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...
Belief / Culture / feminism / Gender / Journeys / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published March 18, 2020 · Last modified March 17, 2020
Name Withheld A year and a half ago, my husband and I were called in to meet with our bishop. I had been released from my calling a few months before and was excited...
Belief / Family / feminism / Gender / Gospel / women
by Guest Post · Published September 11, 2019 · Last modified September 10, 2019
My dad held my patriarchal blessing over my head for so many things. I tried to choose my own path for my career and was told my first three choices were not allowed because...
Body / Culture / feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published September 4, 2019 · Last modified September 3, 2019
I was married to an (inactive) priesthood holder who was abusive on many levels. I went to one bishop for help was told “If it was really that bad, you would’ve already left.” I...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published July 11, 2019 · Last modified July 9, 2019
My grandmother wrote a manuscript for a book about Emma Smith decades before any of the more recent, honest biographies while she was Associate Editor of the Relief Society Magazine. She was told that...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 16, 2019 · Last modified June 10, 2019
I was 14 or 15 when I was in my Bishop’s office for a temple recommend interview for baptisms for the dead. During this interview, my Bishop told me that I could not participate...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 15, 2019 · Last modified June 9, 2019
When I was 21 I wanted to serve a mission. I had a timeline for when I was hoping to get a mission call because my parents lived in Russia at the time but...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 12, 2019 · Last modified June 7, 2019
I held a calling in a stake capacity several years ago. My stewardship was minimal, but I was able to observe the workings of the authority hierarchy in the stake. I was stunned and...
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