work is love made visible

I'm evan! I'm a graduate student studying for my MDiv with a concentration in chaplaincy. I have a BA in religious studies, and my academic focuses are religion in every day life and religion and violence. This blog supports Palestinian liberation.

• he/they

• 22 yrs old

• NYC I land of the Munsee Lenape

• Multireligious Unitarian Universalist and Pagan

• areas of academic interest: Hebrew Bible, deep ecology, spiritual care, ritual, religion, labor, trauma, and violence.

• MDiv 2028, BA 2024

• hobbies: drawing, painting, hiking, bird watching, gaming, and photography.

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0-5 = my expectations for the course!

- Practice of Self Inquiry 4/5

- Pastoral and Spiritual Care 5/5

- Black Social Gospel 1940s—present 5/5

She was a 50 y.o. Siberian woman from 2500 years ago, living a nomadic lifestyle, and look at her tattoos...

Look...

The white male dominance that was first demonstrated in how white players tackled each other on the field was diverted to how they could control the physical power of Black men. Yes, the majority of the players are now Black, but those calling the shots- the owners, the managers, the quarterbacks- are primarily white men. White fans shifted their relationship to football as well. They identify with the quarterbck if they identify with a player at all.

"Why is it that fantasy football is so popular?" [Dave] Zirin asked rhetorically. "It's popular because, when it comes to football, fans identify with being an owner or a general manager, not with being a player. Why don't they identify with being a player? Well, a couple of reasons. One: race, without question," he explains. "And two: because being an NFL player is to be a very specific kind of athlete. You are six foot three, 280 pounds. You're running forty yards in 4.5 seconds, and fans, white fans, view these NFL players as half god, half chattel.""

up until that point, during the day lily continued to dress in masculine clothing and even attended galleries showing gottlieb’s paintings of her. which was kind of iconic. she got to stand in a room full of people who were marveling her beauty, not knowing she was right next to them. it must have been such a cute little secret for them as a couple.

here’s gerda and lilly together

not to mention that for most people there is no real “after” to a transition. especially for these trans historical figures who had to balance identity and safety at all times.

i think having a wife paint these portraits must have felt really amazing for lily. to be able to see herself through the eyes of someone who loved her. i’m very much seconding op on the getting teary eyed.

here are some of my favorite gottleib lily paintings