Apple Butter and Agency
It’s apple season here in New England. Harvest time, and I made my first batch of apple butter last week. It’s too runny, and it looks mottled and unappetizing in blue jars (what did...
Category: Family
My First Experience with Breastfeeding Discrimination #LetBabiesEat
When I was nursing my first baby, I spent some time visiting another state. One night, our hosts wanted me to go to a movie with them. Unfortunately, the nearest theater was over an...
Book Review: A Better Way To Teach Kids About Sex
I’ve read a few “How to teach kids about sex” books in my time. Mostly I’ve read them because I don’t feel like my parents did a very good job in talking with me...
Announcing the Launch of “Let Babies Eat” action
Let Babies Eat was created in response to the growing number of reports about women experiencing breastfeeding discrimination at church. From their website, “The primary purpose of Let Babies Eat is advocacy to...
ADDENDUM 7.24.18: Stake President Denies Temple Recommend to Nursing Mother
ADDENDUM 7.24.18 Due to the overwhelming response to this post, several questions have been raised. They are addressed below. “Who is this woman, who is her stake president, where does she live and...
Stake President Denies Temple Recommend to Nursing Mother
A young Mormon mother has been denied a temple recommend by her Stake President for breastfeeding her child in public without a cover. The Bishop of her ward called her in and gently...
The Toxic Language of Polygamy Culture
The parallels between societal rape culture and Mormonism’s polygamy culture are alarming. “Rape Culture” is a term used to show the ways society blames victims of sexual assault and normalizes male sexual violence. When...
Book Review: It Takes Courage
Every now and again, all of the things I love, fight for, and feel strongly about meld into one place—that magical thing happened for me a few weekends ago at a book launch. But...
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