Book Review: Baring Witness
Baring Witness: 36 Mormon Women Talk Candidly about Love, Sex, and Marriage is a collection of personal essays that you’d never hear at a sacrament meeting. These are not your average Fast Sunday testimonies....
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Memories, Prayers, and a Healing Blessing
In November 2015, the church issued an exclusion policy regarding LGBTQ+ families and their children. You may remember the perspectives of queer women, women in mixed-orientation-marriages, women who are daughters of queer parents, and...
#hearLDSwomen: My Special Needs Son Isn’t Allowed on Scout Camp Outs
Once I was a Den leader and had 13 boys. At the time we didn’t ever have 2 deep leadership, so it was me all alone. The Cub handbook said Dens should never be...
To Be a Witness
By: Risa Easter has always been my favorite religious holiday. I relish the messages of re-birth, renewal, and hope that Easter brings. I love the reminder that my redeemer lives. “What comfort this sweet...
Guest Post: Not an Addendum
By Birdie Like many, I read with anticipation about the dedication of the Rome Italy temple. The many pictures and headlines in the news focused on the historic trip with all the members of...
#hearLDSwomen: My Bishop Asks My Husband for Permission Before Extending Me a Calling
I was not offered a calling without my husband in the room to give his consent, and then he was given callings without a chat with me. – Sherry Andersen I married when...
The Intersection of Politics and Religion in the Utah Suffrage Movement with Katherine Kitterman
In this episode of the Religious Feminism interview series, Katherine Kitterman, Historical Director for Better Days 2020, talks to us about how national concerns about religious issues in Utah Territory led to Utah women...
#hearLDSwomen: In My Ward, Women Give Just 20% of the Talks, so I Wrote to My Bishop
Over a year ago in my ward, I felt like there had been an abnormally long string of Sacrament Meetings where only men spoke. I wondered if maybe I was mistaken, so I checked...
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