Feminine Appeal: You Don’t Have to Be a Sexy Crayon for Halloween

I am not sure that these outfits are particularly practical for going door to door asking for candy.

Join Faith Newport and Erin Straza each week for Feminine Appeal, an e-discussion bringing a female perspective to the latest in cultural happenings and hubbub. Erin: There are many things in this world that rile me, but one in particular is making me crazy right now: the raunchy Halloween costumes for women. What’s the deal [...]

Frequently Searched Questions: Halloween Edition

Michael Servetus, aka that dude Calvin killed (Wiki Commons).

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to CaPC. In most cases they didn’t find the answer they were looking for on our site. FSQ is an attempt to remedy this problem by answering some of the most (de)pressing questions sent to us through search terms. This week, [...]

All Hallow’s Read: Why We Should Read Scary Stories for Halloween

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Erin Newcomb makes a case for the virtue, humanness, and theological richness of scary stories, and urges us to follow Neil Gaiman’s advice to give a scary book to someone on Halloween.

Elsewhere: The Fashion of OWS, Social Justice, Halloween, Sex Ed, and Traffic

Drew tries to freshen up the discussion on OWS and Erin S. asks you to test your character knowledge.

Sacred Space: Halloween Doesn't Need Redeeming

“After all, pagans all eat and breathe on Halloween, and I’m not going to stop doing those things just because they do them too.”

Podcast #13: The Little Show of Horrors

Click here to listen! With Halloween upon us, everyone will be itching to be frightened, and these days movies are just a bit more popular than the haunted house. Of course, this used to mean suspense, ghosts, maybe a murderer on the loose. But now, for some reason, it means staring at unlimited amounts of [...]