religion
The Conditional Feminism of “My Unorthodox Life”
Growing as a feminist doesn’t mean shrinking as a Jew.
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Hungry and Holy: Navigating Ramadan With an Eating Disorder Is No Easy Feat
Even for those fasting for reasons outside of faith, the link between God and fasting feels inescapable.
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Inside the Quiverfull World That Made Josh Duggar
It’s hard for Quiverfull escapees and child sexual abuse survivors to feel any relief that the law is holding Josh Duggar accountable.
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Moral Panic: Matt Gaetz Embodies the Evangelical Movement’s Skewed Obsession with Sex Trafficking
It’s somewhat ironic to see Gaetz caught up in his own culture’s favorite moral panic.
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Only Here to Sin: Lil Nas X Continues a Tradition of Queer Blasphemy
“Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” unequivocally embraces queerness to the absolute despair of conservative Christians.
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Pausing the Panic Button: Can Religious Scholarship Teach Media Literacy?
Moral panics about sexually disturbing or explicit media are hardly new or uncommon.
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Faithful Bigot: Amy Coney Barrett Is the Catholic Church’s Secret Weapon
Like other American institutions, the Catholic Church has been shaped by white supremacy.
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Out of Network: What’s Really Behind “Health-Sharing” Ministries?
The pandemic has underscored how one person’s “faith” can be weaponized against others to worsen an already shared precarity.
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Our Loss: We Still Don’t Know How to Mourn Jewish Celebrities
It’s a disservice to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a feminist icon but erase her Jewishness.
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Allowed to Imagine: What We Lose When Migrant Folks Aren’t Able to Create
There’s a rich and beautiful tapestry of migrant artists, writers, poets, and musicians.
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