Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. Is mathematics next on the chopping block to be deconstructed as a form of “Western imperialism”? A young woman describing herself as a teacher, PhD student, and “social justice change agent,” recently gained notoriety for tweeting, “The idea of 2+2 equaling 4 is cultural,” a...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. “Does Bluey being blue ruin gender stereotypes?” This was the question a reader asked after I recommended the Australian preschool cartoon “Bluey,” a show about a six-year-old puppy and the make-believe games she enjoys with her younger sister and parents. As I...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. In recent months, a certain church body made headlines after electing and installing Meghan Rohrer as bishop of their Sierra Pacific Synod. “Evangelical Lutheran Church elects first transgender bishop,” declared NBC News’s headline.[1] Not to be outdone in the vaguery department, CNN...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with a statement from FBC Elm Mott. The pronoun is a basic concept of grammar first learned by intuition and later catalogued by name in the elementary years. Yet today it dominates much of our national conversation. In the aftermath of the ongoing LGBT revolution, many have had...

Today is one of the darkest days in American politics. Weep for our country before it is too late. After revising its standing rules to exclude all gendered language earlier this year, the US House of Representatives rediscovered what a woman was just in time to pass the “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021.” This...

Last month, the Biden Administration’s Department of Education teamed up with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services. What could bring such august departments of government together in cooperation — the full weight and authority of Education, Justice, Health, and Civil Rights? A back-to-school message...