I Went on Birthstrike Because of Climate Change
Published in Buzzfeed.
Growing up Mormon, I was taught that having babies is part of God’s plan. Today, I believe that humans owe it to each other (and the world) not to.
From Polygamy to Democracy: Inside a Mormon Fundamentalist town
It all begins with an idea. How does a community long run by a cult-like leader move away from a theocracy and into a new era?
Published in Rolling Stone
How does a community long run by a cult-like leader move away from a theocracy and into a new era?
Mormon Funeral Potatoes and the End of the world
A few weeks ago, Facebook users got an unexpected bit of morbid advertising when they were targeted with ads hawking "funeral potatoes" from a Utah company known as Auguston Farms.
Published in NPR's The Salt
A few weeks ago, Facebook users got an unexpected bit of morbid advertising when they were targeted with ads hawking "funeral potatoes" from a Utah company known as Augason Farms. Many of them immediately took to Twitter, wondering a.) what on Earth funeral potatoes were and b.) why on Earth they would want any.
Mormons were not confused. They were limbering up in the social media wings, ready to explain their most delectable food invention to the world.
Children of Scientology: Life After Growing Up in an Alleged Cult
For many raised in the church, escape presents a singular problem. “They have an identity to go back to,” says one former Scientologist. “We’re trying to discover our identity in a vacuum”
For many raised in the church, escape presents a singular problem. “They have an identity to go back to,” says one former Scientologist. “We’re trying to discover our identity in a vacuum”