Should We Allow In Refugees?

All over the media, and all over social media, I see people saying that we shouldn't let refugees in.

It really blows my mind that I see so many of the same people who scream Pro Life (for christianity, because every life matters, because there are programs and adoptions and other options, etc.) also screaming for us to close our borders to the refugees who need our help. Where is your same Christian, protecting of life, warrior for those who have no voice, values that you preach every day?

The implications of "What I Wish Someone Told Me About Having Sex"

Most of the time when I am writing, I am doing it for school or for work. However, every once in a while I will find something that sparks a passion and inspires me. When this happens, I am unable to complete anything until I have worked through my complicated web of thoughts and emotions, and I do this best by organizing, or expressing, them on paper. That is how most, if not all, of my personal writing comes about. That is what happened when I watched this video that is going viral on facebook:

What I Wish Someone Told Me About Having Sex
Posted by SOML on Sunday, October 25, 2015

After I watched this video, I knew I wanted to write a blog about it for this class, but very personal emotions and memories kept getting in the way of my words and thoughts, and showing through my school work in ways I didn't want it to. So, I wrote a pretty long, really personal piece that I think expresses my emotions and memories in a way that might help you understand why this topic is so important to me. I attached it to a page on the right side titled "Sex Talk."

Since sex, sexuality, sexualization, feminism, and womanhood (in real life, as well as media steryotypes) are topics covered in depth in class, and ones close to my heart, I want to use the video to help express some of the concerns I have about the modern sex culture that surrounds us.