Creative Studio

I have begun to wonder whether the story of Mary functions less as a liberation of women, and more as a repair of a theological order that never fully trusted them. Christian tradition often presents her as the answer to Eve, the figure through whom disorder is undone and harmony restored. But the narrative anxiety…

Christianity depends on women’s bodies while disciplining them. From Eve to Mary, blood, birth, and blame shape the faith’s imagination. This essay traces how patriarchy became theology, and why any honest deconstruction must reckon with the women who carry the cost.