Men are Scumbags – Women, Not So Much
Yesterday in Relief Society we had another you-women-are-so-awesome-do-not-be-hard-on-yourselves lesson, this one from the bishop. I wasn’t there, I just heard (positive, glowing) reports second hand....
View ArticlePriesthood: Privilege or Burden?
Today in testimony meeting our bishop opened the meeting by describing the baptism of his youngest daughter yesterday. He said, in part: It was an honor and a privilege to baptize my daughter...
View ArticlePortraits of Female Leaders (Finally) Approved
For the first time in forever…they were noticed by someone! (Feel free to sing along.) Today, Peggy Fletcher Stack reported that the LDS church has made a huge, bold move into the 20th century! They...
View ArticleCarl’s Jr.’s Sleaze Tithe – Sponsored by BYU Athletics
Today Paul Rolly of the Salt Lake Tribune wrote an article on the scuzzball advertising consuming Carl’s Jr. He quoted my post from last month, Sleazevertising: An Open Letter to the BYU Athletic...
View ArticleGeneral Women’s Session of General Conference – It’s Official
Silliness has reigned for years. The General Relief Society Meeting and the General Young Women Meeting were considered far off appendages, only remotely related to General Conference. They were always...
View ArticleWhy I Love “Dove Real Beauty Sketches”– and Also Hate It
Samson and Caleb and I had a discussion about civil rights on Tuesday. We watched Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and — to kick it up a notch — finished up with the Common/Will.i.am...
View ArticleWomen at Church: Translating Gendered Doctrine
It’s Not About That Bass This isn’t the post I intended to write this weekend. But something happened that pushed it forward. The discussion on my recent post Mother: Where Art Thou? took an...
View ArticleBYU Football: No More Carl’s Jr.
Last year I wrote an open letter to BYU athletics about their affiliation with the slimy Carl’s Jr. franchise. Later I wrote a followup noting that, all claims to the contrary, some local franchise...
View ArticleTwo Tiny Gender Changes You Might Not Have Noticed at the March-April 2018...
Large institutions move slowly. Sometimes painfully slowly. When your own impressions of the need for change occurred decades before you saw an evidence of movement—and you’re afraid you will literally...
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