Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence

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Omdat mijn beeld van nonnen en het kloosterleven erg veranderden door dit boek, heb ik het er met een novice over gehad.

She was also a board member of the National Women's Studies Association and chair of the organization's Lesbian Caucus.Throughout the next two decades, she also attended programs as part of Giving Voice, a program for anywhere between 50 and 80 young sisters, also from all over the country, so they would have support and encouragement to persevere in religious life. Despite the controversy, the book became a best-seller, rights were sold to make a movie, and a paperback edition was published, as well as a British edition. I found it really interesting to hear about how there was a word used to describe, and chastise women for developing close, intimate relationships inside the convent, "particular friendships. Interessant om te lezen hoeveel ex-nonnen daarna actief zijn geweest en ook leidende rollen hebben gehad in de homo-emancipatie en anti-racisme beweging.

Shortly after, Warner Books bought the rights for mass-distribution and spread the book far and wide with its second edition. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy.I read this the second I got out of Catholic school and suddenly everything that had happened in the previous 13 years made perfect sense to me. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: Wrappers The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.

I remain hopeful that the church can move from an attitude of "don't ask, don't tell", to full, welcoming acceptance in the convents and the pews. Well, I'm minding my own business being a good camp counselor when Sister Beth comes on to me like a diesel dyke in a honkytonk bar. She was the co-editor of a best-selling book Lesbian Nuns Breaking Silence, which she wrote under her married name of Rosemary Curb. The fascinating insight into the mentality of the women, before, during and after their devotion to the church is worth the old brittle pages it's printed on.Back in those days it is entirely likely that “celibacy” was interpreted as refraining from potentially procreative sex, not as refraining from any sexual contact. There is some indication that the church has relaxed its policy of silence on the topic of homosexuals in religious life. Contributors range in age from their late 20s to their 60s, and one contributor has been in a convent nearly 50 years. Attempts to suppress, deny, threaten, or make guilty such natural tendencies will most likely not succeed and will cause pain and confusion. Each one of us had a cell, and each cell was locked from the outside before retirement by the Mother Superior.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). If you grew up Catholic and female there were three options: marriage + babies unlimited, the religious life, OR single life, which was like watching black and white tv: never by choice and only in the absence of any other options. However, due to the fact that an updated edition is now available in e-book format, I’m delighted to add it to my library. Rosemary Keefe (also known as Rosemary Curb, February 3, 1940 May 24, 2012) was an American nun, university professor, and lesbian author. However, I suspect Alison may be wrong to assume that Walatta’s vow of celibacy meant that no hanky panky went on.Formerly an English instructor at Napa Valley College (she now owns a carpet cleaning business in Napa), Manahan, 38, discovered that scholarly sources that examine convent “deviance,” such as pregnancies occurring among sisters who have taken vows of chastity, keep to the policy of silence when it comes to same-sex relationships. I'm not sure how representative that is of lesbian ex-nuns as a whole (or ex-nuns as a whole—I can only think of one I know myself, and she's very much of the radical-activist bent), but, well, it's lovely to see them pushing the boundaries of what one thinks when one thinks nun. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 12/31/2023). As a humorous aside, I was watching a 3rd season L-Word the other day and this book was featured in the opening flashback snippet about nuns in the 80s.