For all its deft crafting of real-life detail, Eliza Hittman’s film never admits any reality besides abortion as saving grace.
Women’s Issues
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How the Jesuits’ four apostolic priorities support global education for girls
The denial of education to girls is a violation of their dignity as human beings made in the image of God, writes Jenny Cafiso of Canadian Jesuits International.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
John Mulaney, my Irish twin who wasn’t to be
Each of us imagines we have “My Person.” I long thought mine was comedian John Mulaney.
Posted inFaith, Features
Natural Family Planning can be hard and expensive to use. Can new tech help?
Catholic groups offer high-tech, effective options for couples seeking to use fertility awareness based methods of family planning. But first they need more access to them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Meghan Daum on ‘woke’ culture
In her new book, Meghan Daum recounts how, despite her unimpeachable feminist and liberal commitments, she came to feel not just wrong, but alienated from a new generation of “extremely online” activists.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Reconstructing a lost youth
‘Body Leaping Backward’ is a melancholy, atmospheric memoir that reads as a sort of urgent confession.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Author Toni Morrison Honored at Public Memorial
At a public memorial service in the cathedral, the site of the funerals of James Baldwin and Duke Ellington, several friends of Ms. Morrison provided their recollections of her talent, warmth and sense of humor.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Christian argument for more stay-at-home dads
Putting an end to the cultural pressure that prevents men from taking on caregiving roles.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Best place to be a woman? Look to Scandinavia
The good news is that “trends in women’s empowerment are heading in the right direction globally. Some 59 countries recorded significant progress since the first edition while only one country (Yemen) experienced major deterioration.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The post-baby battleground
Megan K. Stack offers a brutally honest look at her own efforts to navigate the strange dance between her and her employees, who must perform the functions of a family without truly being part of it.