The Mormon Handshake
I grew up in the church, so was well indoctrinated in Mormon hand-shake culture. I knew that as I entered the chapel, a man—whether I knew him or not—would put his hand out for...
Category: Body
Who Gets to be White? A Semi-Brief History of Whiteness in the USA
Did you know that, less than 100 years ago, the US Supreme Court issued multiple rulings on whether or not a person was white enough to be a US citizen? Yeah, that happened. Let’s...
The Super Obvious Advantages of Male Biology to Priesthood Leadership
Let’s talk about the unique attributes that men possess that make them better suited to preside over the church than women. Take height, for example. On average, men are taller than women. This makes...
Stopping Sexual Abuse by Ecclesiastical Leaders with Mary Dispenza and Judy Larson
In this episode of the Religious Feminism interview series, Mary Dispenza and Judy Larson, two leaders of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), the activist organization made famous by the Academy Award-winning...
Guest Post: Is Forsaking Masturbation Really God’s Law?
by Mahlah. As a student majoring in Child Development, I remember wondering and discussing, if masturbation is a part of normal sexual development, at what point does it become a sin? In light of...
Guest Post: On a Platter #MormonMeToo, Part II
by Rena Lesue Part I of this essay can be found here. Two-and-a-half years after I’d been taken advantage of, my family moved to Mississippi. My sister, Mary, and I made many Mormon friends...
Guest Post: On a Platter #MormonMeToo, Part I
At the beginning of our two-week residency in Barcelona, my writing cohort met for cocktails in the home of Bob Antoni, a West Indian writer whose fame, if it were a cyclone, would hover...
Guest Post: I was sexually harassed while working at LDS Family Services #MormonMeToo
by Marisa McPeck-Stringham I worked at LDS Family Services in Ogden, Utah from 2007-2013 as an Adoption/Birth Parent caseworker. I first started there as a practicum student while earning my Bachelor’s degree at Weber...
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