Trying to Make Sense of It All
There are so many things true about the moment we are in as a nation. Of course, all the political, historical, legal, religious, and social pundits have already weighted on on the events of January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis. Like so many who either saw the original footage or the many repostings of it on social media, I was beyond shocked at the sheer depraved indifference of humanity that was displayed in broad daylight. But then, should I have been shocked? Since time immortal, women's lives have mattered next-to-nothing to the systems of power. From the way the women were disregarded in the ancient scriptures - Rahab, Tamar, for instance, to the woman "caught in the act of adultery", to the way women's bodies have been used an abused for the benefit of others - from African American women being the literal producer of capitalist dreams to the recent story I read of a 15 year old Jewish girl named Ruth who was sold in marriage to a man 43 years her senior because (...
