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Fruitless Search.

February 20th, 2006 · by John · 4 Comments

Thanks to Jana and Holly, I’ve learned a thing or two about images of women in the media and in Western history, religion and literature. I decided to explore some of the options I had available to me in terms of attractive women and men tempting the viewer with luscious fruit.
There were two or […]

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Tags: Feminism · Site-related

O Father, Where art Thou? Part 1 of 3

February 20th, 2006 · by John · 5 Comments

I wrote this piece in response to an invitation from Holly to participate in a panel presentation at the annual Sunstone conference. The panel was described as an effort to examine “how reading forbidden works of literature can be a soul-saving act of resistance to spiritual and political oppression�Ķpanelists will explore the relationship between […]

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Tags: Doubt · Personal