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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Women’s Edition!

chanson, March 20, 2017

I hope everyone enjoyed International Women’s Day, a.k.a. “Why isn’t there an International Men’s Day? — oops there is!” Day. There was an international strike (A Day Without a Woman), and we just got around to celebrating here in Zürich this past weekend with another Women’s March.

The Women’s March in January was a profound experience for its LDS participants — just listen to this podcast about it. Also a great learning opportunity for the kids.

While we’re celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Relief Society, let’s not forget that it is a women’s organization that not only has no control over its own budget, but also doesn’t allow women to choose the leaders at any level or even hold a meeting without male supervision, as we’re reminded by the lady infants. And as cool as it is that there’s finally a book of 185 years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women, Geez, what kind of a baby step is that…? Maybe some are finally starting to get bored of white men and of the messages LDS women have been taught.

The biggest Mormon news shocker for me was that apparently LDS General Authority Dallin Oaks made some veiled criticisms of Trump in a recent devotional. (It’s about time, considering) The Zion Moat is still hanging around the news cycle a bit though, for laughs.

Remember that leaked document with that graphic about things leading people to leave the church? Well if you saw it and were wondering (like me!) “Who is Robert Norman?” your answer is here! Also Sam Young found an additional group of enemies of the church that the graphic somehow missed. Also Jack Naneek posted a new funny version.

In scripture study, Alex has just gotten to some really racist parts of the Book of Mormon.

In life journeys Joseph Broom has recounted more scenes from his gay adolescence and from his mission — and he’s not the only one sharing mission memories. Craig is saying goodbye to a friend, and the policy that Mormon funerals need to be about the atonement has traumatized some mourners, as recounted by the Infants.

In books, Dani Addante reviewed The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, Lalove Foster reviewed Hearts of the Fathers, Greg Kofford Books has been publishing publishing a series of nineteenth-century novels with Mormon villains, and Alex posted a short story!

In not-Mormon-related, Dad’s Primal Scream posted about some favorite shows and I posted the last two of my puppet shows from when I was in college.

And now for some fun! Time for some memes! Plus those wacky Utah baby names! And Mormon deepities! And it turns out that the chicken dance has a sinister back-story…

Folks, sorry I skipped last week and got this one out a day late! (Did anyone notice?) I’ve been thinking of writing a series on my analysis of the CoJCoL-dS and its strategies — but since I have limited free time, I might do that every other week while doing SiOB on the alternate weeks. We’ll see!

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