by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Aug 27, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
Everybody knows that it’s not ok to talk about what a person was wearing when they were sexually assaulted, because that, my friends, is victim blaming. But, how do we talk about what a person was drinking? A while back, I saw several comments on the blog in a row...
by Stephanie Krehbiel | Aug 23, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
This is the second post in OSU’s current blog series on SNAP Mennonite’s MAP List (Mennonite Abuse Prevention List) and the broader issue of naming church workers (lay or ordained) who are credibly accused* of perpetrating sexualized violence. Check out...
by Stephanie Krehbiel | Aug 15, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
Teach and model mutuality between men and women and challenge the ongoing legacy of patriarchy in the church. – From “What we will do…As church institutions,” in “Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse.” Passed by Mennonite Church USA Delegate Assembly, Kansas...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 11, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Jennifer (Jay) Yoder “I’m going to destroy you, and I know exactly how.” That’s the sentence that started a two-year run for me, one from which I’m still recovering, of a feral, terrified, and isolated existence. That’s the sentence that launched my former lover,...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 8, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Rachel Waltner Goossen Many readers of Our Stories Untold are likely familiar with aspects of the long, troubling history — dating to the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s — of theologian John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse of women, and of myriad...
