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Poll: Camping Out With Dad
Camp In Belgium, a photo by Freek van den Bergh on Flickr. Last weekend, our ward celebrated the anniversary of the priesthood commemoration by sending all the fathers and sons on a camp-out. As a feminist couple, Nate and I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gender roles, Mormon Life
Tagged campout, priesthood, ward, ward community
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I Want…(Can’t Say It)
Back in 1996, I watched an episode about Mormonism on 60 Minutes, including an interview with then current LDS church president, Gordon B. Hinckley. The part of the program that most impacted me was when the report stated that Mormon … Continue reading
Posted in priesthood, women
Tagged Gordon B. Hinckley, ordination, priesthood, taboo, women, women's ordination
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Men Crossing into Women’s Realms: Where’s the Reciprocity?
In my ward over the last few months, there’s been a noticeable push from the bishop and stake president to encourage the fathers in our ward to step up and take a more proactive role with their kids. Apparently there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family, priesthood, Relief Society
Tagged Gender roles, priesthood, proclamation, Relief Society
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Not Good Enough to Bless Him
I posted this on my blog a few weeks ago, but I wanted to get a widder perspective, since it was a unique experience for me. My brother-in-law’s wedding was a couple of weeks ago. We flew out Thursday to … Continue reading
Argument For…
In part two of our “Argument Against/For” day (first installment here), I wanted to share the Argument for women’s suffrage, prepared by H. G. Cattell, an assemblyman in the 67th California district in 1911. Like this morning’s post, the 1911 … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, Gender roles, history, humor, leadership, Mormon women, priesthood, women
Tagged feminism, mormon feminism, Mormon women, priesthood, women, women's history
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Argument Against…
In 1911, the state of California was in heated debate about granting suffrage for women. I recently came across one of the arguments against granting women suffrage, written by Sentator J. B. Sanford of the Democratic Caucus. Reading through it, … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, Gender roles, history, humor, leadership, Mormon women, priesthood, women
Tagged feminism, mormon feminism, Mormon women, priesthood, women, women's history
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Do Women Disappear When Women and Men Integrate? A Mormon Case Study
Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Harvard professor, Mormon feminist, and founding member of Exponent II, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, recently gave a talk in which she examined the history of theLDS Relief Society. In her talk she documented the rise and decline … Continue reading
Posted in Relief Society
Tagged integration, Mormon women, priesthood, Relief Society, separate spheres
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Confessing and Forsaking Institutional Sins
By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins—behold, he will confess them and forsake them. -Doctrine and Covenants 58:43 I believe this scripture applies to women as well as men. I also believe it applies to … Continue reading
Posted in authority, ethics, history, politics, polygamy, priesthood, race
Tagged confess, forsake, institutional sin, Missouri, polygamy, priesthood, race, racism
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Why Can’t Women Be Witnesses?
Last week my husband participated in Stake Day at the Temple. He took the afternoon off from work and went to help with some sealings. While I myself have a hard time with the temple, I do want to be … Continue reading
Guest Post: Buddha and the Women
by Libby (On a three-child-induced career sabbatical, Libby spends her time sewing lavish Halloween costumes, reading, and volunteering on the board of her daughter’s cooperative preschool. She lives near Boston.) When the Buddha came back to his home after his … Continue reading
