Awards
Lists of Brodie award winners:
X-Mormon of the Year 2012: David Twede
X-Mormon of the Year 2011: Joanna Brooks
X-Mormon of the Year 2010: Monica Bielanko
X-Mormon of the Year 2009: Walter Kirn
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SUNSTONE’S Motherhood Issue
This entry is cross-posted at Self-Portrait As. I recently edited issue 166 of SUNSTONE magazine, aka “the motherhood issue.” I am proud and happy to announce that it is SUNSTONE’s most popular and best-selling issue. It has far outstripped all other issues in terms of people ordering individual copies, while other people (including my own father) who let their subscription lapse have renewed and asked that their resubscription start with issue 166. I worked very hard on this project and am Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Feminism, Mother in Heaven, Motherhood, Race, Sunstone
The Moth Presents Elna Baker
Yes Means Yes? Catch The Moth and Elna at Town Hall, NYC on November 2nd. Views: 1234
Posted in Arts
Troy Williams @ Sunstone 2011: Thoughts on the Sacred and Profane
Troy tried to buck me up after my latest mini-meltdown over l’affaire Lyman and it reminded me that I need to remember to catch Tabloid (91% “Fresh”!) at my earliest convenience. Here’s Troy riffin’ at Sunstone (go show their Youtube channel some love) on his role in the Errol Morris documentary and his thoughts on the Broadway Book of Mormon: Enjoy. Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, civil discourse, COB, Dottie S. Dixon, Dustin Lance Black, Film, God's Favorite Musical, Troy Williams, YouTube
Moral Nostalgia and the Movies
This post was inspired by A teenager speaks on new movie standards. In her recent discussion of the current state of movies, and particularly award winning movies, Camila B. states that she is concerned about “movies throughout the decades and the negative changes that I have noticed.” She then goes on to lament that “the corruption viewed daily by millions of people is disgusting.” The remainder of her post is pure nostalgia for the “good old days” when “movies portrayed beautiful messages, Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Nostalgia, Sex and Gender, Violence, Youth
Im with shuck face
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Deseret Book wont carry Utah authors latest novel This latest book from James Dashner contains language some of our customers would find offensive, said Gail Halladay, managing director of marketing at Deseret Book … The Scorch Trials, the story of teenagers trekking across a dystopian landscape … includes words such as damn and this sucks, as well as the phrase shuck it. So far, 38 44 readers like this Trib comment: “But they’ll carry Glenn Read more [...]
Posted in Appearances, Arts, Deseret Book, Fundamentalism, Glenn Beck, Hypocrisy, James Dashner, Literature, Utah, Values, Youth
The Book of Mormon: The Musical
God loves Mormons and He wants some More Trey Parker & Matt Stone discuss Mormonism at TAM5: “When you read the beginnings of Mormonism, when you read the Joseph Smith story, you’re just like ‘Wow … wow, really?’ The idea of anybody like Joseph Smith, who can get people to give him money and let him have sex with their wives, I know ‘respect’ is the wrong word, but there’s something incredible about that. I want to know more about *those* guys. That’s just fascinating.” All Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Book of Mormon, Humor, Joseph Smith, LDS History, Mission
Local Utah TV reports on Same-Sex Attraction in the Mormon Church (Part Two)
KUTV interviews Sister Dottie S. Dixon: Former LDS Homosexual Says Church Shouldn’t Ask For Change (who writes these headlines?) How much longer before mainstream Utah news orgs adopt the same frame as the rest of the country, namely: LGBT folks often grapple with their received religion for good reason (i.e., it’s time to give up the bass-ackwards framing that suggests we’re all somehow born religious and then proceed to “struggle” to varying degrees with the “burden” of sexual orientation). Read more [...]
Posted in And I'm a Mormon, Arts, Dottie S. Dixon, Mixed Orientation Marriage
In Vacuums
We had a long discussion recently about an author’s personal background here. The discussion centered around whether or not an author’s personal background was fair game. Particularly if an author’s background appears to relate to their work (or illuminate parts of their work). I would like to suggest that an author’s background may be an important part of any discussion of a piece of literature. It might not be the only thing to discuss (what’s the plot like? What is the use of language? Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Book Review, Values, Women
Studying the Original
I recently saw the documentary “Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock” about Teri Horton, a woman who may have purchased a Jackson Pollock painting at a thrift store for $5. It was a fascinating documentary, with a clear perspective. The crux of the film is that Teri cannot prove that the painting is in fact, a Jackson Pollock painting. Through forensics, it appears as if a fingerprint of Pollock’s is on the back of her painting. Also, you look at the painting, and certified Pollock paintings, Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Science, Testimony
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Faith and Art Edition!
This has been a big week for the arts! I know, sometimes it’s too easy to mock really bad art, yet so deliciously fun!! Speaking (as Holly did) of religious/sexual imagery, check out some of the pastels by Sister Mary Lisa on her new art website. Dayle’s art is perhaps a bit less explicit (but impressive nonetheless). And have a look at Froggie’s beautiful photos from the Jordan/Provo River Parkway. In other arts, listen to this poignant song about a sweet Mormon boy or read this poem about Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Sunday in Outer Blogness
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