Tag: feminism
09
May
Episode 138 & 139 (bonus): Finding Your Voice…and Using It | A Conversation with Afton Southam Parker; Let’s Talk About Garments…at last! | More with Afton
by Cynthia and Susan
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Bringing attention to issues affecting Latter-day Saint women requires us to be opportunistic about using our voices. Even those in leadership callings don’t always find...
04
Apr
Episode 132 & 133 (bonus): Ask Us Anything | ALSSI’s Third Anniversary, Parts 1 & 2
by Cynthia and Susan
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Please join us as we celebrate our podcast anniversary with an Ask-Us-Anything conversation, hosted by Blakelee Ellis and featuring listener questions with Cynthia-and-Susan answers! It’s...
14
Feb
Episode 125: Women Reading Scripture—A Reflection on Voices Rising | A Conversation with Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi
by Cynthia and Susan
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Because the scriptures have been written, translated, interpreted, and most often taught by men, it’s not surprising many women don’t feel empowered to venture beyond...
07
Feb
Episode 124: The Holy Work of Activism—A Conversation with Jody England Hansen
by Cynthia and Susan
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How does your religion influence your activism? And how does your activism influence your personal practice of your religion? For Jody England Hansen, there’s never been...
31
Jan
Episode 123: Reimagining Church
by Cynthia and Susan
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For some Latter-day Saints, our church services are feeling a little stale. Maybe even boring? If you got a seat on the Imagination Committee, what...
12
Dec
Episode 119, BONUS: Patriarchy as Sin—More Conversation with Kathryn Knight Sonntag
by Cynthia and Susan
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“The power struggle that’s inherent in this telestial sphere between men and women is the source of all of our pain…” In this short bonus,...
22
Nov
Episode 118: BONUS—Living at the Edge of Inside, featuring Jeralee Renshaw
by Cynthia and Susan
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“While there are things I love about the organization, and most especially the people and community, I also see the messiness, the warts, and I...
25
Oct
Episode 117: When Women Are The Problem
by Cynthia and Susan
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Are women complicit in their own marginalization within the Church? In their Season 5 finale episode, Cynthia and Susan unpack the idea of complicity, and...
18
Oct
Episodes 115 & 116: Meeting Your Feminist Self, Parts 1 & 2
by Cynthia and Susan
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There are probably as many versions of a feminist awakening as there are feminists. Some have always felt aware of the disparity between men’s and...
11
Oct
Episode 114: This Is Your Brain On Church—a Conversation with Jill Evans Opdahl
by Cynthia and Susan
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Language is powerful. The words and phrases we use repetitively in church create well-worn pathways in our brains. Each time we think in a certain...
04
Oct
Episode 113: Revisiting the Mother Tree — A Conversation with Kathryn Knight Sonntag
by Cynthia and Susan
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In her book, The Mother Tree: Discovering the Love and Wisdom of Our Divine Mother, author Kathryn Knight Sonntag wrote, “Further exploration of the Mother is...
27
Sep
Episode 112: What About Purity Culture? — A Conversation with Colette Dalton
by Cynthia and Susan
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What does it mean to a Latter-day Saint young woman when she hears that virtue and chastity are ‘most dear and precious above all things?’...