Kate Kelly Archive

  • There is hope smiling brightly before us

    In September 1993, I was a 20 year old, already-married (gasp!) undergrad at BYU.   I watched the September Six play out with some combination of fear, horror, confusion, befuddlement, and disgust.     And then I silenced myself.  I retreated into a safe corner, […]

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  • Equality is not a Feeling, 5.0

    –From Laura C. This week’s “Equality is not a Feeling” post is an illustration of the people needed–according to the Church Handbook of Instructions (Volume 1, Section 9)–in order to establish official church units (e.g., branches, wards, stakes). So, I know this might not really […]

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  • Equality is not a Feeling, 4.0

    Another illustration of a way to measure (in)equality in the Mormon church (for other measurements, see here, here, and here).   Today we’re looking at male-female faculty representation in higher education in general (degree-granting institutions, in the U.S.) versus male-female faculty representation at BYU.   […]

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  • Equality is Not a Feeling, 2.0

    I have “equality” on the brain these days. What does it mean?   What does it look like?   How do you know when you have it and, more importantly, how do you know when you don’t?   As Kate Kelly mentioned a couple weeks […]

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