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‘Pure Indoctrination’: Nonbinary Characters in ‘Transformers’ Children’s Show Raise Concern, Backlash…
When Nightshade meets new characters throughout the show, the transformer often includes the preferred pronouns in introductions. At one point, when the long-running character Optimus Prime pauses before referring to Nightshade using a pronoun, another character steps in to tell him, “Nightshade’s pronouns are they/them,” to which Nightshade replies: “He or she just doesn’t fit who I am.” Transformers are machines that do not have any biological anatomy but have always been gendered as either male or female throughout the franchise’s nearly 40-year-long history. Mary Rice Hasson, the director of the Person and Identity Project at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, told CNA that parents need to shield their children from this type of material. “Parents need to face the sad truth tha...
Target’s ‘Pride’ line of clothing tells kids to hate and brutalize their bodies…
Prepare yourself: There’s ample rainbow-washing ahead. We got our first peek into the consumerist goodies available for June’s LGBT Pride Month with the newly released capsule collection from Target. This lineup includes kitschy graphic tees with slogans such as “They She He” (featuring cartoon images of naked people), “Trans Pride Trans Power,” “Trans People Will Always Exist,” and “Queer! Queer! Queer! Queer!” Sure, that just looks like harmless junk for adults, but these items were also designed for and are now marketed to babies, toddlers, kids, tweens, and teens. Need to pick up a book or two on your Target trip to keep your hyperactive toddler busy? How about the “Bye Bye, Binary” board book with the tagline “Nobody puts baby in a pink or blue corner!” Or “The Pronoun Book,” a board ...
Pro-Life Leader Lila Rose Goes Viral in Exchange with ‘Whatever’ Host…
Thank God for Lila Rose for taking a man to task on what he himself calls his own defeat. In a viral clip being shared across the internet, pro-life leader Lila Rose of Live Action takes the host of ‘Whatever’ to task on what men are capable of, broaching the idea of monogamy and self-control, on a dating show that is watched my millions on platforms like YouTube and TikTok. As we know from Rose’s appearances on Dr. Phil and other national platforms, the young wife, mother and pro-life advocate is fearless when it comes to challenging the secular sphere. In the exchange that has garnered thousands of hits on social media, Rose questions the host, asking him: “If you have only one place in your heart for one woman, or you want to have one place in your heart for one woman, I thi...
French Priests to Carry ID Cards to Show Whether They Are Sex Offenders…
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“Bio-Hacking” and Living as a Human…
I asked three different group texts of guys if they had gotten into this stuff at all. Almost every single one of them had. Each had tips, tricks, different methodologies, ideas. The way my brain works, though, I can’t help but analyze this a little. I am grateful for this greater awareness of healthy practices, but the prevalence of these techniques in the U.S. (or similar practices, like ketogenic diets, etc.) is worth noting, right? Like, to simply “cope” with how we have set up the normal rhythm of life, almost all of the mid-30s men I texted are resorting to these extreme practices? Is that where we are? Like, we live in a world that is so unhealthy, so “inhuman” in some ways, in terms of how our food is prepared, to how technology has impacted us, to how...
NASA Animation Shows Oceans Draining and What’s Beneath the Sea We Never See…
The majority of our planet–approximately three-fifths–lies beneath our vast oceans, including Earth’s longest mountain range and the land bridges early humans used to travel from one continent to another. Recently, planetary scientist James O’Donoghue remade a 2008 NASA video to show what could be revealed if all ocean water drained. From the Japanese space agency, JAXA, where he works, O’Donoghue, a former NASA scientist, took the video created by NASA physicist and animator Horace Mitchell and tweaked the timing. He also added a tracker to show the amount of water draining in animation. [embedded content] As the water drains, you can see the underwater edges of the continents first. These are known as the continental shelves. O’Donoghue told Business Insider, “I slowed down the...
