Anti-abortion activism is a christian war on women. It is a crusade. — Like millions of people, I am revolted by the disaster that just happened. Abortion is no longer a constitutional right in the US. This means the end of bodily autonomy, torture and death for many women in several American states. This decision will allow the various states to prohibit any…

In every European country, christian political organizations claim to defend "traditions" and "national identity", when in reality, they are the biggest destructors of traditions that have ever existed in Europe. They criminalized all ancient religions, destroyed and/or appropriated the temples, burnt ancient art and books, and portrayed ancient mythologies as…

There is a strange misconception about paganism, which consists in presenting paganism as a closed, precise, list of religions : European pre-christian polytheist religions. But paganism is not a list. Paganism is a broad category used to describe a certain type of religion : an ancestral and local religion admitting…

War-is-bad rhetoric benefits the enemies of human rights and allows Russia to butcher more Ukrainian civilians. — War illiteracy, fatalism and cynism are a tyrant's bests friends. One of the pillars of contemporary war illiteracy is the belief that “war is bad”, no matter who starts it, what each belligerent fights for, and how war is made. …

I have noticed the same absence of individual voice in every person who brags about being a writer without being a reader. People who don't read cannot realize how full of other people's words, ideas and images we are and how much work it takes to be able to write something else than a compilation of common places. When I say "read", I don't mean just swallowing some textual content. I mean read actively a large variety of carefuly chosen works that allow us to get a comprehensive view of the field, the topic, the question, the era or the genre we want to write about.

In France, as well as in many Western countries, the biggest political support to Putin’s tyranny can be found amongst Christian conservatives. They revere Putin like a saint and they accuse any person critiquing the Russian government of being a satanic propagandist paid by the US government. Recently, the two…

Everyone has a good reason to wear a fascinum — Wearing jewelry representing penises was a very common practice in Ancient Rome. These phallic charms were called fascinum. Penises could be worn as pendants, as mounts, fibulae/brooches, rings, pins, and earrings. Not only did they make their wearer look cool, but also, they served an important function. Why would you wear a penis as a piece of jewelry?

Spontaneous abortion, also called a miscarriage, is integral part of motherhood and an asset to human fertility — Spontaneous abortion is a scary experience and it was also feared by our female ancestors. Miscarriage is a major source of anxiety for pregnant women eager to conceive a child. After a miscarriage, many women experience various feelings such as sadness, grief, guilt, shame, lower self-esteem, emptiness, or anxiety about…