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Tag Archives: politics
Margins to Center
by mraynes A few weeks ago I was asked to give a presentation to colleagues and members of the community about the ideology of empowerment. Empowerment is my primary job description so I can give a presentation about the subject … Continue reading
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Tagged empowerment, feminism, leadership, politics, women
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Persecution and a Small Voice
by Alisa Easter Sunday, our Relief Society Lesson from the Joseph Smith manual on the Responding to Persecution. In graduate school, I studied religious persecution in England from the 16th to 18th centuries. It has always saddened me to read … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Belief, Family, Mormon Life, Relief Society Lessons, marriage
Tagged faith, Family, politics, Relief Society Lessons, testimony
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The Times They Are A-Changin'
by mraynes I’ll be honest, sometimes I come home from church half-way resolved to never go back. (I say half-way because who am I kidding, I will stubbornly continue to go week after week, dragging my family behind me.) A … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Belief, Family, Gender roles, Mormon Life, authority, faith, feminism, history, leadership, motherhood, religion, spirituality, testimony
Tagged faith, feminism, Gender roles, leadership, marriage, Mormon Life, motherhood, politics
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A Snowflake in the Global Patriarchal Tradition
by mraynes As a feminist, I have been encouraged by the Church’s rhetoric on the equality of women and men, especially as it relates to marriage. I think that we can all agree that an increase in egalitarian language is … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Doubt, Gender roles, Mormon women, authority, feminism, marriage, religion, women, world news
Tagged equality, feminism, Mormonism, patriarchy, politics, world affairs
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Mormon Privilege
by Zenaida Mormons often assume that everyone within the faith around them believes the same way they do, as evidenced by the way we talk about missions, politics, and other moral issues. We are also under injunction to not take … Continue reading
The Personal and The Political
By: mraynes Tomorrow we will elect the next president of the United States. In honor of this occasion and as a tribute to that old feminist adage that “the personal is political,” I am re-posting something that I wrote at … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, feminism, health, motherhood, politics, sacrifice
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Guest Post: My Thoughts on Sarah Palin
by Kelly Ann L. My sister and I share many of the same political opinions but she identifies herself as Republican (voted for Bush) while I have become a “liberal Californian.” Don’t get me wrong – I identify myself as … Continue reading
What I Would Say To My Bishop About Prop 8
by Caroline (Painting: The Marriage by Casey Matthews) Hello Bishop, It’s been a difficult month for me at church, since I am terribly saddened by the Church’s decision to mobilize the rank and file members against what I see as a … Continue reading
Not Very Political
Posted by Zenaida Not long ago, I was surprised by a friend’s announcement that his political views were “liberal.” I never would have guessed that this friend would be so pro-choice, pro-free health care, pro-immigration reform in his views being … Continue reading
Romney and Exponent II
Peggy Fletcher Stack has an intriguing article on “Bishop” Romney today, including the following: Not everyone shared that positive view of Romney. Though somewhat progressive in his approach, Romney was still a product of LDS male culture of the time. … Continue reading
