Carolyn Mackie
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Review: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf, 2026)
Spoiler alert: I have tried not to include any major plot points in this review, but there are some minor spoilers. I’d recommend reading the book itself first! A tradwife influencer wakes up one morning and finds herself thrown into… Continue reading
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Toward a Feminist Theology of Caregiving
I was reading a New York Times opinion piece recently, titled “It’s Not Normal to Raise Children Like This.” The article laments the fact that many people in the modern West lack a “village,” people with whom we can share… Continue reading
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“Everything Old is New Again”: Andor’s Mon Mothma and the Dangers of Tradition
Warning: This blog post contains spoilers for Season 1 and Season 2 of Andor (Disney+). I’m not much of a Star Wars fan, but I have absolutely devoured the Star Wars show Andor, which recently released its second (and final)… Continue reading
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Can We Live with Ourselves?
What does it take to resist totalitarianism? In the years following the Holocaust, German-Jewish-American philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) devoted herself to this question. Arendt believed that trying to understand how and why the Holocaust had happened was an essential task… Continue reading
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#Blessed: Christmas Confessions of a Childless Dog Lady
I don’t know if my younger self would be surprised to know that at age 41, I’m a single, childless dog lady. But I do think my younger self would be surprised to know how happy I am. I think… Continue reading
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Haunted by What Must Be Faced
The Regular Contributors to WIT are participating in a round table series, titled “Haunted.” This series will appear every (or every other) week throughout the Fall 2024 semester. Each current contributor to the blog will spend some time reflecting on… Continue reading
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Review: Mary Magdalene: A Visual History by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (T&T Clark, 2023)
Today marks the feast day for St. Mary Magdalene, the Apostle to the Apostles. Of all the apostles, Mary Magdalene has undoubtedly been the most fetishized and demonized. Yet she has also been honoured throughout church history as the first… Continue reading
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Holy Bothering: Protest as Prayer
Watching the students at Columbia University protesting this week in solidarity with Palestine, undeterred by suspensions and arrests, has been a moving experience. It is deeply hopeful to see students breaking through the layers of institutionally imposed silence, risking their… Continue reading
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“If Not Now, When?” It’s Time to Interrogate Christian Zionism
It was March 2020, and my Jewish roommate had invited me to celebrate Purim with her and her friends at a large Purim party down the street. (Yes, it would turn out to be the last party I would attend… Continue reading
