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2015-11-25T19:00:24-04:00

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Against Nature and Other Abominations

Last updated on: November 25, 2015 at 7:00 pm By Melinda Selmys

My horror anthology goes off to the printer today. So that basically means that I still have to wait for the proof copy to come, and then I get all the fun of playing find-the-typos and I have one more chance to scruple about the text before it becomes available. So here’s the line-up: Against Nature – A pretentious nihilist martyrs himself to the destruction of nature. Catastrophic Beauty – In the aftermath of a Lovecraftian apocalypse, an artist creates... Read more

2015-11-21T17:37:49-04:00

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Trans Women are From Pluto

Last updated on: November 21, 2015 at 5:37 pm By Melinda Selmys

There was a comment that was left a while back that I never got around to answering because it was too complex for a com-box. It concerned the claim that reproductive sex (male and female) is a fact, not a social construct. The commenter pointed out that categories are socially constructed, even if they are based on facts – and this is basically true. However, since the question is highly fraught when it comes to matters of sexuality, I’d like... Read more

2015-11-17T22:08:51-04:00

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18 Horrifying Things I’ve Dredged Up from My Subconscious in the Last 12 Years

Last updated on: November 17, 2015 at 10:08 pm By Melinda Selmys

I've spent the day proof-reading a collection of my own stories – most of them horror. It's an interesting experience, to see what things have been pulled up from the depths of my mind over the years. Read more

2015-11-16T21:07:05-04:00

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The NFP Catholic’s Guide to Pregnancy

Last updated on: November 16, 2015 at 9:07 pm By Melinda Selmys

For arcane and inscrutable reasons, I keep going on-line to try to find useful advice on how to manage the various discomforts and irritations associated with being pregnant for the ninth time in 15 years. Naturally, all articles on pregnancy assume that you are a first time mom with lots of capital to spend on preggy pillows and trips to the spa. Read more

2015-11-15T19:37:07-04:00

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ISIS and Apocalyptic Hope

Last updated on: November 15, 2015 at 7:37 pm By Melinda Selmys

This began as a reply to Max Lindenman’s post Contra Mindy Selmys but it was kind of transformed in the course of listening to the readings at Mass today which invite us to reflect on the apocalypse. A great deal has been made in the media recently about the apocalyptic ambitions of ISIS. I won’t pretend that I know anything about Islamic theology (I don’t), or about how the apocalypse figures into it. I suspect that asking that question about... Read more

2015-11-14T02:44:52-04:00

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From the Logic of Hate, Deliver Us O Lord

Last updated on: November 14, 2015 at 2:44 am By Melinda Selmys

I grew up in a neighbourhood with a lot of Muslim immigrants, and as I think about the events in Paris tonight I can't help but feel heavy hearted both for the French people and for the many peaceful Muslims who are going to face the brunt of renewed Islamophobia in the days and weeks to come. Read more

2015-11-12T16:16:42-04:00

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God of the Lacunae

Last updated on: November 12, 2015 at 4:16 pm By Melinda Selmys

The atheist believes that God is an unlikely being, almost certainly a fiction, and therefore the burden of proof rests on the theist. The theist believes that the almost universal human experience of the supernatural makes the existence of God highly likely, the burden lies on the atheist to disprove humanity's perennial conviction that we live in a God-haunted world. The result is an impasse. Read more

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2015-11-10T13:27:15-04:00

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Let’s All Throw Things at Stupid Christians

Last updated on: November 10, 2015 at 1:27 pm By Melinda Selmys

I’ve been thinking recently about militant atheism, and in particular about Richard Dawkins’ video The Root of All Evil? Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the kind of intellectual snobbery that so often characterizes the atheist vs. Christian debate and the way that atheists like Dawkins play on people’s contempt for ignorant or foolish people in order to make Christianity look bad. It’s something that comes up again and again, and usually the response of intellectual Christians is an understandable, but... Read more

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2015-11-09T23:34:45-04:00

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Friendship in Marriage

Last updated on: November 9, 2015 at 11:34 pm By Melinda Selmys

This is a talk that I gave this weekend for a marriage retreat. There are two dimensions of the role of friendship in marriage that I want to address. The first is the role that friendship between the spouses plays in keeping a marriage strong, especially during difficulties, and the second is the role of other friendships in supporting strong marriages. So we have a cultural narrative in our society that says that romantic love is the highest and greatest... Read more

Family

2015-11-07T16:39:14-04:00

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Is Being Open to Life Easier if You’re Rich?

Last updated on: November 7, 2015 at 4:39 pm By Melinda Selmys

There’s been some discussion around Patheos about David Mill’s article over at Aleteia. The basic thrust of Mill’s reflection is that it’s easier for wealthy Catholics to practice the Church’s teaching on contraception than it is for poorer Catholics. Now, Doctor Popcak has pointed out that “openness to life” doesn’t necessary mean a large family. You know, because NFP. I’ve written before about the problems with natural family planning as a reliable means of avoiding pregnancy – there do seem... Read more

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