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Author: chanson

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!!

Collecting Nominations for the 2018 Brodie Awards!!

chanson, January 2, 2019

The nomination process for X-Mormon of the Year is underway — please be sure to get in your nominations before next weekend when the voting begins. Now, it’s also time to start on the Brodie Awards!! The Brodie Awards are a fun little yearly activity intended to give some extra…

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Collecting nominations for X-Mormon of the Year 2018!!!

chanson, December 26, 2018

Hey folks — it’s that time of year again! Time to decide which X-Mormon made the biggest splash in 2018!! Sorry to be getting started a little late this year — maybe it’s just that the likeliest candidate has never been more obvious. I’m not going to say who I’m…

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Yours truly on Mormon Happy Hour!!!

chanson, November 13, 2018

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the history of Main Street Plaza, the Brodie Awards, and Mormon Alumni Association Books!! I have just made a guest appearance on the always-entertaining “Mormon Happy Hour” Podcast. With host Colleen, in addition to discussing my LDS-interest projects, we did a…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Conference of Changes Edition!!

chanson, October 14, 2018December 22, 2025

So, another General Conference has come and gone, and this one had some interesting announcements. The worst item right out of the gate was from Dallin Oaks, who explained that LGBTQ advocacy comes from Satan. Also Satan…? Nicknames! The CoJCoL-dS is apparently really serious about rebranding away from the nickname…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: The Youth of Zion Edition!

chanson, September 2, 2018

Perhaps you’ve heard the news: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has begun excommunication proceedings against Sam Young, with the following charges: Encouraged others to vote opposed to Church leaders. Organized more than one public “action” that expressed opposition to the Church or its leaders. I guess it…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Hoax edition!!

chanson, June 17, 2018

OK — it was a few weeks ago now — but I think the most interesting recent bit of Mormon news was the hoax apology from the CoJCoL-dS (apologizing for the CoJCoL-dS’s history of racism), actually written by Jonathan Streeter. The go-to analysis of it is by Zandra Vranes of…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Podcasts edition!

chanson, May 13, 2018

There are so many amazing LDS-interest podcasts these days — I’m really looking forward to the day I can cut back my hours and listen to them all! This morning I took the time to listen to a couple of them: Radio Free Mormon has been doing a cloak-and-dagger series…

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Good and bad life-advice from the CoJCoL-dS

chanson, April 29, 2018April 29, 2018

It’s a lazy, sunny Sunday, and since I just got back from a long nature-walk with my family, it’s time for some relaxing fun. Let’s analyze the good and bad advice in this latest doozy from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints: Sister Oaks’s Experience Dating an Apostle…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Post-conference edition!

chanson, April 22, 2018

In our last episode, we were too distracted by scandal to take much note of General Conference, but apparently there was a bit of a surprise! Since people were not happy to see three apostleships all going to white guys from Utah (in 2015), this time the CoJCoL-dS decided to…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Rape room edition!

chanson, April 2, 2018April 2, 2018

Hey folks — apologies for the salacious title, but wow — the latest from Mormon Leaks is quite a shocker! Audio of an interview in which a former president of the MTC admits to having a special basement office for very special interviews with Sister Missionaries who report to him!…

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Latest Comments:

  1. Juanita Hartill on Time to Vote for X-MoOTY and the Brodie Awards 2025!!January 8, 2026

    Was not aware of a lot of these different forums and things. Will be checking them out.

  2. Jeanny Nakaya on 2025 Awards Season ScheduleJanuary 8, 2026

    Awesome work!!!!

  3. chanson on Last Call for Nominations!!January 8, 2026

    Thanks for all of the great nominations, everyone!! Nominations are closed. Vote here.

  4. Tom on Collecting Nominations for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2025!!!January 7, 2026

    I nominate Rebecca Biblioteca and Mormonish for their coverage of the Fairview Temple debacle.

  5. Jodi Peterson on Last Call for Nominations!!January 6, 2026

    I nominate Rebecca Bibliotheca for her coverage of LDS Temple building: Best Investigative Reporting I nominate RFM and Koloby (lol)…

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