Examining global attitudes toward domestic violence

A recent article in the Washington Post discusses a new sociological study about domestic violence.  The article says: A new study in the American Sociological Review, by Rachael S. Pierotti of the University… Read More →

Grappling with bisexuality: A New York Times piece

Here is an interesting article in the New York Times from a woman who writes about being bisexual.  She says: No matter how open-minded I believed my companion to be, the coming-out conversation was always… Read More →

Nuisance citations and evictions for domestic violence victims

An article from the ACLU discusses landlord/tenant issues that domestic violence victims face: 04/24/2013 Shut Up or Get Out: PA City Punishes Domestic Violence Victims Who Call the Police By Sandra Park, ACLU… Read More →

Child of the One True King

A song that I hear on the radio all of the time… “Child of the One True King” by Matthew West:

Kindness towards oneself

Reblogged from Mindfulbalance Blog: Instead of mercilessly judging and criticizing yourself for various inadequacies or shortcomings, self-compassion means you are kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings – after all, who ever… Read More →

An Irish Springtime Blessing

I noticed the following story in America Magazine in 2011, and I like to re-read it each year at Easter. Dawn Out of Darkness Margaret Silf | APRIL 25, 2011 Here is a parable… Read More →

Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World

In an interview in the Los Angeles Times, Shereen El Feki discusses her new book called Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, which will be out this Tuesday. … Read More →

Where is India’s Feminist Movement Headed?

An article in the New York Times says: India has had a vibrant women’s movement that harks back to the pre-independence movement with protests for social reform in the nineteenth century. The movement… Read More →

Adopt a Cardinal

As Catholic cardinals head to Rome to select the next pope, those of us who would like to pray for the Catholic Church can “adopt a cardinal” to pray for.  When you go… Read More →

Sexual Trauma is a Common Pathway to Homelessness for Female Veterans

An article in the New York Times says: Even as the Pentagon lifts the ban on women in combat roles, returning servicewomen are facing a battlefield of a different kind: they are now… Read More →