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• Being Mormon, california, feminism

  Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up Mountain Dew

  02.12.13 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  The worst decision I ever made was not pursuing a profession. The best decision I ever made was marrying Tom. I decided I didn’t need a profession because my patriarchal blessing (and church culture) said so. I married Tom because everything in me just knew. I’ve been angry and sad a lot lately; angry with [...]

• Being Mormon, LDS Church, women

  Primary 5 Lesson 2, Feminist Edition

  01.09.13 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  My goal in teaching primary this year is to fulfill the purposes of the curriculum while including apropos discussions of women. This will be an interesting challenge as the book of scripture is modern, and so the lives of contemporary women should be much more accessible than the sometimes oblique mentions here and there in [...]

• Being Mormon, feminism, LDS Church, mothering daughters

  by name

  01.07.13 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Today in Primary the theme was “God is my Heavenly Father. He knows and loves me.” Evidence for this personal relationship and paternal love were three scriptures in which God (or Jesus) calls a person by name. Those people were Enos (Enos 1:5), Moses (Moses 1:6) and Joseph Smith (Joseph Smith–History 1:17). We were then asked, “If Heavenly Father [...]

• Being Mormon, feminism, LDS Church, mothering daughters

  Your contempt betrays you

  12.18.12 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  The pants thing is done and gone ad nauseum. In our house, too. But I have some thoughts. First of all, imagine this: A friend, a sister, comes to you and tells you that she is hurting and that she has found a way to feel less alone, to feel more understood, to stand up [...]

• Being Mormon, feminism, LDS Church, mothering daughters

  Because the Declaration of Independence . . .

  12.05.12 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  This afternoon Callie changed out of her uniform, unloaded the dishwasher, finished her math homework, wrote her testimony in her shiny new “Faith in God” booklet, passed off the first Article of Faith and nagged me to get her to Activity Days on time. Normally I send Avery and Callie off on the three-minute walk [...]

• Being Mormon, LDS Church

  How to Teach Primary, Feminist Edition

  11.18.12 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  How to Teach Primary Manual 4 Lesson 39, Feminist Edition Step One: Read the lesson and accompanying scripture references and wonder if the Nephites were an all-male society. Step Two: Pray about the purpose of the lesson and ponder if there are any scripture stories that include women and fulfill said purpose. Step Three: Realize [...]

• Being Mormon, LDS Church, motherhood, mothering daughters

  Living up to our privileges

  10.21.12 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  I went to the temple for the first time in a long time on Thursday, and while I felt half imposter-sinner and half conscientious-objector while I was convented there, there was a point where tears overtook me and I felt it was a direct answer to doubts I have been having recently. Doubts about whether [...]

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