Spot the Arab #spotthearab
A few months ago, my daughters and I visited an art gallery that had an exhibit titled “Spot the Arab.” This exhibit had quite a few gorgeous –nay, exquisite—photographs of people who live in or...
Category: Journeys
So You Think You Might Be a Mormon Feminist
Hey there. It sounds like maybe you’ve discovered that the church you love and the people in it are a little bit sexist. Maybe you noticed that a woman’s voice carries less weight. Maybe...
Mistaking Scaffolding for the Soul
I ran into a friend recently whom I hadn’t seen in months. She told me she was stepping back from the Church for a while. There were a number of factors, but the biggest...
Thoughts on a Mission – 15 Years Later
Fifteen years ago today, I entered the MTC. I wrote previously about the 10 year anniversary of returning home, but I still feel like the 15 year anniversary of beginning a mission deserves its...
A Name from Cradle to Grave
“A proper self-respect demands that every woman may have some name by which she may be known from the cradle to the grave,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote to Lucy Stone in 1855, when she...
Guest Post: Evolving Thoughts on Immigrants and Refugees
by Charlotte Shurtz I grew up in a small, conservative Arizona town where I heard stories of families who were tired of finding the corpses of illegal immigrants on their ranches from my friends....
Dreams of (and for) my daughter
When my only daughter was not yet two years old, I had a vivid dream. It was soon after the emergence of Ordain Women, and I was trying to sort out my feelings on...
A Love Letter to My Fellow Mo-Fems
I just wanted to send off a quick missive to let you know that I see you, and I love you. I see that you notice the damage that white patriarchy does to people...
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