It’s that time of year again! Time to find which X-Mormon had the biggest impact in 2012! We have at least two really strong candidates this year: First off, Kyrsten Sinema, who was just elected to the United States House of Representatives. She is an ex-Mormon, and I think she…
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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!!
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Kristmas Kremlinology Edition!
The big news this past week is the new LDS website Mormons and gays. From what I gather, the most amazing part is that in the official church stance they admitted that some people are gay or lesbian (they even made reference to reality on this!) whereas before this site,…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Love the Winter Weather Edition!
OK, today’s title is not related to this week’s posts (except maybe these). I was just sipping my tea and gazing out my window at the beautiful snow-covered roofs and trees, and thought: time for a relaxing afternoon of reading blogs! Andrew Sullivan wrote an interesting thought experiment: What if…
Hurting Relationships: Sophia L. Stone’s “Mormon Diaries”
In 2005 (at my little sister’s bridal shower) my mother rebuked me for purchasing my own “trashy lingerie†for my honeymoon instead of using the beautiful and elegant nightgowns she’d given me for the occasion. “You didn’t know I knew about that, did you?†she asked with a resentful edge…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Let the Holidays Begin Edition!
Last week marked some interesting holidays, including the anniversaries of the publication of The Origin of Species and Dr. Who. Plus Hanukkah is coming up in a couple weeks. Many of us celebrated Thanksgiving. I find this holiday a bit problematic, but don’t let my Thanksgiving-grinchery rain on other peoples’…
Reclaiming our stories, redux!
Remember my discussion on reclaiming our stories? About how we should take every opportunity to tell our own experiences, instead of standing by and letting the church invent the “apostate†narrative, according to its own agenda…? Well there are some natural conflicts when it comes to being sure that your…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Life and Death Edition!!
By now you’ve probably already heard about Savita — the woman who died of a miscarriage because a Catholic hospital refused to perform a life-saving abortion. This led to some discussion of the consequences of letting God decide. And Brett Cottrell has a very interesting personal experience of being lucky…
Server maintenance update!!
Now I know what you’re thinking. Every time I come to MSP, it gets a little more broken!! But now it really will start going in a good direction. Here’s the scoop: ProfXM has been hosting MSP on a hosting service that he wasn’t really happy with for several years….
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Election Extravaganza Edition!!!
I assume I don’t have to tell you: Obama was re-elected President of the United States of America, and the Internet exploded with commentary, analysis, and personal takes. Did prophecy fail big? On Mitt’s team, some people are freaking out (no really), some are trying to calm those who are…
One size does not fit all: Johnny Townsend’s “Marginal Mormons”
Big, bright smiles and perfectly-matched Sunday outfits as a row of beautiful children pile out of their mini-van — followed by the proud mom and dad — on their way to perform a string ensemble at the front of the chapel. Every Mormon can aspire to have a family like…