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It Was Never About Babies

It Was Never About Babies

FromHoly Ghosting


It Was Never About Babies

FromHoly Ghosting

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What does one do with the conundrum of abortion? When Lindsay, Meg, and Sarai were growing up, the Evangelical Christian stance on abortion was never, ever, no way, no how. The church made specious (and racist, xenophobic, peri-holocaust denying or at best minimizing) arguments meant to tug at the heartstrings of nice, Christian, white ladies. Present-day: billboards litter the interstates of America, showing bright-eyed (almost exclusively white) babies with ominous words like “abortion stops a beating heart” emblazoned across their tidily diapered butts; pro-choice and pro-life people don’t even speak the same language much less know how to fight in the same battle; and the powers that be have successfully edged Roe v Wade toward the dustbin of history. Enter some deconstructing, young former Evangelicals (one of whom shamefully admitted she voted for George W. Bush…TWICE) and they start to ask questions about this once untouchable medical procedure. Your 40-ish mom friends talk through the taboo tornado of purity culture (patriarchy), Nice Christian White Ladies (white supremacy), and hit action movies from bygone decades, oh and abortion...all while we realize it was never really about the babies…and Evangelicals didn’t give any toots about abortion until, like, a year or two before our hosts were all born. How would we have known when we were standing on the streets in our respective hometowns begging people to just realize that life begins at conception (but where does conception begin? Oh…I think we’re in an inception now)…anyway…give it a listen! And join the conversation with us at HolyGhosting.comTikTok@holyghostingInstagram & Twitter @holyghostingpodIf you or someone you know needs abortion healthcare call the NAF Hotline at 1-800-772-9100 for help and to learn about safe options for ending a pregnancy.ProChoice.orgSamatha Bee Episode
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (56)

Lindsay, Meg, Sarai & friends - a bunch of former church kids who came of age in 80s and 90s American Evangelicalism - are Holy Ghosting. In each episode, we share our youthful experiences and stories of the harm we endured and perpetrated as American Evangelicals and we laugh, we're sarcastic ladies.All three of our hosts grew up in different cities and didn’t meet until recently - and yet…the culture of Evangelicalism is strong and chock full of harm and quizzical quirks everywhere. But now, in our own ways, we're working to reconstruct a community that gives a shit about our neighbors. Join us as we work to tear down the American foundation of patriarchy and white supremacy and rebuild a better world with equity and equality as Exvangelicals.