Zelophehad’s Daughters

Posted by Ziff

My ward’s high councilman warned us recently not to Google “Mormon.”

Posted by Seraphine

I know I still owe the blog the rest of my engagement story, but I wrote this post awhile ago (last year), and I need to wrap up this series since I’m not actually going to be single much longer. In regards to the contents of this post, while I am now engaged, I still think there’s truth to [...]

Posted by Apame

I hope anyone who reads this can do it with an open, nonjudgmental eye.  Like Tirzah has felt in her recent posts, I’m a little nervous to be writing this out since I’m afraid others will react with pity, condemnation, disapproval, fear, or other manifestations of guilt-inducing negativity.  I became part of ZD because I [...]

Posted by Guest

by Tirzah Though my experiences at church have often been painful (as I described in my last post), I do think many LDS teachings have a lot to offer when it comes to countering the demons of eating disorders. I would begin with the most basic idea that we are children of God. 

Posted by Lynnette

FMH has been having a fun conversation about the meaning of different Mormon labels. I think these kinds of conversations, about categorization and what it means, are definitely worth having. But almost inevitably in any such conversation, a contingent of people will argue that we should abandon labels altogether. To put it simply: I think [...]

Posted by Lynnette

I have a smartphone that I love. Last Christmas, I betrayed my sister Elbereth at the last minute (we were planning to both get an iPhone4), and opted for a Nexus S. I morphed into an addict in no time at all; last week I forgot it one day, and found myself ridiculously anxious and [...]

Posted by Guest

by Tirzah I’ve found, unsurprisingly, that one of the more challenging aspects of recovering from an eating disorder is that of living in a culture that is pretty much crazy when it comes to issues of food and eating and the way that bodies are supposed to look. I wish I could say that it [...]

Posted by Guest

In the ZD tradition of both doing series of posts, and talking about mental illness, this is the first of a multi-post series on Mormons and eating disorders. These come from a bloggernacle participant who is going by “Tirzah” for this discussion. In commenting, please respect the sensitive nature of this issue. And as is [...]