Abby Maxwell Hansen
Does Our Patriarchal LDS Church Make Men the Absolute Best, or the Absolute Worst? (Or Some of Each?)
Years ago, I read a book about two American women who were kidnapped in Afghanistan. Despite struggling to escape, passerby just turned their heads...
Let’s Talk Polygamy and Sex
I (like probably anyone who's ever spent time with this topic) have thought many times over the years about how sex works in a...
These Guys Are Just Men
In 2004, I lived in South Carolina for a few months while my military husband attended training at Fort Jackson. I'd just graduated from...
It’s Okay To Not Love the Temple
I went through the temple 20 years ago this coming December, right before getting married. I was a BYU student before the era of...
My Experience Lighting Up BYU’s Y in Rainbow Colors
When I was a child, I was a rule follower. In first grade, our desks were arranged in groups of five, and we were...
Heavenly Mother and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Temple Open House
In 2015 I went to the new Payson, Utah Temple open house on a complete whim one day. My husband was deployed to the...
Men, Women, Wars and Fighting in Ukraine
There's a popular idea (in some circles) regarding women and war that's resurfacing due to the conflict in Ukraine. It's the idea that women...
Women and the Priesthood is a Joke
Brad Wilcox’s now infamous Alpine, Utah fireside took the internet by storm two weeks ago, and I wrote my thoughts regarding his take on...