I’m a SAHM of four kids, and when I consider the practical requirements of my career options, it’s like I slam into a brick wall. But reading the book Career and Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Toward Equity by the Harvard economic historian Claudia Goldin totally shifted my mindset.
Have you ever worked so hard that your entire body ached and all you could think about was getting home to stretch out on your bed with your head cushioned by a clean, soft pillow? Rest is great!
Exponent II extends its deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Lavina Fielding Anderson, who passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Her spiritual autobiography, presented at the 1982 Exponent Day DInner, is shared here.
How does an independent woman fit in the church? Not very well, because our cultural and institutional structures are intentionally
But isn’t our model Jesus, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief? . . . Faith cannot eradicate our longing for those who die.
Today, it is 22 years since my father died. In a few days, I will be having major surgery. And
Imagine a sentence that starts, “As a disciple of Jesus Christ, every man in the Church is given the responsibility to…” and it’s easy to fill in the blank. But replace “man” with “woman,” and it’s suddenly much harder because there is no female analogue for male priesthood.
Today is Bastille Day, the national holiday of France. It commemorates what most historians see as the kick-off of the French
As I’ve grown spiritually, I’ve come to firmly believe that it’s okay to “fact-check” the spiritual “op-eds” in our life – yes, even scriptures, manuals, lessons, and General Conference.
I. The mountains were parched, their summer thirst unquenched by shallow stores of snowpack. The reservoirs were dangerously low. Each day, the sky (and my nose) filled with smoke that blew in from California forest fires, stubbornly coated the bowl of Utah Valley, and obscured the mountains behind my house. I griped on the way to work every day about my sinus infection caused by the smoke settling in my lungs. I couldn’t breathe. This is the perfect set-up for an apocalypse, I thought: smoke, sickness, increasing gas prices, widespread racism, unceasing global pandemic, approaching economic depression, dying rainforests, species extinction, […]
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.
