Idealized beauty versus idealized intelligence
Our household has been struck with the flu this week (how we got the flu in August when it’s 110 out is beyond me!). So, I thought I’d pass along a quote from a...
Category: feminism
Mormon Feminists at Sunstone
If you’ll be in the Salt Lake City area during August 10-12, please consider spending some time at the Sunstone Symposium. The preliminary program can be found here. IMO, the lineup of this year’s...
Hidden Treasure in a Bookstore
Browsing in a bookstore, I happened across a book entitled The Feminine Face of God. I was drawn to it and opened it up. Inside, I found a treasure that I cannot keep to...
A Rose By Any Other Name: Maiden, Hyphenated, or Married Last Name?
I’ve been married seven years, and I still can’t decide what to do about my last name. I’ve done just about everything: I was Emily Clyde Curtis (without the hyphen) for the first year,...
Relief Society Lesson: Women and the Priesthood
After thoroughly enjoying Caroline’s post and the comments about the ideal Relief Society , I decided as the Teaching for Our Times teacher I was going to do my part to make RS more...
Exponent Bloggers at Sunstone West
April 22, 5-6:30 pm, Claremont Graduate University Several of us (including jana, brookewill, caroline, dora and amelia) will be speaking in a panel discussion at Sunstone West next weekend. We would love to have...
Missing Wives in the Presidents of the Church Manuals
Every two years when I get my new Teachings of the Presidents of the Church manual, I go to the index to find the pages that talk about the prophet’s wife. I always hope...
Skeleton Woman
An Eskimo myth tells the story of Skeleton Woman—a woman who, punished by her father, lives as a heap of bones at the bottom of a lake until one day a fisherman snags her...
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