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Maybe humanity can never be reformed — only redeemed. Maybe there is no end run around the Fall; there is only the cross.

Reading a book review essay about Simone Weil, the French writer, it came up that she had worked on an auto assembly line in the 1930s as a way to

I saw a poster recently with a dark twist on a familiar saying. “It is always darkest just before—it goes pitch black.” And God is there.

I often tell my students that by far the most interesting philosophical topic is human beings. One of the central features of Marilynne Robinson’s thought is that God also considers us to be infinitely interesting.

British writer Angela Carter was a creative trailblazer. And in 1979, she published a book attempting the near impossible, claiming Sade –pornographer and literary bad boy – as a proto-feminist.

Simone Weil, Hitler in WWII, the current United States imbroglio, and the Australian independents in the last election - the Teals - give us the reasons why political parties should go.

Where do I usually focus my attention? What would it mean to shift my gaze toward something different? What would it mean to stop looking at the shortcomings, failures and sins in my own life and the lives of those around me? What would it be like to stop staring a few inches in front of me as I sleepwalk through my days and weeks and look up? What difference would it make if I looked at the promise of life rather than the inevitability of death?

Emmeline Clein was joined by literary it-girl Cat Marnell to talk Ozempic, Reddit feminism, and the pervasiveness of eating disorders.

Like Alexei Navalny, she embodied her ideals despite the personal cost.

Nearly 30 years after its first printing, Chris Kraus’s most popular work continues to be a feminist touchstone