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August 2018

August 15, 2018

Sorry to Bother You: The (Human) Body as Technology

This review contains major spoilers for Boots Riley’s 2018 film Sorry to Bother You. It’s...

July 2017

July 03, 2017

A Letter for My Someday-Teenage Children

I write all of this to you, my kids-who-are-probably-too-young-to-make-it-through-this-entire-letter, to explain my commitment to Mormonism,...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

A Hillbilly, a Professor, and a Mormon Mayor Walk into a (Dry) Bar . . .

The experience Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams gained on his Mormon mission helped him...

October 2016

October 23, 2016

Not a Democracy, Not a Dictatorship: My Big Fat Mormon Family

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously suggested moving to New Zealand to avoid...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

Stop Praying for us, and Acknowledge That You Helped Create Omar Mateen

Let me give you a run down: 2015 was the deadliest year on record for...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

From Angst to Enlightenment: Reflections on Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool

Editor's Note: This review comes to us from guest contributor Brandon Habermeyer. You can read more of...

May 13, 2016

Trans Win: Federal Government to Sue North Carolina

The Department of Justice recently announced it will be suing North Carolina for House Bill...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Where Is Mormonism On Civil Rights?

This week I went to an anti-racism rally here in Lexington, Virginia in response to...

March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Weak Islamaphobia

In the aftermath of this morning's tragic terrorist attack in Brussels, each presidential candidate is...

March 11, 2016

Should We Be Worried About Donald Drumpf’s Mind Control Powers?

I'm starting to come up with new, helpful ways of framing the 2016 Executive Champion...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Who Will Get the Mormon Vote, Part 2

Editor's note: This post is an updated version of an earlier post, which can be...

February 17, 2016

How has Obamacare Helped Queer People?

The Affordable Care Act (ACA or colloquially termed ‘Obamacare’) has now defied the odds within...

February 17, 2016

What Is Morality in Mormonism?

Here in Utah, State Senator Mark Madsen is proposing a bill that would legalize medicinal...

February 15, 2016

Emergent Theology: Steven Peck’s “Evolving Faith”

Drawing dragons got me seriously thinking about evolution for the first time. My earlier attempts...

February 09, 2016

Drones and Realism in the Middle East

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) by the military, have become a contentious...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

In His Final Performance, David Bowie Embraced Death

I woke up earlier than usual this morning, only to find that David Bowie died last...

January 05, 2016

Mormon Church Responds to Bundy-led Oregon Occupation

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has now officially condemned the actions of...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Finding Hope From The Westboro Baptist Church

For years, the Westboro Baptist Church have been synonymous with bigotry. I learned this when...

November 19, 2015

See, Mormons and Muslims Really do Have Stuff in Common

While advocating for Donald Trump's insistence that Muslim's deserve less rights than other religious Americans, Katrina...

November 18, 2015

Star Wars Needs A Faith Crisis

I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but there’s a new Star Wars coming...

November 16, 2015

Polygamy and the New LDS Policy: Two Thoughts

Michael Many, including Elder Christofferson, have noted that the LDS Church’s new policy toward...

November 10, 2015

These Three Things Are True

Sharp divisions make it hard to pinpoint "how Mormons feel" about the policy barring children...

November 07, 2015

Why Didn’t We Do This By Common Consent?

Reactions to the recent church policy changes concerning the children of married homosexual couples (which...

November 07, 2015

These Arguments are Weak.

That “Insight into new LDS Church policies on same-sex couples and their children” post, written...

November 07, 2015

I Won’t Go to Church Unless Everyone is Welcome

There is a lot yet to be said about the Church's recent policy changes to...

November 06, 2015

How I choose to see the revisions

I write this as a heterosexual person, one who is not directly affected by the...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Is Brigham Young’s Hearse Residing in Disneyland?

I recently went to Disneyland for the first time since middle school, and in the...

October 26, 2015

From the Archives: Ghost Stories

Editors Note: Welcome to Halloween Week at Peculiar People! The following is a post from...

October 22, 2015

Did Back to the Future Really Predict 9/11?

I know we're a day late, because the future was yesterday, but I did just...

October 20, 2015

A Mormon Perspective on the New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Because the trailer for the new Star Wars movie has officially dropped, I thought I'd...