Feeling the light breeze on my face, I looked out at the water. The edges of the moving water between the feet of the bridge curled into little whirlpools here and there. I tried to drag up all the rusty memories of my former life in Orem, back when everything…
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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: Another Day in the Culture Wars Edition!
Via Gen. J. C. Christian comes the plight of the right-wing parent: “I cant even sit my kids in front of ‘Sesame Street’ without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority.” While Sesame Street makes a joke about “Pox News,” Jon Stewart does a full parody…
Trespassing on Main Street Plaza? Colbert nails it!
This is too hilarious!!! Have a look at Nailed ‘Em – Mormon Church Trespassing from Colbert Nation. (Via Sterkworks)
It’s not that simple…
Friday morning I gathered my things and Elder Beaverton helped me carry them to the other side of town to the mission office. Elder Beaverton didn’t have to move his own things this time — he just had to gather up his new companion, Elder Wilson, and bring him back…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Religious Diversity Edition!
Religions are so different, yet so full of parallels! Andrew has found his mirror image in the world of Scientology! And speaking of another defector from Scientology, Jim Downey observes: he was willing to go along with their bullshit requirements and commands, including watching his own family suffer from “disconnection,”…
A great missionary memoir in the New York Times Modern Love Column!
All I Wanted Was a Hug. The story explores the crazy rules of homo-vs-hetero public displays of affection among missionaries — and it was written by one of the stars of the last Sunstone Symposium! check it out!
Even if the church is perfect, the people aren’t
Elder Beaverton and I didn’t say anything as we walked northeast along the side of the Jardin Public. When we got to the corner, I suggested that we turn northwest and continue going around the park. I knew that the girls were still inside. I couldn’t help but feel like…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Media Edition!
This week we’ve seen a bit of the overlap between Outer Blogness and the rest of the media! First off, it turns out that Emily Pearson was involved in the production of 8: The Mormon Proposition (and she recommends this article about it). Also in the media spotlight (or rather…
And so it gets worse instead of better…
Spray-paint vandalism of other people’s symbols is wrong when one side does it, and it’s wrong when the other side does it: (hat tip Friendly Atheist) Billboards and bus ads with innocuous messages like “Millions are good without God” have appeared all over the world, and the one that gets…
I’ll bet you and Spencer met in the pre-existence
On Wednesday morning we were having about the same luck as Tuesday morning. We were wandering around the Place Gambetta, thinking about finding some lunch, when we heard a familiar voice: Read the rest of the story