Category: feminism
The Feminist Twelve Days of Christmas
by mraynes On the first day of Christmas my fore-mothers gave to me: The right to fight the patriarchy. On the second day of Christmas my fore-mothers gave to me: Suffrage for all And...
post-gender: on having it all and happiness, too
by Amelia in the introduction to the most recent edition of the feminine mystique, betty friedan argues that women’s progress will essentially halt until our society makes changes in men’s gender roles. i couldn’t...
Woman Am I: A Blessingway Night
Author’s note: October 25, 2019. Over the last decade, I’ve learned a lot about cultural appropriation. Blessingway is a Navajo term, and given that I’m a white person living in a state and a...
Save the Women's Research Institute!
by mraynes This morning I awoke to the terrible news that Brigham Young University had decided to shut down the Women’s Research Institute. This is a personal tragedy for me, one that I am...
The Feminist Tale Behind the Pet Mice
By Deborah I work in a traditionally female field. When I was a senior in high school, I told my sixth grade teacher that I had decided to study elementary education in college. She...
Punctus Contra Punctum
by mraynes Point against point, this is the meaning of counterpoint. The term describes a musical tool where two or more voices are written in a way that is completely independent of one another...
How Should We Promote Abstinence?
This week something drastic happened to a dear friend of mine. She is one of those amazing women who have great peace at being LDS AND feminist. Her ideas and her ways of looking...
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