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February 04, 2020
Sex Positive: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love My Body
I have not seen the Superbowl half-time show. But that has not prevented me from...
November 2019
November 13, 2019
Make Women Slaves Again
For a long time, the open misogyny of so many people in the pro-life movement...
October 2019
October 25, 2019
The Lord Has Worked Marvels For Me: Open Letter Pt. 3
I have been astounded over the past few days by the sheer number of women...
October 24, 2019
The Central Spiritual Struggle of Women: Open Letter, part 2
"I think that the central moral struggle is to really internalize that other people are...
October 23, 2019
An Open Letter to the Young Rad-Trad Women
There was a buzz of tangible excitement among the older traditionalist Catholics every time that...
October 08, 2019
Maybe It’s Okay That Man Should Be Alone
I'll get back to talking about wanking and what-not in a while. For now, I...
August 2019
August 06, 2019
To Wank or Not To Wank
Bob considers himself to be a compulsive masturbator. His daily routine once he gets out...
August 01, 2019
A Biblical Account of Toxic Femininity
It’s finally time to talk about toxic femininity. In our previous discussions of toxic masculinity...
July 2019
July 09, 2019
What is Gender Anyway?
“Toxic femininity” is one of those terms that’s incredibly problematic, largely because it was first...
July 08, 2019
Moderation Problems
This is just a super brief update to let you all know that I've tried...
July 05, 2019
Toxic Masculinity, Toxic Masculinity, TOOO-XIC Masculinity (And Femininity Too-oo-oooo)
Is masculinity really toxic? And if there’s toxic masculinity, shouldn’t there be toxic femininity too?...
June 2019
June 25, 2019
Get Behind Me, Tony Esolen: Stop Making Marriage a Sadist’s Playground
Usually I avoid reading Crisis magazine because I think it’s editorial policy is quite literally...
May 2019
May 05, 2019
Don’t Unfriend the Nazi: How Ideological Abuse Isolates Its Victims
I've been thinking a lot about the "do you have to unfriend the Nazi" controversy....
April 2019
April 30, 2019
The Powerlessness of Prayer: On Detaching with Love
I had called, and shouted, and pleaded, bullied and begged, bargained and cajoled, prayed and...
April 21, 2019
Fearful Resurrection
We always see the Resurrection from the point of view of those who witnessed it....
April 14, 2019
The Power of Negative Thinking: On Trauma and Validation
It was my last year of high-school, late at night, and my boyfriend, J, was...
April 05, 2019
28 Guaranteed Ways to Drive Any Man in the Universe Wild
I recently read an article written by a Catholic woman in which she outlined ways...
March 2019
March 22, 2019
8 Ways Catholics May Enable Domestic Abuse
In the few weeks since I started to blog about my experiences in an abusive...
March 18, 2019
Why Am I Still Writing For Patheos Catholic?
Several months ago, I announced that I was no longer able to worship in the...
March 06, 2019
Sexual Coercion and Spousal Rape: What the Church Needs To Do
It was after the birth of my sixth child, my family had taken my other...
March 03, 2019
PSA: NFP is Not Compatible With Alcoholism or Abuse
“No wonder she hates NFP so much,” the woman wrote. “NFP won’t work with an...
February 2019
February 26, 2019
Fault on His Side: Addiction and Culpability Pt 2
One of the things that made it difficult for me to end my relationship with...
February 25, 2019
Fault on My Side: How Alcoholism and Abuse Warp Culpability
One of the commenters on my previous post suggested that I should make my next...
February 12, 2019
Enabling Abusers: On Divorce and Remarriage
About a year and a half ago, my older children came to me and told...
October 2018
October 27, 2018
The Seductive Illusion of Objectivity
This is not a defence of relativism. It is a challenge to the concept of...
October 19, 2018
No, Simcha, Dissent is Not Tantamount to Rape
Simcha Fisher recently published an article comparing dissenting from the Catholic church’s position on things...
October 12, 2018
5 Things I’m Obsessed With (Other Than Power)
Apparently my old friend Austin Ruse has joined the chorus of people who think that...
October 12, 2018
A Tale of Two Priests: On Authority
In the past two days, I received correspondence from two different Catholic priests reacting to...
October 02, 2018
Crossing the Rubicon: Why I Will No Longer Enable the Catholic Hierarchy
A while ago, one of my atheist commenters observed that watching me grapple with my...
September 2018
September 30, 2018
Do You Feel Safe in Church?
The last time I attended a Catholic church was a couple of weeks ago. I...
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