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Snow Days and Slack

Leah Libresco February 5, 2021

The covidtide winter was already hard, and then schools started doing away with snow days in favor of digital school. I'm at Breaking Ground defending the snow day and its …

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Defending Dependence

Leah Libresco November 26, 2020

My essay, "Dependence: Toward an Illiberalism of the Weak" is part of Plough's Family issue. Everyone is dependent (at least some of the time) but women have a much harder …

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Bridging the Divide Within Feminism

Leah Libresco October 24, 2020

At Newsweek, I'm discussing some of the tensions within modern feminism, and where we can find common ground across the abortion divide. Women are divided over how to respond to …

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Bad Art Warps Our Vision

Leah Libresco August 28, 2020

At First Things, I take a crack at explaining why smutty art is bad in the way airbrushing and CGI Yoda are bad. It’s the same reason we should object …

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Will the Real Mrs. America Please Stand Up

Leah Libresco July 11, 2020

I reviewed Hulu/FX's Mrs. America for The American Interest. The show turns on one question: Who gets to claim the mantle of a women’s movement? In episode four, Schlafly and …

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Locating Our Invisible Wounds

Leah Libresco June 4, 2020

At Comment I wrote about how the coronavirus links us in a solidarity of suffering. But we'll have to work to retain that solidarity with the more everyday kinds of …

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All the Screen’s a Stage

Leah Libresco May 30, 2020

When the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA had to close its playhouse due to the pandemic, I audited their online classes as a reporter for The American Interest. During a discussion …

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Discernment in Plague-Times

Leah Libresco March 26, 2020

I wrote at First Things on Kristen Lavransdatter as a primer for living a life of Christian service and witness in a pandemic. It was intended, among other things, as a rejoinder …

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Fear and the Benedict Option

Leah Libresco May 8, 2019

Any sort of retreat will also attract people who are tempted to hate the part of the world they are withdrawing from. Any group gathering in a BenOp spirit should …

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Hope of Heaven in Hadestown

Leah Libresco May 7, 2019

I reviewed Hadestown, the 2019 Best Musical, for The American Interest. Hermes, the messenger-god who serves as narrator, warns us that “When the gods are having a fight, everybody else better hold …

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The Case for Unconditional Child Allowance

Leah Libresco February 18, 2021

I defend the Romney child allowance plan against criticism from Senators Marco Rubio and Mike Lee in The New York Times. The senators called the Romney proposal “welfare assistance” and added: “An essential part of being pro-family is being pro-work. Congress should expand the Child Tax Credit without undercutting the responsibility of parents to work… Read More

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Snow Days and Slack

Leah Libresco February 5, 2021

The covidtide winter was already hard, and then schools started doing away with snow days in favor of digital school. I'm at Breaking Ground defending the snow day and its power to interrupt our overscheduled, strained routines. Slack is a necessary part of life, both for the individual and for the community. In Prayer as a… Read More

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Writing Back Again from the Broken Land

Leah Libresco February 2, 2021

My husband Alexi and I have written our first game together! Back Again from the Broken Land is a Tolkien-inspired role-playing game about small adventures walking home from a big war. We launched the game on Kickstarter as part of ZineQuest. In the game, you and the other members of your fellowship are making your… Read More

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In Defense of Boring Time with Friends

Leah Libresco February 1, 2021

I was honored to be a guest writing for Gracy Olmstead's Granola newsletter, and I wrote a defense of storge—the love marked by affection and fondness. Inviting people into the quotidian parts of your day isn’t just, as I used to think of it, a way of staving off boredom or loneliness. It’s a pledge… Read More

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The Wasted Potential of Wonder Woman 1984

Leah Libresco January 27, 2021

I was a fan of most of the first Wonder Woman film, but sadly disappointed by Wonder Woman 1984. At First Things, I wrote a little on how the film failed to live up to its promise. In her second film, the recent Wonder Woman 1984, Diana isn’t facing down an enemy power, but a distinctly… Read More

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Books I Plan to Read in 2021

Leah Libresco January 4, 2021

Last year, I had a baby... and finished all the books on my 2020 list! (With the caveat that my husband and I took up Cardinal Sarah's The Day is Now Far Spent as our shared Sunday readaloud book, so I get a pass since we're reading it slowly together). All in all, I read… Read More

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My Favorite Books of 2020

Leah Libresco December 31, 2020

These are my favorite books I read in 2020, listed in roughly chronological order. Nearly all of them were read as ebooks, many as library books, as I (initially) read with a sleeping newborn on my lap and (later) read standing up, ready to run to pluck our adventurous baby off the stairs. I rely… Read More

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All Aboard the Generation Ship!

Leah Libresco December 11, 2020

Nearly a year into the pandemic, I wrote an essay for Breaking Ground on how we can persist in hope by drawing on sci-fi stories of generation ships. A generation ship spans the wide gap of time between planets. No one aboard at the beginning of the journey expects to see the destination. They commit… Read More

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Sing Out, America! An appreciation of Listening for America

Leah Libresco December 5, 2020

One of my favorite books I read this year was Rob Kapilow’s Listening for America, a tour through the genius of American musical theater. I was delighted to get to write an appreciation for Fare Forward. Reading Kapilow took me one step further into appreciation. He has a gift for worked examples and teaches by rewriting… Read More

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Defending Dependence

Leah Libresco November 26, 2020

My essay, "Dependence: Toward an Illiberalism of the Weak" is part of Plough's Family issue. Everyone is dependent (at least some of the time) but women have a much harder time than men pretending not to be. Hiding dependence hurts us all. On January 21, I'll be joining Ross Douthat, Sarah C. Williams and Peter… Read More

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