The Body is Political: Part 3
My mother needed a bank account. Her husband, my stepfather, frequently spent their income before the end of the month, leaving us with little food and no money for the mortgage. So she set...
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Guest Post: Meeting Together
By Miriam Miriam is finishing her PhD at the University of Oregon and is en route to the University of Memphis where she’ll be an Assistant Professor of Criminology starting in August 2022. She...
If They Can Learn to Say Tchaikovsky
Last week during the United States Democrats’ National Convention, I practiced all week, “Comma’ + ‘La’= Kamala. Kamala, Kamala, Kamala.” I hadn’t realized during the primaries, even as she was one of my top...
Come Come Ye Queer Saints: Pride ,Prejudice ,Persecution.
As a Queer,Disabled, Person of Color, I have suffered much in this life at the hands of those claiming to act in God’s name. The message is loud and clear : You are not...
Violence Against Women: A Historical Overview
“Quick! Grab her!” The woman was pulled from the river, battered and bruised from the treacherous rapids. Nearly drowned, she gasped for breath. But before she could get more help the rescuers were back...
Racism in the church
With the recent events in Charlottesville, a church member brought up the issue that racism is still present in the church. I remember being shocked when I learned as a teenager that blacks didn’t...
Values and Power in a Changing World
One of my best friends, Jocelyn, whom I left behind in Seattle, sent a friend of hers to me through Facebook messenger today. I have met him a few times – the first time...
Choosing Equality
In a Sacrament meeting talk about opposition and the war in heaven, I recently heard the features of Satan’s plan enumerated: he wanted to take away our agency, he wanted God’s glory for himself, there...
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