Cindy Brandt
Cindy Brandt is a third-culture kid, a former missionary, and social-justice Christian. She blogs from Taiwan about faith and culture. She drives a Prius, is more interested in being evangelized than evangelizing, is "super social justice-y," and a feminist. She sees faith in the irreverent, miracles in the ordinary, and beauty in the margins. Her work has been published at the Sojourners blog, Huffington Post, Geez Magazine, Taipei Times, and more.
Bio last updated April 29th, 2019.
Articles by Cindy Brandt
Our Complicity in the Scandal of Somaly Mam
By Cindy Brandt
July 11, 2014
Should we not be equally outraged at both 3-year-olds and 14- to 17-year-old girls being trafficked for sex? Why would a storyteller be tempted to make an inhumane situation sound even worse than reality? Could it be that storytellers exaggerate the level of horror because they know it provides the extra emotional leverage to reach for the donor wallet? We have created a hierarchy of evil, and our generosity has become conditional on the grade of injustice given to the stories we consume The 1% success stories of heroic activism and justice work overshadow the 99% of boring, uninteresting, necessary sweat and labor behind it