Body / Culture / feminism / Gender / women
by ElleK · Published July 21, 2020 · Last modified July 20, 2020
Three years ago, I stopped wearing garments. I’d worn them about half the time the year before during pregnancy and after having my son. I eventually became used to the feel of my clothes...
Culture / feminism / Gender / women
by Abby Hansen · Published July 20, 2020 · Last modified July 19, 2020
Statues of slaveholders and colonizers are coming down left and right these days, and the controversy is intense. I’ve tried to imagine how it would feel to be a slave from the 1800s and...
I woke up on Saturday morning with Stars and Stripes Forever stuck in my head. That immediately reminded me of a record full of silly songs I had as a kid. One of them...
Body / feminism / Gender / women
by Caroline · Published June 20, 2020 · Last modified June 13, 2020
“My husband said that I just didn’t have that much potential to be beautiful. Can you imagine how I felt?” The woman, Anne, said tearfully to a room full of teenage girls. It was...
Belief / Culture / Gender / Gospel / women
by Guest Post · Published June 9, 2020 · Last modified June 6, 2020
By Anonymous Before COVID-19, I was becoming increasingly uncomfortable watching 11-year-olds pass the sacrament knowing that I could not. Every Sunday this wound grew bigger and bigger. And then the world shut down. My...
Body / Gender / Intersectionality / Relationships / women
by Melissa-Malcolm King · Published June 6, 2020
I am on a capsizing ship but there is no lifeboat, I sink . I clamor to swim and those in the lifeboats tell me that if I just swim hard enough I could...
By Dani Addante I was very excited when I heard about this book. This is a book solely about Heavenly Mother! It’s written by McArthur Krishna and Bethany Brady Spalding, the writers of the...
Body / Gender / Journeys / Policy
by April Young Bennett · Published May 21, 2020 · Last modified May 13, 2020
I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon) in a country where the local culture called for a siesta: a long lunch break, possibly including a nap....
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