Tag: patriarchy
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?’...
06
Sep
Episode 108 & 109 (bonus): What About Sealings?; A Few More Thoughts About Sealings
by Cynthia and Susan
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Disparity in the Church’s sealing policies for men and women is something many members never think about until their life experience reveals it in some...
23
Aug
Episode 106: What About Blessings? Part 2
by Cynthia and Susan
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Blessing is a catch-all word. From prosperity gospel to the laying on of hands, it is used to describe a transactional approach to our relationship...
26
Jul
Episodes 100 & 101 (bonus): The Ultimate Big Deal, Part 3; Still Ultimate, Still a Big Deal
by Cynthia and Susan
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For our 100th episode, what could be more fitting than a discussion about the temple? It’s the centerpiece of Latter-day Saint worship members believe sets our...
19
Jul
Episode 099: We Don’t Believe Our Own Stuff—Heavenly Mother Edition
by Cynthia and Susan
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Who we pray to and how we envision God is personal, but the Church organization can and does limit our collective discourse about Heavenly Mother....
05
Jul
Episode 097: Christ Chose Women
by Cynthia and Susan
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When one thinks about the events of Jesus’ life and ministry, it’s natural to think about women. The Bible shows us a man whose inclusion...
28
Jun
Episode 096: The God of All of Us
by Cynthia and Susan
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If you grow up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is God a man, a woman, or both? It’s a complication we...
21
Jun
Episodes 094 & 095 (bonus): Everyone Back to Church…Maybe?
by Cynthia and Susan
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The pandemic that interrupted attendance for all members forced an unprecedented change in our personal church habits and activity. It blurred the distinction between work,...