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February 2017

February 27, 2017

Lent: Because We All Know It’s About Fasting and Giving Stuff Up, Right?

What are you doing for Lent? The question is on most of our minds, with...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Sin: It’s a Lot Like Sour Candy

So sour candy is *literally*the best. Yes, yes, I’m an adult and I can...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

So You (and Many Other Catholics) May Have Had a Bad Advent

I'm bad at consistency. It’s not that I don't have many charming, delightful traits. But...

September 2016

September 09, 2016

On Air with Morning Air with John Harper

I had a great opportunity to chat for a bit with John Harper of Morning Air...

September 01, 2016

So You Sinned: Some Thoughts on Not Doing That

I've talked some recently about issues surrounding, in particular, habitual and “Come to Jesus” types...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Intimacy and Isolation: A Two Body Problem

Preface: I write this as a Catholic who is speaking about sexuality to other Catholics....

August 10, 2016

Masturbation and Despair: A Podcast Follow Up with Mountain Catholic

Trigger/Content Warning: this post and podcast include discussion of sensitive topics such as masturbation...

August 10, 2016

Modesty: More Than A “Your Body” Problem

All the cool girls, that is, Rebecca Bratten Weiss over at suspended in her...

August 03, 2016

Masturbation and Despair: A One Body Problem

Update: Mountain Catholic asked me to do a follow up podcast with them about this...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

When Good Catholic Women Take Birth Control

“In most cases it would have been possible to do something better than what an...

July 07, 2016

I’ll Come Around Some Day: Sin and Sanctity

Sin. It’s strangely akin to our love for crappy television: we don’t talk about it until...

June 2016

June 09, 2016

Good Men Don’t Assault Women, Period.

***This obviously deals with a sensitive topic, and includes some of the victim’s own, validly...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Don’t Check Your Privilege

Culturally, there has been a lot of conversation about the topic of privilege. Macklemore even...

May 18, 2016

Sit Still Look Pretty?

Recently, I was chatting with a few of the female youths of my classroom about up-and-coming pop...

May 16, 2016

What Should We Call the SCOTUS Ruling?

Things I love: Babies, Facebook posts explaining legal decisions, my Alma Mater Thomas Aquinas College...