Brandy Daniels
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For Shame! Part 3: A Shameful (Erotic?) Theology?
“Shame need not crouch, in such an Earth as Ours; Shame—stand erect—the Universe is yours!” – Emily Dickinson, #1304, 1874 “It would not be an overstatement to say that Christianity literally had its birth on the altar of shame.” –… Continue reading
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For Shame? Part 2 (of 3): Queer(-ing) Shame? (Or, Defining Shame, Queer Redux: The Affect & Its Effects)
“The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers—stern and wild ones—and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet… Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on the “Vanderbilt Rape Trial”
On January 27th—just a little over a week ago now—Corey Batey and Brandon Vanderburg were convicted on 16 counts of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery, found guilty after a 12-day trial . The case has draw a great deal… Continue reading
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For Shame? Part 1 (of 3): An Introduction (On the Psychological & Popular Literature… and, on My Shame)
“Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.” – Brené Brown, Daring Greatly “ Merely to write the words ‘my shame’ is to perform a subtly transgressive act, albeit… Continue reading
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Trigger Warnings, Trauma, & a Politics of “Thick Life:” On Halberstam’s “You are Triggering Me,” and Povinelli’s Empire of Love
One of the main discourses to constitute social differentiation as hierarchy and domination is that of binary opposition. –Janet Jakobsen, 1998 … Continue reading
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High Horses & the Starving Faithful: Thoughts on Sex, God, & Belonging
“That’s a fine looking high horse. What you got in the stable? We’ve got a lot of starving faithful. That looks tasty, that looks plenty. This is hungry work. Take me to church, I’ll worship like a dog at the… Continue reading
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On Sarah Coakley and Belle Knox: Pornography, Piety, and People
In thinking about what to blog about, there are times when I just feel utterly compelled to write something—based on something I’ve read, an experience I’ve had, etc…—and then there are other times where I have to push myself a… Continue reading
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Dancing Under the Gallows: A PSA for “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
“So the people who were sitting in the audience, we were transported to a different time…the time before, when we lived in a normal civil life, civilized well, and hoping and being convinced that the war will soon finish and… Continue reading