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April 2017

April 24, 2017

When Christian Women Tell You What We Hear

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" is taken as an...

April 19, 2017

who’s listening when we talk about abortion?

You see what the woman is running towards. You don’t see what she’s running from.

April 10, 2017

Jesus was not an alpha

unless you want to define and redefine and twist the concept until it has no...

April 05, 2017

my family did the benedict option before it was cool – and here’s why it doesn’t work

And there’s something touchingly tragic about it: because on a fundamental level, one can see...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

on the mike pence dining option, and why feminists are expressing criticism

In the flurry of debate arising about Mike Pence's rules for association with women other...

March 27, 2017

female beauty, religion, and fetishism

Female beauty is seen as some kind of proof of divine goodness, as a symbol...

March 22, 2017

The Ever-Moving Goalpost of Eliminating Abortion Supply

What is emerging is a right-wing narrative that favors eugenics, nativism, social Darwinism, and white...

March 18, 2017

the feast of st. patrick, potato famine, and the consequences of injustice

So if indigenous slaves hadn't been forced to harvest bat poo in Peru, and if...

March 14, 2017

about those “other” NFP families

Part of the problem is that unless you have a child every two years or...

March 10, 2017

H.R. 1313: part of the trend of eugenics

And would people of Jewish descent - or other genetically at-risk demographics - be especially...

March 08, 2017

things not to say, if you actually respect women

If you're passing around memes mocking contemporary feminists, you are the type who would have...

March 03, 2017

the defense of the unborn, and the demands of justice

If you wake up one day with a violinist attached to you it is unjust,...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

talking to my child about privilege

My son, usually very relaxed about conversations on topics of justice, rolled his eyes. "But...

February 16, 2017

how can we counter the anti-semitism of right-wing reactionaries?

This is what I think of at the corollary to the Banality of Evil: the...

February 06, 2017

“Trump and the conservatives” – a mistake and a misnomer

But the thing is, Trump is not a conservative. He's not even wobbling on the...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

I’m pro-life, and that’s why I oppose Trump

It's a given that being pro-life means defending the dignity of the unborn. But from...

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 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...

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 01, 2016

I’m glad pope francis hasn’t responded to the cardinals

Marriage, sexuality, family life, and child-raising are all complex matters because of the unique irrepeatable...

November 2016

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...