Tag Archives: motherhood

Guest Post: Is There Divinity Without Motherhood?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Guest Post

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 →

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Mormons and Death: Childhood Pets

Posted on July 27, 2011 by April

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 →

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Mormons and Motherhood Policies

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Mraynes

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 →

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Guest Post: To Thine Own Self Be True — Being Female at BYU

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Caroline

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 →

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The Garment and the Veil

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Alisa

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 →

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Guest Post: What Sheep Taught Me About Motherhood

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Caroline

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 →

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The Pregnant Body Politic

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Mraynes

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 →

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Reading Mother Wove the Morning

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Alisa

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 →

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Guest Post: Men Have Priesthood, Women Have Motherhood

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Caroline

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 →

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Rediscovering My Inner Reader

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Guest Post

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 →

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