by V.B., Summer Intern | Oct 8, 2021 | Current Events, Wisconsin v. Yoder
We know that the key to reaching herd immunity with the least amount of suffering is getting as many people as possible vaccinated, as quickly as possible. Still, we know that many people fall into the category of “vaccine hesitant”. These people are not necessarily...
by V.B., Summer Intern | Sep 22, 2021 | Amish Culture, Wisconsin v. Yoder
Progressive activists and social scientists talk constantly about advocating for and working with communities in a way that neither demonizes them nor romanticizes them, that neither fetishizes them nor mocks them (check out UC Berkeley’s resource list on...
by V.B., Summer Intern | Sep 8, 2021 | Amish Entertainment
Our ideas about gender have changed dramatically since the so-called documentary The Amish: A People of Preservation aired on PBS in 1975 to great critical acclaim. That response, by the way, helped to ensure that the human and civil rights violations committed...
by V.B., Summer Intern | Aug 2, 2021 | Amish Entertainment
The 1975 award-winning PBS documentary, The Amish: A People of Preservation, and its slightly edited 2000 update have a remarkable ability to say truly absurd things in a dry tone over pastoral images that are meant to make the toxic messages go down easier. (Keep...
by V.B., Summer Intern | Jul 19, 2021 | Amish Resources
Most of us have a vague idea of who the Amish are and what Amish society is like, but much of those narratives are influenced by deliberate campaigns to prey upon the Amish as a symbol in a religiopolitical argument (e.g., US Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder) or...
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