The Exponent

Category: Relationships

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Body / Gender / Mirth / Policy / Relationships / women

Total Game Control

Guest Post by Emily Holsinger Butler A Catholic friend of mine once offered the idea that world religions exist for one single purpose: to control women. “A bit reductive, no?” was my response. But...

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Family / feminism / Journeys / Relationships / women

To Sylvia

My Dearest Daughter, Twelve days before your birth I wondered if I would be sacrificing you on the altar of my desire to be Mormon. I knew that remaining Mormon would mean that you...

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feminism / Gospel / Relationships

Radical Reconciliation

The last couple of weeks have caused deep wounds to the Mormon community.  The threat of disciplinary actions against John Dehlin and Kate Kelly have caused the body of saints to fracture in so many...

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Relationships

Guest Post: A Dysfunctional Marriage

by Margaret OH My husband and I have been listening to a marriage therapy course with the fabulous Jennifer Finlayson-Fife.  We have found that meeting with a marriage therapist every few years for a...

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Body / Relationships / women

Exposed

I am an introvert. I get my energy from being by myself and being undisturbed. Being at large parties or being around people I don’t know, emotionally and physically overwhelms me, makes me anxious,...

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Relationships / women

Herstory

Abuela was raised in a small pueblo just after the Mexican Revolution of Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. Grandpa Angel, 16 years older than Abuela, fought in the revolution. The illegitimate son of a...