Count Your Privilege?
Recently a friend of mine shared an observation about the Mormon community that got me thinking about blessings in a new way: Ask a BYU student, faculty, and staff to name and count their...
Author: Heather
“Latter-day Struggles”
An early contributor to the Exponent said that reading the magazine is like “getting a long letter from a dear friend.” Almost 50 years later, that is my experience. In the Spring Issue, I...
Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn: Stress Responses to Sexist Comments
When was the last time you experienced a sexist comment? Maybe you were the only woman in a meeting and were asked to take notes. Maybe, when asked by the ward’s young women why...
Beyond the Mapped Stars: An Interview with Rosalyn Eves
Every summer I binge read a bunch of novels. And while I enjoy them in the moment, most of them fade from my mind faster than a sunburn turns to a tan. But two...
The Power of Stories: Interview with Heather Sundahl
“I will tell you something about stories…they aren’t just for entertainment. Don’t be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness or death. You don’t have anything...
Breaking Down Patriarchy: An Essential Texts Book Club
Few things are as exciting to me as thorough explorations of origin stories–especially if they revolve around badass women, challenge my assumptions, and elevate my thinking. So I rightly suspected I would love Amy...
Young Women Lesson: How Can I Share the Gospel?
How Can I Invite All to Come unto Christ? If you are anything like me, then lessons on missionary work set my heart racing and fill me with dread. Maybe it has something to...
Outcry at Proposed Removal of Minerva Teichert Mural in Manti Temple
On March 12, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would remove historic murals from the Salt Lake and Manti Temples as part of the renovation process, leaving many of us...
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