Taylor Ends the Gender Wars
by R. R. RenoPatricia Snow joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about her essay “Taylor Swift's Sexual Revolution” from the November 2024 print edition of the magazine. Continue Reading »
Rome’s Concordat
by R. R. RenoA few months ago, I predicted that the Francis pontificate would seek to establish cordial relations with the Rainbow Reich. (See “While We’re At It,” January 2024, composed late November 2023.) In mid-December the Vatican issued the declaration Fiducia Supplicans, vindicating my . . . . Continue Reading »
What Sex Really Is
by Audrey PollnowIn her delightful essay “Harry Potter and the Reverse Voltaire,” the philosopher Mary Leng tries to understand why a colleague of hers has denounced J. K. Rowling. Although the colleague believes that “there are contexts in which [biological] sex matters politically,” she has condemned . . . . Continue Reading »
Scott Yenor on Sexual Counter-Revolution
by R. R. RenoScott Yenor joins the podcast to talk about the ends and limits of the sexual liberation movement. Continue Reading »
Why We Shouldn’t Watch Cuties
by C. C. PecknoldSensitive patience with challenging artwork is often commendable, but not in the case of Cuties.
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The Whole World Groans
by Michael HanbyWe seem to have lost our capacity to think and speak about “LGBT identity” without capitulating to it. Continue Reading »
When the F-Word Is Sadly Appropriate
by Carl R. TruemanSexual love cannot be reduced to the simplistic categories of power, exploitation, and individual desire. Continue Reading »
Summer’s Last Sting
by John WatersThe #MeToo movement is the bust to end the 1960s boom in sexual permissiveness. Continue Reading »
Gifts, Sex, and the State Legislature
by Gabriel RossmanA Missouri state assembly bill sponsored by Representative Bart Korman (R-Montgomery County) would require lobbyists to disclose sexual relationships with legislators or legislative staffers. The bill does so through defining sex as a “gift.”
Love and Hate in a Foreign Country
by Carl R. TruemanLong after Indiana's RFRA crisis is past, the changes in our political culture which it has revealed will continue to have consequences for religious conservatives. Continue Reading »
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