I am a childless woman who has had a very happy, and blessed, life. For over 50 years, I have had a stake in the well-being of my country as well as in its future.
Women’s Issues
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Judith Butler and the seismic shift in how we understand gender
In ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender?,’ Judith Butler contends that the contemporary backlash to “gender” is an attempt to recapture the transforming power structure and return to the (days when it was simple to use gender to organize power in the world.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
There will be no perfect abortion law. But the pro-life movement can still make progress.
What is needed, far more than a perfect abortion law, is a clear focus on the moral failure of a society in which abortion rates are rising rather than falling, in which too many women feel afraid, unable or unwilling to carry pregnancies to term and welcome new life into the world.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
To my fellow eldest daughters: It’s time to let go of our stereotypes.
It is important to let go of the to-do lists and the pressures, but it’s even more essential to let go of the resentment and blame that sneak in behind hard work and perfectionism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
The film ‘20th Century Women’ asks an age-old Catholic question: Embrace the world or retreat from it?
The characters in ‘20th Century Women’ find themselves torn between embracing the new and retreating into the familiar.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
North Carolina shelter for at-risk single moms charts pro-life path in a post-Roe world
In North Carolina, where abortion has been restricted to up to 12 weeks since the repeal of Roe v. Wade, maternity home services may prove vital for many young women who might otherwise be choosing to end their pregnancies.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
College basketball is putting women’s sports (and faith) in the spotlight
N.C.A.A. women’s hoops attracted a record number of viewers this season—and made stars of some compelling players and coaches.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When my husband abused me, a priest told me to wait and pray. That was never enough.
The church’s respect for marriage should never supersede its respect for the lives and safety of the people who enter into that sacrament. It’s time for the church to do more to speak up for abused women.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Pope asks nations to repeal laws discriminating against women
Pope Francis: “Let us respect women. Let us respect their dignity, their basic rights. And if we don’t, our society will not progress.”
Posted inFaith
Empower women and girls by supporting these Catholic charities
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the staff at America has assembled a list highlighting of some Catholic charities working to better the lives of women and girls across the globe.