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Leftie. Woke. Feminist. Oh dear!
How to navigate Catholic dating apps for a Liberal Catholic. After hearing enough horror stories about religious dating apps, I wasn’t exactly optimistic. But 2026 was around the corner and I had been single for nearly a year, so I decided to give it a go. Signing up to Catholic Match quickly revealed that, as a woman in her late 30s my chances were pretty slim

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Invisible Labour, Bodies that Refuse
From a young age, I was taught when and how to speak. While some of this shaped manners and respect, much of it was rooted in gender expectations. Softness was praised; assertiveness, even when justified, was discouraged. I have smiled in rooms to make others feel comfortable. Refusal does not have to be loud or confrontational; it can be subtle and deeply personal.

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Prayer with hair
Nora gives sermon on women’s hair, a controversial and politicised topic for the early Christians, and about the women in Northern Syria who have been fighting to defend the monumental achievements of the women’s revolution in Rojava.

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An Ovarian Soufflé
Again, I’m open as Pandora’s eyes (at the thighs).

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Full Surrogacy Now
Whatever your relationship to reproduction – not everyone has a functioning womb, not everyone is a birthing mother – Lewis’ discussion of surrogacy is an important guide to some key feminist questions.

