The Wise Girl and the Foolish Girl: Feminism in Primary
Now, I know that Primary is not the place to preach my feminist ideals. So, while I don’t think I should do a lesson on the three waves of feminism during sharing time, I...
Category: Gender
Matrilineal Lines of Authority and Marjorie Pay Hinckley
As a sister missionary, one of the (many) things that made me feel jealous of the elders was that little “priesthood line of authority” card that most carried with them in their scriptures. For...
Guest Post: A Sociologist's Perspective on Beck's Talk and 'What Women Know'
(Armand Mauss is a professor emeritus of Sociology and a Mormon Studies scholar. He has written several articles and books on Mormon topics, most notably his book on Mormonism and race entitled All Abraham’s...
What Women Know
Recently several LDS women collaborated on a response to President Beck’s recent general conference talk, entitled What Women Know. Check it out here. Times and Seasons has started a thread focusing on a small...
Presiding: Its History Within My Marriage
(Pollock, Male and Female) Long ago, when Mike and I were dating, the question of presiding came up as we sat in a hot tub in Provo. Even as a 21 year old, the...
Orson Scott Card, Toddler Reverence, And Gender Sterotyping
Our Sacrament Meetings have been pretty noisy lately. With 42 babies under two in the ward, that’s to be expected. Our bishop has recently come into RS and EQ to talk about the noise...
Relief Society Lesson #20: The Women of the Church
This lesson rounds out the 3rd and final chapter of what DH recently dubbed the “Trilogy of Touchy Topics” (see Lesson #19 and Lesson #18 for more details). DH is excited for our nightly...
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