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Author: chanson

C. L. Hanson is the friendly Swiss-French-American ExMormon atheist mom living in Switzerland! See "letters from a broad" for further adventures!!

Sunday in Outer Blogness: Carry on edition!

chanson, February 5, 2017

The 2016 awards season has just wrapped up — please see this post to congratulate this year’s Brodie winners! Also note that the Wheat & Tares blog has posted their 2016 award winners here. It’s hard to talk about any kind of current events these days, given the tsunami of…

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Congratulations 2016 Brodie Award Winners!!

chanson, February 3, 2017

Here are the results: Year-long awards for people and groups: Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast: Mormon Censorship Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast: Brother Jake Best Scripture Study Blog/Channel/Podcast: My Book of Mormon Podcast Best Mormon History Blog/Channel/Podcast: Naked Mormonism Podcast Best LDS-Church-Info Site: MormonThink Best LDS-interest Discussion Forum: r/exmormon/ Best Exmormon Reddit Contributor: u/fearlessfixxer…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: It can get worse edition!

chanson, January 29, 2017

Well, this has been one of the most horrifying weeks I have ever seen. Fortunately we have some lighter topics, like the Brodie Awards! You have until Thursday, February 2 to get your last votes in! The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s performance at the Trump inauguration got mixed reviews. Fortunately not…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: We shall overcomb edition!

chanson, January 22, 2017

The voting for the Brodie Awards has begun!! Please go here to cast your votes. I know that there are quite a lot of nominations, but you have two weeks to vote — so I really hope you’ll take the opportunity to review these awesome nominations a few at a…

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Time to Vote for the 2016 Brodie Awards!!!

chanson, January 20, 2017January 22, 2017

Polls will remain open until Friday, February 3, 2017 at 10am (Switzerland time). Good luck to everyone! Year-long awards for people and groups: Brodies 2016: Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast Brodies 2016: Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast Celestial Sex

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Money money money edition!!

chanson, January 15, 2017December 17, 2024

In case you missed it, Jeremy Runnells just won X-Mormon of the Year 2016, and the nominations for the Brodie Awards will continue until Thursday, January 19 — so get your final nominations in here! (Also note the Wheat & Tares blog is also collecting nominations for their yearly awards.)…

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Congratulations to X-Mormon of the Year 2016: Jeremy Runnells!!

chanson, January 12, 2017March 8, 2026

Jeremy Runnells is the author of the famous CES Letter — a clear, readable overview of the major critical issues with the CoJCoL-dS. In early 2016, Jeremy was called in for a disciplinary hearing, but when the church leaders refused to answer any of his questions, he presented his resignation…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Onward into 2017 edition!

chanson, January 8, 2017

We are smack dab in the middle of awards season here at Main Street Plaza! If you have not yet voted for X-Mormon of the year 2016, this week is your last chance — do it here! Also, I’ve just cleaned up the categories and added my own nominations for…

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Phase II of Brodie Awards Nominations!!

chanson, January 8, 2017

We have some really fantastic nominations for the Brodie Awards so far โ€” thanks to everyone who has nominated! And donโ€™t forget that the voting for X-Mormon of the year will continue here until Thursday, January 12, 2016. This post is my first pass at collecting the nominations (and adding…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Good Riddance 2016 Edition!

chanson, January 1, 2017

I’d be even happier to see 2016 gone if it weren’t for the fact that the main problems of 2016 are ones that will be blossoming catastrophically in 2017… ๐Ÿ™ Adult Onset Atheist described the problem in a nutshell: One potential lead indicator, that has a lot of scientists worrying…

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Brodie Awards!!!


X-Mormon of the Year!!

  • 2025: Rebecca Bibliotheca!!
  • 2024: Nemo the Mormon!!
  • 2023: Adam Steed!!
  • 2022: David Archuleta!!
  • 2021: Jeff T. Green!!
  • 2020: Jacinda Ardern!!
  • 2019: David Nielsen!!
  • 2018: Sam Young!!
  • 2017: Savannah!!
  • 2016: Jeremy Runnells!!
  • 2015: John Dehlin!!
  • 2014: Kate Kelly!!
  • 2013: J. S. Anderson & M. Ferguson!!
  • 2012: David Twede!!
  • 2011: Joanna Brooks!!
  • 2010: Monica Bielanko!!
  • 2009: Walter Kirn!!

  1. chanson on Thanks Gloria!September 20, 2026

    @Donna -- I wouldn't say you were one of the "dumb girls". You were a young starry-eyed convert who thought…

  2. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?September 19, 2026

    @Holly -- yes, I have absolutely felt that parallel in my life. I was fortunate enough to be able to…

  3. Holly on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?September 16, 2026

    You're no doubt right. Living in Trump's America right now feels to me the way I felt about the church…

  4. Donna Banta on Thanks Gloria!September 15, 2026

    There were years of cognitive dissonance, at least in my case. I told myself that the church was a compassionate,…

  5. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?September 14, 2026

    I can't help but feel like in today's church you wouldn't even have had the opportunity to mention Santa's not…

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