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Dethroning the canonical Paul
Cavan Concannon believes that the apostle’s writings belong in the latrine.
by Greg Carey
Lisa Donovan tells the stories behind the recipes
Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger exposes the misogyny within the restaurant industry.
Why I'm grieving Elizabeth Warren’s exit
Unlike Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, Warren’s defeat came at the hands of her own party.
A model apology from a sinner-saint
An ELCA bishop apologized for sexist comments he made—without claiming that they were out of character.
The power of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony
Ford inspired survivors to tell their own stories of sexual violence. It’s up to the rest of us to respond.
Boys will be like the boys they read about
Books can’t singlehandedly destroy toxic masculinity. But they can chip away at it.
The weight mother! bears
Darren Aronofsky's title character is the divine feminine, Mary, and Spirit; she's a little bit Gaia and a whole lot of the Feminine Principle.
A preacher and an ironworker
During seminary, I spent my summer breaks building bridges.
Gillian Flynn has been accused of hating women. I disagree: Flynn pushes the truth of what can happen to women in a world that diminishes them.
The shooting that rocked California last week raised questions about treating the mentally ill and why there are so many semi-automatic weapons on our streets. But what caught the nation's eye this time around was that the shooter made clear his motives: Twenty-two-year-old Elliot Rodger hated women. He wrote a manifesto announcing his intention to reap vengeance on women for denying him the sexual attention he believed was his entitlement.