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2017-01-20T21:33:13-04:00

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“america first” is not a catholic option

Last updated on: January 20, 2017 at 9:33 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

The Good Samaritan is now seen as a bleeding heart SJW; the priest who passed by on the other side is our hero. A real winner. Read more

2017-01-16T20:49:46-04:00

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

Last updated on: January 16, 2017 at 8:49 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

We should not be excluded from this march. We have risked personal and professional relationships in our staunch opposition to Donald Trump, our refusal to accept him as representative of anything remotely pro-life Read more

new pro-life movement

2017-01-11T15:11:48-04:00

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

Last updated on: January 11, 2017 at 3:11 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

we have a theology that likes to reference female sacred-ness in order to keep us under wraps but is reluctant fully to explore the sacramental significance of this sacred-ness. Read more

2017-01-10T00:19:26-04:00

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

Last updated on: January 10, 2017 at 12:19 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Add a shot of internalized misogyny, and we have a woman who is more disgusted by the fact that we blame rapists for rape, than by rape itself. Read more

2017-12-31T15:33:17-04:00

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Raising the Standard for our Female Characters

Last updated on: December 31, 2017 at 3:33 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

What if the situation were reversed? What if we had an overweight woman with a disfigurement, and poor domestic habits? Would it be considered normal for her to have a lot of attractive male lovers? Would we be fantasizing about putting her together with a handsome, slender younger man? No. But maybe we should. Read more

2017-01-02T00:21:46-04:00

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

Last updated on: January 2, 2017 at 12:21 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Sure, in the New Testament we have one woman who lived with a man not her husband, and another (supposedly) posessed. We have Martha complaining about housework. But what's that to slicing off the head of a general? Read more

2016-12-08T18:07:13-04:00

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on banned books and safe spaces

Last updated on: December 8, 2016 at 6:07 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

The good writer is never content simply with a surface ripple, but dives down deep. That's why good writers so often address Ultimate and Uncomfortable things - such as sex, religion, and death. Read more

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2016-12-07T14:45:53-04:00

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

Last updated on: December 7, 2016 at 2:45 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

At least when I started bleeding in Whole Foods, I knew I could safely go to the hospital and receive care. Read more

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2016-12-05T15:57:40-04:00

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but what about all these other pipelines?

Last updated on: December 5, 2016 at 3:57 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

I am thrilled to hear that the Army Corps of Engineers has opted to find an alternative route for the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tom Cahill at CNN reports on the reactions of the water protectors: “I’m really happy that I’m here to witness it and celebrate with a lot of my elders and the youth, but I think that we also need to keep in mind that we need to be ready to keep going,” said protester Morning Star Angeline... Read more

2016-12-04T23:51:37-04:00

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do we long for the justice of the lord – or do we fear it?

Last updated on: December 4, 2016 at 11:51 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Are we oppressed, or oppressor? Should we long for justice, or should we fear it? Do we lay the straw in the manger, or do we tear it out, to keep for our own? Read more

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