Host of the Year of Polygamy podcast. Researcher, misfit, mom, activist, adventurer off the deep end.
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May 18, 2023 • 26 tweets • 5 min read
What fun. Another long text thread about church finances. If you haven’t been following this week’s Mormon scandal dujour, here’s a great article to whet your whistle.
Read and then return for my ht /
Years ago a neighbor in my ward worked for the church developing a software tracking temple attendance and proximity to tithing. The data showed that in areas where temples are built, tithing in that area increases. This isn’t a new idea, but it was a new idea to me.
May 12, 2023 • 32 tweets • 6 min read
I want to talk about bridge-building with people you disagree with, using a recent experience with LDS missionaries who came to my house. Hopple in:
As many know, I'm a member of record but I also don't attend for reasons too various to name here. Still, it's my heritage, culture and identity. Mormonism has always been an important part of who I am, which is why, when the missionaries come over, I always let them in.
Feb 10, 2022 • 27 tweets • 4 min read
Brad Wilcox: What, Brigham Young was a jerk?
Me: Yes, a thread.
In 1852, BY addressed the territorial legislature and said some horribly racist things, including , " "any man having one drop of the seed of [Cain] ... in him [could not] hold the priesthood."
BY also facilitated legalizing slavery in Utah, teaching that it was ordained by God.
Aug 21, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
My weird brag is I have unique and exclusive access to some of the most isolated "cults" in the American West.
I want to do a thread about cults for a second and talk about some observations.
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(2/12) Religious extremists, militias, anti-taxers, Mormon groups, polygamous groups, you name it. In my experience, they all have one thing in common:
