Military

The Trees and We Breathe Bombs Long Gone by Lache S.

By Lache S. on July 1, 2017 • ( 3 )

I wish that in our pursuit of finding cures for illnesses we would do more as a collective species to prevent the causes, sometimes environmental ones. Why do we vote for people to make decisions that represent us but that… Read More ›

What Could ‘Masculinity’ Mean in 2017? by Meghana Bahar

By Guest Contributor on May 31, 2017 • ( 5 )

PART II of II – see PART I here. Last year, the leader of the (un)Free World was elected by ‘right choice’, much to the collective dismay of liberal leftists, a huge proportion of people of colour, progressive educationists, environmental… Read More ›

What Could ‘Masculinity’ Mean in 2017? by Meghana Bahar

By Guest Contributor on May 30, 2017 • ( 8 )

There have been so many times I have seen a man wanting to weep but instead, Beat his heart until it was unconscious. — ‘Masculine’, Nayyirah Waheed PART I of II There have been many times when I have… Read More ›

Dear Gloria: The Feminist Candidate I Can Believe In Must Be Unbossed and Unbought by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on February 15, 2016 • ( 37 )

In the past week, founder of Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinem, whom I have always greatly admired, stated that young women are supporting Bernie Sanders because his campaign is where the boys are. She has since recanted the comment, but I… Read More ›

Changing the American Story? by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on July 13, 2015 • ( 9 )

In a moving part of Goddess and God in the World, the book Judith Plaskow and I are writing together, Judith describes how the Sabra and Shatila massacre forced her to confront the fact that “her people” are just as… Read More ›

Systemic Violence and the Killing of Michael Brown by Xochitl Alvizo

By Xochitl Alvizo on August 14, 2014 • ( 18 )

Oppression is systemic. Injustice is systemic. It pervades the whole – it seeps into everyday actions and becomes habits and patterns that function as default. As a result, the actions that fall within these patterns hardly need justifying. If… Read More ›

Thank You For Your Service by Esther Nelson

By Esther Nelson on May 25, 2014 • ( 10 )

We hear it everywhere these days–five words directed towards women and men in military uniform, but also directed towards “vets”–people whose histories include “time served” in some branch of the armed services. TV show hosts say those five words before… Read More ›

Lest We Forget: Jeannette Rankin, the ANZACs, & Me by Kate Brunner

By Kate M. Brunner on April 27, 2014 • ( 10 )

Jeannette Rankin, the first American woman elected as a federal legislator, is probably best known in mainstream American history, if at all, as an ardent pacifist who voted against American military action in both WWI and WWII. I still remember… Read More ›

Unjust Wars and ‘Innocent’ Bodies by Kelly Brown Douglas

By Kelly Brown Douglas on September 17, 2013 • ( 8 )

According to a recent online CNN report (15 September 2013) an 8 year old girl in Yemani died from internal injuries after her wedding night. Apparently this was not the first time a young Yemeni girl died under these circumstances. … Read More ›

WAR, WAR, WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on September 16, 2013 • ( 4 )

“They used chemical weapons, we must do something to stop them.” A justification widely used in support of President Obama’s decision to launch a military strike against Syria. We fought the Civil War to end slavery and racism. We fought… Read More ›

Everywhere I am surrounded by tales of violence by Grace Yia-Hei Kao

By Grace Yia-Hei Kao on July 19, 2013 • ( 13 )

As I write this blog, I am nearing the end of my week-long family vacation in Palm Desert. While we’ve had lots of fun splashing around in the pool, everywhere I turn I am bombarded by scenes and memories of… Read More ›

RAPE CULTURE IN THE MILITARY AND “TURNING BOYS INTO MEN” by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on June 17, 2013 • ( 16 )

Rape is not something that “just happens” in the military. It is an inevitable product of military training. Unless and until we understand this and change the way soldiers are trained, we will never be able to stop rape in… Read More ›

The Tale of Two Breast: From Religious Symbol to Secular Object by Cynthia Garrity Bond

By Cynthia Garrity-Bond on June 15, 2012 • ( 11 )

I am less concerned with the legitimacy or morality of public breast-feeding . . . rather I am asking what contributes to this strange binary of, on the one hand, social acceptability of near-porn-like images of breast used in advertising,… Read More ›

A Prayer From the Privileged by Grace Yia-Hei Kao

By Grace Yia-Hei Kao on May 25, 2012 • ( 3 )

“As we approach Memorial Day Weekend (and the militaristic patriotism it promotes), as the 2012 election cycle heats up, and as I meditate more deeply upon my and my country’s many riches, one of [Walter] Brueggemann’s prayers in particular spoke… Read More ›