Culture / feminism / Mirth / women
by Guest Post · Published January 21, 2020 · Last modified January 20, 2020
Dear Eliza, I often find that the decision makers in my ward are not the same people who actually prepare the food, wash the dishes, manage the children, organize the meeting space, or work...
I started at Brigham Young University in the fall of 1999, just before the turn of the century. As a new freshman at a church owned university, only one thing captivated my attention and...
by Miriam Cut Grass Sometimes I’m like green grass Growing millimeters At a time. But just as I reach the heights, There comes the lawnmower– Loud, menacing. In straight, orderly rows I’m shorn, Hot...
Belief / Culture / Journeys / women
by Guest Post · Published January 18, 2020 · Last modified January 16, 2020
By Renny Scrolling through my news feed Sunday afternoon, I found the following headline worthy of a click: “Utah sees Latter-day Saint slowdown and membership numbers drop in Salt Lake County” According to statistics...
A few weeks ago I watched the Tournament of Roses parade perched atop a cold ladder set up on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, California. I observed several floats and entries that were thematically related...
by April Young Bennett · Published January 16, 2020 · Last modified January 19, 2020
I’ve heard it many times. A woman explains that she can’t support feminism because she is a mother of sons. If my feminist goals for equity within our faith community were realized, opportunities that...
Last year, Exponent started an annual art scholarship for Mormon women of color. The goal of the scholarship continues to be to amplify the voices of LDS women artists of color by lending needed support...
Body / Culture / Gender / Intersectionality / Journeys / Loss / women
by Guest Post · Published January 14, 2020 · Last modified January 15, 2020
By Abby Kidd For the last year I’ve taught Sunday lessons to a class of eleven, twelve, and thirteen year-old young women in my ward. Each Tuesday they emerge from the sliding doors of...
By Dianna Douglas It’s a year of grand anniversaries for American women: One hundred years since the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed women’s suffrage nationwide. Fifty-five years since the Voting Rights Act protected racial minorities at...
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