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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale and our own fertility crisis

The fourth season of the multiple award-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale recently commenced on SBS. Loosely based (by this season, at least) on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name, the series presents a dystopian picture of a country known as Gilead, based in the north-east of America and ruled by a patriarchal and […]

by Patrick Parkinson Jun 24, 2021Jun 25, 2021 / 9 mins /

mother and kids

Why not have a bunch of kids?

by Antony Davies Mar 5, 2021Mar 6, 2021 / 7 mins /

A communion of anxiety: hook-up culture

by Timothy P. O’Malley Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021 / 6 mins /

The endgame of transgender ideology is to dismantle the family

by Kimberly Ells Jan 8, 2021Apr 22, 2021 / 3 mins /

On genderless language in the U.S. Congress

by Kurt Mahlburg Jan 4, 2021Jan 5, 2021 / 4 mins /

Why you should validate your child’s emotions over the holidays

by Shannon Roberts Dec 24, 2020Jan 4, 2021 / 2 mins /

Pandemic parenting: lessons learned

by Leonard Sax Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020 / 7 mins /

The 27-year-old infant

by Michael Cook Dec 7, 2020Dec 8, 2020 / 4 mins /

Home Alone at 30: how one case of parental neglect led to (hilariously) painful outcomes

by Daryl Sparkes Dec 3, 2020Dec 4, 2020 / 4 mins /

Why don’t the zoomers like my kind of music?

by Marcus Roberts Oct 28, 2020Oct 30, 2020 / 4 mins /

Believe it or not, Justices Barrett and Ginsburg are remarkably alike

by Meg T. McDonnell Oct 27, 2020Oct 29, 2020 / 6 mins /

Six rules for passionate disagreement during politically divisive times

by Rich Dell’Isola Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020 / 4 mins /

Pro-natalism from the Left

by Patrick T. Brown Oct 16, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 3 mins /

Will this be the year of the young voter?

by Shannon Roberts Oct 12, 2020Nov 10, 2020 / 2 mins /

The WEIRD path to prosperity for all

by Gabriel Andrade Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020 / 5 mins /