Religiously Blonde

Today Is Just Another Day

There is nothing miraculous about the date of January 1st.

Jan 1 • Phillip Picardi

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December 2025

What's Worth Remembering from 2025

A memory for each month.

Dec 21, 2025 • Phillip Picardi

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July 2024

After a Heartbreak, the Haunting

For the first time in nine years, I'm learning to fight my demons on my own.

Jul 12, 2024 • Phillip Picardi

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May 2022

Today, We Graduate

Our diplomas are meant to be a promise for our futures. But what future is that, exactly?

May 26, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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How Religion Can Be Used to Build a New Future

Building a more complex understanding of religion may help us better understand violence—and, in turn, work together to eradicate it.

May 14, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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Is Religion Violent?

The answer isn't so simple. Let's take a closer look.

May 13, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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The Pitfalls of Believing in Separation of Church and State

Building off of "the God trick," we now interrogate the universal belief in "secularism."

May 12, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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The "God Trick" of Objectivity

How the mainstream media is wrapped up in a cult of power—and how interrogating this dynamic can help us better understand religion.

May 11, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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Do We Really Want to Give God Away?

Religion plays a complex role in this moment. But what do we stand to lose, if anything, by giving it away?

May 10, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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Can We Be Both Holy and Horny?

On Catholic mysticism, yearning for Jesus, and the sanctity of queer love.

May 6, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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Living with Homesickness

Some thoughts on the soul.

May 6, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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A Catholic Abortion Doula on Reproductive Justice as a Religious Vocation

Kate Hoeting of Catholics for Choice talks about religion's role in the road after Roe.

May 4, 2022 • Phillip Picardi

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