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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...

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 -...

January 2020

January 12, 2020

Those Who Shamed Us For Immorality Are Now Its Biggest Defenders: The Gaslighting Cycle of the Christian Trump Supporter

The hypocrisy of those who claim to defend decency while standing up for everything that...

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...

May 2019

May 20, 2019

No, Bishop Nickless, Being Assaulted is Not an “Easy Way Out”

I fervently pray that you had no idea the way your words would sound. I...

March 2019

March 17, 2019

The Worst Possible Way to Respond to a Victim of Abuse

THAT was the part of that story that shocked you?...That was the news worthy part...

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....

December 2018

December 08, 2018

When It Comes to the Clergy Abuse Scandals, the Laity Are Not Going to Save Us

We need to deal with the problem of clericalism in the church for its own...

November 2018

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 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...

September 2018

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...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

No, #MeToo is Not the Fault of the Sexual Revolution

It’s a poor argument that contraception is bad because it will lead to the objectification...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

What’s Amiss in our Catholic Sexual Education?

I was taught that these men would never hurt me

January 29, 2018

They Expected the Women to Remain Silent…

The woman who speaks out can expect to be silenced and ridiculed

January 17, 2018

The Story of the “Worst Date Ever” Was All Too Familiar

He was just a normal guy. That’s the scary thing about it.

October 2017

October 16, 2017

Not You? Then This is Especially For You

Victims need allies in spaces of power

October 08, 2016

no, trump defenders, this is not ordinary male behavior

Look, if your only two categories are "saint" and "non-saint" - and if everyone who...

August 2016

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...

June 2016

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,...