Tag Archives: Women
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Ten Things that Aren’t Love
Leave a commentJune 2, 2019 by lucieromarin
Trauma-bonding Mutual convenience Mutual addiction Transference Countertransference Grooming behaviour (or ‘training’, if you like that word better) Groomed behaviour (or …
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A Thought, Post-New-York
Leave a commentJanuary 30, 2019 by lucieromarin
My love-hate relationship with the pro-life movement is a story for another day (and I will tell it sometime). This …
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The Problem with (Blaming) Patriarchy
Leave a commentJanuary 12, 2019 by lucieromarin
Don’t. Panic. This post isn’t going to end with a surrendered-wife assurance that all inherited social systems are actually okay. …
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Sitting with Mystery
Leave a commentJanuary 1, 2019 by lucieromarin
People keep posting soundbites about God not being responsible for the evils in the world, and how stupid it is …
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Burying the Cake – and the Alleluia
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2018 by lucieromarin
I’ve been ironing baby-clothes and thinking about this post by Dorothy Cummings McLean, in which she writes about what it …
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It’s About Power
Leave a commentAugust 20, 2018 by lucieromarin
In the wake of the latest clergy scandal, theories abound. They all fall short. Those who blame religion and/or celibacy …
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On Turning Forty
Leave a commentJuly 18, 2018 by lucieromarin
Single women raised in conservative communities dread their fortieth birthdays. (I don’t know if the same is true for men; …
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The Magic Hood
Leave a commentAugust 19, 2014 by lucieromarin
Well, the first thing to say about headcoverings is that they, as a topic, are relevant to about 0.1% of …
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Saints – Available for Relationships Other than Marriage
1October 19, 2013 by lucieromarin
The wrong kind of interminable vocation-discussion can have an unintended side effect; it can reduce persons of the opposite sex to …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 