Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was a visionary abbess and polymath. She composed an entire corpus of sacred music and wrote nine books on subjects as diverse as theology, cosmology, botany, medicine, linguistics, and human sexuality, a prodigious intellectual outpouring that… Read More ›
Feminine Divine
God As Seductress: The Call of Nature By Stacia Guzzo
When my husband and I decided to move out of the city, we knew what we wanted as an alternative. We wanted land. Land to grow things, to raise animals, to build upon, to tend. We wanted blisters on our… Read More ›
Speaking of Sacrifice and Rape Culture…by Xochitl Alvizo
Recently Gina Messina-Dysert, on this blog, wrote about rape culture and the church’s role in preserving it instead of challenging the norm of violence against women and victim blaming. And in my last post, after having just watched the last… Read More ›
Qu(e)erying Our Lady By Xochitl Alvizo
I love art. I especially love certain women’s art – women such as Frida Kahlo, Cathy Ashworth, Sudie Rakusin, and Alma Lopez. To me, their art is a reflection of women’s strength, creativity, and beauty. Frida Kahlo, for example, expressed… Read More ›