If you haven’t voted yet for X-Mormon of the Year 2021, you can still vote until January 16, 2022 at this link. And now for the Brodies!! The polls will remain open until Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Switzerland time. Best LDS-Interest Podcast or Video Channel 2020/2021: Exmo…
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C. L. Hanson is the friendly Swiss-French-American ExMormon atheist mom living in Switzerland! See "letters from a broad" for further adventures!!
Time to vote for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2021!!!
If you have any last nominations for the Brodie Awards, you can continue posting them here until the polls go up on Sunday, January 9, 2022. For X-Mormon of the Year, you can vote here until Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Switzerland time: Here’s a review of what…
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Last Call for Nominations (X-MooTY & Brodies)!
We’ve got some great nominations so far — keep ’em coming! I’ll be posting the polls here at Main Street Plaza shortly. The polls for X-Mormon of the Year will be posted on January 2, 2022, and the polls for the Brodie Awards will be posted on January 9, 2022….
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Collecting Nominations for the 2021 Brodie Awards!!! (and 2020…)
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…
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…