same here. I was brought up as a Catholic but seeing through the game early on, do not identify as Catholic for a very long time now. There are plenty of other, more democratic churches to choose from, if one wishes to.

I think that if all the people in Europe who disagree with some of Catholic Church’s principles actually left the church, then and only then, would the church have a real impetus to change things because it would be forced to adapt. However, I understand that this is difficult because religious identity is often given…

I don’t think anyone is really trying to ‘fix’ Catholic church. And the women who might genuinely try to do so have a very little real power to actually change anything.

that is true, fair point. But this can be said about any religious minorities anywhere in the world. Their very position of having to survive on the margins prevents them from power abuses, and makes them more compassionate. Orthodox Church in Egypt would be another such example. I was very pleasantly surprised how…

I agree. Christian feminist? Maybe. But a Catholic feminist? That particular branch of Christian church has not been nice to women since its inception.

yes I think it ultimately boils down to religion as a culture, into which we were socialised, therefore, not of our choosing, and a religion as a set of believes. Of course, these two aspects are interrelated, so there cannot be any sharply drawn boundary between them.

no, I think ideologically speaking such individuals are not really Catholic. However, culturally speaking, attending masses and being part of the Catholic community, Catholic families, yes they are Catholics, because they themselves and their social circles identify them as such.

what it shows is how out of touch the Catholic church is with its followers and it also shows how much culturally determined one’s religious identity is.

I don’t think feminism is about ‘not judging’ other people’s choices. People have opinions, and they are entitled to have them, and they are entitled to disagree with other people’s choices.

but are they feminists because of the fact they are Catholics, or despite the fact? What are their opinions of Catholics religious dogmas?

I grew up in catholic faith. I remember priest calling my mother ‘a concubine’ because she married a divorced man. Notice, that the insult wasn’t even hurled at my divorced father, but at her. She was the evil whore for living with a married man, in God’s eyes. The priest also refused to baptise my sister because of…

Well, to be honest everyone is entitled to an opinion. Especially since this lady decided to talk about her abstinence and her reasons for it, it is to be expected that many people will not agree with her.

sexual integrity is not sexual abstinence.

My mum always used to say that the fashion of 50's and 60's was very generous and appreciative of the female form.

yeah I think the cut can be nice, but this particular one is rather extreme. It might look good in a highly stylised picture or two, but as a practical swimwear... I don’t think so. Quite vulgar as well.

they are falling out of Rataja’s swim suit too, so we’re not alone in this.

it also sounds like 10 seconds of material painfully stretched into 3 minutes.

I’m sorry but there are plenty good friends of Woody Allen who also think he’s innocent.

I’ll get so much hate for this, but:

The case was a mess. But her changing stories and accusing someone who definitely wasn’t involved is pretty suspicious. I don’t know why people keep thinking that it must have been either Guede or Amanda and her boyfriend.