Why I’m not fasting from social media
Ah, social media. If the 1950s image you have of a woman involves her talking on the phone with a friend, the 2010s image surely involves her Instagramming photos of her toddlers. Are you...
Category: Gender
Guest Post: They Forget That We Are There
A letter I wrote Sunday evening after watching General Conference. To the Primary Presidency, General Young Women Presidency, General Relief Society Presidency, and First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:...
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
On Saturday evening, Russell M. Nelson challenged women and girls (but not men and boys) to “fast” from social media for 10 days, with the implication that a fast from social media means turning...
Guest Post: Letter to Not All Men
by Kristen Shill Dear NAM, Hey. I come in peace. <ironically waves white hanky> I’m kind of a hippie pacifist, who has had to work really deliberately on direct and assertive communication. Believe me,...
Challenging the Internalized Sexism of “Primary Voice”
This weekend’s General Conference is rumored to be “historic.” One thing will be quite historic: it is the first time that the General Women’s session replaces the Priesthood session on Saturday night of conference weekend. ...
Guest Post: The Recovering Accidental Misogynist
By He Who Shall Not Be Named Psychiatry Doctor Guy I’m sorry, I’m so, so sorry for being male. This was an actual thought from my actual brain that occurred as I sat in...
Sacred Music Sunday: God of the Women
Earlier this summer, I attended a small local feminist Catholic mass and one of the hymns we sang was Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s God of the Women. It was extremely touching to sing this with...
Introducing #hearLDSwomen
A couple weeks ago, there was a thread on the Exponent II Facebook group asking women to share instances when they felt silenced, inferior or invisible at church because of their gender. Within two...
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