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Archive for January, 2007

Gospel of John, or WTF With the Rainbow Man?

( Faith )

So, this is how many of us first heard of John 3:16. Like the loud mouth guy outside Macy’s on 34th and 6th, standing on an upside-down empty bucket of drywall compound, holding a saran-wrap covered white sign scrawled with black magic marker, a big word “REPENT.” I loved that guy. He was so […]

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I Kill, Therefore I Am

( Faith and Women's Issues and American Culture )

Okay–I need to get this down before I forget it. It’s one of those moments where something is synthesizing, and most likely, important only to me
What is shocking about women being violent? There are weak feminist “ancient archetype” arguments, biology-is-destiny arguments, women-are-nurturing-by-nature arguments. I think, maybe, all of the arguments are built on […]

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Oh God…It Happened

( Personal Courage and Faith and American Culture )

Okay, so, I used to be cool. I left 2 husbands without a care, became an alcoholic, slept around, performed in art spaces in the East Village, and lived in a women’s hotel writing comedy music. I became part of AA in NYC in the early 90s, when it was coming into “vogue” to be […]

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