masculin-ity, loving Jesus, marriage, pain, politics, prejudice, sex, spiritual growth, vulnerability
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