Eleanor Skelton

Café Scientifique features talk on pregnancy, stress, and socioeconomic status

This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on Feb. 23, 2015. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor Chronic inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune diseases, and a number of other conditions, can factor in pre-term labor and pre-term delivery. The first Cafe Scientifique this semester, hosted in Clyde’s Feb. 11, featured Mary Coussons-Read, provost and professor of psychologyContinueContinue reading “Café Scientifique features talk on pregnancy, stress, and socioeconomic status”

Discredited BJU counseling director Jim Berg to speak in Colorado Springs

Source: BJU.edu Editorial note: I wrote this article and organized this protest in a personal capacity. The views and opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views or positions of any of my employers. Recent investigations by the organization GRACE revealed last December that Bob Jones University hasContinueContinue reading “Discredited BJU counseling director Jim Berg to speak in Colorado Springs”

Why my parents aren’t villains

The morning I moved out, I texted my research professor who was helping me leave that my parents weren’t letting me take the heirloom violin, but left me an old laundry basket, a case of canned green beans, and a pot they didn’t like. She replied, “That sounds like Harry’s birthday presents from the Dursleys.”ContinueContinue reading “Why my parents aren’t villains”

Why do you say you left fundamentalism?

A van with the Bob Jones University logo in the parking lot of Grace Bible Church in Colorado Springs, spring 2013 | Photo: Eleanor Skelton The biggest question that surfaced during the series on why I left fundamentalist Christianity was: “What do you mean when you say you left fundamentalism?” I’m mostly referring to theContinueContinue reading “Why do you say you left fundamentalism?”

#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 4

Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from part 3 Can You meet me in my room?A place where I feel safeWhere I don’t have to run awayWhere I can just be me. – TFK, In My Room I was like a kid on an adventure the first night in the new apartment. The second or third night, IContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 4”