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    • ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
      ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
    • Who’s ‘Really’ Jewish: the Sefardi Floridian, the Ashkenazi Californian, or the New York Jew By Choice? ‘Authenticity’ is a Trap
      Who’s ‘Really’ Jewish: the Sefardi Floridian, the Ashkenazi Californian, or the New York Jew By Choice? ‘Authenticity’ is a Trap
    • The End of <em>Roe</em> May Have Something Important to Tell Us About the Decline of Mainline Protestant Churches
      The End of Roe May Have Something Important to Tell Us About the Decline of Mainline Protestant Churches
  • Politics/Law
    • ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
      ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
    • Don’t Buy Alito’s Assurances: Here’s What Happens Next After <em>Roe</em> Falls
      Don’t Buy Alito’s Assurances: Here’s What Happens Next After Roe Falls
    • The End of <em>Roe</em> Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference
      The End of Roe Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference
  • The End of Roe
    • ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
      ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
    • Laugh at Tucker Carlson’s Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream
      Laugh at Tucker Carlson’s Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream
    • ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
      ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
  • Christian Nationalism
    • ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
      ‘We Believe That God Has a Special Plan for Every Single Life’: Oklahoma’s Strict, Punitive, and Total Abortion Ban is Just the Beginning
    • Laugh at Tucker Carlson’s Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream
      Laugh at Tucker Carlson’s Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream
    • ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
      ‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
      Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
    • How Belief in Moscow as ‘The New Rome’ Explains Kirill’s Astonishing Declaration That ‘Russia Has Never Attacked Anyone’
      How Belief in Moscow as ‘The New Rome’ Explains Kirill’s Astonishing Declaration That ‘Russia Has Never Attacked Anyone’
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      Is This Tiny Divided Orthodox Nation the Next Front in Russia’s Religious War?
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Tamura Lomax

Tamura Lomax is a doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

Guest BloggersMay 13, 2010

A Sacred Encounter with Erykah Badu’s Controversial Nude Video

By Tamura Lomax

A new video by Erykah Badu, for which she has been cited for disorderly conduct, shows the singer stripping nude in the Dallas area in which JFK was killed. 

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Politics/LawApril 16, 2009

Obama & Hillary: “Signifying is worse than lying!”

By Tamura Lomax

Anyone even remotely interested in the 2008 presidential election is probably well aware of…

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderApril 16, 2009

Roe v. Wade: What Would MLK Do?

By Tamura Lomax

This week will mark the anniversaries of two very important phenomena: today commemorates the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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Politics/LawApril 16, 2009

Does a Candidate’s Religion Matter?

By Tamura Lomax

Heck yes…

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Culture, Sexuality/GenderApril 16, 2009

Imus is Back… Of Course

By Tamura Lomax

Imus’ unsurprising return underscores the lack of a meaningful dialogue on race and gender in America.

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Politics/LawMarch 9, 2009

Is Michelle Obama Out of Line?

By Tamura Lomax

In a manner of speaking—but the problem lies in who gets to draw the lines.

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Politics/LawDecember 5, 2008

Racing Obama

By Tamura Lomax

Get off the Bling & ask the hard questions…

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderNovember 21, 2008

William R. Jones Revisited: Is God a Racist Misogynist?

By Tamura Lomax

Before or after her murder, transgendered African American woman Duanna Johnson was treated as a monster.

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