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Audio: Dolly Parton’s Abundant Body
Hi, this is Karen.
Like everyone, I was so very sad when I heard that Dolly Parton had died. As the tributes began to appear yesterday, I kept thinking about Dolly’s body and the way she inhabited it. The hair, the breasts, the rhinestones...
Dolly Parton’s Abundant Body
Dolly Parton has died. My husband was the first to text me the news, then two different group chats of different friend groups started blowing up. “I am so sad.” “She was the best human.” “Goodness and sparkle are dimmed today” and then fro...
Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet.
Screenshot of Trump telling CNN reporter Kristen Holmes “Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet.”
From the Ex Voto archives. Originally published November 19, 2025.
Yesterday, Donald Trump told CNN reporter Kristen Holmes to “be quiet.” Then h...
Audio: "Peace Be With You" in the Fifth Inning
Today on Ex Voto, I’m writing about something I never expected to see at a Major League Baseball game: a stadium-wide Sign of Peace.
After spending the past year covering prayer rallies, Bible-reading marathons, Freedom250, and Christian n...
"Peace Be With You" in the Fifth Inning
On Tuesday night, August 11th, the Chicago White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. But the real story that night was public religion: 40,000 specially designed papal mitres given out to the sell-out crowd, a Dominican nun, Sr. Mary Jo So...
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Karen Elizabeth Park is a writer and historian who examines religion as a lived and public force. She writes about sacred space, authority, gender, and belief in American life. For any inquiries please contact [email protected]
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