tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66586917103641598872024-03-23T03:13:30.135-07:00Confessions of a Moderate Mormon FeministThe musings of a mormon feminist who hopes for changes in the church and hopes to be "anxiously engaged in a good cause" because becoming one and creating Zion is a pretty good goal for the church, methinks. I'm sitting out the female ordination debate and focusing and changes that could be made in policy and practice now, that would not require further revelation (although that will be awesome when it comes AoF 9). Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-90554674271293686612015-12-08T21:35:00.003-08:002015-12-08T21:36:33.918-08:00The Rexburg Response to Pants to ChurchAs we approach the two year anniversary of my wearing #PantsToChurch, I asked the UVSJ editor to search and send me two of the most popular "letters to the editor" written in response to their front page article they blindsided me with. I'll be publishing a response to these two letters tomorrow over at Wheat and Tares.
I wear a skirt to church
Dear Editor,
In our culture, the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-47114161187357683932015-07-24T09:49:00.001-07:002015-07-24T09:49:23.274-07:00An Update I know I have readers / followers of this blog that have noticed the lack of posts lately (as some of you have asked me about it). I never updated here but back in January I was asked to be a permablogger at Wheat and Tares. I like it there because it has a variety of viewpoints and topics that are covered, even those I disagree with - so I do feel like my voice is heard but so is others', and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-31668141599394445852015-05-10T17:25:00.000-07:002015-05-10T21:33:34.237-07:00UPDATED: Mother's Day Talk - Eshet Chayil(this is the updated version of my talk - after being crunched for time and incorporating feedback from others FYI)
Exactly eleven years ago my husband and I sat in the doctor's office as
he told us our test results: unexplained infertility. He said the
chances were less than 1 in 1000 that we would ever be able to have a
child on our own. That Mother’s Day was not a easy day for me. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-40376717780428397772015-01-17T13:58:00.002-08:002015-01-17T14:03:22.554-08:00MMM: Seeds of Unorthodoxy
I have a guest post up over at Modern Mormon Men, a group blog that I started reading 4 years ago. In fact it was some of their posts that prompted questions that led to my faith transition.
The story is over on their site:
MMM: Seeds of Unorthodoxy
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-67296554197802212822015-01-04T21:23:00.000-08:002015-01-05T10:31:09.488-08:00Moderate Mormon Feminist Wish List 2015We saw a lot of feminist changes in the year 2014 in the LDS church, big and small. We saw women of color praying for the first time in a General LDS Meeting, CES policy changes of women with children at being able to teach as a full-time employee, and many more. As a moderate Mormon Feminist, I advocate for baby step changes that help expand the understanding of the role of women in God's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-86600509195457007072014-11-25T20:20:00.000-08:002014-11-25T23:12:28.782-08:00Joseph Smith's Multiple Wives: Why I Care A LotI have always been Mormon. I started with the primary basics and grew in faith and testimony. I was raised at the height of correlation - where only faith promoting stories were given to me as part of my heritage. There was once a moment in my life where I claimed that I KNEW every part and story of the Church was true, and I could not deny it. I saw everything in black and white; those who Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-57801972970487661192014-11-03T09:29:00.001-08:002014-11-03T10:12:44.560-08:00Obama's Amazing Speech Supporting Moms
(full disclosure, I consider myself a centrist, and have never voted for Obama)
Apparently there's a big crazy drama over Obama's latest speech where he talks about women in education and the workplace and the struggles and obstacles they face in balancing the demands of family and a job. Many people are taking one sentence out of context and turning into outrage clickbait. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-806233152202305462014-10-30T11:15:00.000-07:002014-11-05T16:42:51.606-08:00That One Time CES Didn't Hire Us Because I was "Different"
This is also a cross-post over at Modern Mormon Men, a great group blog
Once upon a time I was a newlywed - a newlywed with a husband trying to be a Seminary teacher. Back in the Ricks College days that had an East Idaho Pre-Seminary (OPT) training program. So I took Rel 370, Intro to Teaching, in Fall 2001 along with my husband. I forget all the details back in the day, but Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-9784236723660837522014-10-22T12:23:00.000-07:002014-11-25T23:12:49.465-08:00Polygamy Essays and Prophetic RevelationSo the new Polygamy Essays went live this morning at LDS.org here, here, and here.
At first I only read the first one, which seemed general and ambiguous, but after I read the other two it seems a little ground shaking. I'm in a facebook group that was discussing it quite lively, mostly over whether it's a fair historical representation. I have my own quibbles about a few lines Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-52653672628428285802014-10-20T05:47:00.000-07:002014-10-20T09:32:46.258-07:00Double Standards Help No OneThere were a few items this last general conference that made some waves:
1) Members of Ordain Women attempted to attend local Priesthood (PH) meetings instead of trying to attend the overflow location with extra seating on temple square they were denied entrance to for the past year. Some women were able to attend, others weren't.
2) In what some see as an attempt to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-55625712301669279912014-09-14T08:00:00.000-07:002014-09-14T22:00:28.944-07:00Why I SpeakOn Sunday it *may* have been the last fast sunday in my current ward. Since mormon open mic day is one of the few ways my voice and testimony is heard, you may see my face up there about 50% of the time (this was the first time I was never asked to speak in a ward I lived in).
