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Guest Post: Is There Divinity Without Motherhood?
by DefyGravity (DefyGravity just graduated from BYU in theatre education and history teaching. She’s a theatre addict, avid reader, anglophile and has been a raging feminist since she was in junior high, which fortunately hasn’t scared away her husband of … Continue reading
Mormons and Death: Childhood Pets
My sister and her family recently moved across the country, just a few days after their pet cat gave birth to four kittens. When my sister’s family arrived in their new state of residence, they stayed with a friend of … Continue reading
Posted in death, grief, parenting
Tagged animals, children, death, Mormons and Death, motherhood, pets
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Mormons and Motherhood Policies
Policy experts have long noted the perplexing problem of low birthrates among the most free and democratic countries. Indeed, most European countries have negative birthrates, meaning European women are having less than the two children it takes to replace the … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, Gender roles, Mormon women, motherhood, work
Tagged Family, Gender roles, marriage, Mormon women, motherhood
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Guest Post: To Thine Own Self Be True — Being Female at BYU
By DefyGravity (DefyGravity describes herself as follows: “I’m a senior at BYU studying theatre education and history teaching, graduating in April. I’m an avid reader, anglophile and I’ve been a raging feminist since I was in junior high, which fortunately has not scared … Continue reading
The Garment and the Veil
With snow-white veil and garments as of flame, She stands before thee, who so long ago Filled thy young heart with passion and the woe From which thy song and all its splendors came; –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I’ve always been … Continue reading
Guest Post: What Sheep Taught Me About Motherhood
by Jesse (Jesse is a confirmed science nerd, writer, runner and mother of two children. She completed my undergraduate and graduate work in Biology, and served a mission in Temple Square.) The other day I read a story about some scientists … Continue reading
The Pregnant Body Politic
I’m a grad student in a public administration program and a term we often use is “the body politic”, meaning a collective group of people organized under a governmental authority. I’ve been thinking about this concept in terms of what … Continue reading
Reading Mother Wove the Morning
Nine years ago, I sat in a graduate seminar dedicated to studying female writers of the English Renaissance. Our professor asked us to consider what it was like for women in England to lose the figure of Mother Mary as … Continue reading
Posted in book review, female divine, Heavenly Mother, women
Tagged Mormon women, motherhood
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Guest Post: Men Have Priesthood, Women Have Motherhood
by Spunky Spunky is a busy post-graduate who enjoys Exponent II and Church women’s history when not obsessing with research associated with her study. She is married, tutors special needs children privately and has a very, very spoiled dog. Men have the priesthood, … Continue reading
Rediscovering My Inner Reader
As a kid, my parents called me “the house cat” because I could usually be found in the house curled up with a book while other kids were outside riding bikes or climbing trees. For as long as I can … Continue reading