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- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
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- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
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ordain women Archive
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There is hope smiling brightly before us
Posted on June 11, 2014 | 12 CommentsIn 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, […] -
Unafraid to Ask: Jane Elizabeth Manning James and Ordain Women
Posted on May 30, 2014 | 12 CommentsThere is no more sympathetic figure in Mormon history than Jane Elizabeth Manning James, African-American Mormon pioneer, beloved member of the Joseph and Emma Smith household, and patient, yet relentless, petitioner for LDS temple blessings that remained withheld from her because of her race. Like […] -
Paying it Forward
Posted on March 9, 2014 | 2 Commentsby Gabrielle Crowley Like many Americans, the day-to-day grind has taken a financial toll on our household. We have had to tighten our belts and cut back on non-necessities to help make ends meet. One of those necessities was being able to fly out and […] -
Boys, Safety Patrol and the Priesthood
Posted on November 21, 2013 | 43 CommentsA couple weeks ago, four out of five of us slept through our alarms. I rushed into Stuart’s room to see how he wanted to proceed. Because Stuart gets super anxious when our routine is disrupted or altered, I was going to let […] -
Equality is not a Feeling, 5.0
Posted on November 6, 2013 | 29 Comments–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 […] -
Equality is not a Feeling, 4.0
Posted on October 30, 2013 | 12 CommentsAnother 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. […] -
Ride to Priesthood Session with Ordain Women
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 4 CommentsA couple weeks ago, I flew to Salt Lake City to attend the all-male priesthood session of the General Conference of my church. For the record, plenty of Mormons fly to SLC to attend General Conference. It’s kind of like taking a hajj […] -
LDS Men, Please Consider This
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 37 Comments"The end goal is the diffusion of any and all anger, frustration, judgement, or ill will toward the women who seem to be genuinely struggling with, or wounded by, this topic. The goal is to engender understanding, compassion, and love for our fellow sisters (and brothers) who are, like all of us, doing our very best to prayerfully follow our conscience--and ultimately our Savior." -
Equality is not a Feeling, 3.0
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 10 CommentsHere’s another installment in my series, Equality is not a Feeling–in which I am trying to illustrate, visually, numerous ways in which (in)equality in the Mormon church can be measured. This one is similar to the first one (Equality is not a Feeling 1.0), […] -
Eshet Chayil
Posted on October 22, 2013 | 3 CommentsEarlier this year, I read Rachel Held Evans’s book A Year of Biblical Womanhood and hosted a Mormon Stories Book Club podcast with Rachel, who is fabulous. Rachel is an evangelical Christian blogger, author, and speaker whose expansive and inclusive worldview I appreciate immensely–especially […] -
An Economic Perspective on Female Ordination
Posted on October 21, 2013 | 7 CommentsToday’s guest post is by S. Mark Barnes, an attorney and a university law and economics instructor. He served a mission in Fukuoka, Japan. He comes from Mormon feminist stock, and is a committed supporter of Ordain Women. He has a profile on Ordain Women. […] -
Equality is Not a Feeling, 2.0
Posted on October 19, 2013 | 34 CommentsI 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 […] -
Equality is not a Feeling
Posted on October 16, 2013 | 40 CommentsTwo-part proclamation from me: 1. I don’t know what I think about God these days, but this much I know: God is not the author of inequality. I don’t care who claims otherwise. I’m not buying what you’re selling. 2. […] -
Not the Same Mormons
Posted on October 8, 2013 | 18 Comments"When I was a kid I loved to read fiction and non-fiction books about the Old West. There was always a colorful blend of characters: cowboys and Indians, mountain men and pioneers, gunslingers and prospectors, Anglos, French, and Mexicans. One character type that occasionally appeared was "the Mormons." These were an angry mob of bandits led by their mustachioed outlaw leader, "Joe Smith," who went around robbing and harassing everyone else. I was and always have been LDS, but I didn't recognize anything of myself, my fellow ward members, or the teachings of the Church in these Mormons that I read about. In fact, I didn't even realize until years later that the authors were even attempting to depict members of the LDS faith in their books. I just assumed that there was another, unrelated group out there also known as the Mormons." -
Smog-Breathers
Posted on October 1, 2013 | 4 CommentsI just read an amazing book called “Multiplication is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children by Lisa Delpit,an insightful writer whose work I have admired for the last ten years, which is about when I was first exposed to her. I […] -
Ordain Mormon Women
Posted on October 1, 2013 | 5 CommentsDoves and Serpents just received word that the fantabulous Cate has penned a song for the women (and men) of Ordain Women, who plan to stand in line this Saturday, October 5, in order to get into the priesthood session of General Conference. If […] -
Women and the Priesthood: It’s Complicated
Posted on September 24, 2013 | 92 CommentsOnce you become aware of the problem, you see it everywhere. It's cultural. It's systemic. It's grounded firmly in biases, faulty assumptions, and, fundamentally, in a lack of imagination. -
Ride to the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Posted on September 15, 2013 | 7 CommentsGrowing up, I only learned the “standard” stuff about the Civil Rights movement. Pretty much just what was in my Texas-state-adopted-history textbooks, which means that I missed a lot. It wasn’t until I began working on my Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, in […] -
Letter to A Bishop: Can I be a witness at my daughter’s baptism?
Posted on September 10, 2013 | 19 Comments"In preparation for my daughter's upcoming baptism, I was asked to organize and make the necessary assignments regarding who would do what for the program. Among the assignments was that of who would be witnesses to her baptism. I am writing this letter with two questions in mind: First, would it be possible for me to be a witness at my daughter's baptism? And second, if not, do you know why this assignment is reserved only for priesthood holding men?" -
My response to a Letter of Kindly-Intended Correction Regarding My Pro-Female Ordination Stance
Posted on September 9, 2013 | 72 CommentsBy Spunky On October 5th, there are a group of Mormon women who will go to the Priesthood Session of General Conference and request entry. The action is meant to draw attention to the inequality of a male-only presiding priesthood, and draw attention to the […] -
Redeeming Asherah
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 8 CommentsBy Michelle Wiener (aka, Michelle Mormon) Today at work, the question of God’s gender came up, and I replied that I believed God has both a male and female persona. My colleague proceeded to ask me what the female persona’s name was. I replied, “I […]