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Author: chanson

C. L. Hanson is the friendly Swiss-French-American ExMormon atheist mom living in Switzerland! Follow me on mastadon at @chanson@social.linux.pizza or see "letters from a broad" for further adventures!!

Sunday in Outer Blogness: Smackdown Edition!!

chanson, March 23, 2014July 31, 2017

Do you know how big 2% of Florida is? Check out this helpful post for some perspective. And this past week the corporation that owns it took some time out of its busy schedule to swat a couple of (comparatively) puny groups: Those who were suing them for fraud and…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Cornucopia of scriptures edition!!

chanson, March 16, 2014

The fraud trial of Thomas Monson has begun! Like it or not, I hope you have your popcorn ready!! Looks like the CoJCoL-dS kind of blew it off, banking on the case getting quickly dismissed, but that didn’t happen. It would have been incredible if Monson had gone to court…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: What women want edition!

chanson, March 9, 2014

You may have heard that the New York Times published an article on female Mormon missionaries and how cool they are! Mormon women like it for its tone and accuracy: The tone was perfect—respectful without lapsing into the reverence or romanticizing a church publication so often displays for missionary work;…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: No planet for you edition!

chanson, March 2, 2014March 2, 2014

As cool as it was when the CoJCoL-dS dumped its racist doctrines, it was clear (even at the time) that there are disadvantages to giving the keys of defining Mormon doctrine over to the quorum of the anonymous website maintainers. Officially endorsing questionable apologetics on the Book of Mormon (like…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: The Gay Agenda Edition!!!

chanson, February 23, 2014

I am so glad to be living in the Internet age!! There is so much fun stuff that happens today that just wasn’t even possible before the Internet. Case in point, a Mormon lady posted about the gay agenda in the Disney movie Frozen — and the whole Internet blossomed…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Literally edition!!

chanson, February 16, 2014February 17, 2014

You may or may not know this, but this year is the year (of the four-year-four-standard-works cycle) in which Mormons around the globe are studying the Old Testament. And it seems that all the cognitive dissonance from reading the tales of Adam, Noah, Lot, et al, came to a head…

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The Mormon Open Letter!!

chanson, February 15, 2014

By now you’ve probably heard of the open letter to President Thomas S. Monson that has been making the rounds of the Internet. If you have not read it yet, I encourage you to go read it carefully, and add your signature if you agree. Personally, I am impressed by…

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Congratulations 2013 Brodie Award Winners!!!

chanson, February 12, 2014

The results are in!! Let’s congratulate this year’s winners!!! Year-long awards for people and websites: Best New Blog: Church of the Fridge Best Discussion Forum: R/exmormon Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog: Ward Gossip Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog: Pure Mormonism Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series: Brother Jake Awards for Individual Works: Best…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: See you in court edition!

chanson, February 9, 2014

I want to remind you that you only have a few more days to campaign and get in your votes for the Brodies. But Brodies’ season has been overshadowed by an astonishing bit of news: Thomas S. Monson — the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: BoM DNA edition!!

chanson, February 2, 2014

The voting for the Brodies is off to an excellent start, with tons of votes coming in from the exmo subreddit and other places!! If you’ve been nominated and would like to win, you may want to send your fans here. And whether you’re in the running or not, please…

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Latest Comments:

  1. Juanita Hartill on Time to Vote for X-MoOTY and the Brodie Awards 2025!!January 8, 2026

    Was not aware of a lot of these different forums and things. Will be checking them out.

  2. Jeanny Nakaya on 2025 Awards Season ScheduleJanuary 8, 2026

    Awesome work!!!!

  3. chanson on Last Call for Nominations!!January 8, 2026

    Thanks for all of the great nominations, everyone!! Nominations are closed. Vote here.

  4. Tom on Collecting Nominations for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2025!!!January 7, 2026

    I nominate Rebecca Biblioteca and Mormonish for their coverage of the Fairview Temple debacle.

  5. Jodi Peterson on Last Call for Nominations!!January 6, 2026

    I nominate Rebecca Bibliotheca for her coverage of LDS Temple building: Best Investigative Reporting I nominate RFM and Koloby (lol)…

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