Reading Time: 3 minutes This is what happens when parents teach kids that human bodies are shameful.
Art
Exploring the visual arts from a secular perspective.
Posted inArt, LGBTQ News
This Film Tells the Story of Three Former Westboro Baptist Church Members
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fred Phelps taught his kids to hate gay people.
But sometimes, the apple falls far, far away from the tree.
Posted inArt, Education, General, Sex & Gender
The Relief of Shedding Academic Drag
Reading Time: 4 minutes I get dressed up to teach five days a week this semester. And while I still work on the weekends, I get to decide how I look.
Posted inArt, Culture, General, Myth & Folklore
Further Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation
Reading Time: 4 minutes When I teach about cultural appropriation in the college classroom, there’s always more material than there is lecture time. So here’s a round-up of things to consider.
Posted inArt, General
The Emotional Core of Dance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes dance moves you in unexpected ways, and all you can do is stay in the moment and feel everything that comes through you.
Posted inArt, Science
This View of Life: An Anthem to Evolution
Reading Time: < 1 minute Baba Brinkman, the songwriter behind The Rap Guide to Religion, just released a video called “T.V.O.L. (This View of Life)” and the wordplay is phenomenal.
Posted inArt, Education
Israeli Student Receives Death Threats Over Art Project Wrongly Believed to be Criticizing Islam
Reading Time: 2 minutes An Israeli student from the University of Haifa is mired in controversy as people debate whether a piece of art she created for class went too far in unintentionally offending Muslim students.
Posted inArt, Science
Podcast Ep. 140: The Producers of the Documentary We Believe in Dinosaurs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Our latest podcast guests are Monica Long Ross and Amy Ellison, two of the producers at 137 Films, a non-profit production company based in Chicago that promotes science through storytelling.
Their latest project, currently in post-production, is called We Believe in Dinosaurs, all about Noah’s Ark, Creationism, and America’s troubled relationship with science.
Posted inArt, Politics
Sean Hannity is Producing a Film Starring Kevin Sorbo as an Atheist Who Converts to Christianity
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sean Hannity will serve as executive producer for Let There Be Light, a film scheduled to premiere this time next year, all about an atheist who converts to Christianity after a near-death experience.
Posted inArt, Death & Dying
In a Belgian Film, God’s Daughter Gets Back At Him By Telling the Whole World Their Deathdates
Reading Time: < 1 minute In a Belgian film called The Brand New Testament by filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael, God is portrayed as a mean recluse from Brussels whose daughter — no one ever cares about God’s daughter — sneaks into His office, gets into His computer, and sends text messages to everyone in the world telling them the exact time of their death.
You can imagine the inevitable chaos and self-reflection.