women who are awesome
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On Coffee Shops and Crucifixions
The extremity of the violence wounding the women at that table was breathtaking and unthinkable and contrary to the will of God who is a God of life, for sure, but it’s not singular. Such things happen all the time… Continue reading
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Transgender, Sexual, and Celibate: Danica’s Story
Guest post! Guest post! Danica is a journalist, a mobile yoga studio owner and a metal rocker (and she and Elizabeth have known each other since they were ten years old!). She is also a transgender woman who distanced herself… Continue reading
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Rowan Williams, Teresa of Avila, and An Easter Spirituality
Easter is upon us, and I’ve been thinking about this passage from Romans: We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits… Continue reading
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Dancing Under the Gallows: A PSA for “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
“So the people who were sitting in the audience, we were transported to a different time…the time before, when we lived in a normal civil life, civilized well, and hoping and being convinced that the war will soon finish and… Continue reading
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An original WIT: Hilkert on Heaven
Mary Catherine Hilkert, beloved mentor to many who have worked with this blog and original inspiration for our name “WIT,” was interviewed on All Things Considered last week. Continue reading
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Feminist masculinity?
Mary Daly famously said that men would have to find their own way through and then out of patriarchy; she herself could not be bothered to tell them what to do. Her focus was on helping women connect with the… Continue reading
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Hope in the Storm-Tossed Church
This is a long post—about twice the length of the papers my students recently wrote, in fact. But it’s about what sustains me through the difficulties of being a critical Catholic woman, and I hope it’s helpful to some of… Continue reading
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Keep Speaking Like A Woman
…And not like a girl who is unsure of herself and her ideas, as Julia so clearly put it recently. As I am wont to do, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the academy, the growth from graduate student… Continue reading
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Are Sports Sexist?
Last week Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban invited Brittney Griner, the 6’9’’ women’s college basketball sports revolutionary, to try out for a spot on his NBA team this summer. Cuban’s comments electrified the sports world. Some fans tweeted… Continue reading