“It would change our politics”: Emilio Estevez tells readers of popular liberal website Salon why we should all take a pilgrimage…
Why is Emilio Estevez re-releasing a film he directed his dad Martin Sheen in over 12 years ago? The actor-director stopped by Salon’s studio to share the story behind the second release of his 2011 film, “The Way,” which takes place in Spain along the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route where hundreds of thousands make the journey each year – a tradition since the 9th century. The film enjoyed some small success in its original showing, but has since garnered attention and letters from tens of thousands of fans from around the world who were inspired to walk the Camino after seeing the movie. “I may never make a film like this that actually has that kind of an impact on so many people that got up out of their chair, got up their couch a...
Jim Carrey’s surprising encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary…
Jim Carrey, the famous Hollywood actor from movies like “The Mask”, “Dumb and Dumber” and “The Truman Show,” told an amazing story a few years ago involving the Virgin Mary. The video went recently went viral. In Dec. 2014, Jim Carrey appeared on BBC One’s “The Graham Norton Show,” with actors Jeff Daniels and Jude Law, among others. Carrey discussed his performance in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” where he performed alongside actress Kate Winslet. The film is about an estranged couple who, through memory-erasing treatment, forgot each other and met again. In this context, the show’s host asked Carrey if he would like to revisit a particular memory from his past. The actor then recalled a childhood memory in ...
‘Detrimental to Priestly Fraternity’: Pope to Ask Embattled Bishop Rick Stika to Resign as Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, Sources Say…
Vatican to ask Stika for resignation Skip to content The embattled Bishop Rick Stika will be asked by Vatican officials to resign as Bishop of Knoxville, after more than two years of scandal over the bishop’s leadership of his eastern Tennessee diocese. Bishop Richard Stika. Credit: JWoganDOK/wikimedia. CC BY SA 4.0 According to sources close to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, Pope Francis decided last month to request Stika’s resignation, after reviewing the results of a Vatican-ordered investigation into the bishop’s management. Stika is accused of protecting Wojciech Sobczuk, a seminarian accused multiple times of sexual assault. Stika last year admitted to The Pillar that he interfered with a diocesan review board investigation into the allegation that Sobczuk raped a parish organ...
Pope Francis and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at Vatican…
Pope Francis met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican on May 13, 2023, their first meeting since the start of the full-scale war with Russia. Vatican Media The Holy See Press Office said Francis and Zelenskyy spoke about the humanitarian and political situation in Ukraine amid the conflict. “The pope assured of his constant prayers, evidenced by his many public appeals and continuous invocations to the Lord for peace since February last year,” the press office said. “The pope particularly stressed the urgent need for ‘gestures of humanity’ toward the most fragile people, the innocent victims of the conflict.” Zelenskyy’s gifts to Francis were a painting of the Virgin Mary and Child titled “Loss 2022-58,” about the death of children in the conflict, and a collage mad...
The Holy Spirit comforts you when you take risky steps out into the strife…
Life is hard, and there is no “safe space” — as much as we would like there to be. That’s what Jesus tells the apostles on the Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A. The only way to find comfort in life is to live it generously. God isn’t found in the bunker; he is found in the open battlefield. Jesus tells his Apostles (and us) that he will send the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit is always on the move: We see him as the wind, a dove, and fire. The Gospel passage for this Sunday immediately follows last Sunday’s, and continues its theme. After Jesus announced that one of his closest followers will hand him over to be crucified and that their leader would deny him, Jesus told the Apostles “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” But that seems strange. How could they not let their hearts be troubled...
Pope Francis Entrusts All Mothers to Blessed Virgin Mary on Mother’s Day…
He prayed in particular for an effective cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians. He said: “Security and stability are never obtained through the use of arms, but rather, every hope of peace will continue to be destroyed.” In his reflection on Sunday’s Gospel, Pope Francis said that the Holy Spirit should be thought of as a constant “companion for life,” who is always there to bring God’s consolation, mercy, and strength. “The Holy Spirit wants to stay with us: He is not a passing guest who comes to pay us a courtesy visit. He is a companion for life, a stable presence. He is the Spirit and desires to dwell in our spirits. He is patient and stays with us even when we fall. He remains because he truly loves us,” he said. Pope Francis asked people to reflect on how often they call upon ...
