This is one of John Paul II's lesser known quotes (at least I hadn't heard of it until recently), but it is one of my favorites. While it applies to everyone, I think it has particular resonance for women in this day and age. Perhaps more than men, women are often told that the only…
Our society is experiencing a seemingly paradoxical phenomenon. On the one hand, mainstream feminism and, increasingly, society in general are deemphasizing the differences between men and women. Any suggestion that men and women have fundamentally different traits or roles in family and society is decried as misogynistic, and those who refuse to recognize the validity…
I'll let these beautiful words speak for themselves. I'll only add that I'm very grateful to my wonderful boyfriend, who took this photo, and has agreed to be a regular photo contributor for this blog! So if you see a name in the top corner of some of the pictures that show up here, I'm…
Today I'd like to share with you a beautiful reflection on women in professional life. It was originally given as a speech by Meg McDonnell at the Edith Stein Conference, but I ran across it in written form last year. As a young woman seeking to discern God's will for my life, and strongly suspecting…
This is the first you're seeing of Joan of Arc on The New Feminist, but it won't be the last! To my mind, she is the greatest example of new feminism (next to Mary, or course). I may be a little biased, since she is my patron saint (my name, Siobhan, is Irish for Joan),…
Here is the first of installment of "words of wisdom," with many more to come! Feel free to repost the quotes on social media or wherever, just keep the http://www.thenewfeminist.org attribution at the bottom. I though it would be fitting to start with this quote, since it is John Paul II's clarion call to a…
This is one blog post I never thought I'd be writing. For one thing, I've never been much of a superhero fan. For another, Wonder Woman has never struck me as a model of new feminism. When I heard that a new Wonder Woman movie was coming out, I was skeptical. I don't think I…
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Now that I've told you who the new feminist is and where the term "new feminism" comes from, you might be wondering what comes next. I mean, she can't go on expounding on her blog title forever, right? Right. Now that we've got the basics down, I'd like to give you a little preview of…
In my first post (and on the "About" page) I told you about my vision for this blog and about who "the new feminist" is. If you're not already familiar with the term "new feminism," though, you're probably still wondering what on earth it's all about. So I'd like to give you a little background.…
Welcome to The New Feminist, a blog about authentic femininity in light of Catholic tradition. For the record, I am not THE new feminist....I am A new feminist. The new feminist is each and every women when she embraces her God-given gifts and strives to live out her femininity in full. The new feminist believes…
The New Feminist 