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It’s That Pesky Condom Again!
By
Donna Freitas
Perhaps it’s fitting that just when the results of a recent study announced that a certain sort of abstinence education within a very select group of very young kids (sixth and seventh graders) kinda sorta might work a little bit (to the overwhelming and disproportionate glee of the religious right), that NYC’s Museum of Sex…
Taqwa + Core = Muslim Punk
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Donna Freitas
The Arabic word Taqwa means God-consciousness. You often hear the word hardcore when people are describing all thinks punk. But now there’s Taqwacore, which is something like “Muslim Punk” or hardcore, God-consciousness, mohawks, screeching music and all.Recently, Hussein Rashid, Kaitlin Foley, Basim Usmani, and Shahjehan Khan at Religion Dispatches did a roundtable on Taqwacore, “On…
Angel v. Devil on ‘Bones’
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Donna Freitas
‘Bones‘ is my weekly, tv guilty pleasure. I watch not only because Booth (aka Angel) and Brennan are a reincarnation of the chemistry between ‘The X File’s’ Sully and Mulder, but also because of their ongoing faith vs. science debate. Booth plays the religion guy, who can intuit the emotions of others, and take regular…
‘Bright Star’: My Valentine DVD Pick of the Week
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Kris Rasmussen
"Bright Star" is a new biopic about the poet John Keats.
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