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Social Justice

The Trouble with “Wellness”

December 20, 2017

During the holiday season we’re bombarded constantly with contradictory messages about how we ought to take care of our bodies this time of year. Over the early winter months there is a collective expectation and even glorification of indulging in all kinds of ways–eating, drinking, spending money, etc. But if we dare enjoy ourselves a bit, we’re Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: clean eating, diet, diet culture, eating, fitness, gym, health, healthy, the biggest loser, wellness

“If Not Me, Then Who?”

November 30, 2017

“If not me, then who?” This question guides my advocacy work. It provides a form of self-accountability that keeps me true to my life's purpose: to make the world a more just, compassionate place. Like many of us I’ve been horrified and triggered by the stories of sexual abuse perpetrated by (mostly) white men in power. There have been days Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: #churchtoo, accountability, advocacy, child abuse, jaime lara, metoo, roman catholic church, sexual abuse, yale divinity school, yale university

Politicians Make Dangerous Theologians

November 22, 2017

Accounts and allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse perpetrated by mostly straight white men in power have flooded the U.S. news cycle for months. Each new revelation confirms that sexual violence is an epidemic fueled by systems of unchecked power and authority, including patriarchy, white supremacy, and Christian Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: alabama, christian supremacy, elections, leigh corfman, metoo, patriarchy, roy moore, senate, sexual abuse, sexual harrassment, white supremacy

When in Doubt, Be Yourself

October 31, 2017

“Excuse me, *you* are the board chair? Of this national organization?” Back in October of 2015 I was elected to lead the Board of Directors for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. At 32 years old I didn't expect to take on this level of leadership quite so early in life. Frankly I was stunned. Turns out I wasn’t the only one Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: board chair, board of directors, doubt, leadership, motherhood, religious coalition for reproductive choice, robert's rules of order, young leaders

Restricting Access to Birth Control is Immoral

October 18, 2017

On a hot August day in 2012, I was taking my usual monthly trip to Walgreens to pick up my birth control prescription. As I pulled out my wallet to cover the co-pay, I was pleasantly surprised when the pharmacist informed me that I didn’t owe anything. It was the first month that the contraceptive mandate included in the Affordable Care Act Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: affordable care act, birth control, Christianity, contraception, contraceptive mandate, economic justice, obamacare, planned parenthood, religious freedom, reproductive health, reproductive rights

Should I Have a Kid?

August 18, 2017

“Did you always know that you wanted to be a parent?” A few weeks ago while recording an episode for our podcast Kindreds, my co-host asked. We talked at length but in short, the answer was, no. When I was young and single, the idea of having a kid was something that seemed like an eventual, yet distant given for my life. But when the question Read More

Filed Under: Faith, Family, Motherhood, Social Justice Tagged With: children, ethics, kids, motherhood, parenting, reproductive health

The Trouble with Boaz

August 16, 2017

I’ve always been troubled by the story of Boaz found in the Book of Ruth. While there are plenty of biblical narratives that horrify me–Hagar, Tamar, and other “texts of terror” as Phyllis Trible called them–the story of Boaz is uniquely problematic in how it has been interpreted and applied by some Christian traditions, particularly among Read More

Filed Under: Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: bible, boaz, consent, evangelicals, marriage, power, ruth, sexual violence

The Bible & The Handmaid’s Tale

August 10, 2017

  The Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel, is a chilling look into a fictional future in which women are stripped of their rights and dignity, rape is sanctified and ritualized, fertility is a commodity, and those who resist the theocratic regime are executed on the spot. In watching the Read More

Filed Under: Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: bible, commanders, genesis, gilead, handmaids, hulu, leah, lydia, margaret atwood, marthas, rachel, rachel and leah center, reproductive rights, republic of gilead, the handmaids tale, tv

The Intersections of Faith and Reproductive Justice

July 19, 2017

Last week I participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP) on the intersections of faith and reproductive justice. These conversations are critically important, particularly in these political times when threats to our bodily autonomy and right of conscience are sanctioned by our current administration, Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Faith, Social Justice Tagged With: abortion, center for american progress, clergy consultation service, healthcare, reproductive health, reproductive justice, reproductive rights

The Shifting Dance of Balance

April 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

  What's your reaction to the phrase work-life balance? Does the idea of balance seem aspirational to you, or does it seem utterly impossible? If you're like me, it feels more like the latter. There are several major problems with the concept of work-life balance in the ways that I have heard it described. The phrasing falsely segregates Read More

Filed Under: Advocacy, Social Justice Tagged With: balance, meditation, self-care, tara brach, yoga

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