(As Long as You Stay in Our Box)
Of course we love women, they say(as long as they accept their role,uphold the patriarchy,and don’t voice their desire for more) Of course we love single people, they say(as long as they are sad...
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#hearLDSwomen: My Stake President Micromanages Women
BYU Women’s Conference is an annual 2-day conference sponsored by the Relief Society and BYU. It’s promoted Church-wide, but there is a cost to attend (similar to Education Week). A committee organizes the conference,...
#hearLDSwomen: Temple Artwork Only Depicts Women in Submissive Roles
I live in the Middle East. I don’t get to go to the temple often because when we travel, we have small children with us. Last year I got to go to the Montreal...
Covenants: The Stuff of Dreams and Nightmares
I have been thinking and writing about temple covenants during the past few weeks. I am writing a paper for an upcoming Mormon Studies conference and am in the middle of cataloging the changes...
#hearLDSwomen: My Bishop Did Not Let Me Receive My Endowment
Despite my worthiness (and even my husband’s willingness), my bishop would not let me receive my endowment right before I married my non-member husband as he wanted me to wait for my husband to...
Code for “I don’t believe you”
Happy Valentines Day! I love the stuffed Han Solo that my husband gave me, and I also love that he celebrates Groundhog Day instead (he got a new hoodie and a 4×4 Rubik’s Cube)....
#hearLDSwomen: I Suffered Ecclesiastical Abuse at the Hands of My Bishop
We had recently moved into a new ward. I had five children under the age of eight, three in diapers, and was homeschooling the older ones. My husband was between jobs, but we were...
Guest Post: Special Helper
by Alan Buys I once had a conversation with an elementary school librarian. She told me about the difficulties of getting some of the rowdier children to be quiet and respectful in the library...
#hearLDSwomen: Glaring Inequality Between Young Women and Young Men
The angriest I have ever seen our former Young Women president was after Ward Council one week. The previous year the Young Women & Young Men agreed to pool funds to buy nice camping...
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