“Exercising Defiance”

I love running topless! And by topless I mean in just a sports bra. I crave the wind I feel on my stomach as I move freely through time and space. I experience my body as a powerful, capable entity as I run unencumbered by baggy workout gear. Running has always been a spiritual experience for me, and running in my sports bra makes it that much more pleasant. I wasn’t always comfortable running with so much of my body showing. After hearing about the sexual assault of a woman on the trails near my house, a female coach calmed my […]

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“Religious Freedom, Victim Narratives, and the Need for Spiritual Self-Determination”

“Our society has become so blinded by its quest to redress wrongful discrimination against one class of people that it is now in danger of creating another victimized class: people of faith, like you and me.” In the context of the current urgency of the Black Lives Matter movement, these words by Elder Rasband from 2015 can read as particularly jarring. They imply that social justice is in opposition to the cause of faith, and that the gains of one constitute the losses of another. The desire to cast oneself as the virtuous sufferer rather than the unrighteous oppressor is an […]

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“Dropping Stars”

Her lips hiss truth, not like a sword, like a serpent A still small voice as big as the sea Her hips carry suffering, not like a cross, like a cradle The infinite weight of the world bears She Her breasts nourish nations, not with meat, but with milk At our cry, raining down in a flood Her thighs part the shadows, not by force, but freewill Wisdom gained by experience and blood Her hair blankets brokenness, not a cast, but a quilt She wraps in consuming fire Her hands dropping stars, to come rescue and save, Lift her children […]

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“Teaching Anti-Racism” – an Interview with Alexandria Scott

Tell me about the process of creating Ditto Kids magazine. How did you come up with the idea? How long did it take you to create the first issue? How did you decide on content?I have three small children, and when my oldest was about three, I saw how easily and quickly kids begin to pick up on the biases and racial attitudes that they see around them. We were doing so much in our family to teach diversity and inclusion and kindness — but I quickly learned that isn’t enough. Kids need to learn history, true history; they need […]

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