Graphic by Nate Barton As a senior, I am somehow still introducing myself to people. Even with our small class, as strange as it can be to think about, not every person knows where your sister goes to school or how you take your coffee. When introductions happen, names, grades and abroad programs are exchanged. […]
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You Are, Indeed, A Child Of God
Photo by Katrina Warme I was sound asleep when I was abruptly awakened by the pleasant voice of the flight attendant announcing our descent. I pushed the window cover up, and I saw the promised land for the first time with my own eyes. This was the land I was told flowed with milk and […]
Angel, Delilah, Wifey Or Temptress: Why The Christian Woman Must Not Be Categorized
Art by Nate Barton My experience as a female Christian has less to do with overcoming the sometimes-subtle marginalization we experience as women, and so much more to do with who I believe Christ wants and allows me to be: fully His, fully human, fully a woman and fully complex. I think many people who […]
Out: A Narrative About Coming Out At A Christian School
“If you show others love and understanding, there’s almost no way for them to throw hate back at you.”
In Defense of the Little Black Dress – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
Photo by Marisa Padilla The clothes you put on in the morning are not the markers of your character. They are pieces of cloth sewed together with thread. They say, “Hey, I want to be a citizen of society today.” What it doesn’t say is anything about your sexuality, your morals or who you are […]
I Am Not My Hair – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
Photos by Jenna Aguilera Note from the writer: As a woman of mixed African descent, I have been on a journey to love my naturally curly, coiled, thick and fro-tastic hair. In my family, the beauty standard was when you go out, you always look your best, which meant having my hair chemically straightened with […]
The Politics of Sex and Politics
Women can be patriarchal. After all, women have been born into a society that has constructed identities for them and prevented them from voicing any opposition to such pink-rainbow ideals. Naturally, it is more than possible, if not natural, that women would fall prey to the very systematic oppression that binds them. If you can’t […]
