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January 2017

January 23, 2017

the problem with “I did it, they can too”

If your response to these is braggadocio and insult ("Let them do what I did....

January 22, 2017

whether you’re marching for life or not, you can always donate for justice (too)

Reprinted from the New Pro Life page There was a lot of discussion in our...

January 20, 2017

“america first” is not a catholic option

The Good Samaritan is now seen as a bleeding heart SJW; the priest who passed...

January 16, 2017

women’s march drops pro-life group – what’s a pro-life feminist to do?

We should not be excluded from this march. We have risked personal and professional relationships...

January 11, 2017

they tell me my body is sacred. what does this really mean?

we have a theology that likes to reference female sacred-ness in order to keep us...

January 10, 2017

who’s waging war on men, again? the anti-feminist caricature of men

Add a shot of internalized misogyny, and we have a woman who is more disgusted...

January 06, 2017

Raising the Standard for our Female Characters

What if the situation were reversed? What if we had an overweight woman with a...

January 02, 2017

the feast of the theotokos, and the theology of the female body

Sure, in the New Testament we have one woman who lived with a man not...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

on banned books and safe spaces

The good writer is never content simply with a surface ripple, but dives down deep....

December 07, 2016

imagine if you had a miscarriage – and were sent to jail for it

At least when I started bleeding in Whole Foods, I knew I could safely go...

December 05, 2016

but what about all these other pipelines?

I am thrilled to hear that the Army Corps of Engineers has opted to find...

December 02, 2016

the new pro life movement replies to austin ruse

I would argue that a genuine pro-lifer has no home in either party, but can...

December 02, 2016

all these years of yoga, and I’m still not possessed

there's a hint of western supremacy in these arguments, because the same people who dread...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

misogyny and modesty porn

A group calling itself "Traditional Roman Catholic" recently posted, on Facebook, a picture of an...

November 28, 2016

advent, our season of eros and discontent

It is the season which acknowledges our fundamental inability to rest perfectly easily in the...

November 26, 2016

to march or not to march? some thoughts on ends and activism

making statements is not the ultimate end of being pro-life. Defeating the opposition is not...

November 16, 2016

the politics of doing poetry (or the poetry of doing politics)

Our literary trend is now dystopian, and the fact that so many teen and YA...

November 14, 2016

racism and anti-semitism have no place in a genuine pro-life ethos

But it doesn't have to be Nazi Germany for Jews and other minorities to be...

November 13, 2016

hey, george soros, where’s my check?

I regret to say, it is not as exciting as you think. We never were...

November 13, 2016

no, pope francis did not condemn christians who voted for trump – but he did express concern for the plight of most vulnerable

In building bridges, we who are relatively secure may face the temptation to build bridges...

November 11, 2016

at a time of upheaval, violence is not the answer – but neither is authoritarian unity

An essay to annoy everyone

November 11, 2016

closing time. a farewell to leonard cohen

If what we've been told is true, we find God in the darkness, and in...

November 11, 2016

are you affiliated with an organization that helps women and families directly? the new pro life movement would like to promote it

Over at the New Pro Life Movement (NPLM), we've been talking a bit about how...

November 10, 2016

why I don’t toe the line: pacifism and the hypocrisy of “religious liberty” rhetoric

Where the hell was the defense of religious liberty for my Church of Christ forbears...

November 09, 2016

did trump just remove “prolife” from his policies website?

I stated all along that Trump was a liar, but his supporters took him at...

November 09, 2016

I reject the false unity of exclusion and supremacy

The unity that comes only by excluding all those who don't fit in is not...

November 08, 2016

four quotations from dorothy day, on her birthday, to inspire our revolution

What revolution are you seeking? Whom are you trying to overthrow? Whatever evils or injustices...

November 07, 2016

fr. pavone, being prolife is not about performance art

No, in this case, these images serve to harm the other victims in the picture:...

November 04, 2016

politics is serious business – and that’s why it’s important not to let it destroy relationships

The horror of tyranny is not that it makes everything political, but that it strips...

November 03, 2016

Catholic Women Have Mary – So What Are We Complaining About?

We don't have Mary. The men have her, neatly fossilized in pink-and-white statues, silent, subdued.