I am so looking forward to reading your book! Definitely understand the feeling of being mad exposed. That is totally the writing life for me. And your kid is a total genius. If only those were the questions being talked about in most elementary schools- and Sunday schools.
Lmao I appreciated the opening because I surely was like "why am I seeing a hippo all up and down each and every one of my timelines and feeds?!" - "This aint even about her" haha! So glad to see you grace my inbox.
Adding those menopause books to my list! And I love mythology & Neil gaiman so I’m looking that up too. Thanks! I really appreciated Nic Antoinette’s conversation here on Substack recently called “everyday alternatives to capitalism” - has me dreaming up all kinds of things, because surely we can do better than this!
Sharifa, seeing a notification pop up blessed me and I felt like an old friend stepped into the room. Lol. It's not the same as all of the other ways we interact as siblings. I miss your writing something fierce. Thank you. Also, turn these paid subscriptions back on this instant. lol. Love you friend.
Really? I’m alone on this island 🤣. I thought Lenny was making fun of the guy by calling him a variation of “Tyler Perry,” but his obsession with making fun of biracial people but also being fascinated by biracial women—sounds like Kenya to me.
I nearly screeched when I saw Moo Deng. I have no idea why we love her, and I don't think I need to know.
On #1, I have been thinking about this, too. With the Samaritan Woman and Mary Magdalene, who have additional sexual sins attributed to them that THE BIBLE DOESN'T MENTION. Why do women's redemption stories need to be made more dramatic? Isn't Jesus sitting face to face with a woman and declaring himself to be the Messiah enough (and saying that she can be included, just like Ruth)? Isn't delivering Mary from demons and commissioning her to spread the Good News enough?!?
I, for one, would like to know the makeup trend that this baby hippo has started. Because how.
Yeah, Andrea. I think that the way a society perceives and treats women speaks volumes. And I think that women are often perceived as sexual objects rather than whole humans. What's the worst sin a woman can commit under this gaze? Sexual promiscuity. Therefore it is the sin of every woman whose sin is not mentioned or named.
Meanwhile God is like, "I bless Rahab. I redeem Tamar. I empower Esther. I will chase away the men that want to stone the woman caught in adultery"--and all these women's stories involve sex/work/trafficking. And Ruth's story may have, too. How does the God of the Book treat these women? But in the hands of the godly elite, they are chopped up instead of cared for (don't get me started on Judges 19).
The Samaritan woman, Mary Magdalene, and that woman who cried on Jesus' feet and wiped it with her hair -- the Bible mentions nothing about sex. Buuuuuut here come the accusations anyway.
I think it is enough to heal Mary and commission her. I think Jesus' theological discussions and teaching and empowering of these women is enough. It's real Good News (unless you stand to lose power from it).
Plugging an acquaintance’s book here since it somewhat relates: Trafficking Hadassah: Collective Trauma, Cultural Memory, and Identity in the Book of Esther and in the African Diaspora by Ericka Dunbar.
Also, your book, Sharifa, has already been requested at my library 😊.
I am so looking forward to reading your book! Definitely understand the feeling of being mad exposed. That is totally the writing life for me. And your kid is a total genius. If only those were the questions being talked about in most elementary schools- and Sunday schools.
Lmao I appreciated the opening because I surely was like "why am I seeing a hippo all up and down each and every one of my timelines and feeds?!" - "This aint even about her" haha! So glad to see you grace my inbox.
Haaaa!!!Just silliness in choosing her photo. Pure silliness.
Adding those menopause books to my list! And I love mythology & Neil gaiman so I’m looking that up too. Thanks! I really appreciated Nic Antoinette’s conversation here on Substack recently called “everyday alternatives to capitalism” - has me dreaming up all kinds of things, because surely we can do better than this!
Oooh, I am looking up Nic's Substack. Surely we can do better than this. Thank you, Lindsey!
Sharifa, seeing a notification pop up blessed me and I felt like an old friend stepped into the room. Lol. It's not the same as all of the other ways we interact as siblings. I miss your writing something fierce. Thank you. Also, turn these paid subscriptions back on this instant. lol. Love you friend.
Hiiiiiii my friend. :) Love you back! How you feelin'?
(I turned them back on.)
Oooh! Yay. And I’m still recovering ❤️🩹
I’m glad you liked Colored Television; I didn’t even think of Kenya Barris — but maybe!!
Really? I’m alone on this island 🤣. I thought Lenny was making fun of the guy by calling him a variation of “Tyler Perry,” but his obsession with making fun of biracial people but also being fascinated by biracial women—sounds like Kenya to me.
I nearly screeched when I saw Moo Deng. I have no idea why we love her, and I don't think I need to know.
On #1, I have been thinking about this, too. With the Samaritan Woman and Mary Magdalene, who have additional sexual sins attributed to them that THE BIBLE DOESN'T MENTION. Why do women's redemption stories need to be made more dramatic? Isn't Jesus sitting face to face with a woman and declaring himself to be the Messiah enough (and saying that she can be included, just like Ruth)? Isn't delivering Mary from demons and commissioning her to spread the Good News enough?!?
I, for one, would like to know the makeup trend that this baby hippo has started. Because how.
Yeah, Andrea. I think that the way a society perceives and treats women speaks volumes. And I think that women are often perceived as sexual objects rather than whole humans. What's the worst sin a woman can commit under this gaze? Sexual promiscuity. Therefore it is the sin of every woman whose sin is not mentioned or named.
Meanwhile God is like, "I bless Rahab. I redeem Tamar. I empower Esther. I will chase away the men that want to stone the woman caught in adultery"--and all these women's stories involve sex/work/trafficking. And Ruth's story may have, too. How does the God of the Book treat these women? But in the hands of the godly elite, they are chopped up instead of cared for (don't get me started on Judges 19).
The Samaritan woman, Mary Magdalene, and that woman who cried on Jesus' feet and wiped it with her hair -- the Bible mentions nothing about sex. Buuuuuut here come the accusations anyway.
I think it is enough to heal Mary and commission her. I think Jesus' theological discussions and teaching and empowering of these women is enough. It's real Good News (unless you stand to lose power from it).
I just really can't wait for your book.
Plugging an acquaintance’s book here since it somewhat relates: Trafficking Hadassah: Collective Trauma, Cultural Memory, and Identity in the Book of Esther and in the African Diaspora by Ericka Dunbar.
Also, your book, Sharifa, has already been requested at my library 😊.
Oh my goodness, the title alone! I’m going to find it right now. Thank you, Brian! And thank you for requesting my book. 🥹