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April 15, 2015

Hillary on Top: Teetering, and not Due to Sexism

Once you’ve reached a pinnacle, you can’t keep whining that you’re only teetering because you’re...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Feminism Solves Its Mid-Life Crisis Like a Man!

In an earlier post, I asked whether men should be permitted to flirt, or if...

December 30, 2014

Are Men Permitted to Flirt? Should They Be Encouraged?

On her Facebook page, Elizabeth Stoker (whose blog can be found here) posted a question...

November 2014

November 15, 2014

Techno/Science Geeks Should Not be Made to Cry – UPDATED

Anyone who knows (and loves) techno/science geeks knows a couple of things: 1) They are...

November 06, 2014

“Mrs. Bishop” and the Theology of “but of course!”

It was a little over a year ago that a lady around these parts had...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

The Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne Wore Priestly Collars

As with the Martyrdom of St. Charles Lwanga and his companions we today remember a...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Hillary, Stop Being Coy! Fight Sexism; It’s YOUR TIME!

While traveling yesterday I had a chance to catch up on my reading and discovered...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Who didn’t walk out on Benedict will stay for Francis

It was mere moments after Pope Benedict XVI left the balcony after pronouncing his first...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

So, Science Supports Complementarity? Why…YES!

As the guy in the Emerald City would say, "Well, bust my buttons!" A new...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

A “Priesthood” Disingenuous, Thoughtless and Vain UPDATED

"I am Long Island's first female priest!" Deacon Greg has the story, from Newsday (while...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

If this is Sisterhood, Include Me Out!

I've confessed more than once that, while working with stockbrokers, I got into a bad...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

Men on Strike: Fathers, Family, Frank Talk and First Things

Two weeks ago at First Things, I wondered what it would be like if Rep...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

“The Whole World in Her Hands”: A Gyno-Maniacal War on Men? – UPDATED

My First Things column this week draws on the coarse and destructive hook-up culture that...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

“You can have an education, I guess, but not one as good as mine…”

Here is Yale alum Leah Libresco responding with vigor to Keli Goff's recent article entitled...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

A Blessed, Beautiful and Bodacious Theology of Womanhood

"Each woman's life, well lived, might be the best gospel anyone will ever read. But...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

Give Obama a Break on Hiring Women!

So, here is the NY Times raising a confused eyebrow at the dearth of female...

January 02, 2013

Les Mis: Just Men, Minimized Women and Immodesty?

Two very different women, coming from very different perspectives, are unhappy with Les Miserable. Their...

December 2012

December 04, 2012

Does Church Suppress God’s Will? That’s Wicked, Right?

Like Mark Shea, I too thought the National Catholic Reporter had endorsed female ordination years...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

Tales of Women, Sex and Salvation

Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com Two Patheos bloggers are talking seriously about women and sex today,...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

So, women have finally succeeded in becoming all they hate?

In the post below, one of the links embedded with in the text takes you...

July 2012

July 10, 2012

A Wee and Angry Word of Thanks to the Bishops? UPDATED

In my column at First Things today, I recount a bit of personal family history:...

July 07, 2012

Mothers of the Church

In the mail comes, Mothers of the Church: The Witness of Early Christian Women, by...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Having it all: Liz Lemon Can’t Do It Either – UPDATE

"Sandwich Day" is one of my favorite episodes of 30 Rock. On the set of...

June 12, 2012

Nuns and Bishops and Popes, Oh My! – UPDATES

The sisters are all Joan of Arc and the Bishops are all Don Giovanni! Allow...

April 2012

April 21, 2012

Style, Sex, Substance:Frank Talk from Catholic Women – UPDATED

The first time I head the title of Hallie Lord's new book, I was intrigued:...

April 12, 2012

Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney and the Credentialists – UPDATES

Although I use it during the day mostly to promote Patheos writers, after hours I...

October 2011

October 14, 2011

Manna, Music and Men

Marcia Morrissey has a really inspiring piece up at Patheos this week as she writes...

June 2011

June 07, 2011

Dowd's Yips Derail Even Her Praise – UPDATED

Seems yesterday was my day for writing about female journalists. Last night I was late...

March 2011

March 18, 2011

Is Society Purposely Messing with Boys' Heads?

A very thoughtful and surprisingly moving piece by Anthony Esolen, at Inside Catholic: Why, I...

March 03, 2011

Women's History: Drexel, Connelly, Addiss?

March is Women's History Month, and a good time to introduce you to the sorts...