It’s that time of year!! Time to recognize the best LDS-interest works of the year by giving them Brodie Awards!! When we first started doing these awards more than 10 years ago, the online discussion of Mormonism was mostly taking place on blogs (like this one!) — but that has…
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Collecting Nominations for X-Mormon of the year 2021!!! (and 2020…)
It’s awards season again!! You may recall we kind of skipped last year… because 2020 was, let’s just say, a challenging year for a lot of us. But this year we’d like to resume Main Street Plaza’s 10-year tradition of the Brodie Awards and X-Mormon of the Year!! The X-Mormon…
Should I respect the way “the Church” wants to identify?
A while ago, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints put out this style guide, and I have to admit I find that almost every point falls somewhere on the spectrum from questionable to objectionable. I actually try to respect it as much as possible, but should I? I…
Nobody expects the excommunication of Natasha Helfer!
No, I have to admit, I was actually surprised when I heard that the CoJCoL-dS excommunicated Natasha Helfer. And then I was immediately surprised that I was surprised. She fits the triple-criteria-set that is a guaranteed path to excommunication: She has a large following, She publicly corrects the wrong statements…
The Brodie Awards and X-Mormon of the Year
Main Street Plaza has hosted the Brodie Awards and William Law X-Mormon of the Year for a full ten years. It all started in 2009 when exmos were explicitly excluded from the Bloggernacle’s “Niblets” — a set of awards that fizzled out a few years later. Check the sidebar for…
Congratulations 2019 Brodie Award Winners!!!
The results are in!! There were a lot of close races — and quite an impressive number of votes — for a fantastic batch of winners! Year-long awards for people and groups: Best New Podcast/Blog/Channel/Site: And It Came To Sass: The Most Correct Of Any Podcast On Earth Best Podcast:…
It’s time to vote for the 2019 Brodie Awards!!!
*** EDIT: Due to technical and scheduling difficulties the voting will continue until Wednesday February 12th at 10am Switzerland time. Sorry for the delay! *** The polls are ready!! Here’s where you vote for your favorite works of LDS-interest art, music, writing, and video of 2019!! We have some really…
Last Call for 2019 Brodies Nominations!!
The Brodie Awards nominations are well underway — thanks to everyone who has nominated so far for the fantastic nominations!!! Here’s the first pass on organising all of the nominations into categories. As usual, I have moved some nominations around in order to try to keep the various races around…
Congratulations David Nielsen: 2019 X-Mormon of the Year!!!
100 Billion dollars!! That’s how much the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hoarding in an investment fund at Ensign Peak Advisors — according to whistleblower David Nielsen. (And that’s not to mention the church’s vast real-estate fortune and other investment holdings…) Will this new revelation make a…
It’s time to vote for Wm. Law X-Mormon of the Year 2019!!!
We’ve got some amazing choices for X-Mormon of the Year 2019 — please vote below (scroll down for more info on the candidates). Also note, nominations for the Brodie Awards are underway — please add your nominations here! Cody and Leah Young: Excommunicated from the CoJCoL-dS in 2019 after forming…