Part 1: Meet Mateo Rueda, Recently Fired Art Teacher (The Racism 101 Podcast; episode 25; 198)
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhy has the White media sensationalized the story of an elementary art school teacher from Logan, Utah? What was it like growing up in Bogota, Colombia? What brought Mateo Rueda to Utah? Why did...
Defining Pornography
A recent study from BYU highlighted the effects of pornography on religious persons. While there was much discussion on social media, the conversations were less than fruitful when arguments hinged on the definition of pornography. I’m highly skeptical of absolute...
MY REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTARY, “HOT GIRLS WANTED”
Content warning: This blog post explicitly discusses the porn industry and sexual acts. No euphemisms are used. For quite some time I’ve been observing discussions amongst the Rational Faiths permabloggers regarding the LDS Church’s approach to...
Of Prophets and Porn
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled this week that gay marriage is now legal in all 50 states. You would have had to have been living under said rock for a very, very long time to be unaware of what...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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