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...
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“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,...
Little Black/White Lie
Humans use story to understand and make meaning of their existence. Sometimes life happens in a way that shakes your foundational paradigms and they crumble, as mine did. As a Mormon child, the theoretical...
Introducing the Religious Feminism Podcast
I am excited to announce a new project: the Religious Feminism interview series. Sometimes it feels like the Mormon feminist community is working in isolation, dealing with problems that are entirely unique. However, we...
Belle Spafford: An Illuminating Lady
(My mother and Belle Spafford at center, left to right, early 1970s) Growing up I was certain of three things that my mom loved with a passion (aside from us kids): the Church, Mexican...
Interview with Breanna Olaveson, author of Sweet is the Work
Sweet is the Work is a book published this year by Breanna Olaveson, and is about sister missionaries serving from 1830-1898. I was so excited when I heard about this book! Usually we hear...
Book Review: Writing Ourselves
When I first heard about this book, I jumped at the opportunity to review it. The book is about creative writing, which is what I love to do. I’ve read other books on creative...
Channeling Angelina Grimké at my LDS Ward
My local Relief Society teacher posted some pictures on the board and asked the class to contrast them: Mormon women at the Women’s Session of General Conference on one side, protestors at the Women’s...
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