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What we need alongside “thoughts and prayers”

December 3, 2015 · Filed Under: Culture, faith · Tagged With: news, prayer, violence

The most recent mass shooting has us all thinking and praying again. But last night’s reaction was different: there was an outburst of outrage at those who offer “thoughts and prayers” without promising any sort of action to prevent violence in the future. I have read that this was an “attack on prayer“, that criticizingContinue reading >>

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On guns, hatred, race and fear in the aftermath of Charleston

June 19, 2015 · Filed Under: Culture · Tagged With: Charleston, crime, guns, justice, news, race, violence

The Steeple of Emanuel AME

I was abroad when Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson last summer. I was way off the grid in Botswana. When we finally got back to Lusaka and turned on CNN International protests were in full force and we couldn’t believe our eyes. Perhaps it was missing the initial aftermath, perhaps it was being abroad,Continue reading >>

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Coming after our bodies

May 30, 2014 · Filed Under: Culture · Tagged With: gender, violence

I’ve been thinking lately about the first time someone called me fat. We were in our high school parking lot, and I said something he didn’t like, and he shot back at me “Shut up, you fat bitch”. I don’t remember who it was, or when, or what I said. What I remember is thatContinue reading >>

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