My father was sexually abused as a boy. I found this out when I was thirty-five years old. Was I shocked? Not really – he was raised with violence and abuse, in a very dysfunctional system. The abuse was accepted as normal, I get that now. The fact that it…
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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!!
2013 Brodies: Vote Here!!!
Check out all of these great pieces from 2013!!! You have nearly two weeks to read them and vote. Polls close on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6am Switzerland time! ** There are some issues with the polls embedding — if you don’t see them, click on the category title to…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Fun with beliefs Edition!!
The last call for Brodies nominations went up yesterday — and I’d like to especially call your attention to the categories that are light on nominations. If you can think of a work from 2013 that deserves recognition in one of those categories, it may make the difference as to…
The funnest post of the year!!! (Last call for Brodies nominations!!)
OK, folks — I have compiled your nominations and reviewed all of my SiOB posts from the past year to put together the nominations for the Brodies!! I think the biggest news for this year is the number of pieces of original research — so I have added an original…
Congratulations to 2013 X-Mormons of the Year: J. Seth Anderson and Michael Ferguson!!!
It’s an inspiring and exciting story! Couples in California right around Proposition 8 learned that if you don’t get married in the window of time when it’s legal, you might have a long wait before your next opportunity. Failure to block same-sex-marriages legally was apparently an error on the part…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Countdown to awards edition!!!
Folks, you just have a few more days to vote for X-Mormon of the Year!!! Also, we’re getting tons of great nominations for the Brodie Awards!!! This week I plan to review all of my SiOB posts from 2013 to select all of my nominations, and I will have the…
Vote for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2013!!!
Vote for X-Mormon of the Year 2013!!! Remember that the “X” in “X-Mormon of the Year” is a variable that can stand for any kind of non-mainstream Mormon (eg. feminist Mormon, fundamentalist Mormon). As you will see in the descriptions below, many of the contestants are definitely not “ex-Mormons”!! Here’s…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Gimme some truth edition!
Folks, the Brodies nominations are now open!! Nominate your favorite bloggers and other content providers, and nominate your own best work! (Also, get in your last-minute X-Mormon OTY nominations.) And remember, we’re not the only ones wrapping up 2013: Ziff did his annual round-up of funny comments from the Bloggernacle,…
Opening the Brodie nominations and closing the X-Mormon of the Year Nominations!
We’ve got some great nominations for X-Mormon of the Year — you can continue to add nominations until we begin voting on Wednesday, January 15. And now it’s that time of year again to start collecting the nominations for the Brodie Awards!!! This is the fifth year of the Brodie…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Happy 2014 Edition!
Another year over, and a new one just begun! Naturally, folks are wrapping up the holidays, taking a look at what they’ve done over the past year, and planning for the future with goals! In that vein, we’ll be voting this week on the William Law X-Mormon of the Year…