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December 2018

December 09, 2018

When the LDS Church Disciplines a Woman

Whatever you may think about the soteriology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Dear First Presidency: We are not your flavours

Dear First Presidency, I refer you to just one of the many conclusions...

December 2017

December 16, 2017

Cheating LDS Young Women – Again

When I was a Laurels' class president I was invited to a conversation with the...

October 2017

October 19, 2017

Leaving the Church to Lead the Nation

For the last month, New Zealand has been in the grim, dim shadow space between...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

How I Failed My Mormon Sabbatical

At the end of last year I tearfully thrust my Temple Recommend into my Bishop’s...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

The Next Women in Jesus’ Life

In the summer of my 12th year my woman’s body began to take shape. In...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

50 Shades of Grey: Mormonism’s Accidental Allegory

The truth is we can thank the Mormons for 50 Shades of Grey. Stephanie...

May 2015

May 09, 2015

Freedom for all, except people who disagree with me

This guest post is by Nicola Ward Petty, a convert from Catholicism, a returned missionary...

April 2015

April 18, 2015

Mormon Internet Trolls, Cyberbullies and Doxing

I've been in the blogging game for three years now. I'm used to trolls and...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

Anguished Musings on a Frayed Testimony

What is the Atonement? I asked my elder foster brother Jeff. I was 16. During...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

On Despising Mormon Polygamy

This is my response to the Plural Marriage in Kirkland and Nauvoo essay posted last week to...

July 2014

July 20, 2014

A Conversation with Kate Kelly: Feminist and Optimist

Kate Kelly, a recently excommunicated Mormon feminist, is the founder of Ordain Women. Though she...

July 08, 2014

Saving Zion from America: Theorizing in the aftermath

I've been thinking about Zion. I am one of a few fortunate Mormon feminists,...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Burying Shirley, Unexcommunicating Kate

My mother-in-law, Shirley, died a week ago. At the same time as we have been...

June 12, 2014

Paying the Price For Patriarchy

Firstly to my sisters, and brother allies in arms; You have not wept, cried nor...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

Speaking Confidently of Motherhood Memes

This week some geniuses from the LDS.org meme department published advice to women about how...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Reflections after Temple Square: Furious musings from the periphery

Two nights ago there was a men’s dinner at our home. It was Nathan’s birthday...

April 02, 2014

I was at the Ordain Woman action but…

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends....

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Becoming Like Goddess

The latest Gospel Topics statement ‘Becoming Like God’ is a wonderful affirmation of one of...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

On being ‘that girl’ no longer

I used to be that girl. Devout, unquestioning, orthodox, loyal, safe. But I’m not now,...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

The Sacred Mormon Schvantz

I've been thoughtful recently about the cultural privileges that my husband has as a Mormon...

October 2012

October 07, 2012

A New Dawn for Young Women: Its about time!

I woke up this morning to the announcement that the age of missionary service has...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Talking Kiwi Mormonism with TV3

In anticipation of a television interview I gave for TV3's "The Nation" (airing this weekend), I prepared...

April 2012

April 22, 2012

The Secret Life of Mormon Polygamy

Although controversial, in LDS circles there have been a few Mormon women I know who...

April 11, 2012

On coming home to my Mormon husband

In recent times I’ve usually been able to head overseas for work/research at least twice...

April 01, 2012

Why Jesus wants Mormon women to play rugby

I'm just a New Zealander. I'm a South Seas outlier looking on at my big...

March 2012

March 11, 2012

The kind of Mormon I want my children to be

I love LDS teens and young adults. These days, around here at least, they seem...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

Actually, I’d like to talk to Heavenly Mother if that’s OK?

The noise began this morning at about 7am. I was already awake, reading the internet...

January 19, 2012

Adultery: Mormon Style

I'm entitled to talk about adultery. H1 found himself an adoring Other in his Bishop's...

January 17, 2012

Being a Kiwi Mormon Girl

As a teenager, my sister and brothers and I would sometimes read out excerpts from'Fascinating...