{"id":12625,"date":"2020-01-29T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T11:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=12625"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:29:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T21:29:02","slug":"i-think-im-over-my-fear-of-nuns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/01\/29\/i-think-im-over-my-fear-of-nuns\/","title":{"rendered":"I think I&#8217;m over my fear of nuns!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200129_0545432.jpg\" alt=\"I think I'm over my fear of nuns! I talked to one today, glad she didn't eat me! =)\" class=\"wp-image-12606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200129_0545432.jpg 514w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200129_0545432-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><figcaption>I think I&#8217;m over my fear of nuns! I talked to one today, glad she didn&#8217;t eat me! =)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nSceniscophobia is a thing, but an irrational one. Nuns are much much more likely to feed you or teach you something than do anything scary, and BC is a great place to meet them. Western nuns don&#8217;t wear the habit since Vatican II, but Asian and African ones often do, and there are lots around campus.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01312020-01.jpg\" alt=\"Actually, lots of Western nuns do wear habits! :) Sisters of Life, some Dominicans, Salesians, Benedictines ... tons!\" class=\"wp-image-12690\" width=\"304\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01312020-01.jpg 504w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AW01312020-01-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption>Actually, lots of Western nuns do wear habits! \ud83d\ude42 Sisters of Life, some Dominicans, Salesians, Benedictines &#8230; tons!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ha! That&#8217;s excellent. I did not know that, and I&#8217;ll remind my helper to check their facts a little more closely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sceniscophobia is a thing, but an irrational one. Nuns are much much more likely to feed you or teach you something than do anything scary, and BC is a great place to meet them. Western nuns don&#8217;t wear the habit since Vatican II, but Asian and African ones often do, and there are lots around &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/01\/29\/i-think-im-over-my-fear-of-nuns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I think I&#8217;m over my fear of nuns!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[962],"class_list":["post-12625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","tag-nuns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12625"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12699,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\/revisions\/12699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}