Thank you, I'm here all week.

36. Women are never free.

It's important to keep in mind how colonialism is something that's build into social psyche and structures. That's what allows this type of bullshit to keep perpetuating itself. She's making money off a poor, colonized people, to her benefit and at insult to them and their culture. A lot of the ingrained logic is…

Whenever I go to Portland, I need to take about 5 Benadryl. So I dunno what that's about.

So you're lamenting the state of our educational system and its inadequacies regarding the history of women in this country, right?

Yep. within 30 seconds of this garbage I was overcome with tremendous gratitude that I no longer live in Brooklyn. I loved parts of it but it really can be This pretentiously crappy.

We call it "working the night shift". Fucking terrible.

That's awesome. Good luck to you! I'm glad to have met another seminarian on Jezebel. It would be so wonderful if the rich complex theologies that are discussed outside of the evangelical rights vice grip on public discourse could be shared on these forums. The argument seems to always be so essentialized and I feel…

Ethics and social theory. Mostly focusing on feminist theology and healing in religious traditions. Yourself?

I always go to these articles with the idea that I probably won't cry. And then I

Where do you go to school? (I'm at the GTU in Berkeley so I have those professors too).

Also don't forget liberation theology. It's really the backbone of feminist and queer theologies, but it's really important especially in understanding South American Catholicism. It's a completely different animal of understanding social oppression that I think would surprise people, but it's coming directly from a…

It is untrue. It's a dualistic illusion that religion is somehow separate from culture, one reason it hasn't gone away. Thanks for this perspective.

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Yes! Please more bell hooks!

It's funny how Kim was unable to find a job because of his perceived gender, while Lauren remained just unexpected. One of this things is more important than the other.

I've been thinking. How about we all collectively default? Critical mass, plus everyones credit is shit these days. Best case scenario we get loan forgiveness, worst case we walk out with a credit score close to the national average.

oh my god this is so beautiful right now. I am cheering at home in solidarity!!!!! Filibustering to the people!!!!!!!!

Read Bell Hooks, "Feminism is for Everybody". It's accessible and excellent if you want to start internalizing feminist values into your everyday life.