Musings of a May-December Hopeful Romantic
CW: Mothers favored in the LDS Church/Women’s worth tied in with child-bearing Last week, Russell M. Nelson became the new Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His wife, Dr. Wendy Watson Nelson is an accomplished writer and former...
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy
Review of “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, by Carol Lynn Pearson Dear Carol Lynn, I wanted to write and express my appreciation for your wonderful new book, “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy.” I read it this past weekend, which for me is fast. Once I started, I couldn’t...
A Feminist’s Defense of Polygamy
I am a Mormon feminist and I support polygamy. Before you get out your torches and pitchforks, hear me out. We may have more in common than you think. While I don’t recoil at having another spouse or my husband having another spouse, I do recoil at mandated polygamy...
Playing Defense
Despite warnings from other leaders that emotional sentimentalism “should never be leaned upon as a substitute for spirituality,” 1 Elder Holland used up a good couple of minutes of his April 2014 General Conference address to describe in detail how two sister...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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