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Allowed to Imagine: What We Lose When Migrant Folks Aren’t Able to Create

Stephanie Camba sits in the shadows of a tree in the grass, surrounded by books.
by Tina Vasquez
August 21, 2020 at 11:28am
There’s a rich and beautiful tapestry of migrant artists, writers, poets, and musicians.
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Picketing Equality: Non-religious Queer Storylines Still Rule the TV Roost

by Michelle Krasovitski
June 26, 2020 at 9:00am
We need more sophisticated storylines pertaining to religion and tolerance. Read more »
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Undivine Intervention: Do We Need Religious Faith to Defend Humanitarian Aid?

by Barbara Sostaita
June 3, 2020 at 10:55am
What religious-freedom claims mean for the legal future of progressive movements. Read more »
a caravan of cars hold signs in front of an ICE facility in Colorado to encourage the release of migrants

Contagion Is Not the Crisis: COVID-19 Is a Chance to Rethink Stereotypes About Immigrants

by Barbara Sostaita
April 22, 2020 at 12:00pm
Nationalistic racism tells us that migrants infest, infect, and invade the homeland.  Read more »
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Religious Exemption: Catholic Hospitals Are Barring Transgender Patients from Surgery

by Leah Feiger
January 13, 2020 at 12:41pm
These policies and resulting statements, coupled with the reach and growth of Catholic healthcare systems, could make access to gender-confirmation surgery even more difficult. Read more »
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In Bad Faith: Hallmark’s Jewish Stereotypes Meet America’s Rising Antisemitism

by Noa Azulai
December 17, 2019 at 9:00pm
Hanukkah, as it exists to Hallmark, is just Christmas’s quirky ethnic sidekick.  Read more »
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The Unbelievers: New Atheism and the Old Boys’ Club

by Victoria Bekiempis
December 16, 2019 at 12:32pm
So is new-style atheism the sausage party that media coverage would suggest? Read more »
FKA twigs, a lightskinned Black woman with black, slicked-back hair, poses as a historical figure on the cover of MAGDALENE

This Woman’s Work: FKA twigs’s “MAGDALENE” Dissects Female Martyrdom

by Vanessa Willoughby
November 11, 2019 at 12:08pm
FKA twigs not only treats her album’s namesake as a source of spiritual strength, but considers how often women are stripped of their agency and their voice—even when they’re the heroine of their own stories. Read more »
Jex Blackmore, a white woman with dark, black hair, performs Nighrites

Raising Hell: Satanic Feminism’s Eternal Legacy

by Jex Blackmore
October 28, 2019 at 10:00am
Activist groups such as W.I.T.C.H. and others show how satanism can be used as a powerful unifying force for political engagement. Read more »
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Very Online: Instagram Has a Conversion Therapy Problem

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 19, 2019 at 6:19pm
With help from Instagram, they’re able to expand their reach to those vulnerable to their violent teachings. Read more »

Twist of Faith: Q&A With “God Land” Author Lyz Lenz

by Jessica Jernigan
August 1, 2019 at 9:00am
“Cultural Christianity’s power as moral currency is something society still uses to define who’s good and who’s bad. For women, for people of color especially, how you look, how you dress, how you act shapes how we interpret who’s in and who’s out.” Read more »

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Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken
by Audrey deCoursey
Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »