Calling Ourselves Saints
The last time leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (yes, that’s a mouthful) decided we weren’t going to call ourselves Mormons anymore, I obediently stopped using the word Mormon and...
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Support Women Entrepreneurs, Politicians, and Advocates during LDS Women’s Social Media Fast
On Saturday, President Russell M. Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called for female members to fast from social media for 10 days. (Men were not included in this challenge.)...
My First Experience with Breastfeeding Discrimination #LetBabiesEat
When I was nursing my first baby, I spent some time visiting another state. One night, our hosts wanted me to go to a movie with them. Unfortunately, the nearest theater was over an...
13 Lessons Learned as an Organizer of Ordain Women during its Infancy
The Ordain Women movement is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and asked me, as one of its original organizers, to share some thoughts about its early days at the recent Sunstone Symposium. Here are some...
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...
R-Rated Scripture
Through a little skit, Mormon children were learning a Book of Mormon story. In the scripture story, a missionary named Ammon gains favor with a king by cutting thieves’ arms off. The young girl portraying...
The Super Obvious Advantages of Male Biology to Priesthood Leadership
Let’s talk about the unique attributes that men possess that make them better suited to preside over the church than women. Take height, for example. On average, men are taller than women. This makes...
Start Here: Change These Policies to Better Prevent Abuse by LDS Priesthood Leaders #MormonMeToo
Include women equally with men in LDS Church policymaking. Current policy is written almost exclusively by men, with almost all women in the church banned from even reading many church policies. As such, it...
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