Social media and the news are full of horrifying images of humans locked in cages and children dying trying to cross seas, rivers and deserts. This is 2019 and we live in dark times. Some days I feel burned out and devastated by what I see. I have posted about these issues here. […]
Tag Archives: christian
June
30
Heavy is the Head that wears the Crown
posted by plasticdollheads
Stormzy at the Brits with his poignant and brutal comments about Grenfell. I have used this imagery and lyrics in lectures. Stormzy is an amazing artist, a poet and a visual performance artist. “Like, ‘Yo, Theresa May, where’s that money for Grenfell? What you thought we just forgot about Grenfell? You’re criminals and you […]
June
15
Puritan Movement
posted by plasticdollheads
[Updated 1st September 2020 to include a link to the Samantha Cole article at Vice which quotes this blog Justine Halley quotes this blog in her Medium article here. I have spoken increasingly about the relationship between radical feminists/abolitionists and the religious right/ fundamentalist Christians. I now have even more reason to be wary. […]
May
11
Love
posted by plasticdollheads
Rachel Held Evans the famous progressive Christian writer died on May 4th 2019 aged 37 years old. I did not know Rachel, but followed her on twitter and was inspired by her writings. Rachel was a radically inclusive Christian: the kind of teaching that brought me back to the church. The idea that all are […]
March
25
Lent
posted by plasticdollheads
Today is the Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Bet you weren’t expecting a touch of Theology in this blog, but in the absence of me creating a separate one, you can thank me later. I have been reflecting on Lent and what it means to me. What does it […]
April
26
Sex-Trafficking and Objectifying campaigns
posted by plasticdollheads
Human Trafficking is a hot topic, more specifically, human ‘sex-trafficking’. Many people aren’t concerned with the forced or coerced movement of people into agriculture, factories, hotel worker, but throw ‘sex’ into the title and the moral panic is ignited. Worryingly, sex work and trafficking are conflated at an alarming rate, and anti-immigration policy hides behind […]
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