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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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A Monster Roams our Churches
‘The transsexual body is an unnatural body. It is the product of medical science. It is a technological construction. It is flesh torn apart and sewn together again in a shape other than that in which it was born. In these circumstances, I find a deep affinity between myself as a transsexual woman and the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.’
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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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Bad Apple Aporia
Henry_ discusses the kind of thinking, writing and activism that goes on at Bad Apple collective. Dialectics can be painful. At the same time, ‘dialectic‘ sounds like such a safe word, confined to school, university, academia. Not something we need worry about in ordinary life.
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Bad Apple Twelve
Get ready for… Bad Apple Twelve! Follow our contributors as they knock on neighbours’ doors, close doors to fascists, roam churches with bodies that are prayers, explore religious dating apps and draw from their faith to quietly refuse expectations. Please consider supporting our work by subscribing to our Patreon. We’ll send you a printed copy of each new issue! Any money we make goes towards printing the zine, maintaining our website, and tabling at bookfairs and similar events. Peace and Solidarity! Reham, Henry and Nora
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Deviant Saints 2
In 3rd century Carthage (modern day Tunisia), the noble Perpetua and the enslaved Felicity found kinship in a Roman prison. They had both been sentenced to death in the arena for their refusal to denounce Christ, and had found great comfort in each other despite their distinct class differences.
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Deviant Saints 1
14th century Portuguese princess, Wilgefortis, prayed for deliverance from a forced marriage, which would break her virginal vow of celibacy to God. She miraculously grew a beard, her arranged suitor found this unacceptable and called off the wedding.
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Bad Apple Eleven
We are excited to share Bad Apple Eleven!Explore the complexities of direct action, violence, reproductive justice and radical kinship in stories from Henry_, Nora Ziegler, Anne Cross and Nova Glyn. Learn about deviant saints, Wilgifortis, Felicity and Perpetua in art and words by Vida O’Riordan. Extra special artwork from Leila, Ghazal Tipu, and Henry_ .Please consider supporting our work by subscribing to our Patreon. We’ll send you a printed copy of each new issue!Any money we make goes towards printing the zine, maintaining our website, and tabling at bookfairs and similar events.Peace and Solidarity!Henry, Nora, and Reham x
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Tower of Omegle
Black Sheep The Tower of Babel story always confused me. Far from teaching me how wonderful God is, it just left me concluding that God sounds pretty shitty. I don’t know, maybe I missed something? This is how I remember the story: In Old Testament times, everyone spoke the same language, there was no separation or barrier between nations or cultures – sounds pretty good so far. Given that everyone spoke the same language, collaboration was easy, someone gets the bright idea to build a tower to the heavens. But this angered God because, I don’t know, they’re that insecure?…
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