*This image depicts candles I lit to commemorate International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2020. May you rest in power*. Globally sex workers are under attack. During a global pandemic which has disproportionately harmed and killed the poorest and most marginalized in our societies, people are advocating to further attack the incomes of […]
Tag Archives: religion
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 […]
July
14
What you do for the least of these
posted by plasticdollheads
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. […]
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 […]
April
07
Jesus and sex workers
posted by plasticdollheads
I was going to think of a snappier title but this post is about Jesus and sex workers, so there it is folks. Not in a rescue industry way. Not in a redemption and at-a-distance ‘pray for them’ way. I recently wrote a piece for the March 2019 issue of our parish magazine about ‘Evangelism […]
April
06
The angel and the girl
posted by plasticdollheads
I must thank my lovely friend Ros for introducing me to this poem ‘The Angel and the Girl’ by Edwin Muir. Read it through a few times in its entire form (ideally aloud!) for its true beauty. “See, they have come together, see, While the destroying minutes flow, Each reflect’s the other’s face, Til heaven […]
March
16
LJMU welcome Charlie Craggs
posted by plasticdollheads
It has been a very busy week here at LJMU! On Tuesday I had the honour of welcoming Charlie Craggs to deliver a guest lecture to our Level 6 students on the Body Politics module. After first discovering Charlie on Instagram, I added her book To My Trans Sisters to our reading list on […]
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