This series discusses how Christianity often categorizes women as either the Virgin, the Mother, or the Whore, with sexuality being the deciding factor in how they’re viewed. It looks at the contrast between “pious” women and those labeled as “disobedient,” tying it all back to the idea that God controls man, and man controls woman. Through collages that showcase these restrictive categories, I hope to show how these rigid tropes limit women and start a conversation about why sexuality plays such a big role in defining their worth.
“A Deep Dive” into growing up Catholic and Lesbian in the Mexican and Irish Catholic Communities
REL 189 Project on being Catholic and Lesbian, and the differences/similarities between Irish Catholics and Mexican Catholics
Fetishization of Hindu Sexuality Philosophy
https://app.animaker.com/animo/ZLhweegHmoVr1ZEM/?shareid=view%7CZLhweegHmoVr1ZEM (The video took a long time to upload to my computer, this link will take us to the video)
The Intersection of Purity Culture and the #MeToo Movement: PowerPoint & Poetry
(Content Warning: The topics covered in this project concern sensitive topics such as sexual assault and abuse.) PowerPoint: Personal Poetry: Recognizing My Victimization You told me that I was the perpetrator That my actions caused the assault When all I did was just be myself But somehow it’s all my fault – I lie alone […]
Religions’ Influence on Sex in Modern American Adolescents Podcast
This podcast is focused on religion and its influence on sex in modern American adolescents. In order to discuss this topic, I sent around a survey to my peers asking multiple questions on their view of religion and sex. The questions I asked include: What religion did the household you grew up in identify with? How […]
OVER-SEXUALIZATION OF THE BLACK BODY IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS DATING APPLICATIONS.
“Within neo-colonial white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, the black male body continues to be perceived as an embodiment of bestial, violent, penis-as-weapon hyper-masculine assertion.” – Bell Hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity Disclaimer: It should be noted that in an effort to get reliable and unbiased responses from the individuals used as the “sample population” […]
Hindu Eroticism through Images
This video presentation discusses Hindu eroticism through images. I examine the Hindu deities, the Kamasutra, Tantra, and modern art. In creating this project, I discovered a plethora of graphic and entirely fascinating images within Hindu art. I am happy to share them with the class. Source Bibliography Apte, Savita. “Neo Tantric Art as Liberation.” Sotheby’s. […]