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Kj Swanson

Seminarian.Bartender. Collaborator.

Seattle, Wa.

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Posted on Wed, Sep 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
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  1. 1 | Jayne

    November 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Hello,
    My friend Vangie pointed me to your website after I said that I thought the Twilight series would make a great dissertation. Lo, and behond, here you are doing it! I’m enjoying your blog, but was wondering if I might be able to read your dissertation when it’s finished? I’ve only seen the movie so far, but I find it fascinating in the ways it laces together so many cultural themes of gender roles, sexuality, violence, family values, romance, etc. Not to mention vampires and strange/racist beliefs about Native Americans.
    Thanks!

  2. 2 | Ali BG

    June 4th, 2010 at 9:08 pm

    Hi, my name is Ali and I’m a high school teacher, writer and the wife of a recent MDiv graduate (North Park). My sister-in-law has a friend that is in school at Mars Hill and attended your Integrative Project presentation…she forwarded the vimeo to us as well as your paper….all that just to say this: I read your thesis like eating candy (not many academic papers about which I can say that)–I don’t even know why I’m writing except to say thank you for your clarity, your time and energy, the careful parsing of language and thinking that you’ve done. It’s a gift to the body of Christ, and I for one appreciate it.

    Thank you.

  3. 3 | Kj

    June 5th, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Wow- thank you Ali. I’m floored. Thanks for your kindness and encouragement. Writing that was without question one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life- facing those questions- in church culture and in myself. Words like yours matter a great deal- and I send them back to myself in December of 09 when I thought I’d never climb out from under the weight of it all. Thank you.

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