Jeremiah Wright in light of my Christology paper

 
 
One of the things I’ve been struggling with in class this semester as we’ve explored liberation Christologies is the relationship between corporate justice and individual culpability. I was writing my paper to answer the question (ha!) “Who is Jesus in light of race relations in America?” The question of systemic and historic oppression of African-Americans [...]

things they don’t tell you about pregnancy, part deux

Time for the second trimester edition of “TTDTYAP” subtitled “Because you certainly would never have children if you knew.”
We’re rolling into week 24ish and discovering all sorts of new things.
1. Urinating blood may mean absolutely nothing. Of course it could mean bladder cancer or kidney stones. But if you’re me, it means that the baby [...]

yes! Sex indication in the news!

I could hardly believe my luck that my gender indication thirst has been quenched by, of all sources, the NYtimes.
Check out this blog from health writer Parker-Pope on the relationship of heavy eaters and the birth of boys. Now I just have to wonder, did I skip breakfast on December 1?

Boy or Girl? The Answer [...]

is it a girl?

One of my favorite new pregnancy things is predicting the baby’s gender through old wives tales. Here are the few that would point to Baby Flo-Bix being an XX:

You had morning sickness early in pregnancy
Your baby’s heart rate is at least 140 beats per minute
You are craving sweets
You are craving fruit
You are moodier than usual during [...]

stuff white people like

In case you hadn’t run across this blog, I wanted to point you to Stuff White People Like. The list includes “study abroad,” “juno,” “gentrification,” “irony” and “gifted children.” Some of the entries are more thoughtful than others but almost call attention to what sociologists call the construction of whiteness. Coming off our gender conversation, [...]

childrens clothing and the redeemed body

Yesterday we went to Pass it On, a children’s consignment sale that happens twice a year in Oregon. It’s a brilliant idea. Families can resell baby clothes (usually worn for a millisecond) and get back part of the profit. For us this is better than fair trade, better than organic. There’s nothing quite like reused [...]

Pictures from last month’s Obama rally

 

you say you want a revolution (paid family leave)

I’m thinking about going to the mattresses.
Like most of us, I work at a place that very often institutes policies and programs which I find extremely problematic. Part of this is simply living in a capitalist system where upper level administrators get paid six times what housekeepers make. Part of it is that we have [...]