In this episode, Em and Caz shine some light on biblical figures who are “disappeared” when their victimization and violation are overlooked or ignored by readers of the Bible. They focus particularly on biblical narratives of genocide, colonialism, wartime rape, and sex trafficking, making connections with more recent examples of these various forms of violence. They also take a deep dive into “missing white woman syndrome,” exploring the ways that some victims of violence - both biblical and contemporary - are “disappeared” by virtue of their being painted as less “worthy” of attention than others.

Resources for this episode

BBC, “Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243

CBC, “Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo” podcast.

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/148-missing-murdered-finding-cleo

Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Robin Martin, “Tears as Crown apologises for Parihaka atrocities.” Radio New Zealand, 9 June 2017.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/332613/tears-as-crown-apologises-for-parihaka-atrocities

A.Skylar Joseph, “A Modern Trail of Tears: The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

(MMIW) Crisis in the US.” Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 79 (2021), article 102136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102136

Taima Moeke-Pickering, Sheila Cote-Meek, and Ann Pegoraro, “Understanding the ways missing and murdered Indigenous women are framed and handled by social media users.” Media International Australia 169.1 (2018) 54–64.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Canada. ‘What we have learned.” 2015.

https://nctr.ca/records/reports/

Native Hope, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.”

https://www.nativehope.org/en-us/understanding-the-issue-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women

New Zealand History, “Invasion of pacifist settlement at Parihaka.”

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/occupation-pacifist-settlement-at-parihaka

Andrea Smith, “Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples.” Hypatia 18.2 (2003), 70-85.

https://vawnet.org/material/not-indian-tradition-sexual-colonization-native-peoples

R. S. Sugirtharajah, Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World. Orbis, 2006.

Rhys Jones, “Rongoā – medicinal use of plants - The impact of colonisation.” [details of the Tohunga Suppression Act]. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/rongoa-medicinal-use-of-plants/page-5.

Support Services

List of sexual assault support services (NZ) - https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/

TOAH-NNEST (NZ) https://toah-nnest.org.nz/get-help

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Centre (North America)

https://www.niwrc.org/resources/topic/sexual-violence

RAINN (USA) - https://www.rainn.org/

Rape Crisis (UK) - https://rapecrisis.org.uk/

Rape Crisis Scotland - https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/

Full Stop (Australia) - https://fullstop.org.au/

International list of hotlines, crisis centers, and other resources organized by location - https://pandys.org/forums/index.php?/forum/42-public-resources/