Vol. 45 No. 4 – Spring 2026
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Exponent II
A feminist forum for Mormon women and gender minority voices
Four print issues a year of Mormon-feminist essays, art, poetry, and reportage. The current issue is Vol. 45 No. 4 – Spring 2026.
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I love watching how individual experiences, feelings, and thoughts weave together to form each issue, reflecting some of the beautiful, collective work of Mormon feminism.
For as long as I can remember, young boys, to me, were mystical creatures, often devious in nature. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Of all the principles of the gospel, agency may be the one that sings to me most purely. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
I don’t need to protect the gospel. I talk about where I am in the gospel. I talk about what the gospel means to me, about how the gospel is very inclusive
It’s nothing but it’s a whole lot of nothing . . . The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
These weren’t Jack Mormons or Cafeteria Mormons; they were something else. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Sometimes I imagine my birth. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
My dad was not a religious man The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Before I even knew what sex was, my body belonged to my future husband. It was a temple for God’s spirit, a tool for His purposes, a gift to my husband, who would be the leader in my home and the only way I’d qualify to be with God again. The full content of this post is availabl…
I’ve written and rewritten this letter in my mind at least one hundred times. Sharing my hard-fought beliefs regarding topics you hold most sacred is, frankly, heart-dropping. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Walking along these sands, trying to find Jesus The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
I felt the flame of my faith flicker against an unexpected current. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Heart thumping when the organist flips through the pages of her hymnal to prepare her prelude. I tell my mother I feel a rumble inside me, that I need to be closer. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Insisting that there is only one way to do church right marginalizes anyone who follows their inner knowing, even when it deviates from the covenant path.
Why did Kurt Cobain’s music speak to my daughter in a way nothing else did? The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
I wonder what to do now that I’ve seen the images
In Amish communities, there is a cultural practice known as Rumspringa. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
When I tell people I grew up Mormon in the south what I mean is, The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
MormonBSads originated from an ongoing desire to respond to the current LDS women’s feminist moment and my own awakening. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!