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January 2018

January 05, 2018

Sexual Moral Relativism from the Religious Right?

This is not, unfortunately, the first time I have witnessed the claim that Moore’s misconduct...

October 2017

October 16, 2017

Not You? Then This is Especially For You

Victims need allies in spaces of power

October 11, 2017

On NFP: Conversations that Need to Happen

"I did it, you can too," is never a viable response to someone who is...

July 2017

July 21, 2017

Women’s Literature: The Stories That Are Not Told

The radical idea that women are people too still hasn’t entirely caught on.

June 2017

June 20, 2017

When Priests Display Misogyny, They Subvert the Persona Christi

The real heart of the problem with this anti-woman approach is not just tacky style,...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

Pro-Life Sexual Ethics Without Punishment or Shame

Bottom line: there is no excuse for Christians to fail to be merciful toward sexual...

May 24, 2017

Abortion: the Most Important Moral Issue Ever….Except for When it’s Not

Let that sink in. A young woman in a crisis pregnancy chose life, but Christians...

May 15, 2017

the cultural ambiguity in our honoring of mothers

What is amiss is that we are not honoring women in their many, varied capabilities...

May 04, 2017

how not to be pro-life: a quick overview

Tell parents of disabled children to start a GoFundMe, or maybe a bake sale! It's...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Women As “Gatekeepers of Morality”: A Recipe for Abuse

Why is it always the women who are expected to reform the men?

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 15, 2017

Mary Magdalene – Preacher or Prostitute?

Both the prostitute legend and the wife theory reduce Mary to her sexuality. And so,...

April 10, 2017

Jesus was not an alpha

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

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 14, 2017

about those “other” NFP families

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

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 21, 2017

how should a christian respond to milo?

Our image of the loser guy in his mom's basement drooling over porn and proliferating...

February 10, 2017

ten things we feminists wish you knew about us

First of all: there are many feminisms. What you learn about what feminist, or one...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

sexist reactions legitimize the women’s march

While I never hid the fact that I was critical of several aspects of the...

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 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 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 30, 2016

misogyny and modesty porn

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

October 2016

October 20, 2016

how dare those emotional, sissified women distract us with their hysterics over sexual assault

Do you get this? Sexual assault is just being "mean and bullying." Objecting to it...

October 17, 2016

looks like we need a little refresher course on consent

But do women deserve to be forcibly groped because they read a book about sexual...