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February 2020

February 04, 2020

Sex Positive: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love My Body

I have not seen the Superbowl half-time show. But that has not prevented me from...

November 2019

November 13, 2019

Make Women Slaves Again

For a long time, the open misogyny of so many people in the pro-life movement...

October 2019

October 25, 2019

The Lord Has Worked Marvels For Me: Open Letter Pt. 3

I have been astounded over the past few days by the sheer number of women...

October 24, 2019

The Central Spiritual Struggle of Women: Open Letter, part 2

"I think that the central moral struggle is to really internalize that other people are...

October 23, 2019

An Open Letter to the Young Rad-Trad Women

There was a buzz of tangible excitement among the older traditionalist Catholics every time that...

October 08, 2019

Maybe It’s Okay That Man Should Be Alone

I'll get back to talking about wanking and what-not in a while. For now, I...

August 2019

August 06, 2019

To Wank or Not To Wank

Bob considers himself to be a compulsive masturbator. His daily routine once he gets out...

August 01, 2019

A Biblical Account of Toxic Femininity

It’s finally time to talk about toxic femininity. In our previous discussions of toxic masculinity...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

What is Gender Anyway?

“Toxic femininity” is one of those terms that’s incredibly problematic, largely because it was first...

July 08, 2019

Moderation Problems

This is just a super brief update to let you all know that I've tried...

July 05, 2019

Toxic Masculinity, Toxic Masculinity, TOOO-XIC Masculinity (And Femininity Too-oo-oooo)

Is masculinity really toxic? And if there’s toxic masculinity, shouldn’t there be toxic femininity too?...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Get Behind Me, Tony Esolen: Stop Making Marriage a Sadist’s Playground

Usually I avoid reading Crisis magazine because I think it’s editorial policy is quite literally...

May 2019

May 05, 2019

Don’t Unfriend the Nazi: How Ideological Abuse Isolates Its Victims

I've been thinking a lot about the "do you have to unfriend the Nazi" controversy....

April 2019

April 30, 2019

The Powerlessness of Prayer: On Detaching with Love

I had called, and shouted, and pleaded, bullied and begged, bargained and cajoled, prayed and...

April 21, 2019

Fearful Resurrection

We always see the Resurrection from the point of view of those who witnessed it....

April 14, 2019

The Power of Negative Thinking: On Trauma and Validation

It was my last year of high-school, late at night, and my boyfriend, J, was...

April 05, 2019

28 Guaranteed Ways to Drive Any Man in the Universe Wild

I recently read an article written by a Catholic woman in which she outlined ways...

March 2019

March 22, 2019

8 Ways Catholics May Enable Domestic Abuse

In the few weeks since I started to blog about my experiences in an abusive...

March 18, 2019

Why Am I Still Writing For Patheos Catholic?

Several months ago, I announced that I was no longer able to worship in the...

March 06, 2019

Sexual Coercion and Spousal Rape: What the Church Needs To Do

It was after the birth of my sixth child, my family had taken my other...

March 03, 2019

PSA: NFP is Not Compatible With Alcoholism or Abuse

“No wonder she hates NFP so much,” the woman wrote. “NFP won’t work with an...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Fault on His Side: Addiction and Culpability Pt 2

One of the things that made it difficult for me to end my relationship with...

February 25, 2019

Fault on My Side: How Alcoholism and Abuse Warp Culpability

One of the commenters on my previous post suggested that I should make my next...

February 12, 2019

Enabling Abusers: On Divorce and Remarriage

About a year and a half ago, my older children came to me and told...

October 2018

October 27, 2018

The Seductive Illusion of Objectivity

This is not a defence of relativism. It is a challenge to the concept of...

October 19, 2018

No, Simcha, Dissent is Not Tantamount to Rape

Simcha Fisher recently published an article comparing dissenting from the Catholic church’s position on things...

October 12, 2018

5 Things I’m Obsessed With (Other Than Power)

Apparently my old friend Austin Ruse has joined the chorus of people who think that...

October 12, 2018

A Tale of Two Priests: On Authority

In the past two days, I received correspondence from two different Catholic priests reacting to...

October 02, 2018

Crossing the Rubicon: Why I Will No Longer Enable the Catholic Hierarchy

A while ago, one of my atheist commenters observed that watching me grapple with my...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

Do You Feel Safe in Church?

The last time I attended a Catholic church was a couple of weeks ago. I...

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