A Father’s Day Plea
There are many reasons why motherhood rhetoric is harmful for women. It doesn’t matter how you dress up this mold, many of us simply do not fit into it. But that’s not my point today; what I want to focus on now is how harmful motherhood rhetoric is for men. I’m...
Two Boys the Boy Scouts Failed
I feel the need to make the disclaimer that this is obviously the personal experience of the author and reflects my solitary opinion. At 13 I was gagged and hog tied in the girls bathroom of the chapel. My ankles and wrists were tightly bound together behind my back...
Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant: The Legacy Of The Priesthood-Temple Ban
This month marks the 36th anniversary of the lifting of the Priesthood-Temple Ban and in this, I wanted to revisit an anonymous informal survey that I sent out last year to women of black African descent who identify as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Unattainable Male Standard of Beauty- A Conversation With My Daughter
I overheard my oldest daughter Sammie the other day say she wanted fake eyelashes. She’s only 15. What follows is my best recollection of the conversation that followed. Some of what I said I wish I could change. There are a few statements I wish were more...
Avoiding Zion – Milgram part two
(here are part 1 and part 3) Last post I discussed what we can learn from the Milgram experiments about obedience and authority, specifically about how authority can affect our moral decision making. I’m going to briefly summarize the experiment again, focusing...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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