Author Archive
Articles by Xarissa Holdaway
Review
The Hopeful, Ordinary Catholicism of Lady Bird
The chapel settings and nuns’ habits are both unremarkable and authentic.
By Xarissa Holdaway
Essay
The Joy Machine: Stephen Colbert, Satire, and Faith
Between the ending of The Colbert Report and the beginning of the Late Show, Stephen Colbert stopped in at the offices of America Media for …
By Xarissa Holdaway
Review
“Orange Is the New Black” and the Difficulty of Portraying Prison Religion
This Friday, Netflix is going to drop 13 new episodes of “Orange Is the New Black” in our queues, and we’ll find out if Piper …
By Xarissa Holdaway
Profile
Idol Worship: The Beatitudes of Lady Gaga
One evening in the spring of 2011, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, more popularly known as Lady Gaga, rolled down the window of her car to …
By Xarissa Holdaway