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February 2016

February 02, 2016

Why The Saints Speak of Sex

In his essay, “The Church Effeminate,” the late John W. Robbins (who linked all evils...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Who Said It About Sexuality, Slavoj Žižek or Your Catholic Mom

You might think your Catholic mother has nothing in common with the Marxist intellectual and...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

Ayn Rand, Fairy Godmother of Sexual Orientation

When I first purchased Atlas Shrugged with money I begged from a street corner, it was with...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Sexuality and the Land

The following is a selection of an essay written for the recent Winter issue of...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Objectifying Soccer Players Probably Won’t Help Fight Sexism

Amanda Hess' article for Slate, "Why it’s great to objectify World Cup players," is wonderful....

May 2014

May 01, 2014

Sexuality and Personality

Sexuality is a microcosm of personality. It is a part of the person -- I...

April 2014

April 03, 2014

Planned Parenthood and the Myth of the Sheepish, Dependent, Ethically Mono-chromed Woman

Planned Parenthood use the term "women" to demarcate a group they support, trust, and represent....

April 02, 2014

Planned Parenthood and the Myth of the Sheepish, Dependent, Ethically Mono-chromed Woman (Introduction)

Planned Parenthood stand with “women.” Assumedly this means something. It cannot mean that Planned Parenthood...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Why Religious People Are Ashamed of Porn

One of the more exciting statistics used to denigrate religion is the fact that its...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Why I Am Not a Heterosexual

Before beginning this immature polemic against the concept of heterosexuality, I need to preemptively acknowledge...

June 2013

June 23, 2013

3 Reasons Porn Sucks

I don't think opposition to the pornography industry is a religious issue. Here's why: 1....

June 19, 2013

Ghosts With Erections

This is so blisteringly obvious that it's hardly worth mentioning, but there is a difference...

June 11, 2013

Modesty Sets Fire

What Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said is true, and damn true: "The Catechism was not...

June 11, 2013

Modesty is Honesty

You, dear reader, are the only person in existence who knows you are a subject,...

June 08, 2013

Things Modesty Hasn’t a Damn Thing to Do With

Our sexless, sterile, intolerably flaccid, bored, addicted, all-but-objectified, whored-out, frigid, entirely depersonalized, anti-erotic culture wouldn't know modesty if she...

May 2013

May 13, 2013

Virginity is Sexual

This post will probably make a lot more sense if you read Is Female Purity...

May 12, 2013

Is the “Purity Culture” Sexist?

When discussing purity as it relates to our awesome, sexually-liberated culture, it's best to begin with...

May 10, 2013

Is Female Purity Bullshit?

Yerp, says the wonderful Lindy West of Jezebel. Her critique comes from being righteously pissed...