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A PhD candidate in Women's Studies in Religion with focuses on South Asian Religions and Popular Culture. Rhinos, Hockey, Soccer, traveling, and reading are key to the world of which I have created

• Our Sacred Spaces are Burning By Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on April 28, 2019 • ( 20 )

  

  Event Update: This post was largely written before the Saturday shooting at the Chabad Synagogue in Poway, California. I have added a few sentences at the end of this post in light of this new sacred space violence.  When I… Read More ›

• The Modern Problematic Nature of the Sabarimala Temple, Part 2 by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on March 24, 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  The Sabarimala Temple has received an influx of global attention since last October. In my last FAR post, I researched the origin story of the Sabarimala Temple and its dedicated deity, Ayyappan. Ayyappan’s unusual parentage and chosen attributes and patronage… Read More ›

• Part One: The God Ayyappan and The Sabarimala Temple by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on February 24, 2019 • ( 13 )

  

  The Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, India has been recently thrown into the news. It has made world news due to the two centuries long tradition of denying females from the age of 10-50 entrance into the Temple. As of September… Read More ›

• The Goddesses Ereshkigal and Epona and Their Help in My Grief by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on January 27, 2019 • ( 7 )

  

  In November, my paternal grandmother passed. She was five days away from her 93rd birthday. As I was/am going through the grieving process, I started to actively recall all the studies I have done regarding death and grieving practices across… Read More ›

• Unpacking the Midterm Elections by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on November 25, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  As the dust is settling, with the mixture of finishing counting ballots and races being conceded, the true realities of what happened in the 2018 Midterm Elections is taking concrete form. From the earliest hours of November 6, numbers showed that… Read More ›

• Updating our Fairy Tales by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on October 25, 2018 • ( 17 )

  

  The rising voices of female empowerment, consciousness, and position has been an undertaking in the last two centuries. Yet societies are still using fairy tales; tales that were written at least 500 years ago. Many of the fairy tales can be… Read More ›

• I Believe Dr. Blasey Ford by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on September 30, 2018 • ( 9 )

  

  I had a completely different post that I was going to submit for my FAR contribution this month, but that went out the window on Thursday September 27th with the Supreme Court Justice Nomination hearings of Brett Kavanaugh and the… Read More ›

• Why Isn’t Easter Marketable? By Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on March 25, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  A few months ago, a friend and I were having one of our many hundreds of random conversations when we started to talk about the differences in the commercialization of the two major Christian holidays: Christmas and Easter. We started… Read More ›

• Chinese New Year: The Year of the Dog by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on February 25, 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  February has come and with it the celebration of the Chinese New Year. This year’s cycle is the Year of the Dog. The 15-day celebrations can range from parades, gift exchange, meals, and fireworks. Chinese New Year is a large… Read More ›

• Solidarity Thy Clothing is a Black Gown by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on January 28, 2018 • ( 9 )

  

  On Sunday, January 7th, a highly visible and poignant protest and stance was made. The 75th Golden Globes was the frontline to which the privileged Hollywood A-Listers took a stance. They collectively drew a line, a call for change.  A… Read More ›

• My Hopeful Prayer for 2018 by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on December 24, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  When the dust settled after November 9, 2016, many were looking for a better 2017. Alas, 2017 was one of the roughest, heaviest, and revelatory years in the last twenty years. 2017 shook many to their cores. Every morning seemed… Read More ›

• The Act of Gun Control by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on November 26, 2017 • ( 9 )

  

  This month’s post is brought on by dealing with another aftermath of a mass shooting and the responses in the wake of devastation. I write this in ardent hope that this will start a discussion that will hopefully lead to… Read More ›

• Kneeling as Protest by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on October 20, 2017 • ( 7 )

  

  In a previous FAR post, I talked about the newest trend in sports of including women in marketing strategies for American football. Today I have decided to throw my hat into the ring regarding the recent polarizing “Kneeling” protest taking… Read More ›

• Traveling Sexism by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on September 24, 2017 • ( 18 )

  

  This summer I traveled quite a lot domestically. While I was in airports, on trains, waiting in lines, and going about my summer I kept coming across certain patterns and experiences which were becoming all too common and too significant… Read More ›

• Saving Tomorrow: Wonder Woman and Her Elevated Role in Shaping Our World by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on June 25, 2017 • ( 23 )

  

  June 2, 2017 saw a boost in the revolution led by a former Israeli soldier turned model and actor in the iconic role of Wonder Woman, a role that has been around for over 76 years. The movie has shattered… Read More ›

