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March 2021

March 10, 2021

Four Takeaways from Oprah’s Interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

People are inclined to defend institutions rather than persons, especially when the institution is long-lived,...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Rush Limbaugh Would Never Have Succeeded In an Ethical Society

Right-minded folks should never have responded to slurs directed against AIDS sufferers, non-white children, and...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Who Speaks for the Church? And Which Church?

We are still not willing to address with brutal honesty how gravely the church, our...

October 2020

October 22, 2020

Should We Be Gatekeeping Feminism?

Of course, maybe you are white enough, privileged enough, rich enough, so that Trump's policies...

August 2020

August 08, 2020

Toxic Masculinity: What It Is, and What It isn’t

What we are objecting to is not men. We are objecting to immorality. And for...

March 2020

March 06, 2020

In Case You Were Wondering, We Still Need Feminism

The women who are mourning the fact that Warren dropped out of the race -...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

The Inevitable Impotence of Male-Only “Authority”

For the Holy Spirit to accomplish God’s good works through members of the Body of...

February 19, 2020

Do Catholic Feminists Wish to Smash the Church’s Patriarchy?

The idea of patriarchy is connected with the idea of dominion, and of orders of...

February 16, 2020

The Flawed Nuptial Imagery in Querida Amazonia – What Can Women Do?

Basically, you're wedded to a groom who is not actually Jesus, but a Jesus-impersonator. He’s...

February 08, 2020

Reclaiming Our Bodies As Subjects: Women and the Objectifying Gaze

What if, instead of judging what a woman in the world represents to a particular...

December 2019

December 06, 2019

Obsession With Feminine Submissiveness Serves Men – Not God

The history of women advancing salvation history in both the Old and the New Testaments...

November 2019

November 04, 2019

Is There A Fundamental Flaw In the Institutional Church’s Approach To Sex Ethics?

It is notable that while the Church has often been on the forefront in issues...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

On Judging The Level of a Civilization on How It Treats Women

We speak often of “rape culture” and assume this refers to frat houses, to football...

September 11, 2019

Yes, Catholic Women Should Preach. But Why Is This So Frightening?

Why is it so important for them to keep us silent? What do they have...

August 2019

August 18, 2019

My Response to the Men Who Think It’s a Sin For Women To Work Outside the Home

So here's what I have to say, ultimately, to the Twitter trad-bros who are trying...

May 2019

May 16, 2019

It’s Time to Move Past the Pro-Life / Pro-Choice Dividing Line

What if we let the jury remain out on difficult metaphysical questions about personhood, and...

May 10, 2019

Women Deacons, Rachel Held Evans, and the Pushback of Patriarchy

Pope Francis’ announcement, a few days ago, that the results of the commission to study...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

Are You A Feminist Just Because You Say You Are?

I’m sorry, but if you don't just differ on certain points, but in fact stand...

February 2019

February 21, 2019

When Men Say “Understanding Consent Is Hard”

It doesn’t require a special class. One need not pay for and download a program....

February 17, 2019

It’s Not Just McCarrick: Clericalism, Sex, and Male Dominance

Rather than working for equality, the church has enshrined and anointed male authority. For all...

November 2018

November 16, 2018

“Traditional Catholicism” and Fetishization of Women

They are not presented as subjects, as women with interiority and a story. They are...

November 07, 2018

What Does “Believe Women” Mean?

We’re not privileging women’s voices. We’re simply asking for equal consideration with those who already...

October 2018

October 20, 2018

Congratulations, Republicans: You’ve Succeeded In Making the Old Abortion Debates Irrelevant

When I first started writing here, I began teasing out the idea that we need...

October 16, 2018

Conservatives Comment on Sexual Assault: A Curious Inconsistency

I think I needed a little breathing time before writing about this issue without succumbing...

October 13, 2018

Knock, Knock – Who’s There? More Than Half the Church!

When I was teaching Women Writers, my signature course for many years, I used to...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

What Is The Dispute Over Kavanaugh And His Accusers Really About?

The idea that the dispute is about abortion is undercut both by the fact that...

September 22, 2018

Bad Ethics, Bad Logic, and Sexual Assault Apologetics

Approaching sexual ethics this way is profoundly de-personalizing. It takes away agency and responsibility from...

September 17, 2018

It’s Not Puritanical To Object To Sexual Assault

It’s not puritanical for us to stick by the single sine qua non for a...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

Yes, There Is An Institutional Problem: Power

The problem is power. Any concentration of power in a single demographic will lead ultimately...

July 2018

July 28, 2018

I Spent NFP Awareness Week In Conversation With Questioners

In an intellectual arena where Catholic speakers and writers feel comfortable openly mocking the church’s...