On White Man’s Burden
In the aftermath of recent happenings in Charlottesville, I’ve been sad and feeling powerless. I’m wrestling with my whiteness and what it means about my responsibility as a citizen of planet earth. In this...
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Racism in the church
With the recent events in Charlottesville, a church member brought up the issue that racism is still present in the church. I remember being shocked when I learned as a teenager that blacks didn’t...
A Brief Syllabus on Whiteness
In the aftermath of Charlottesville, I’ve seen my academic friends reposting crowd-sourced syllabi on various topics around racism and hate in America. If you want to learn more about a contemporary topic, you can...
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...
“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...
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