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August 2016

August 21, 2016

catholic and feminist: identity, action, and faith

Looking anew at Mary and other female saints – looking anew at the women of...

August 15, 2016

sexism in the olympics? you shouldn’t be surprised

Professional and social media have been inundated with stories about sexism in the...

August 12, 2016

the “ugly feminist” and the christian ethos

Women who do not conform to societal standards for prettiness or femininity are reviled by...

August 10, 2016

sex robots, inequality, and consequentialism

the products are clearly marketed on the basis of existing sexist stereotypes and predicated on...

August 03, 2016

I wrote a piece about baby-hating, and this is what I learned

If one can not reject hatred of persons, if one can not embrace a willingness...

August 02, 2016

pope francis establishes “commission of study on the diaconate of women”

If this does not permit the restoration of a female diaconate, perhaps it will open...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

natural fertility management: one feminist perspective

I have been accused of using contraception by those who think that NFP is acceptable...

July 21, 2016

ostentatious baby-hating is no better than racism

Babies might not be to your taste, but this is a case in which your...

July 01, 2016

war, abortion, and liberty: reconsidering our obsession with independence (and firing up the grill)

One of my favorite passages in The Lord of the Rings is when Aragorn asks...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

this attack on democrats for life indicates that, for some, party loyalty takes precedence over life ethics

One of the first uses of "pro-life" to denote opposition to abortion was in 1971,...

June 11, 2016

of monsters, men, and the radical need of divine mercy

The archetypes of male dominance and of female erotic power are both infected with germs...

June 07, 2016

dear christians defending rapists: your prejudice is showing

Our existing prison systems do nothing to eradicate rape mentality: they only shift the focus,...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

now is the time to be whole life

Think how radical this could be.

May 02, 2016

modesty, it turns out, is a thing – but not the thing they said it was

We often hear sermons or admonitions against scanty dress in women, but rarely do we...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

you actually might not want to be so quick to criticize those who are opposing that polish abortion bill

I don’t advocate abortion as the answer to this impossibility. I advocate making better choices...

April 26, 2016

tearing the veil: a contemporary catholic practice and its complicated history

To return to our original topic: can we say that the contemporary practice of veiling...

April 25, 2016

catholic women, (un) veiled: new perspectives on an old practice

I still have no desire to veil myself, though I may occasionally sport a fedora,...

April 21, 2016

a reflection on the radical christian feminism of charlotte brontë, on the bicentennial of her birth

The term "feminist" was not invented yet, in Charlotte Brontë's day, but I will permit...

April 09, 2016

How Feminism Strengthened My Christianity

I dared to think, and to see Mary as a woman who thought, who contemplated,...

April 01, 2016

when God walks among us, and women need not be afraid

we see the resurrected Christ make his appearance first to a woman, Mary Magdalene, and...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

thank you, donald trump!

The most effective way of ending abortion, I believe, lies in working tirelessly to end...

March 10, 2016

suspect teleologies and the depersonalization of men

And why are we so accepting of the idea that men are reducible to tools...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Are We Depending on Abortion?

In order to minimize the demand for abortion, we need reframe our view of pregnancy,...