Dear American Psychological Association, I know that you are probably never going to see this letter. I know that being angry on the internet doesn’t accomplish much, if anything. But I also know that “a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” And so I am writing to protest the injustice youContinue reading “The Woman in the Pink Overalls: An Open Letter to the APA”
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Happy Hearts Day Part 2: Litany of Courage
I have so many dreams as a writer. This post fulfills a dream that for so long seemed too wonderful to even hope for. This is my first piece in post-Roe America. How beautiful is it that the first day of this new period in American history falls on the Memorial of the Immaculate HeartContinue reading “Happy Hearts Day Part 2: Litany of Courage”
When Words Fail: Abortion, Dante, and Corpus Christi
O reader, do not ask of me how I grew faint and frozen then – I cannot write it: all words would fall far short of what it is. (Dante, Inferno 33.22-24) With these words, Dante the Poet begins to recollect his encounter with Satan, frozen in ice at the bottom of Hell. Dante’s SatanContinue reading “When Words Fail: Abortion, Dante, and Corpus Christi”
Psalm 22: The Prayer of an Innocent at Planned Parenthood
Content Note: This post includes details of a D&E abortion procedure, which is the surgical abortion most commonly performed on a preborn baby between 13 and 24 weeks. It can be disturbing to read. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my infant criesContinue reading “Psalm 22: The Prayer of an Innocent at Planned Parenthood”
Living Full Throttle 