The (Mormon) author of the phrase “well-behaved women seldom make history’ explains the origin of the slogan, what it means to her, and how women have been portrayed throughout history.
Archive for the ‘Mormons’ Category
#025: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” (Knopf)
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007#023: Mothers Who Know & Julie B. Beck (Radiowest)
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Earlier this month at the LDS Church’s General Conference, the head of the Relief Society Julie B. Beck praised the power in motherhood. She encouraged women not to postpone having children, and equated nurturing with homemaking. Her words re-ignited a controversy about the role of Mormon women, and within hours, LDS blogs were inundated with responses. Tuesday on RadioWest, Doug talks to LDS women about Beck’s remarks and what those say about women’s position in the LDS Church and culture.
#017: Mormon Bloggers Rise to Prominence
Friday, August 17th, 2007Julie Rose rules.
Mitt Romney Unplugged
Saturday, August 4th, 2007I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this footage of Romney actually makes me like him more than I did before. What do you think?
#016: Richard Bushman on Radiowest
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Richard Bushman’s biography of Mormon founder Joseph Smith has been called the best book written about this extraordinary man. Bushman himself is a believer, and while he doesn’t pretend he isn’t invested in the crucial question of whether Smith was a visionary or a fraud, as an historian he’s more interested in trying to understand the mind of Joseph Smith and how he came to believe he spoke for God. Bushman has said that Smith isn’t interesting as a fraud, he’s interesting as a prophet. Richard Bushman joined us to talk his cultural biography of Mormonism’s founder. (Rebroadcast)
Donny Osmond’s Dreams Coming True
Monday, July 30th, 2007This is really funny….
#013: Rocky Anderson and Bobby Kennedy Jr. Discuss Their Respective Religious Disaffection
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Rocky Anderson and Bobby Kennedy Jr. Discuss Their Respective Religious Disaffection.
Thanks to David for this….
NewsWeek Beliefwatch: Mormons
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007A fun little article about Mormons, politics, and Mitt Romney from Newsweek.
By Lisa Miller
Newsweek
July 23, 2007 issue – As a rule, Mormons tend to be white, conservative and Republican—and as obedient to established authority as any group out there—but a close look reveals cracks in that glossy surface. There’s Harry Reid, of course, the Mormon convert and vocal leader of the Senate Democrats. And there’s Orrin Hatch, conservative, Republican and Mormon to the core—except that he supports embryonic-stem-cell research, an issue upon which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no official stance but which President George W. Bush opposes. (more…)
#009: “And They Were Not Ashamed — Strengthening Marriage Through Sexual Fulfillment” by Laura Brotherson
Sunday, July 15th, 2007This is interesting to me, mostly for sociological reasons. It certainly represents progress from when I was raised in the church.
What think ye?