Christ-Haunted Sally Rooney
by John DugganWhile her characters may no longer be the direct inheritors of the deposit of faith, they at least remain the inheritors of the questions of faith. Continue Reading »
Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution
by Patricia SnowIn the fall of 1970, a year after Yale welcomed its first female freshmen and six months after it descended into the vortex of a Black Panther trial and a university-wide strike, Gloria Steinem came to the college to speak. She wasn’t yet a household name—the launch of Ms. magazine . . . . Continue Reading »
Shulamith Firestone Was a Prophet
by Carl R. TruemanFirestone’s brand of feminism viewed the female body as an instrument of oppression. Continue Reading »
Restoring Sexual Sanity
by Peter J. LeithartThe Song of Songs' erotic Eden portrays a humanity no longer disabled. Continue Reading »
Facing the Crisis
by R. R. RenoOn October 7, more Jews were killed than on any single day since the Holocaust, many in brutal and sadistic ways. Rapes committed, hostages taken, concertgoers gunned down, corpses desecrated, small children murdered: The attack by Hamas militants on civilians unveiled the terrible darkness of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Sexual Revolution
by Mark BauerleinBishop Peter J. Elliott joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Sexual Revolution: History, Ideology, Power. Continue Reading »
Welcome to Prideville
by Auguste MeyratAt heart, Somerville, Massachusetts, a self-declared haven for polyamorous people, is a community for people who reject community. Continue Reading »
Does the Church of England Need Evangelicals?
by Carl R. TruemanThe issue of our day is anthropology. What does it mean to be human, if it means anything at all? Continue Reading »
Mary Eberstadt on the Sorrows of the Sexual Revolution
by Mark BauerleinMary Eberstadt joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited. Continue Reading »
Drag Queens
by Darel E. PaulThe queering of mainstream American culture has no more dramatic exemplar than the drag queen. RuPaul’s Drag Race, which began in 2009 as a competition reality show on the little-watched LGBT-oriented channel Logo, is today a global media and entertainment empire of four spin-off and . . . . Continue Reading »
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