The Barbie Movie and Contemporary Feminism’s Likability Factor
This discovery of getting to know someone and liking her, rather than dismissing her out of hand is the real, overarching lesson of the film.
by LuElla D'Amico
In all, we published 181 articles in 2023 on Christ and Pop Culture, or roughly an article every other day for 12 months. (For what it’s worth, March 2023 was our most productive month, with 24 articles.) And in keeping with the finest CAPC tradition, we covered an wide array of subject matter, including horror and sci-fi movies, interviews with acclaimed authors, ’70s classics, discussions of gender and marriage, and even some contributions to the Barbenheimer phenomenon.
Needless to say, we’re proud of everything we published, but some articles clearly resonated with our readers more so than others. The following were our most popular articles throughout the year that was 2023.
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This discovery of getting to know someone and liking her, rather than dismissing her out of hand is the real, overarching lesson of the film.
by LuElla D'Amico
Gabrielle Zevin’s acclaimed novel contains a darker thread that highlights the problem with consent being the be-all and end-all of sexual relationships.
by Gina Dalfonzo
The categories of male/female and man/woman are simply too ancient and fundamental to be tampered with without consequences.
by Alisa Ruddell
In Women Talking, we imagine, with female imagination, how much both men and women stand to lose when they are chained to systems that do not lead to human flourishing.
by Esther Swartzentruber
Good art should be made for our neighbors, and for God Himself—and God doesn’t need to be pandered to.
by Zephram Foster
While many of women’s problems are age-old, what’s changed is the promise of a new solution: the promise of escaping womanhood by adopting a new identity.
by Alisa Ruddell
For the Turtle, or anyone who has always been told what to do, losing that direction can be disorienting.
by Chris Fogle
Christ and Pop Culture writers present their reflections on how Timothy Keller’s life and thought informed or shaped their own work.
by CAPC Writers
Without tradition to protect us, our bodies become subject to the dynamics of the market.
by Alisa Ruddell
Underneath Barbie’s hot pink text of third-wave feminism, there’s a juicy subtext that values female embodied experience.
by Guest Contributor
Materialism mesmerizes us, as it does Loki, because it’s a way to place ourselves at the center of our own little universe composed of people and products that exist to serve us.
by Nathan Fayard
There’s no doubt that we live in a politically divisive era, and sadly, much of that division is driven by biblical interpretation.
by Jason Morehead