Blog Tag: Claudia Bushman
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Guest Post: Tell Your Story: Religion and Gender in America
Guest Post by Kate Davis. Kate Davis is a PhD Candidate at Claremont Graduate University. Her research looks at new religious spaces and communities through the lens of feminist theory, with a focus on religions of North America. She currently lives in Ohio with her husband and three cats, where she teaches at several institutions.
I didn’t go to grad school intending to do Mormon Studies. As I think is true for most of us, I could not have predicted the path my grad studies would take. I have pursued an interdisciplinary field of study because I am fascinated by...
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Mormon Feminism in 1977 and Today
This week marks the 40th anniversary the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, a culmination of the International Women's Year (IWY) celebrations in the 1970s. I recently went to Houston for the 40th anniversary celebration of this historic event and delivered this speech about how Mormons reacted to IWY back then and what Mormon feminism is like today.
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Mormon Feminism in the 1970s
International Women’s Year in 1975 and the National Women’s Conference in 1977 took place at a pivotal time for Mormon women. In the 1970s, Mormon women began new feminist organizations and...
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Creating Something Out of Nothing
This post comes to us from Exponent II Founding Mother, Claudia Bushman.
It’s all about connection and working together. It’s all about having lots of people looking to see where they can fit in and help move the thing along. It’s all about creating something out of nothing, one of my favorite goals. It’s all about imagining some kind of beautiful floating dream and then working to establish ladders that hang down and eventually make connections with solid earth, and establish the dream as a reality. These are some of the ways that I think about the whole Exponent...
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Not asking Permission: Reflections on the 40th Anniversary Exponent II Issue
"What I say is that women should not ask permission, they should just act." -- Claudia Bushman in the upcoming anniversary Exponent II magazine
I love this idea that Claudia Bushman articulates in her article in the coming 40th anniversary issue of Exponent II. In one of the very first conferences I participated in with Claudia Bushman seven years ago, she hosted a discussion about women in the church. One of the points she made at that conference was similar -- that women should come up with ideas and carry them out, working outside of church-sponsored forums. Think that the...
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Exponent II: A Journey of Discovery
Exciting news! The double issue for Fall 2014 and Winter 2015 is in production and will be mailed on April 30th. You don’t want to miss this 68-page celebration of Exponent II’s 40 years in publication with writings from so many beloved Mormon feminists like Gina Colvin and Lavina Fielding Anderson (not to mention the ones listed on the cover)!
Our Letter from the Editor comes from former assistant editor and Exponent permablogger, Heather Sundahl. Heather is entering her 20th year of Exponent II involvement, and there's no one better to introduce this issue, the last piece of our 40th...
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Guest Post: The Future of Mormon Feminism
by Aimee Hickman
This past Saturday night, I was delighted to speak alongside one of my idols, Claudia Bushman, at the Exponent II 40th Anniversary Speakers Series outside of Washington, DC. I was asked to speak on the future of Mormon feminism and what follows is an abbreviated version of my remarks. I would be very glad to hear from Exponent readers about what the future of Mormon feminism looks like to you. I hope you’ll leave a comment below.
In the Winter 2014 issue of Exponent II, Helen Claire Sievers contributed an essay titled “What Mormon Women Have Lost in...
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Book Review: Mormon Women Have Their Say
It took me a long time to read this book, 1) because I actually read it one and a half times, and 2) because I read it almost entirely out loud. The first "half time" came on a long, long road trip across the United States, and was enough for me to know that I wanted every member to read it. The reason was both simple and personal: reading Mormon women's experiences in their words facilitated the most amiable discussion on Mormon feminism that my traveling companion and I had ever had. He heard the women's pain and joy, and...
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Notes From NYC: Claudia Bushman On Recording Stories
My Relief Society does something remarkable, that makes me rejoice about what Relief Society can be. We call it our Women of Faith Lecture Series. Every month or so, a different sister tells us her story of faith–which is just as often her story of doubt, and trials, and questions–and then the floor is opened for a very rich and intimate Q&A. I have experienced nothing else like it in Mormonism.
The first one I attended was by "East River Lady." She spoke about some of the things she wrote about here. It was powerful. The second I attended was...
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Birth/Rebirth: Mother and Model, The Birth of The Exponent II by...
Sherrie (Spunky) invited me to write a blog about motherhood and birthing for her series. When I asked what she had in mind, she suggested something about the birth of Exponent II, the remarkable journal now celebrating its fortieth anniversary.
People over the years have asked why our little coven of LDS feminists in Boston was invited to edit a volume of Dialogue and why we felt called, worthy, able to write a book and begin a newspaper. Surely we must have had some secret license, some mystical call. Otherwise, how did we have the nerve to...
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“Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices: Agency in the Lives of Mormon Women”...
Please join us for Claudia Bushman's CGU women's conference on Febrary 5 from 10am to 4pm. Aileen Clyde, former 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, and her granddaughter Emily Clyde Curtis, co-editor of the Exponent II magazine (and blogger at The Exponent) will be our keynote speakers.
Other speakers include feminist Mormon theologians who will speak about agency and subjectivity in women's lives as well scholars who will examine themes and insights found in CGU's Mormon Women Oral History Project.
Conference is free and open to the public and if you register by January 23, a free catered lunch...
What is Exponent II?
Exponent II provides Mormon 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.
Exponent II was founded in 1974 by a group of Mormon women in Cambridge, Massachusetts. These women were inspired by the original periodical, “The Woman’s Exponent,” to create a forum “posed on the dual platforms of Mormonism and Feminism.”
For 50+ years, Exponent II has shared women’s voices in its quarterly magazine, and members of the community have convened at an annual retreat. Our reach has expanded as technology has advanced: the blog, founded in January 2006, has reached millions. As we look to the future, we are focused on growth and building a more inclusive community.
