Exponent II Blog Home

The Exponent II Blog features posts relating to Mormon feminism. We welcome posts by diverse voices. Submit a guest post to join the conversation.

newest blog post

this month's hottest posts

recent blog posts

Can you imagine the impact men can make for women if a significant group of them took a stand in regards to women’s equality in the church?
Blogger April Young-Bennett writes, "When I was a missionary, I watched General Conference at a church with other missionaries, most of whom were male, and was shocked to realize that male missionaries saw the very scarce women's talks as bathroom breaks."
If women and men should be paid equally, why does the data prove otherwise?
I thirst and hunger for Something else, for Someone else. My Heavenly Mother? And so I pause. I meditate. I wonder what it means to also be connected to a Divine being that is female.
I’d guess that most people would say their Elder’s Quorum and Relief Society discussions are about general conference talks. However, that’s not what the handbook says the discussion should focus on. Section 9.2.1.2 says “The focus [of gospel instruction and discussion] should be on topics in one or more talks from the most recent general conference”
I thought about the lines from the opening song. "Welcome, Welcome, Sabbath Morning" That's the last thing I felt. "Now we rest from every care" I don't think so. My cares were mounting and this is the place that was giving them rise.
Feminism in Politics: in an interview, Utah State Representative Marsha Judkins reveals why she became a legislator, what she's learned, and how identifying as a feminist has affected her experience in politics.
Top male church leaders frequently assure Latter-day Saint women we are loved and respected by the men in our church. But is simply saying that enough, if women are never given a permanent seat at the table with them? This is called benevolent sexism, and both men and women in the church have been socialized to believe that it is the highest form of honor a woman could ask for - but it's not. 
Reading Fifty Years of Exponent II, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be in a state of wonderment. You. Will. Feel. Rich and Sundahl give a very approachable yet detailed history of how the women in Boston started the then-newspaper and its subsequent successes and challenges to the present day. The book includes a compilation of 103 newspaper, magazine, or blog entries paired with introductions from each editor’s era.
Blogger Heidi Toth was prepared for some light TV and maybe heavy conversations when she sat down with friends to watch "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives." She wasn't prepared for how undercurrents of the show reflected her own deconstructing experience back to her.