International Series: The Trumpet Shall Sound
We are thrilled to feature new voices and new perspectives, many from women who are posting for the first time in English. Their voices have been missing from the conversation about gender and...
View ArticleGoodbye, Emma Lou
The summer after my freshman year of college, I somehow landed a job working at A Woman’s Place, Salt Lake City’s only (and long since former) feminist bookstore. I’m not quite sure who recommended me...
View Article“What’s your plan when you get home?”
I always ask missionaries about their schooling. Did they attend college or trade school before serving a mission? Are they planning to go back? What are they planning to study and why? I know that’s...
View ArticleGeneral Women’s Session: Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I love that President Uchtdorf addressed us as “dear friends,” and that he said, “I always look forward to this session of Conference.” I’m glad someone looks forward to it. I usually dread it, and up...
View ArticleWherein we see proof that Mormons aren’t Christian
Apparently the Church has recently issued an update to the leadership handbook that equates same-sex marriage with apostasy and bars children from same-sex households from receiving baby blessings,...
View ArticleFaith Crisis: A Developmental Map (and an impromptu book review)
A month and a half ago, the organizers of the inaugural Allegheny Pilgrims retreat asked me to present on managing a faith crisis. Why me? I thought. I’m still figuring this all out. I’m more likely to...
View ArticleOn God and Chocolate
We’ve been on a long road trip for the past two and a half weeks—all the way from Boston to Tulsa, OK, where my sisters live. It’s been a good trip. We visited Hershey’s World yesterday, because hey,...
View ArticleWomen of the Bible Series: Esther
As a bored eight-year-old kid sitting through Sacrament Meeting, I started reading the Bible stories that intrigued me. And I was most intrigued by the stories about women. I remember running my finger...
View ArticleHillary Clinton just talked about abortion rights at a Catholic college
…and you, a Mormon woman, should care. Picture, if you will, a small liberal arts college on the top of a New Hampshire hill. It is every bit as darling as such a college should be: ivy turning from...
View ArticleFor Elizabeth, this year
I learned how to be a feminist from my mom. And so, shortly after I received my first issue of Exponent II, I realized she needed to read it too. I gave her a subscription to the magazine for her...
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