by Rae Halder | Jan 8, 2013 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
When I was 15-years-old I was invited to attend a Baptist summer camp. Growing up Mennonite I had never been exposed to overt “savior” language, nor had I previously received such direct and controlling gendered messages. At this camp I was told it was a women’s...
by Rae Halder | Jan 4, 2013 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Womenundersiege
When I got annoyed with the fact that sexualized violence is a stigmatized and sensitive subject in the Mennonite Church, I began this blog. When Gloria Steinem learned that rape was a widely used and unspoken method of torture, and a result of the Holocaust, she...
by Rae Halder | Dec 18, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
Yesterday I became overwhelmed by the news. First of all, the stories from Newtown, Connecticut are enough to make anyone’s stomach churn. Then my pain doubled when I opened a New York Times piece on a small town rape incident. A teenage girl, only 16-years-old, was...
by Rae Halder | Nov 29, 2012 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
This piece was written by Rachel Halder for Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice, in honor of the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It was published on November 28, 2012 and cross-posted on...
by Rae Halder | Nov 5, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 70 percent of reported sexual assaults occurred in the residence of the victim, the offender, or the residence of another individual related to the victim or offender. This is a startling statistic. We would be foolish to...
