Guest Post: The Silent Pain of Mormon Women
By Taylor I never saw sexism. Not in general, and certainly not in the church. It wasn’t until my divorce a couple of years ago where my ex-husband left me for someone else and...
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Guest Post: Doctrinal Inconsistencies — Relationships, Sex, Sin
by Kathy Bence During the first session of general conference, I was disappointed to hear Elder Oaks address a topic that has troubled and confused me for many years. He was dismissive and suggested...
Guest Post: Mary Jane, Wilford Woodruff, and the 267 Dead Wives
By Erin “We meet today with joy to act A proxy for thy dead, And give thee scores of wives who’ll be Like Crowns upon Thy Head” -Mrs A Randall, written for Wilford...
Guest Post: Polygamy as the Answer? Christmas Thoughts
By Brittany Hartley After my first son was born, I found myself home for the first time in my life. As a busy teacher, I had many dusty items on my faith “shelf” that...
The Toxic Language of Polygamy Culture
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...
What if the LDS Church brought polygamy back?
It would be awkward, for one thing. That is one of the takeaways from Pilot Program, a play included in the collection Third Wheel by Melissa Leilani Larson. I saw it live when it...
Book Review: The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy by Carol Lynn Pearson
I have to start out by saying that I absolutely loved this book! There are several books out there about our church’s history on polygamy, but this is the only book out there (that...
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