Katie Grimes

  • The Body of Christ In An Era of HIV/AIDS

    I watched the Oscar nominated documentary How To Survive a Plague a few weeks ago.  It’s been haunting me ever since. Mixing archival video with present day recollections, Plague tells the story of the AIDS advocacy group ACTUP (AIDS Coalition… Continue reading

  • “Look Away, Look Away:” Brad Paisley and the Lie of “Accidental Racism”

    A few days ago, country music star Brad Paisley teamed up with rapper LL Cool J to release a twangy inter-disciplinary apologia for the wearing of the Stars and Bars. In the oddly entitled “Accidental Racist,” Paisley whines a litany… Continue reading

  • Are Sports Sexist?

    Last week Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban invited Brittney Griner, the 6’9’’ women’s college basketball sports revolutionary, to try out for a spot on his NBA team this summer.  Cuban’s comments electrified the sports world.  Some fans tweeted… Continue reading

  • The Movie “Django Unchained” Is Not About Slavery

    No, the movie Django Unchained is not about slavery.  It’s about the way we remember slavery, especially cinematically. (Needless to say, SPOILERS ABOUND!) Quentin Tarantino’s latest film obviously riffs off of the Spaghetti Western.  But Django Unchained also plays with and thereby subverts another… Continue reading

  • Remembering Empire in the Aftermath of an Earthquake: Why North Americans Need Haiti

    Saturday, January 12, marks the three year anniversary of the earthquake that left Haiti in ruins.  Immediately after this earthquake, scenes of Haitian suffering appeared with unprecedented frequency on TV screens throughout the United States.  In response, many North Americans… Continue reading

  • Abortion, Newtown, and the Feast of the Holy Innocents

    Today, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the church remembers the thousands of Jewish male infants killed by kingly decree “in the days of Herod.”   In the weeks after the massacre at Newtown, those of us living in… Continue reading

  • Guns for the Common Good?

    Those of us talking about guns have been asking the wrong questions. Rather than asking whether certain gun control laws “work,” that is, keep us safe, I think we should first ask this same question about guns.  Is it actually true,… Continue reading

  • On the Killing of Children

    “Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock.” — Psalm 137:9 “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”… Continue reading