Emma Cieslik

Emma Cieslik

Emma Cieslik (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent religious scholar and museum worker based in Washington, D.C. She studies the intersections of gender, sexuality, and Catholic material cultures, and serves as director for Queer and Catholic: A CLGS Oral History Project.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, gestures during his first and only debate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City Oct. 1, 2024. (OSV News/Reuters/Mike Segar)

The troubling history behind JD Vance's natalism

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has made comments that reek of the dark history of natalism, a sociopolitical framework promoting reproduction and exalting the role of the parent. His views are troubling — but growing,

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This Pride Month, celebrate Queer Youth of Faith Day

This day of celebration and joyful prayer fights the forced dichotomy of LGBTQ+ identity and faith in the United States.  

#tradwife illustration (NCR graphic/Toni-Ann Ortiz)

Catholic trad wives pose a formidable political and religious force

Not only is the Catholic trad wife minority growing, it's mobilizing a group of conservative Catholic voters who see the return to life before the Vatican II as both a religious and political issue.

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