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The Best New Year’s Resolution I Ever Made
A couple years ago as it came time for New Year’s goals, I realized that I had made the same goal every year since I was thirteen—I would lose some weight (five pounds or ten or twenty–depending on the...
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Performing Gender
A week and a half ago I cut my hair. A lot. I buzzed it to half an inch. My initial thoughts were, “Oh wow. There actually is some family resemblance between me and my brothers!” I had gone most of my...
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Young Women Lesson: How Do I Guard My Virtue?
Click for French Translation/Traduction en français The outline for this lesson is here and the corresponding Young Men’s lesson is How Can I Resist Pornography? Despite not including it in the...
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Oprah, Weight Watchers and Loving Our Bodies
In the past few years, I’ve thought more than a couple times, “I’m so glad Oprah isn’t talking about her latest diet anymore.” I assumed she had learned to love her curvy figure. She always looks happy...
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Guest Post: A Simple Guide for the Busty Mormon Woman
by Hope It can be a rough world out there for the Mormon woman with breasts that just won’t quit. On the one hand, ill-fitted clothing can leave the naive Busty Woman vulnerable to misdirected...
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Guest Post: The Language of Love
by Sarah S. “MOMMY’S HOME!” I cried, as I bounded down the stairs to the front door, while my parents quickly shuffled into the house from a date night. “Hi Sweetie!” she cried, scooping me up into her...
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Guest Post — Made in Her Image: The Body Image Lesson My Heavenly Mother...
I recently had a powerful experience with Heavenly Mother – more personal and pivotal than anything I’ve experienced with Her before. I’ve hesitated to share it, and then was prompted to share it...
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The Messages our Mothers Gave Us
For most of my adult life I have altered my hair color. I’ve dyed, bleached, highlighted, lowlighted, and balayaged the heck out of my hair all in an effort to hide my natural hair color. I’ve spent...
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#EqualAccess Series Guest Post: Church Accessibility: A Radical Call for...
This post is part of The Exponent’s #EqualAccess Series. Disabled voices rarely get a chance to speak for themselves, but this blog series seeks to eliminate the stigma that disabled people are less...
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Shorts, Garments, and Hairy Legs: Taking Ownership of My Body
Three years ago, I stopped wearing garments. I’d worn them about half the time the year before during pregnancy and after having my son. I eventually became used to the feel of my clothes moving...
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