The Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack asked, “Where have the Mormon feminists gone?” The answer came back: to the Internet. But does online feminism translate into change in the real world? What strides have we made, and how far do we still have to go? Is discussing gender concerns in a public …
Speaker: Shelah Miner
SL09174 Panel: Counting to Infinity: How Blogging Helps Process the Travails and Triumphs of Motherhood [Partial]
The term “Mommy Blog” has been used to define as well as cordon off writing about motherhood from “serious” blogging. Nonetheless, blogs about mothering flourish as an online medium where women write about, process, and compare notes on the experiences, challenges, and joys of mothering. Why has this focus in blogging taken off and kept …
SL09274 Panel: A Murder of Editors
Playwright and film director David Mamet writes that “art flourishes in times of struggle.” A panel of editors from various Mormon magazines and journals will discuss the role struggle has played in the writings they have recently published. They will also discuss the struggle of their publications to meet and prosper from the challenges of …