‘Fortnight for Freedom’ distorts true religious liberty

Laura W. Murphy on The Washington Post: “The bishops this week kicked off their ‘Fortnight for Freedom.’ It’s a much-hyped campaign that purports to champion religious freedom, but in actuality distorts it by promoting the use of religion as a license to…

A Survivor’s Reaction to 12 Magazine’s “Victim of Beauty” Photographs

Emilie Surrusco of Fem2.0 reports on a Bulgarian photo spread depicting bruised models: “As a survivor, I look at those pictures and all I can do is succumb to the visceral response that comes, often when I least expect it…”

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All

Anne-Marie Slaughter pens a now-infamous article for the Atlantic: “I still strongly believe that women can ‘have it all’…But not today, not with the way America’s economy and society are currently structured. My experiences over the past three years

‘Invisible War’ documentary examines rape in the military

Mark Jenkins for The Washington Post: “‘The Invisible War’ reports, using Defense Department statistics, that more than 20 percent of women in the military have reported a sexual assault. The department estimates that about 80 percent of such assaults, w…

Nun Justice Petition Delivery

The Women’s Ordination Conference and the Nun Justice Project teamed up to defend the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group that represents more than 80 percent of the 57,000 women religious in the United States. This April,…