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Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan

By Sara Kamali

…the norms of her Pashtun culture. Sharbat Gula is a Pashtun with a fierce code of respect, honor, and modesty. The notion that women and girls should not share space with a man without her or her parent’s consent is intertwined with the Pashtun code of conduct, as is the lack of direct eye contact between men and women. In 1984, as McCurry recounted to NPR, Sharbat Gula initially covered her face when he took her photo. It was her teacher who ins…

Extra-Terrestrial Kitsch: Capricology #4

By Anthea Butler

…the series. I like being disoriented by the bobble-headed bull, first because it comes from my world and then because it means something different on Caprica. I felt similarly when Baxter chided the “destructo God” in the sky. The distance/no-distance between Caprica’s God and our own gave me pause. Anthea Butler _________________________ This week, the most titillation I received from Caprica was the foursome at Sister’s house waking up in the…

UPDATED: Oklahoma Personhood Bill Not Dead…

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…d-down and unflinching personhood bill yet: the bill would amend the legal code to treat fetuses as persons at all stages of biological development. So what happened? Well, there was opposition, of course. People got nervous about the things that generally make a lot of people nervous about giving legal rights to fertilized eggs. What about in vitro fertilization? What about ectopic pregnancies? What about the liability of medical providers? The b…

“Love Them As Yourself”: God’s Words or IKEA Instructions?

By Marcia Pally

…in Latin. In Aquinas’s work, this is developed in the idea of “secondary causes.” Because we have the capacity to grasp and further God’s principles, we act secondarily to him in doing so. God is the ground for sun, moisture, oxygen, and the principles of seed germination, and we secondarily plant and make crops grow. The Jewish tradition expresses this as “co-creatorship.” The medieval Islamic philosophers Al-Ash’ari and Al-Ghazali called it “per…

First it Was an Insurrection Flag, Now Supreme Court Justice Alito is Caught Flying Another Far-Right Flag — An ‘Emblem for an Extensive Spiritual Warfare Campaign’

By Annika Brockschmidt

…se, Alito will not recuse himself. Why would he? Clarence Thomas hasn’t recused himself, and the alleged “ethics code” is a joke. Noone’s coming to enforce it—and Alito knows it. He also seems very confident Democrats won’t try to impeach him (an effort that would probably fail, but would nevertheless be embarrassing and could damage the GOP in the run-up to a presidential election). And, to be honest, he’s probably spot-on about that. Dick Durbin…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…sentenced, but police, State-sponsored vigilantes, even public mobs are accused of exploiting the law to abuse and extort. In another video, a mob accuses a man of being gay and then the accusers take off their belts. Gay Nigerians say since the law was passed this kind of abuse has become common, and not just by vigilantes. BRIAN IFENNA: They beat me. They would hit me with a gun on my body. One of them wanted to take a plywood to put on my ass b…

Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Declare Shared View of Marriage & Family; Government & Muslim Officials Ramp Up Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in Indonesia; Australian Religious Leaders Ask Parliament to Act on Marriage Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…gy and Higher Education said such LGBT groups should not be allowed on campuses because they damage the country’s morality, part of what some activists called “a new outbreak of state homophobia.” This week the anti-LGBT campaign picked up steam on several fronts. On Monday, the government urged the United Nations Development Program to deny funding to programs regarding LGBT people. On Wednesday, the Indonesian Ulema Council and other Muslim lead…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…omy by identifying enemies. Tunisia: Human Rights Watch Report on Police Abuse of Men Accused of Being Gay Human Rights Watch released a report detailing the abuses in detention and prison of men prosecuted for homosexuality. “Tunisia’s law criminalizing consensual same-sex conduct among adults is discriminatory and invited abuse by the police of gay men and men perceived to be homosexual,” says the report. Balkans: Activists Use Data, Desire to J…

Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church

By Yolanda Pierce

…cularly black religious folk traditions? To make lemonade out of lemons is code for powerful spiritual practice in the hands of women. Since the beginning of chattel slavery in this country, black women have been magically making something from nothing, conjuring up lives for themselves and their families with nothing but crumbs, dust and ashes. “By giving us an ensemble cast of black women and girls, with songs of joy and pain, beauty and sorrow,…

Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ced in the country, we were against homosexuality and any form of sexual abuse.” Museveni praised the Christian Church, stating that it “has been at the fore in fighting homosexuality and moral decadence.” At Huffington Post last week, Fareen Walji with Urgent Action Fund – Africa reviewed LGBT-related developments, good and bad, from Africa this year. Walji concludes, “My hope is that whilst we work to advocate against each new piece of legislati…