Tag Archives: Religion
“I’m a gay mormon”: BYU students make an It Gets Better video
TweetThis has been circulating the interwebs the past couple of days — 22 students from Brigham Young University have released an It Gets Better video for fellow students at BYU and other gay Mormons out there, and it’s pretty powerful. http://youtu.be/aU-zw1aSy5s The producer told WaPo of the group’s intentions: “In our religion, there is [...]
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Daddy I Do: Documentary on Purity Balls and Abstinence-Only Culture
Originally posted in Feministing
TweetVia Jessica, it looks like there is a newish documentary on Purity Balls and abstinence-only programs — and lawdy, does it look compelling. It’s been screened thus far at a number of film festivals, winning a ton of awards. Let’s hope it really exposes the dangerous and shaming consequences that abstinence-only programs and purity-pushing has [...]
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CAIR launches ads in response to anti-Muslim attacks
Originally posted in Feministing
TweetThe Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is launching as series of ads in response to the anti-Muslim hatred and misinformation that’s being spread around the “mosque” controversy. The Upshot highlights a number of other initiatives by other Muslim-American groups in efforts to counter the xenophobia and racism that’s resulted because of the right-wing hoopla around [...]
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Russia’s Pussy Riot on trial today, face 7 years in jail for performing a punk song