BIPOC LDS Sistas Q&A Fireside – This Sunday!
As a way to continue the pursuit of Anti-Racism work in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a Q&A fireside will be offered this Sunday, June 6th, 2021 to all LDS women and young...
Author: Violadiva
Updated: Free Anti-Racism Course for LDS Sisters starts this Sunday
UPDATE MAY 9, 2021: The next session of this course will begin May 16, 2021 and is the only offering to be given this summer. Registration link for the May 2021 sessions (held on...
Personal Truth, Scientific Truth and Latter-Day Misinformation
Personal truths are gained through personal revelation. Scientific truths are discovered through the Scientific Method. Latter-Day Saints who use the process of personal revelation to verify scientific truths instead of the scientific method...
To the White Folks Asking “What Can I Do?”
As we have seen recently and throughout hundreds of years of human history, white supremacy and racism cause unspeakable harm and injury to our BIPOC siblings. White supremacy is both institutional and embedded into...
Musings on Mother’s Day: Fertility Privilege in Mormon Systems of Power
I’ve written before about how Motherhood may be hazardous to a woman’s health. In this post I’ll discuss how fertility privilege functions in Mormon systems of power to disadvantage childless women and what...
The (Male) Privilege of Partaking #CopingWithCOVID19
The situation: the world is under quarantine to slow the outbreak of COVID-19, groups are not allowed to gather (including church congregations), social distancing measures prevent visitors passing between homes. The dilemma: male members...
Let Me See if I’ve Got This Straight
For decades, the Church told people of African descent that they may be baptized, pay tithes and offerings, marry, have children and raise them in the faith, and otherwise participate in the...
My Thank-You Letter to Elizabeth Warren*
Dear Senator Warren, You concluded your campaign for President today, and my heart swells with equal parts grief and gratitude. Grief for our loss of not having you as our Commander-in-Chief this year. Gratitude...
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