Mary – 2000 years of scrutiny
When I got to the part where Mary was told to name her child “Jesus,” my kid gasped. “What?” she said in complete disbelief, “Mary couldn’t even choose the name of her own son?”
Category: feminism
I Would Gift Us
These are the gifts I would give us, and this is the way I would gift them. Bathsheba bathed and a king took her from her husband. I gift us rooftop gardens to bathe...
To Maxine Hanks, on the 30th Anniversary of Women and Authority
This month, December 2022, marks the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking book edited by Maxine Hanks, Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism. The book includes essays by some of Mormonism’s top writers, scholars, and...
I Won’t Beg!
Somewhere in LDS culture, it has been ingrained into the minds of young single adult women that our lives never truly start until we get married. Until then, it appears that we are to live in a perpetual state of limbo, jealously seething from the sidelines as friends, foes and floozies run off to the temple at the speed of light.
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...
Guest Post: The Hymn We Never Knew We Needed and the Miracles Behind It
Guest Post by Brittany Manjarrez. Brittany currently lives in France with her family. You will most likely find her chasing sunsets and toddlers. She is passionate about women’s issues in the LDS church and...
Guest Post: Woman in the Corner
Guest Post by Emmaly Renshaw. Emmaly is a mother of four, agricultural nonprofit director, lover of fields, woods, plants, and the Aldi aisle of shame. I wrestle with the idea of an eternity of...
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