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What’s new at Exponent II? We’re turning 50!
Whether you've followed along for years or are newly connecting with Exponent II, we want to make sure you know about the new ways to get involved, as well as some of our recent milestones in growing our community and advancing our mission.
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Call for Art: Paying Homage to 50 Years of Mormon Art in Exponent II
2024 marks 50 years since Exponent II was established on the dual pillars of Mormonism and Feminism. We've come a long way since then,...
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50th Anniversary Issue – Deadline Extended!
Our call for submissions is now extended until January 31. we want to make room for as many voices as we can!
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feminism
Call for Submissions: The Deleted Comments Department
The voices and experiences of LDS women and gender minorities matter. We hope the comments will be restored on Instagram and that what seems to be intentional silencing is simply a social media glitch. But whatever happens on Instagram, we invite you to share your original comments and your ongoing thoughts here on this post.
Belief
Come Follow Me: 1 Nephi 16–22, “I Will Prepare the Way before You”
What actions are helping the group reach their goal?
What actions are unhelpful?
Why do you think they behaved that way?
Whose voices are missing? How might the story have been told differently if they wrote it?
history
When an LDS leader said women have priesthood authority, I was outside in the rain because the brethren wouldn’t let women come in.
It’s time we stopped making excuses and ordained women to the priesthood—the obvious kind of priesthood.
From the Blog
Belief
Garments never reminded me of Jesus
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In the 15 years that I wore garments I never once thought of them as a symbol of Jesus.
Totality
Viewing an eclipse, the difference between 100% totality and anything less, is a factor of thousands.
We learned this in 2017, when we were able...
Belief
Guest Post: I Know My Heavenly Mother Didn’t Create Garments
"I know my Heavenly Mother didn’t create garments.
If She did, She’d know She had children all over the world who live in drastic climates, unable to easily wear another layer without rashes and heat stroke. She’d know that Her children all come from different cultures, with different standards of beauty and modesty, that white western puritanism isn’t supreme."
Culture
Guest Post: She Can, I Can
"As a young woman, I didn’t have the statistics to back up the distrust for female strength and intelligence in Utah’s culture, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t aware of it, or that it didn’t impact my decision to spend most of my life outside of the state...."
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“Humanity Does Not Ask Us to Be Happy…” by Emma Tueller Stone
“It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”
This quote is from a dog-eared page in a well-worn copy of Ender’s Game that...
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“Choosing to Serve a Mission” by Kendra Bybee and Sareta Dobbs
Imagine my astonishment when, after nosing through my mother’s old books and journals, I discovered that my mother, my introverted, fame-avoiding mother, was the first Black woman to receive her mission call for the church.
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“Peter—In that Instant” by Lorraine Jeffrey
In that moment,
before he looked down,
before Thou art the Christ,
before the cock crowed,
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“Evaluating Art Choices” by Esther Hi’ilani Candari
Is the 2022 Come, Follow Me manual diverse and inclusive?
I often talk about the intersection of art, religion, gender, and race. I believe we...
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“Laying On of Hairs” by Melodie Jackson
Once I tried to pray away the kinks,
But God told me “expand,” not shrink.
Because while they trace heritage back to sod,
These kinks and these...
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