Photo #3. Years ago, when Facebook groups were a brand new thing, my ward Relief Society Presidency created one for us. For awhile (until a neighborhood group including all genders and religions was formed),...
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by Violadiva · Published July 19, 2019
I grew up hearing the legend about the early Mormon pioneer women who sacrificed their china to be smashed up for the plaster on the Kirtland temple. I imagine it was told as...
by Alan Buys I once had a conversation with an elementary school librarian. She told me about the difficulties of getting some of the rowdier children to be quiet and respectful in the library...
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by Violadiva · Published February 1, 2019
Patriarchy in Mormonism negatively impacts men and boys by afflicting them with shame, anxiety, and unrealistic expectations. I term this “Toxic Mormon Masculinity.” When I’ve written about a particular effect that our patriarchal church...
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by Chiaroscuro · Published October 27, 2018 · Last modified April 9, 2019
A pedestal is a small stand to mount something on. It is a base for something decorative such as a statue, vase, or column. Figuratively, it is a place for some respected or highly...
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by Violadiva · Published July 13, 2018 · Last modified July 16, 2018
The parallels between societal rape culture and Mormonism’s polygamy culture are alarming. “Rape Culture” is a term used to show the ways society blames victims of sexual assault and normalizes male sexual violence. When...
Earlier this year I helped my 1st-grader make a wolf habitat diorama and discovered that wolves take their pack hierarchy very seriously. Remember Benevolent Patriarchy and Chicken Patriarchy? Today we’re adding Wolf-Pack Patriarchy™ to...
By GNM Dear Dad, Mitt Romney was speaking to you, man-to-man, when he tweeted: “Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America’s face to the...
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