Chris Damian writes

Mary Rice Hasson, the Person and Identity Project, and conversion therapy

One lesson Mary Rice Hasson, Theresa Farnan, and Susan Selner-Wright teach us about identity: you can argue in bad faith and still identify as a…

Sep 9 • 

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The Catholic bishops are defending conversion therapy at the Supreme Court

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are among those who have submitted briefs opposing the minor conversion therapy ban.

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

In times like these: I come home to a school shooting

The day after I got back to Minneapolis, children were shot dead during their first school Mass of the year.

Aug 29 • 

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July 2025

In times like these: I work in procurement (and am horrified by our federal bureaucracy)

One rioter pardoned by Trump was later sentenced to life for an assassination plot against law enforcement officers.

Jul 26 • 

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June 2025

In times like these: I am the grandchild of an "illegal"

Our government is currently wasting more than $5 million per day detaining people with no criminal record.

Jun 14 • 

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May 2025

In times like these: I don't have HIV

I outlived Jesus. Now what?

May 17 • 

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April 2025

In times like these: I go to Tenebrae and reflect on anti-Semitism

I had this narrative about the direction of the increasingly pro-choice country. I feared that one day we would be targeted and imprisoned for our…

Apr 21 • 

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March 2025

In times like these: I wear a pink triangle

Asking me a question about anything (literally anything) might lead to a conversation about Aristotle or Hitler or Mindy Kaling.

Mar 17 • 

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February 2025

In times like these: I am a DEI Hire

Legal protections I had at the start of the year are now gone.

Feb 17 • 

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December 2024

2024: year in review

On growing from being a naked Jennifer Lawrence

Dec 28, 2024 • 

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Podcast: complicating the discourse on Cracks in Postmodernity

I talk with Stephen about politics, Catholicism, sexuality, and discourse across divides.

Dec 14, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Sex and that southern guy

I had been browsing Grindr earlier in the day, and priest was not the vibe.

Nov 25, 2024 • 

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