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...
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Guest Post — The Name Change: Social Expectations, Prejudice, and Jesus
by S.J. Ryan I was married over a month ago. After months of debating whether or not to take my husband’s last name, I finally made a decision. During the process, I made a...
Guest Post: An Open Letter to BYU — Please Stop Changing Married Alumnae Names
Hi BYU, First off, I wanted to thank you for 4.5 of the best years of my life. I am a non-Mormon alumna who graduated in 2005, and I can’t even begin to say...
Guest Post: Currently Between Last Names
by Lesley Ann What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Those words of Shakespeare seem empty in the midst of an identity crisis. Names are everything. They...
User Experience in Name Changes on Church Records
A couple of months ago while at a dinner with women in my ward, one woman told me her name was wrong on the church records; the Church automatically changed** her name when she...
Guest Post: What’s in a Name? Better Names for LDS Women’s Roles
by Frank Pellett (Frank Pellett is an LDS father of 5 and software developer living in Utah. He enjoys reading, family, and light discussions about many topics, especially those that involve sharing experiences and gleanings about making...
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