sunstone live blog: friday July 31, 2015
As a basic outline, most Sunstone panels start with a presentation by the speakers and then go into a question/answer segment. TW: Heavenly Mother, racism, sexism,…
sunstone live blog: thursday July 30, 2015
I will update this as I go to/ finish writing for sessions. TW: sexual assault, LGBTQ issues, church discipline, cultural alienation and abuse, polygamy, child molestation…
fantastically bad allies and where to find them
by Averyl Dietering Fantastically Bad Allies and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years’ travel and research. I look back across the years…
sandra bland, suicide, and failed systems
CW: mention of suicide, self-harm, trauma “Equality does not look like a historically empowered group setting the terms of liberation for a historically disempowered group.”…
happy third birthday, ymf
three years ago today, i hesitated to click that “publish” button. i had gotten some friends on board, purchased a domain, written an intro post- but…
“just pick one”: stories of a biracial girl (author q&a)
In this post, Young Mormon Feminist Tinesha Zandamela answers the most frequently asked questions concerning the publication of her book titled “Just Pick One”: Stories…
bearded women
A few weeks ago, performance artist Little Bear the Bearded Lady shared with the world that she no longer identifies as genderqueer, but as a cis…
modesty: a standard for all… women
by Averyl Dietering Satan’s minions are at it again, my dear brothers and sisters! Not only does Satan have people believing in phony New Age malarky…
the stories we do not tell
tw: anxiety, self-harm, cutting I was almost 15 when I started to cut myself. That July, a powerlessness I had felt for a long time became…
satan is my personal savior
Because he accepts me without conditions Because he said “send me, that one soul shall not be lost” Because he fought for all of God’s children…
why i’m against gay marriage
(and straight marriage for that matter)
the patriarchy needs to be “heckled”
by Averyl Dietering Just yesterday I was talking to a friend about how angry I am about how the Church ignores its members who cry out…
Young Mormon Feminists 