mormon feminism: essential writings
I had my first feminist/existential/faith crisis at a very young age. I was maybe twelve and I’d gotten in trouble for doing less than my usual stellar…
camping in cultural medians/making room for paradoxes
“I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so there is room for paradoxes.” – Maxine Hong Kingston When you…
weird times at the stake dance
Tell us about your strangest/most interesting dance story in the comments! Puck Saint is an aspiring comic artist who divides her time between Minneapolis…
get real
trigger warning: sexual assault and suicide Sometimes I can wrap up ugly pieces of the world in pretty bows. I find my needed peace in my Savior, my…
elijah abel and the absence of black mormon history
[CW for discussion of racism, allusions to racially-fueled crimes] Sources & additional readings: BlackLDS.org Blog article Further discussion on lack of black history month celebration in…
the immodesty i can’t unsee
“Daily life shouldn’t be a fashion show all the time.” – Leighton Meester.
Oh, but it is.
A constant one. A relentless one.
new letter-writing campaign: letters to the brethren
A Mormon named Chris Wei is organizing a letter-writing campaign called “Letters to the Brethren,” encouraging anyone affected by the LDS faith—either active members, inactive members, or…
dear fellow LGBTQIA+ folk: #BlackLivesMatter is never an “interlude”
by Averyl Dietering We were all thrilled by the Super Bowl 50 half-time show last night. Okay, maybe we were just thrilled by Beyoncé and Bruno Mars…
we cheer! we lead! (for boys)
Before I get into this, we’ll all need to grant the premise that cheerleading is a valid and productive activity for girls with athletic skill. We…
regrets and resolutions
When a lot of us think about January and the New Year, immediately New Year’s resolutions come to mind; the most popular and cliche of which involve…
holy rites
Holy Rites is a zine written by Puck Saint.…
thoughts on MLK day and being anti-racist vs. non-racist
“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this…
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