Guest Post: How Mormon Purity Culture Failed Me
Guest Post by Anonymous. Anonymous lives with her husband and son and is a lover of music, good books, and chocolate desserts. It was the spring of 2016 and I was happily engaged. I...
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What Good Is a Prophet?
“Claiming to speak for God is a tricky business — especially when God changes his mind, often, on hot-button political issues after receiving immense public backlash.” – Lauren Jackson, writing for CNN about the...
This Amicus Brief is No Friend of Mine
By Christina Taber-Kewene Paying tithing has always been important to me. As Jesus teaches us, Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through...
The Risks of Giving Birth Early and Often Fall Mostly on Women and Children
During the October 2018 Women’s Session of General Conference, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), spoke disparagingly about LDS women getting...
Shhh! Don’t ask your stake president.
When I was still single, I spoke with one of my engaged friends about her recent interview with our stake president in preparation for her upcoming temple wedding. I was shocked that she had...
My Personal Experience with Emergency Contraception
During our newlywed years, contraception was a trial for us. We intended to start a family sometime within a few years of our marriage, so permanent or long-term options were out. However, we were...
the intentionally empty womb
by G The painting shown here is one I did just before I got intentionally pregnant with our son. I found myself using art making to process some of the ambiguity I felt about...
The Pill and Choosing a Mate
By Zenaida One Sunday after a council meeting, my bishop brought up a recent study on the effect of birth control on women’s ability to select a mate. The study posits that women are...
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