Welcome the stranger, welcome Christ

Welcome the stranger, welcome Christ

by Emily Ewing Growing up, I knew several people who had immigrated to the United States because they worked for my dad. When I went to college, I met people who came to the United States for school. During college I moved to Argentina to study abroad. After I graduated, I immigrated to Slovakia to […]

Another post about rape culture

Another post about rape culture

Trigger warning: This article discusses sexual violence by Elizabeth McBride   Among the horrific details of the events of a 16-year-old girl being raped by football players while intoxicated, one article lifted up a detail that I had not read anywhere else.  The writer points out that one of the witnesses prevented one of the […]

Human retail: Commercial sexual exploitation and the everyday

Human retail: Commercial sexual exploitation and the everyday

by Elizabeth Hunter   Above the gum, mints, and candy bars at the grocery checkout, two rows of glossy women’s magazines caught my eye. Alongside the cover-model cleavage were headlines like “How to blow his mind,” “99 sex facts,” and “outfits your man will love.” All that these magazines wanted to sell me, it seemed, […]