this is not for you
On Saturday, I walked with Ordain Women supporters to Temple Square. I had already been told, “This is not for you.” I had been told this…
embracing our paradoxes: a review of eric samuelsen’s “3”
Today I had the opportunity to attend the dress rehearsal of Eric Samuelsen’s “3,” a play in -you guessed it- three parts that depicts Mormon women…
announcing the YMF scholarship contest!!!!!!!!!
We are pleased to announce a new Young Mormon Feminists “YOLO” Scholarship Contest! This contest, which we hope to make an annual tradition in the YMF…
place me behind prison walls
“Looking at Lehi’s dream, I feel like BYU’s honor code office handcuffs you to the iron rod and then says, “No, you have agency, you can…
book review: letters to a young mormon, by adam miller
I recently read Adam Miller’s new book, Letters to a Young Mormon, published by the Maxwell Institute at BYU. Here is my review of it. I…
hear us the first time
I’m taking a course called LDS Marriage and Family (marriage prep class) in this, my last full semester at BYU. It’s mostly that I have to…
a year in review! RIP YMF 2013-2013
2013 was a great year for YMF. We gained more authors and readers, had a post that went viral overnight (setting the record for most views…
learning about priorities
This is from page 100 of Sheri Dew’s book, Women and Priesthood: What One Woman Believes. What about “Motherhood…is the highest, holiest service to be assumed…
pulling open drapes
Last weekend, I attended Counterpoint 2013, a Mormon feminist conference hosted by the Mormon Women’s Forum. I’m sure others have and will continue to post about…
what matters most: personhood, motherhood, and ambition outside the home
You are an individual that makes choices and perhaps one day you will make a choice to become one flesh with another human, and perhaps together…
just be there
About two weeks ago in my physical science 100 class, my TA made an offhand comment during his lab. While explaining how like forces repel and…
shaken quiet dignity
Saturday night, myself and about 150 other Mormons (and over a hundred more whose names were carried on cards by proxies) individually requested entrance to the…
