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Manipulating War Photography (Not Necessarily A Bad Thing?)

War photography is an incredibly nuanced form of witnessing, both for the viewer of the picture and for the photographer. Like many art forms, photography is an attempt to translate an experience from the photographer to the viewer. The game of perspective telephone between photographer and viewer is one that has limitless interferences. On the viewer’s side of witnessing, we commonly view photography as an objective information source. However, photography…

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Crucifixion of Jesus
Life of St. Margaret, Readings, Theories

Power, Jesus, and Tony Stark

Today’s discussion inspired many thoughts about the allure of violence and why some people continue to actively witness violence while it feels disgusting and irrational to others. According to Sontag, she says that “Men make war. Men (most men) like war, for men there is ‘some glory, some necessity, some satisfaction in fighting’ that women (most women) do not feel or enjoy” (3). While it is unclear how true the…

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Genesis

Feminine Violence

In Genesis the violence associated with women is quite striking. Although I have studied the Bible in religious classes for many years throughout high school, this has been the first time I realized the violence that is commonly associated with women in the Bible and even how Eve, the first women is surrounded by brutality. Looking at Genesis, when the reader first encounters Eve, and Daniel Anlezark translates, “He drew…

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Theories

How Is Jesus Trying To Be Like A Woman?

The idea of Jesus’s bleeding side wound being metaphorical female genitalia is both conflicting and corresponding to the traditional ideas of female purity.  Firstly, the blood from Jesus’s side wound is said to be lifegiving. His sacrifice is lifegiving in several ways. Firstly, his sacrifice and martyrdom is what seems to have saved the population. Thus, the blood is physical evidence of his self-sacrifice. On the other hand, his blood…

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Prudentius, Readings

Recipe for Violence

      One of the big questions is how complex a recipe for violence is. Many people would believe that violence is an acquired taste, but there are ways to make it taste good. With the right spices, violence can be more palatable. An important spice is the idea of the just war theory which was harvested even during ancient times. Beginning in ancient Greece, philosophers were utilizing this…

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