What if the LDS Church brought polygamy back?
It would be awkward, for one thing. That is one of the takeaways from Pilot Program, a play included in the collection Third Wheel by Melissa Leilani Larson. I saw it live when it...
Category: Gender
“Extraordinary Ordinary Mormon Women”: Exponent II’s Coloring Book “Illuminating Ladies”
I’m attending Sunstone this week and went to a very moving session yesterday. It was titled “Extraordinary Ordinary Mormon Women.” The session description promised to “explore the lives of women, both ordinary and extraordinary,...
Female Grooming Mandates That Aren’t That Hard
Pantyhose It’s a strange kind of clothing that is completely see-through, offers no protection whatsoever from the elements, and breaks when you wear it. Pantyhose break when washed, too, if you throw them in...
Dwelling in Righteousness
Moses 7:18 And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them. I’ve been thinking this...
Why Are We All Raising Our Hands?
“Why are we all raising our hands?” The question came from my eight year old daughter. For the past few years, we have lived in a mission where there was no church branch...
Guest Post: The Priesthood Authority in My Home
by Rebecca I picture myself someday sitting in a Sunday School lesson wherein priesthood authority is discussed. It would have to be Sunday School, because that’s the only LDS church meeting wherein adult men...
Jewish Orthodox Feminism with Bat Sheva Marcus and Sharon Weiss-Greenberg
In this episode of the Religious Feminism interview series, Bat Sheva Marcus, President of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) and Sharon Weiss-Greenberg, Executive Director of JOFA, tell us about how a generation of...
Reflection on perfection
For years I tried to be perfect. Because that’s the purpose of life, right? To perfect oneself, in order to earn a place in the Kingdom of God. I was told by so many...
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