Lyz Lenz's writing has appeared in Jezebel, where she writes a regular feature about myths and medicine. She's also been published on the New York Times' Motherlode blog, and on theHairpin, the Toast, and the Butter.
Rural neighborhood churches, once the heart of many Iowan communities, are disappearing along with local schools. The result is a tear in the social fabric of life in the Midwest.
As a home-schooled child in an Evangelical household, I watched as Waco roiled 90 miles away. Unlike black protestors, white fringe groups have the privilege of picking their fights.