I bore my testimony about telling the story of how I hate scratching backs. It's just really annoying to me. But my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-14227114672609840662014-09-13T01:29:00.004-07:002014-10-19T17:08:46.568-07:00I'm tired, tooI feel like I'm just tired. I'm a little battered and bruised. No matter how much time I take off to recuperate from being on the front lines in mormon feminism (in my own way), I get bruised by misogynistic, sexist attitudes in american culture (FYI #Condi4Commish). So I come back to the mormon community, and no matter how much we try to share that we think modesty will sink deep into our Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-50367609320140912212014-08-31T22:58:00.000-07:002014-09-01T07:39:45.792-07:00Book Review: Women at Church by Neylan McBaine
Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women’s Local Impact by Neylan McBaine
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is not most mormon feminists' favorite book. You may think with how I've been promoting the things Neylan has been saying lately that she is my favorite person and that her views match mine. They don't. She may understand and empathize with my position, but she is decidedly traditional and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-10676962042583642862014-08-18T22:32:00.003-07:002014-08-20T11:31:02.215-07:00Beauty Redefine Your Life (or Mirror)I'm back :)
One morning as I was getting ready for church I was in front of my mirror doing my makeup and my daughter comes in and says, "Ugh, mom! You are already beautiful without all that stuff! You don't need to impress anyone!" This mofem mom was thoroughly rebuked, and it took a minute for me to recycle my thoughts and let her know that even though I know that, it's also Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-77770306820834215332014-07-10T20:08:00.000-07:002014-07-11T10:25:28.704-07:00Patheos' Religious Trends: Mormon Women (Highlights)Right now over a Patheos (a widely read website hosting conversations on all faiths) there is a series about Mormon women highlighting 10 different perspectives. I wanted to highlight some of these by sharing some quotes along with the links to click through to the direct articles.
Especially this one, for I have heard every single one of these statements in this first quote!
"..[Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-88804606119024256012014-07-08T21:29:00.001-07:002014-07-10T20:08:25.103-07:00We're #1! Guest Post
Hey everybody, I have a pretty lighthearted guest post up over at BCC
tonight.... It's time to brag on your ward, what makes it the BEST?
We're #1! We're #1!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-4370753771473145932014-07-07T14:20:00.000-07:002014-07-07T20:42:09.293-07:00Let It Go!Here we go: another Mormon Mommy blogger riffing on the movie Frozen. Where one Mormon blogger found the pernicious threat of Gayness to us all . . . I saw my own story, as I came out of the closet as a feminist.
It's been quite a year for me. Those who knew me before I moved to Virginia in 2011 have a hard time recognizing me now. My life (read: mostly work) experiences Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-30647810151139840432014-06-24T07:47:00.001-07:002014-06-24T08:05:56.472-07:00I Know The Gospel Is TrueThe 1984 Elder Poleman General Conference talk.
"I testify that God is our Father, the Jesus of Nazareth is the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh and that he is the Savior and Redeemer of all mankind and each of us. Through his atoning sacrifice, redemption and exaltation are offered as a free gift to all who will accept by faith, repentance and sacred covenants. May each of us Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-63878277381238069972014-06-21T10:20:00.000-07:002014-06-21T20:15:39.601-07:00An "Exclusive Interview" with Elder Zwick**This is not actually an interview with Elder Zwick, but these are his words from“What are you thinking?” his General Conference Address from April 2014.
KA: Elder Zwick, thank you so much for joining me today! As you can imagine there are many of us who have been wanting to hear directly from a Church leader regarding some of the recent goings on in Mormonism, specifically the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-73365837580565332312014-06-19T11:11:00.000-07:002014-06-19T11:11:51.306-07:00Thou Shalt Have No Creeds Before MeHat tip to Junior Ganymeade for finding this little gem I stumbled across today:
Though Riskas puts quotation marks around “an abomination before God” as
a Mormon attitude about all other faiths, he does not provide a source.
Joseph Smith famously did use a different phrase in the 1838 account of
his first vision. His actual statement is of a declaration that “all
their creeds were an Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-31300726385021445842014-06-12T10:55:00.000-07:002014-06-14T18:00:05.039-07:00Namaste
Yesterday . . . . yesterday I burst into tears several times. Sadness, hurt, loss. Because of this I felt a deep longing for peace. I have a friend in town and we did a yoga session at 10 pm last night. In
the middle of the corpse pose my mind cleared and I heard, "To find
peace, you must create peace."
I feel connections to both members under church court right nowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-54622019866392722002014-06-11T16:41:00.000-07:002014-06-11T18:58:53.733-07:00More LoveA little part of me died today. I think it was called hope. Hope that this faith community could widen the stakes of its tent and follow through with the words of Elder Uchtdorf, that "Regardless of your circumstances, your personal history, or the strength
of your testimony, there is room for you in this Church." That those with questions or doubts or unorthodox beliefs could Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-83445546871706633262014-06-06T15:29:00.002-07:002014-06-09T18:35:46.101-07:00A Reset Button
Do you guys remember back in 2009 when Hilary attempted to "Reset" relations with Russia by presenting this button (which was hilariously labeled with the word "overcharge" in Latin in error)?
In the same Spirit (without mistranslation) this is what I wish could happen, for feminists, non-feminists, anti-feminists (I'm looking at you M* and MWS), local leaders, general leaders, and every type Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-8422229049214679672014-06-04T19:18:00.002-07:002014-07-08T21:29:54.239-07:00Dear BishopMan I am on a roll this week with my second guest post:
Dear Bishop
I was invited to guest post at the Bloggernacle
Bohemoth, By Common Consent. Which is basically like Regina George
asking me to be a Plastic for the day. Hoping they let me wear pink on
Wednesday! Based on how this goes, they may let me sit with them againAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756682267741997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6658691710364159887.post-49251194105053544662014-06-02T17:05:00.000-07:002014-07-08T21:30:43.595-07:00Best Frenemies
I was invited to guest post at Wheat and Tares again. The link can be found here:
Best Frenemies
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