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#hearLDSwomen: My Leaders Assume My Husband Is My Superior and Permission-Giver
The stake clerk emailed my husband to ask him to attend a meeting with the stake president and to “bring your wife.” When we got
Exponent II Blog is a feminist forum for women and gender minorities across the Mormon spectrum.
The stake clerk emailed my husband to ask him to attend a meeting with the stake president and to “bring your wife.” When we got
by Sara Katherine Staheli Hanks This post is offered in conjunction with a new online course for post-Mormon womxn*. You can learn more here. I’ve
By Marcela I recently experienced an epiphany moment in my life. But let me start a couple of days before this event. I was grabbing
by Vandalia Empty chairs. Heaven will be full of empty chairs. All that loneliness, just waiting for us beyond the veil. Well, no. Not us,
By Jody England Hansen My life as a Mormon does not include a fear of Sad Heaven. It does include hearing from many who
Baring Witness: 36 Mormon Women Talk Candidly about Love, Sex, and Marriage is a collection of personal essays that you’d never hear at a sacrament
In November 2015, the church issued an exclusion policy regarding LGBTQ+ families and their children. You may remember the perspectives of queer women, women in
I was interviewing for TSA precheck status. Sitting on a folding chair in the airport at 8:00 am in the morning, I was feeling proud
I wasn’t raised in the church, and though I’ve been a member for nearly 25 years, I still feel on occasion like I’m an immigrant
March 2019 One of the things I struggle with the most in our faith is the emphasis and value that is placed on external labels
Exponent II provides feminist forums for women and gender minorities across the Mormon spectrum to share their diverse life experiences in an atmosphere of trust and acceptance. Through these exchanges, we strive to create a community to better understand and support each other.