Cross-posted at Xavier University’s Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice Blog There are a million things I’d rather be than a Catholic Feminist. It was a gnawing and haunting restlessness that pursued my conscience like a ravenous lioness. It was relentless. And once I acknowledged it, it was like pressing UNMUTE on the button […]
Author: Lisa
2013 Seventh Annual State of the Self Address
Every year I write a reflection about the past year of my life and deliver it on my birthday. This year, the address will be given twice. Once to my husband Nick, who is in Rhode Island, using FaceTime at midnight. The second time address goes to a dear group of friends, my dinner guests, […]
The Bokeh Effect: Why One Billion Rising Isn’t Enough for Me
For the last twelve years, I walked around with an idea about helping survivors of rape and sexual violence. For the past three years, I’ve been working intently on finishing and publishing a collection of letters, essays, and prose written by survivors for other survivors exploring issues of justice and healing. Each time I’ve arrived […]
Valentine’s Day Fashion Tip: Where to Wear Your Heart
We’re Divided by Power, not Gay Marriage: What Firing Mike Moroski Says About Catholic Church Leadership
Crossposted at The Catholic Feminist Reader and The Counterpunch The termination of Mike Moroski as Dean and Vice Principal at Purcell Marion High School in Cincinnati, Ohio is reaching a national audience. Recently, Moroski offered these questions as prompts for deeper analysis: WHEN do institutions go too far in trying to quiet their members? HOW […]
Why This Isn’t About Gay Marriage: Mike Moroski and Modern Day Catholicism
One of the most challenging calls of being a modern day Catholic is to openly and publicly be yourself. For years, the combination of working for the church and writing progressively on issues relating to feminism, gender, and reproductive health made me feel like I was living a double life. I would turn down writing […]
The Inglorious Life of Writing
Me, You, and Everything In the Soul: 2012 New Year’s Eve Reflection
2000 Boom 2001 Onward and Upward 2002 Shift 2003 Health in All Forms 2004 Phenomenal 2005 Authenticity 2006 Courage 2007 Spectacular, Spectacular 2008 Faithful 2009 My Time 2010 Believe In Goodness 2011 This Was the Year that I… 2012 Simplify 2013 Relationships Twelve years ago, I stopped making specific resolutions. They felt too breakable, too […]
Why Can’t She Be President?
She had me at “sparkly shoes.”
Reflecting on a Year of Travels: Six Lessons in Relationships, Politics, and Health
I think we can find ourselves in our travels. The best and worst things come out when we remove ourselves from our familiar environments. Here’s what I learned from 2012 thus far. 1. We romanticize and demonize other parts of the country. It’s true and you know it. How else would the red state/blue state […]