Fraternity Matters

Why did Jesus choose only men as his apostles? Three replies are typically given. The first two are absurd, and the third is insufficient. As the Cardinals vote for the next successor to St. Peter, it’s a good time to look more deeply into this question.

— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) May 8, 2025

Written for What Purpose?

Eastern Christian Books: Orthodoxy and Gender

Routledge: Orthodox Christianity and Gender

Is This Blue Pill?

“Nothing is more powerful than a pious and sensible woman. For he will not listen to friends, or teachers, or rulers, as much as he will his partner advising and counseling him, since the advice carries some pleasures with it, because she who gives the counsel is greatly loved.” pic.twitter.com/MGSN0OIVFk

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) August 23, 2021

Mary Harrington Still at Work

What we know today as ‘feminism’ can also be read as a campaign for women to enter the market, under industrial modernity, on the same terms as men. Me at @AmericanAffrs on why this approach to women’s interests, though once justified, is now failing us https://t.co/P7tsa9rqvI

— Mary Harrington (@moveincircles) August 20, 2021

Death by Unrestrained Female Narcissism

" .. a 23-year-old Chinese crane operator, Xiao Qiumei, who had 100,000 followers on social media, fell 160 feet to her death while filming herself on a giant crane."

Death by Selfie: Egotism as the Root of Our Troubles | Intellectual Takeout https://t.co/HpCuO18UbI

— David Curtis (@HondaTadakatsu) August 4, 2021

The Leadership

The Wall Comes for Every Woman

In this case, Alicia Vikander. Blue Bayou.

Oh No!

U.S. Army’s Genderless Fitness Test Failing as Nearly Half of Females Can’t Pass Test https://t.co/HvWdlGEhkF

— TheLeoTerrell (@TheLeoTerrell) July 8, 2021

Sex Differences in Epikeia?

Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the court joined by Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kavanaugh. Justice Barrett dissents joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 25, 2021

What higher goods were the female justices considering to take priority? Rule-following? Absolutism?

Growing Gorillas Podcast Episode 1

Growing Gorillas Podcast Ep. 1: Grace Featuring Andy Stumpf https://t.co/gt6ZbUebxA via @YouTube

— Robb Wolf (@robbwolf) June 4, 2021

Sex Differences in Moral Psychology Are Real

Being a revolutionary is more important than sustainability; or, unlimited migration is sustainable through magical thinking!

This looks at a really alarming trend - rightwing groups manipulating climate change to create alarm about migrants. Is happening in US but also in Europe. https://t.co/2xvBrTP5wU

— Bibi van der Zee (@bibivanderzee) May 20, 2021

A Simple-Minded Egalitarianism

One that ignores morally and politically relevant sex differences while proclaiming loudly about the equality of human nature.

Thank you @erikabachiochi for a great 'Conversation' and paper, 'Vindicating Mary Wollstonecraft's Rights: The Priority of Duty, Virtue, and the Common Good.'

Here is the video. In the subtweet is a link to her new book published by @UNDPress. https://t.co/GpvPeeVf4m

— CommonGoodProject (@CommonGoodProj1) May 16, 2021

Sex Differences Are Real

Revolutionaries: "Testosterone is toxic." Guess where that line of thinking ends. Common good, amirite?

An extraordinary young de-transitioned woman talks about the emotional impact of testosterone on her body. Basically: a injection of pure rage.https://t.co/YebEZIH3y2

— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) April 16, 2021

No. But She Will Find an Audience.

Lord have mercy. I don't think I can find a justification for continuing to post her music, even if it is to show that it is a form of propaganda.

Sooo if I made a podcast called “Recovering Catholic” where I unpack religious trauma & discuss my beef with the “conventional church” ... would you guys listen??

— Katie Pruitt (@KPmusik) March 30, 2021

The ACFT

Posted by Soldier Systems Daily on Tuesday, March 9, 2021

High Agency Communities

In a few hours I will be having Kyle of @home_grown_sanc on my podcast to discuss Localism and the recreation of small, insular, autarkic, supportive high Agency communities.https://t.co/oL3oAyO7zg

— Coach Noah Revoy | Arms Dealer For The Soul (@NoahRevoy) January 29, 2021

Say it with me again, this time with gusto,...

MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT!https://t.co/f3TPmQGXPw

— Rollo Tomassi (@RationalMale) January 29, 2021

Sex Roles Are Based on Real Sex Differences

Men are societies boundary setters and defenders.

When we do our job both men and women have clear expectations and limits on acceptable behaviour leading to a wholesome society.

When we fail, society degenerates and collapses.#RestorePatriarchy https://t.co/XsDvoRugGk

— Coach Noah Revoy | Arms Dealer For The Soul (@NoahRevoy) January 30, 2021

And will some recognize this? Or will their plan go the way of all utopian social experiments? Who in her extended family is making the decisions for this? I bet it's the strong women who are.

my extended family has discovered the concept of "mutual aid" and has determined that it is up to us to build the new world in the ashes of the old

i'll keep you guys posted

— 𝔖𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞𝔥 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 (@suzania) January 18, 2021

Repeal the Nineteenth

NEW @blaise_malley: These two chairwomen 'will have a key role not only in potentially moving government spending away from the military and towards diplomacy or other avenues, but also in determining how much funding specific programs will receive' https://t.co/9uN84JUDRX

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) January 29, 2021

Dreher: "Wait a minute: there are people in this country who would freak out over the fact that a woman who taught desperate parents how to get their babies to sleep voted for Donald Trump?" Yep. https://t.co/qdmrytzSN8

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) January 29, 2021

Sex Differences in Moral Psychology Are Real

This was written by a woman:

The simple answer seems to be to swim upstream and foster those things which totalitarian government is against. If totalitarianism wants us to erase our memories of history, community, morality, and faith, then we must cling tightly to those very things.

This memory muscle can be strengthened by reading good books, studying history, and discussing the gleanings from these sources with others. Regularly attending church, getting involved with the community there, and inviting that community into your home for fellowship will also increase that anti-totalitarian muscle. And last but not least, embracing family and expending energy to model good morals and behavior to your children will not only be helpful for the current fight against totalitarianism, but for future battles as well.

“Perhaps one of the most prominent features of a totalitarian regime is its quest to replace the old with the new. The past becomes synonymous with the bad and everything is redefined.” https://t.co/wHfgAR800A

— Intellectual Takeout (@intellectualTO) January 28, 2021

Lightweight piece. By comparison this has better and more concrete suggestions. Influencers are not leaders.

What Women Do

Mere minutes after Biden was sworn in, I talked to the wonderful @sarazarrbooks on her podcast This Creative Life. It was so wonderful to discuss craft, anxiety, and lol at us olds enjoying TikTok, while knowing we had a new president. Thanks, Sara! 💗 https://t.co/QN5VwblfGU

— Maurene Goo (@maurenegoo) January 25, 2021