As I read the rape and sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, I am disgusted to the point where I am nauseous. Why have the allegations gone uninvestigated for so long? I grew up on The Cosby Show. When I introduce my oldest son, everyone in my generation thinks I named him after Theo Huxtable. […]
The temptation to comment on the violence in Ferguson is almost irresistible. It doesn’t matter if we’re condemning it, worrying about it, lamenting it. We feel the need to say something about it while commenting on Ferguson’s resistance. Most of us should resist this temptation mightily. When Detroit burned in 1967, “the mother of the movement,” Rosa Parks […]
Guest Author, Elias Ortega-Aponte is Assistant Professor of Afro-Latinos/a Religions and Cultural Studies at Drew University Theological School in Madison, NJ. Three days after the shooting of Mike Brown, President Obama issued a statement addressing the events. In this August 12 statement, the president urged the people of Ferguson, Missouri, and the nation, to […]
Join us for the following JFSR panel (P22-227) today, November 22nd, from 1:00 to 3:30pm, in Room 33 A (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC). Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza will be presiding over the panel and the theme will be “Sexual Violence and Sacred Texts.” We look forward to seeing you there! For more information, […]
We at FSR, Inc. warmly invite you to the reception of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion at the AAR/SBL joint annual meeting. Come celebrate JFSR’s Thirtieth Anniversary! Mingle and chat with others about feminism and religion, as well as catch up with old friends and make some new ones! Date: Friday, November 21. […]
It’s not every year that a journal celebrates its 30th Anniversary, so we at Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc. invite you to join us in the celebrating JFSR through our various platforms and events coming up this fall season! Your Voice, Your Story: Social Media We’d love to hear from you how you plan to […]
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has made major news headlines over the past two months. The challenge went viral on social media this summer, but it didn’t start there. For a few years, various organizations have promoted “cold water challenges” that couple dosing friends with requesting donations. In summer of 2014, a few celebrity personalities […]
There is nothing quite like marching with 300,000+ people to help you feel like you are part of something bigger than yourself. In such a setting, “This is what democracy looks like!” becomes more than just words when it is a roar of the countless voices that surround you. Rubber sole meets unevenly sunken grates, […]
Asian American woman have lived and suffered in a problematic cycle of racism from the wider community and patriarchy from within the Asian American community. I attended my first Feminist Studies in Religion (FSR) Leadership meeting in June 2014 and learned a lot about its history and its organization. Through this meeting, I came to […]
From Capitol Hill to the student union, sexual violence on college campuses has recently received a wave of much-needed attention. Institutions across the nation have commissioned special task forces to address rising reports of sexual assault, prompted by national efforts from state and federal lawmakers. Despite this new emphasis, an old assumption persists—student life and […]