We make sense of the world and our relation to it through the stories we tell. Back in my young and wild Mormon days (riding bikes with the gang down the street of Japan, doing drive by conversions), I told the story of Joseph Smith to anyone who would listen. The cool thing was that […]
Entries Tagged as 'Activism'
Pragmatism v. Idealism
July 24th, 2008 · by John · No Comments
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Spark: Kilts!
July 21st, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
At the post office.
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Swingtown
July 20th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
I’ve been watching
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This is What a Feminist Acts Like
July 19th, 2008 · by xJane · 10 Comments
I have to give props to my husband for recently committing unanticipated acts of feminism. At a recent party, a (male) acquaintance was drunkenly holding forth about how women fundamentally change when they have sex (presumably each time, given his justification) but men do not. Therefore, it is astronomically worse for a woman to cheat […]
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Spark: Proselytizing Hits Home
July 15th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
Or, When Muslims Attack (with free copies of the Koran!).
Sorry I’ve been AWOL recently, I’m in the process of moving. I now have internet (yay!1!) but now need to unpack all the boxes of stuff. Then, I promise, real posts.
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Female Bishops!
July 8th, 2008 · by xJane · 5 Comments
So…the Church of England has voted to allow female bishops. Which sounded awesome to me, despite the fact that those opposed to it have called those in favor of it “mean spirited” for disallowing “super bishops” (read: male bishops) for congregants that object to the authority of a female bishop. I’ll come back to that.
So […]
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More Fun Quotes for MoF
June 30th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
I’ve been collecting emails since the success of the last Fun Quotes post. Without further ado:
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
-James Kern Feibleman, philosopher and psychiatrist (1904-1987)
This is definitely something I’ve believed in for awhile. It’s just nice to hear someone with authority say it (in this case, the […]
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Spark: Denominations and Gay Marriage.
June 23rd, 2008 · by John · 8 Comments
The LA Times has this handy guide to the various attitudes towards gay marriage from religious denominations. It should come as no surprise that the Mormon and Catholic churches condemn gay marriages, and that the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalists support them. In fact, both the Mormons and Catholics will be using […]
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Random Notes on a Friday Night.
June 20th, 2008 · by John · 8 Comments
CatGirl and I are training up to LA tomorrow to see the Amy Sol exhibit at the ThinkSpace Gallery. She’s one of our favorite contemporary artists–she inspires CatGirl’s art and my stories. We’ve been waiting for this for months. We’re also planning to hit the Farmer’s Market and Little Tokyo (including a possible lunch with […]
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Spark: Target Women
June 19th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
Whoever invented this is inspired! Here they are on politics.
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