Culture / Gender / Gospel / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published November 12, 2020 · Last modified November 16, 2020
by Sisyphus I have attempted several times to write this post—a story about me opposing a man called into a bishopric, the stake president (SP) believing me but not acting on the information, that...
A high councilman assigned to work with me on a stake calling wanted me to launch a class we were working on together before it was ready. Feeling frustrated because I wouldn’t just start...
Belief / Body / Culture / Family / feminism / Gender
by Violadiva · Published July 24, 2018 · Last modified July 25, 2018
ADDENDUM 7.24.18 Due to the overwhelming response to this post, several questions have been raised. They are addressed below. “Who is this woman, who is her stake president, where does she live and...
announcements / Body / Culture / Family / feminism / Gender
by Violadiva · Published July 22, 2018 · Last modified August 5, 2018
A young Mormon mother has been denied a temple recommend by her Stake President for breastfeeding her child in public without a cover. The Bishop of her ward called her in and gently...
Natalie Ware Gowen There are three things I can’t do: Cook in someone else’s kitchen. Run to someone else’s playlist. Navigate someone else’s church. My mother-in-law is a gem, but she keeps the measuring...
[Image by Jochen Spalding on Flickr] No matter how the LDS church adjusts “worthiness interviews,” I just can’t get behind them from a professional, moral, or spiritual standpoint. As a psychotherapist, I’m of...
By Caroline Crockett Brock I find myself staggering through today, feeling a panoply of sharp-edged emotions, the depth of which surprises me. I’m incredulous. Indignant. Incensed. More than anything, I feel a bone-deep frustration...
By JB Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts, ecclesiastical abuse The other day, I found myself reading through the journal entries I’d written both before and after I was formally disfellowshipped from the Church. I was...
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