This is the podcast Jessica mentioned in rehearsal
In the premiere episode of Unladylike, Cristen and Caroline tackle one of life’s most unladylike practicalities: abortion. But even though one in three U.S. women will have an abortion, how much they cost is any uterus’ guess. We’ll hear from three women with radically different experiences paying for their abortions, and unpack the dollars and nonsense that determine our access to safe, legal abortions.
NB: This is the New Glarus bowling alley Rebecca mentioned in our conversation. It closed in 2013, prompting this loving, two-part story on the history of the bowling alley.
At night, as you drive through New Glarus on HWY 69, you feel that something isn’t quite right. Then you notice something is missing. Something that has greeted you for the past 58 years. The big neon bowling pin atop Swiss Lanes is no longer lit. The crowds all are gone, the seats in the restaurant all are empty.
Soon, the building will be demolished and hauled to a landfill. All that remains now are the memories of the nights spent at Swiss Lanes with friends, neighbors, classmates who gathered for bowling, perhaps a beer or a fountain Coke, good small town restaurant food, often cooked by the baby boomer generation’s mothers, who found part-time employment at Swiss Lanes.
Related: A few Yelp reviews for Swiss Lanes
From Alcohol.org, an American Addiction Centers Resource
The original 12-step program has a significantly Christian basis. However, many AA programs change the wording to have more secular appeal.
by Hope Racine, From Bustle.com
Despite what television might lead us to believe, a day in the life of a woman in prison isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In the best-case scenario, it’s boring. But in the worst case, a female inmate can be subject to abuse, negligence, and harassment. If you’ve watched Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, you probably thought at one point that prison doesn’t seem too bad. Structure! Free food! Built-in friends! But the reality is far from ideal.
Asian-American evangelicals are more inclined than white evangelicals to say their religion is the one, true faith leading to eternal life (72% of Asian-American evangelicals vs. 49% of white evangelicals) and to believe that there is only one true way to interpret the teachings of their religion (53% vs. 43%). Asian-American evangelicals are just as likely as white evangelicals to say the Bible is the word of God, though Asian Americans are somewhat less inclined to say everything in Scripture should be taken literally, word for word.
About one-third of Asian-American evangelical Protestants are of Korean descent (34%). On most measures of religious commitment, Korean-American evangelicals look similar to Asian-American evangelicals from other countries of origin. In one regard, however, Korean evangelicals stand out from other Asian evangelicals: Korean evangelical Protestants are particularly likely to hold a literal view of the Bible; 68% express this view. By comparison, 44% of Asian-American evangelicals who are not Korean say the Bible should be interpreted literally.
The Song of Solomon is a portion of the Hebrew Bible that is frequently called on when discussing Christianity and sexuality. On the surface it an erotic poem with call and response between a male and female lover. However, it is usually read as an allegory of God’s love for mankind.
Modern Christians will sometimes cite the Song of Solomon as evidence of God’s support for healthy sexuality between married adults.
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