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I'm wondering if there might be a different, less restrictive attitude with Canadian Mormons than with American Mormons. Might be. When we were planning to get married, we were advised that the ring ceremony should be modest so as not to overshadow the sealing, which was the "real wedding,&quo...

I'm chuckling, because all of the Mormons I know who have dutifully answered Bednar's call are people who have always been "out and proud" about their church membership. They were already inviting everyone to listen to conference online before Bednar even got to the pulpit. They're not tel...

You have completely and totally missed the point illustrated by the analogy. The point of the analogy is that feminism has a complicated web of ideas that justifies claims a layman might not understand. People who fail to grasp them do so because they lack the necessary educational background to do...

And this: Educate Yourself Hmmm. I disagree with a lot there. For what you pulled out, I'm not comfortable analogizing feminist theory to mid-tier mathematics here. I think consensus ideas in mathematics are on firmer ground and the field is more generally credible. Feminism/woman's studies has its...

If you are in a group that has the structural advantage of wages, safety, health and education – when you’ve basically already won the life lottery just by showing up – it is your responsibility to educate yourself. And really, don’t tell women to be nice. We’re angry. We have every reason to be. F...

Mansplaining. Bingo. And this: Educate Yourself Which offers this relevant analogy: It’s as if you have walked into a postgraduate mathematics seminar, yelling: “Hey, how can you even use imaginary numbers anyway if they’re not real?” When someone rather distractedly points you to a first-year text...

From RfM : m A friend sent me the following: --------- Years ago I joined a very exclusive and expensive club. The annual dues and occasional assessments are huge, but I can afford the expense by cutting back on other things. I joined for the social experience, the many contacts, the activities for...

The district has been criticized locally and nationally since as many as 40 Uintah Elementary students had their lunches taken and thrown away last month because their parents were behind on payments. The kids were given fruit and milk instead. m Some of my non-Mormon friends posted this on Faceboo...

I also question myself regarding how blameless I am in my representation of these doctrines as definitive? Was I complicit in telling stories I suspected were problematic? Could I have made an effort to be more informed? Could I have asked more questions, been more thoughtful, mindful? How did I ge...

Ugh. This brings back memories. When I was twenty, nearly twenty-one, and living in Utah, I received a blessing from a bishop, in which I was directly counseled to get to the temple to receive the endowment. That bishop was released the next weekend, and I made an appointment with the new bishop to ...