What Could I Have Done Differently With My Life if I Wasn’t Raised LDS?
This year I’ve discovered a woman with an oddly parallel life to my own. Her name is Dr. Angela Dunn, but you’ve probably never heard of her if you don’t live in Utah (where...
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Goblins and Jesus
After over an hour’s drive from the already remote campsite where we were staying, we arrived at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. I had fond memories of coming here with my parents when I...
Idea: Make Statues of Polygamous Wives
Statues of slaveholders and colonizers are coming down left and right these days, and the controversy is intense. I’ve tried to imagine how it would feel to be a slave from the 1800s and...
Guest Post: Reflecting on a Queer Mormon Pioneer 30 Years Later
By Corey Clawson Growing up just outside of Logan on through my studies at Utah State University, I regularly crossed paths with May Swenson’s ghost: the poem “Two Part Pear-Able” hanging over the drinking...
The Intersection of Politics and Religion in the Utah Suffrage Movement with Katherine Kitterman
In this episode of the Religious Feminism interview series, Katherine Kitterman, Historical Director for Better Days 2020, talks to us about how national concerns about religious issues in Utah Territory led to Utah women...
Nevada is the first American state with a female-majority legislature. Why not Utah?
Four years ago, I took my nine-year-old daughter with me on a visit to the Utah state capitol building. She took a look at the photos on the Senate and House rosters and asked...
School-Sponsored Mountain Graffiti
It’s time to take the Y off of Y Mountain. The Block U should go too, and all the other school-sponsored graffiti that litters mountains across Utah and the Western United States. My home...
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