EPPC’s latest work renewing culture.
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May 10, 2024
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** Celebrities’ ‘Misery Chic’ Aesthetic Flows From Their Spiritual Poverty
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Nathanael Blake
The Federalist
Pop star Billie Eilish has supposedly found her true self, so why does she look so miserable? In a Rolling Stone profile to promote her new album, Eilish confirmed that she is into girls and presented herself as a suffering artist, with accompanying photos showing her looking dirty and unhappy.
This echoed another Rolling Stone profile from earlier this year, in which Kristen Stewart portrayed herself as loudly and angrily gay, proclaiming, “I want to do the gayest f-cking thing you’ve ever seen in your life.” The accompanying photos also showed Stewart looking unhappy and almost aggressively unattractive (which takes some doing for her).
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The Ethics and Public Policy Center is excited to present our 2023 annual report. As you’ll see, EPPC is flourishing, and our efforts to bring about renewal in American public life are bearing good fruit.
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RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS FELLOWSHIP ([link removed])
Applications are now open for the 2024–2025 Richard John Neuhaus Fellowship, a graduate-level program in Washington, D.C., for those working in government, journalism, think tanks, or other policy-relevant institutions.
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In America, Stephen P. White writes about the continued influence of Vatican II ([link removed]) on the changing culture of the Catholic Church in America.
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In his column this week, George Weigel recommends a new book celebrating the joys of English usage ([link removed]) .
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For World Opinions, Carl R. Trueman asks why we should have hope in the face of death ([link removed]) .
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For First Things, Francis X. Maier describes how Catholic life is an ecology of mutual dependence ([link removed]) .
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For The Federalist, Carrie Gress explains why cancel culture has come for Mother's Day ([link removed]) .
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On his Substack, Ronen Shoval contrasts the ideology of reality television with the anthropology of the book of Genesis ([link removed]) .
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** Why is Vatican II so important?
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George Weigel gave a presentation at the Saint Paul Seminary on Vatican II and its continuing importance for the Church today.
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** True Confessions: Voices of Faith from the Life in the Church
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Francis X. Maier joined the Frontline with Joe and Joe show to discuss his new book, True Confessions: Voices of Faith from the Life in the Church.
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Gender Ideology: What Catholics Need to Know
With Mary Rice Hasson, J.D.
A six-week series exploring gender ideology from a Catholic perspective
Mary Rice Hasson presents a six-week series of online lectures on gender ideology from a Catholic perspective.
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May 19–20, 2024
Georgetown University | The American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C.
This conference addresses the work of the philosopher and former EPPC Senior Fellow Sir Roger Scruton from an American perspective.
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