• Preserving the Complete History: Remembering Japanese Internment Camps By Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on May 28, 2017 • ( 8 )

  

  A couple of months ago I did a day trip to visit the historical site of one of the 10 internment camps which were formed due to Executive Order 9066 issued on February 19, 1942. Manzanar Relocation Camp is located… Read More ›

• Safe Spaces Found in Fan Conventions By Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on April 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  This is the post where we are going to enter the world of fan conventions. Fan Conventions can be considered anything that carries a fan base – film, television, comics, books, actors, or genres of literature. Fan conventions have evolved… Read More ›

• Health Care Woes by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on March 26, 2017 • ( 11 )

  

  I was struggling to figure out a piece for this month’s post and what I kept coming back to is my healthcare journey and the uncertainty of the last year. My childhood does not contain memories of not supported medically…. Read More ›

• Despite Hollywood’s Activism, the Oscars are still White by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on February 26, 2017 • ( 16 )

  

  Activism and Politics have had a complex relationship with Hollywood. Now more than ever actors, directors, and many more associated with the media industry are using their voices, their positions, and their money to causes, political parties, and movements. More… Read More ›

• Part Three: Magic, Destiny, and Acceptance by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on January 22, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The last young adult fantasy book series I will be looking at is Sarah Maas’s Throne of Glass. Sarah Maas’s Throne of Glass is a combination of all the elements which we have looked at in the previous two series,… Read More ›

• Part Two: Hope has Power by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on December 25, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Journeying into the worlds of young adult fantasy enters another dimension with the second series I will be looking at: Laini Taylor’s series Daughter of Smoke and Bone.  The series premiered in 2011 and contains three books. Both Daughter of… Read More ›

• Part One: Young Adult Fantasy is on Fire by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on November 27, 2016 • ( 10 )

  

  As per my last month’s FAR post, I will be looking at book series from the Young Adult Fantasy genre. The first series of young adult fantasy that I will be looking at is Rae Carson’s trilogy The Girl of… Read More ›

• Entering the World of Young Adult Literature by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on October 17, 2016 • ( 7 )

  

  Young Adult Fantasy provides a new realm for exploring feminism and religion. It provides an avenue to which female characters can achieve and influence change. What is Young Adult Fantasy within literature? YA fantasy is a sub-genre of Young Adult… Read More ›

• Changing How Football Sells by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on September 25, 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  Keeping with the sports theme of my last FAR post, I decided to look at a sport which has been typically lacking in female viewership and participating, American football. Over the last five years, there has been an overt attempt… Read More ›

• I’ve Got that Rio Fever by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on August 28, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  The Olympics have an illustrious history including historical events taking place during their weeks long events. From Hitler opening the 1936 Olympic games to the terrorist attacks in the 1972 Munich games. The 31st Summer Olympics kicked off officially on… Read More ›

• Hamilton Part 3 – Conclusion: “Satisfied” By Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on July 24, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  The conclusion of my 3-part post on how the Hamilton musical has changed the narratives and bringing diversity to Broadway. This last piece of the puzzle is how Hamilton has impacted me. I have always had a love of history,… Read More ›

• Sorrow Filled Solidarity by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on June 26, 2016 • ( 11 )

  

  On an unexpected weekend in June, the city of Orlando was rocked with a string of violent attacks that created an earthquake of shock, grief, fear, hurt, and a sadness too terrible to name, that all ends of our globe… Read More ›

• Hamilton Part 2 – “You want a revolution, I want a revelation,” Changing the Narrative by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on May 22, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  My April FAR post introduced the phenomena that was sweeping the nation; Hamilton the Musical blending contemporary hip hop to the Broadway musical scores. The show has been breaking barriers with its success, intelligence, and fortitude. Hamilton is showing that… Read More ›

• Hamilton Part 1 – “History Has Its Eyes on You” by Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on April 24, 2016 • ( 10 )

  

  Hamilton The Musical, the newest sensation to hit Broadway is sweeping the nation. It is being touted as a fresh new way to produce a Broadway play, introducing hip hop and rap into the lexicon of musicals. From the very… Read More ›

• Jesus Films Have Risen, They Have Risen Indeed By Anjeanette LeBoeuf

  By Anjeanette LeBoeuf on March 27, 2016 • ( 14 )

  

  The creation of cinema brought a new medium to which art and representation were transmitted. This new visual tool allowed people to bring to life favorite stories. Deemed in 1947 as ‘the greatest story ever told,’ the four Gospels found… Read More ›