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Virtuosity

2 months ago | readcontra.com | Pedro Gonzalez |Pedro González |Joe Ondrak |Katherine Dee |Helen Roy

This is a short newsletter, but I think you’ll enjoy it. Be sure to also check out the latest episode of the podcast. This week, I’ll be talking with the man behind . The Medium Is the MonsterFew pieces have left me so unsettled as this one by about what the internet is doing to people. I think I looked over my shoulder after reading it. In her foreword, explains that the “internet is a layer over reality” now.
Usha's Awesome Opportunity

2 months ago | ifstudies.org | Helen Roy

I’m not alone in my sense that the highlight of President Trump’s Inauguration on Monday was Vice President and Second Lady Vance’s young children behaving, despite the pomp and circumstance, as children do. When one of the little Vance boys reached over to tousle his mother’s hair (which doubtlessly took great effort to perfect), there were glimmers of Catherine the Princess of Wales negotiating with Prince Louis on the balcony at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
beyond "tradwife," part one

Oct 24, 2024 | helenroy.substack.com | Helen Roy |Mary Harrington |Emily Chapman |Erika Bachiochi

Let me begin this essay by saying that I don’t have any problem with “tradwives,” if by “tradwives,” we mean women whose family model basically conforms to the midcentury breadwinner/homemaker ideal, who are socially conservative, openly Christian, and happy to inhabit the particular aesthetic common to that lifestyle. By that definition, I myself fit the bill. Many of my best friends fit the bill. Enough ink has been spilled criticizing our choices to dye the world black.
What I learned from having 3 kids under 3

Oct 13, 2024 | conservativereview.com | Helen Roy
What I learned from having 3 kids under 3

Oct 13, 2024 | theblaze.com | Helen Roy

Implausibly, October is here. My eldest turned four yesterday. Dare I say that disbelief at the pace of the passing of time — whether the unbearably long days or the unfathomably short years — is a universal maternal experience? Oh, the melancholia of motherhood ... the slippery seconds, the diamonds raining from the sky, the inability to catch them in your hands for longer than a moment.
Freebirth Isn’t Natural

Oct 3, 2024 | fairerdisputations.org | Helen Roy

What is the opposite of “natural?”The obvious answer is “artificial.” The obvious answer is not the correct one. The word “artificial” comes from the Latin artificialis/artificium, meaning “handicraft.” It describes that which is made or produced by human beings. The word “art” shares the same etymology.
What moving my family to Budapest has taught me about America

Sep 28, 2024 | conservativereview.com | Helen Roy
What moving my family to Budapest has taught me about America

Sep 28, 2024 | theblaze.com | Helen Roy

We are a few weeks into our travel experience: long enough to form basic impressions, but not quite long enough to develop confident insights into what all this means for our family. Still, I think that the basic impressions are worth documenting, even if I’m someday surprised by future changes or reversals. The first thing that stands out to me about life here in Budapest is the near-universal respect for public space, be it public school, public parks, or public transportation.
Deliver us from the 'natural birth' fallacy

Sep 15, 2024 | conservativereview.com | Helen Roy
Deliver us from the 'natural birth' fallacy

Sep 15, 2024 | theblaze.com | Helen Roy

What is the opposite of “natural?” The obvious answer is “artificial.” The obvious answer is not the correct one. I worry that the rhetoric around 'natural birth' has gone too far by neglecting the question of prudence, the possibility of good doctors, and the reality of the dangers of childbirth. “Artificial” come from the Latin artificialis/artificium: "handicraft." It is defined by that which is made or produced by human beings.