It only takes a few words to send me back. Certain phrases just set me off. It can be something simple, so common that most average Christians wouldn’t even notice it. But those words meant something else in the fundamentalist cult I grew up in. I go to a not-crazy church now because it’s helpedContinueContinue reading “Unfundamentalist Thoughts: What do Christians mean when they say ‘our joy is not based on this world’?”
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I said nothing for years. Now I confront sexual harassment at work.
Creative Commons image courtesy of Pixabay, lounisproduction. I’m getting so much better at saying something when male coworkers say inappropriate things. Today one of my coworkers at the coffee shop came up to me when I was making drinks on bar during a flurry of customers and showed me an explicit meme with Kermit andContinueContinue reading “I said nothing for years. Now I confront sexual harassment at work.”
LIT hosts domestic violence, abuse information event
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on November 1, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women, according to statistics from the Texas Council on Family Violence. Almost half of college women reported experiencing abusive behaviors from their partner and oneContinueContinue reading “LIT hosts domestic violence, abuse information event”
So I’m turning 29: World Suicide Prevention Day 2018
Originally posted on Facebook on August 31, 2018. Hi guys. Somehow I’ve made it through another year, and I lived to tell the tale. Turning 29 feels old because I’m still young inside. It’s kind of like the end of the book “Fog Magic” when Greta tells her father she thinks getting older is likeContinueContinue reading “So I’m turning 29: World Suicide Prevention Day 2018”
‘Killing Spree’ survivor turns trauma into art
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 26, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Erin DeLeon shows off her ceramic plate which she made as a tribute to her uncle who was murdered in 1998. Her work will be featured in the senior thesis art show, which opensContinueContinue reading “‘Killing Spree’ survivor turns trauma into art”
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