the gift of whiteness
Guest post by Mat Sillito I am a child of immigrants. Both of my parents emigrated, legally, to the U.S., my father from Canada and my…
general conference sisters
Guest post by Emily Geddes and Lauren Ard, who have created an awesome new resource called General Conference Sisters. Crossposted with Feminist Mormon Housewives. What…
looking at the sonny side
There’s nothing quite like the bond between siblings. Something about springing forth from the same womb space really must be a unifying factor. Although as a…
women can be elders, too
Guest post by Michael Adam Ferguson: Michael is a post-doctoral research fellow at Cornell University’s Human Neuroscience Institute. He and his husband, J Seth Anderson, were…
priesthood executive council and the benevolent patriarchy
Being a feminist makes every day an emotional roller coaster. Little victories are consistently overshadowed by enduring patriarchy and sexism (and racism and homophobia). One of…
rape culture, feminism, and byu
TW: mention of rape, sexual harassment/assault guest post by Ana [Re-posted with permission. Original post can be found on Ana’s blog.] How I…
dear elder rasband: on religious freedom, sexual orientation, and false analogies
by Averyl Dietering Dear Elder Rasband, Today you gave a BYU Devotional about religious freedom, in which you compared the hypothetical experiences of Ethan, a man…
amidst ashes: surviving suicide
In recognition of September being National Suicide Prevention Month Last year I got this close to killing myself, but I survived. It hurts to talk, to…
queer mormon kid: my ymf intro
I’m glad to be here and I look forward to contributing regularly! My pen name is Puck Saint and you can find more of my work on…
drag: a trans feminist perspective
Jesus Genderfucking Christ, so many things I can say about drag being both trans empowering and transmisogynistic/cissexist. Usually, when folks are praising drag, I try to…
the incredible importance of critical thinking
I was in my freshman year of university, sitting in an entry level sociology course. My professor was a tiny Hobbit of a man, with a…
catcalling (in provo)
TW: mention of traumatic experiences involving harassment. Catcalling is a serious universal problem. As noted in this picture: Not that kind of catcalling. This kind:…
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