How painful would it be, to realize that the people you relied on for a sense of purpose are liars, philanderers, or child molesters? When I cracked open the first textbook of the spring semester, I wasn’t exactly thrilled to be learning about something called dramatism. The current state of politics and human relations are […]
When conservative Christians say they are defending the “sanctity of life” what they really mean is they are defending the sovereignty of God alone in every uterus. As liberals and progressives find ourselves staring down the barrel of the gun that is Trumpcare, our secular thought leaders appear helplessly flummoxed by white evangelical and Catholic […]
The scarlet A on my chest is for the girl I was at 25—and for every other person who has felt ashamed of their desires. A few weeks ago, I tattooed a scarlet A onto my chest, a reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The novel’s protagonist, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a red A […]
What they are telling me and the world is that their fears outweigh their love. This election has been rough—to say the least. According to an American Psychological Association survey, 52% of American adults said the election is a “very or somewhat significant source of stress.” But 2016’s turmoil is more than just internal and […]
The reality is, you can’t care about someone you don’t know. And you really can’t know someone unless you listen to them. I remember his hands. They were big and strong. They were soft and comforting. I remember noticing how his skin looked different than mine—dark on top and lighter on the palms. We liked […]
