#hearLDSwomen: Only Men’s Voices Are Valued in My Ward’s Sacrament Meeting
I was scheduled to speak first in Sacrament Meeting but realized right before the meeting started that I had left my talk on the kitchen
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I was scheduled to speak first in Sacrament Meeting but realized right before the meeting started that I had left my talk on the kitchen
I first moved into the Oakland First ward eight and a half years ago. My first impression was that it was pretty white for a
by Anonymous When I was 16 years-old my sexually abusive father left our family. This was a good thing, obviously. However, at the time, he
An early version of this talk was given as part of a panel: Staying, Caring and Hoping at the 25th Anniversary Counterpoint Conference on October
By Sarah Pulliam Thwack! “You stupid woman. Why didn’t you just obey me in the first place. This always happens, you don’t listen and stuff
Gaslighting, whether done intentionally or not, is abusive. It is any behavior that sends a message to another person that might cause them to
I give answers in Sunday school, and the teacher says “Okay… Next comment?” And a man paraphrases my answer as his own and gets lauded
by Blaire Ostler You might find yourself scoffing at the title of this post, but hear me out. For me, obedience in my religion is
A few months into my mission, my companion and I requested to visit a popular tourist site that missionaries sometimes visited on preparation day. It
A pedestal is a small stand to mount something on. It is a base for something decorative such as a statue, vase, or column. Figuratively,
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