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“A wickedness presses / in my breast. I cannot / pluck it out. It is a rolled up / Torah scroll I cannot read.”
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I’m terrified of this new dating scene because everyone is filled with experience and knowledge that I lack.
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We have two children together, ages 4 and 7, and they spend most of their time with me. Except for when I was attending the singles ward.
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This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl.
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“It’s weird how we erode. / In the valleys, shed pieces of me / fell from busy fingertips and mingled / with cracker crumbs, bacon bits, / stranded grains of...
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Today’s guest post comes to us from Michelle and Cami, who recently launched Soul to Soul Foundation, an organization committed to assisting people suffering directly and indirectly from mental illness....
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“She called me at 11:00 on / Saturday night and asked if / I could have sex with her.”
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Around that time, I also got it into my head that I would like to be President of the United States when I grew up. I sent multiple letters to...
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Since I had no idea what she was talking about, I assumed her question had to do with fine-tuning the performance of our new house cleaning service by paying for...
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How old were you when you last felt completely like yourself without checking in with the rest of the world to see if you were “acceptable”?
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Angela Felsted is a musician, poet, and nature lover. Her work has appeared in issue fifteen of Drown in Your Own Fears, in Chantarelle’s Notebook, and on her blog.
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Although it would take a lot more life experience for the lesson to sink in, it was important to have a sense at a young age that I wouldn’t settle...
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I wish 17-year-old me could’ve had a good chat with Caitlin Moran. Perhaps Moran could’ve helped me realize that feminists are on my side, not something scary and Other.
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My first official introduction to feminism came in an undergraduate class on Feminist Theory at BYU (an idea that now makes me chuckle, it seems like such an oxymoron).
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Some parts of How to Be a Woman are so funny, they left me in bed, shrieking with laughter. I’m talking about legs sticking up the air, writhing in...
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“Falling snow without wind . . .”
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Feminism can, and should, be explained in a way to men that is not only understandable, but also sympathetic, without making them feel like complicit conspirators in the patriarchal society...
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So, here it is, The D&S How to Be a Woman Week, wherein we’ll be discussing our favorite parts of the book and that scariest of all F-words — feminism
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His name tag said “Ask me about: TAYLOR GUITARS”. Mine said “Ask me about: THE BAND SPOON”, which no one did. Everyone in attendance was wearing an identical preprinted, personalized name...
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Time Limit: 15 minutes (11/9/2012)Tools: Google Voters with at least a college degree—40% of all likely voters—voted for Obama (47% to 39%). 1/3 of voters have an active passport. ...
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Occasionally older married folks attempt to throw lifesavers, but their attempts at rescue simply don’t work, because the reality is, we are not drowning. We are not invalids. ...
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By the relish apparent in the eyes of patrons at Bottega’s pearl café, I expect to see, barely in disguise, a celebrity alight this bright day. . .
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Ed: Um, hi! Welcome to the … um … “Our Favorite Mormons Show.” I’m Ed … and, my guest today is … one of the … greatest musicians, I mean...
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“he likes to say that our heavenly mother is so sacred we shouldn’t even talk about her . . .”
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Utah is a state where, if you’re poor, your neighbors will bake you cookies, and then cheerfully go the ballot box and vote to take away any hope of your...
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Today’s guest post comes to us from Geoff in Australia. Many Americans live in isolation from the world because your media does not cover stories from the rest of the...
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For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl.
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Although I fancy myself an amateur city planner with dreams of working in the professional back-up dancer field, I actually spend ten months of each year teaching writing for a...
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If we are supposed to be a Christian nation, as so many claim, let us behave today as Christ would. We are only as strong as our weakest link. Let...
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Today’s guest post is written by Marilyn Mehr. One year ago today, I stood on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse with my spouse, Betty Walker, celebrating our marriage....
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“You hope these ghosts / know how to respect your privacy.”
