If you want a steadfast love in your life, find yourself a woman. From my mother, friends, mentors, and circles of women who hold me in the light and sustain me, it is always the women who stayed. My faith grew much stronger during the pandemic but my belief in the church has taken a […]
Tag Archives: love
August
23
So I trust, too
posted by plasticdollheads
My friend Ros sent me the verse above during a difficult time. I come back to it frequently. I have made no secret that I have found myself politically homeless during the pandemic, and have been disappointed and disgusted with an organized left who have no acknowledgement of competing harms. Privileged middle class academics who […]
January
14
Self care is a radical act
posted by plasticdollheads
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lorde I have used this Lorde quotation before and it is resonating more than ever. One day I will share more of my story with you, wax drippings onto scorched paper, but for now I must […]
August
18
Sex Workers and Faith
posted by plasticdollheads
As a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds, I will be exploring the relationships between sex workers and faith, and indeed fundamentalist christian organizations and their unhealthy relationships with radical feminists (and the funding of such groups). I have blogged about theology and sex […]
June
23
The Bible and the ‘other’
posted by plasticdollheads
[Image is my own, taken of the art work ‘Gaia’ #earthwork art installation at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. The artist is Luke Jerram]. I was going to use a snappier title, but I know some people like to skip the theology posts so I wanted to be transparent. I had been feeling fatigued […]
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 […]
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