Interdisciplinary prof @ Utah Tech interested in gender/race/sexuality/religion, Mormon feminist, pastor in Community of Christ. She/Her. Opinions are my own.
St. George, Utah
Joined February 2013
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Letter to activist self 10 yrs ago: "You need to move away from fear and communities of conformity that thrive on fear and seek out new communities of joy that thrive on connection…. You aren’t done seeking." exponentii.org/blog/weve-bee…
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#MormonStudies Call for Papers: MSSA One-Day Conference at Utah Tech University in Saint George, Utah, April 18, 2024.
➡️We invite submissions on all topics relevant to the social scientific study of #Mormonism. Proposals due March 19th.
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ALT Mountains, flags, street lamp
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Lavina Fielding Anderson, a titan of modern Mormonism, passed away today. She's among the best the modern Mormon community produced. Here's a brief tribute I wrote on fb.
I'm trying to do that cerulean heavens social medial platform. Come and find me @ first name last name
I am locked in Microsoft Authenticator hell. I cannot make it work on my new phone, because it wants a code from my old phone in order to work. Old phone is gone and I just want it to work on new phone. Please pray for me.
For the first time in my career I’m trying to update my cv fully, without intentionally downplaying or understating various contributions I’ve made and 1) this is going to take forever and 2) I’m realizing that this approach hasn’t always helped me get where I wanted to go
Spent today grading/procrastinating grading instead of doing something fun and grrrr...... I'm celebrating Labor Day with .... labor.
"Insider status for most of the Barbies does not give them great insight, but limits their perspectives. Guidance about challenges must come from outside the mainstream of the Barbieland community. In life, things are largely similar." @TheExponent exponentii.org/blog/weird-ba…
How are we feeling about the end #GoodOmens S2? Like, it is fine that it isn’t a happy ending and @neilhimself has indicated that this isn’t the end of the story, but that was a punch to the gut. I’m team #AziraphaleAndCrowley4evah
My teenagers are enamored with the second season of Good Omens, where they are currently engrossed with the story of Job, which they are deeply uninterested in outside of this context. Bible #fanfic for the win
Anyone need some lyrics for the hot summer Joseph Smith song? @MindyGledhill
So earlier this summer, I had a conversation with @prharding about a camp-style song about Joseph Smith and he showed me the lyrics to one that he'd come across. I just asked ChatGPT to write one to the tune of American Pie (which it did not stay faithful to), but it produced 1/
So earlier this summer, I had a conversation with @prharding about a camp-style song about Joseph Smith and he showed me the lyrics to one that he'd come across. I just asked ChatGPT to write one to the tune of American Pie (which it did not stay faithful to), but it produced 1/
With Fanny, Sarah, and Lucinda too,
He built a harem, but that's not all he'd do.
More than thirty women claimed to be,
Part of his plural family tree.
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
And in Nauvoo's town, the rumors grew,
Of clandestine affairs and rendezvous.
A few weeks ago I spent a week co-directing family camp ("Reunion" in my tradition) with Molly Wilkins in the mountains of Southern California. It was beautiful and inspiring. 1/
It is easy to feel and see God at work when the sun is shining on a green hillside, when you are sitting under the shade of tall trees and hearing birdsong. But God also (and maybe even *especially*) dwells in cities and in places of poverty, in places destroyed by pollution
and altered by climate change. I remember reading this essay by Christena Cleveland six years ago and it has stayed with me, particularly the observation that "I’ve never been to a meditation retreat that included a “contaminated water meditation.”" onbeing.org/blog/christena-c…
