What I Would Be If I Weren’t A Mormon
March 20, 2018[…] Mormon. I soon tangled myself up in questions about what it means to “be” anything: I “ am” a woman, a Mormon, an American, a docent at a public garden, a master gardener, a […]
[…] Mormon. I soon tangled myself up in questions about what it means to “be” anything: I “ am” a woman, a Mormon, an American, a docent at a public garden, a master gardener, a […]
[…] my five-year-old daughter Emily. She had been created by new genetic techniques developed by their powerful company and they insisted, “Her place will be great in the new world order.” Over the last few […]
[…] printed version or the PDFs provided online and on JSTOR. George Chauncey, Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate over Marriage Equality (New York: Basic Books, 2005). David Brooks, “The Power of Marriage,” New […]
[…] I looked at my watch. It was a little after one. Sandrine snuggled against me again. “I am going to transfer to the forestry program at the University of Washington,” I said. “Or maybe […]
[…] for a minute. He looked up at his friend, “It’s getting bad. I don’t know where I am sometimes. I’ll just sit still for awhile and it will usually come back, but it’s taking […]
[…] self-confessed weaknesses of multiple authors in the Book of Mormon, indicating that the text is not the literal word of God. He observes that it still has sacred truths to teach us including on racism.
[…] didn’t close it because that would have been rude, so she heard his muttered, “Thank you, ma’ am. Have a good one yourself !” and then heard him shamble down the steps. She watched […]
[…] sacrifice. From a bulletin given to choir members, in possession of author. T. Bowring Woodbury, New Era News: Mother Months, Feb. 27, 1961. Woodbury, New Era News, Feb. 27, 1961. “Mormon Women Fight Adversity […]
[…] home both unique and cliché: The passing train in the early morning hours that reminds me we live at a transportation crossroads, linking us to north and south, east and west, but only occasionally, […]
[…] racism and misogyny.” Similarly, in a July 1995 interview conducted by Mike Castro of the California-based McClatchy News Service, Cleaver made no mention of his Mormon affiliation, simply characterizing his “current religious views attuned […]