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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Ketchup edition!

chanson, January 27, 2013

I hope you’ve all taken the time to look over the list of nominees for the Brodie Awards! If not, you still have until February 6 to vote. Over the last two weeks, Mormon Feminism was in the news — specifically the same folks who brought you pants in church…

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Suday in Outer Blogness: Education Edition!

chanson, January 13, 2013

You only have until this Wednesday to get your vote in for William Law X-Mormon of the Year!! Right now it looks like David Tweede is winning (see his new post about the church’s toilet-cleaning video), but Kyrsten Sinema isn’t out of the game! She swore her oath of office…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Goodbye to 2012 Edition!!

chanson, January 6, 2013

Guess what? The world didn’t end!! So I guess it’s time to celebrate and reflect upon the old year that’s passed! To assess relationships and work and happiness. And now we’re ringing in the new with great resolutions as well as new blogging directions and new books and new jobs….

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Last Gasp of 2012 Edition!!

chanson, December 30, 2012December 30, 2012

If you had anything you wanted to be sure to do in 2012, you don’t have much time left!! It’s time for tithing settlement, and the year-end reflections have already begun! Mormons Building Bridges have been recognized as making an impact in 2012, as have many Mormon politicians who’ve been…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Holiday Pantsuit Edition!

Donna Banta, December 23, 2012October 10, 2023

It’s Donna again, giving Chanson another well-deserved break from her weekly column. As always, I’m humbled but also very excited to be here, as I just learned that one of our own, the amazing writer, Johnny Townsend, has earned some high praise from Kirkus Book Reviews. His collection of short…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Pants on the Ground edition!

aerin64, December 16, 2012

Chanson asked me to fill in siob this week. This week was going to be all about the pants, when a terrible tragedy happened Friday. I haven’t been watching or reading the news – my children are close to the ages of the children involved. It hits a little close…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Kristmas Kremlinology Edition!

chanson, December 9, 2012

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,…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Love the Winter Weather Edition!

chanson, December 2, 2012

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…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Let the Holidays Begin Edition!

chanson, November 25, 2012

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’…

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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Life and Death Edition!!

chanson, November 18, 2012

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…

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