By Jana on Aug 25, 2006 in Rotation, Sunstone, Symposium, Women's Issues | 17 Comments
During my 5+ years of participation in Sunstone, I’ve noticed that the magazine, the Symposium (and the blog) tend to be dominated by men. I’ve wondered why this is the case, because women are more marginalized by LDS institutions and I would think that they would be the most eager to participate in an alternate [...]
By Jana on Aug 10, 2006 in Community, Sunstone, Symposium | 13 Comments
It’s day #2 of the Sunstone Symposium. Here are my thoughts on a few of the sessions. Feel free to chime in and share your thoughts and impressions…..
By Jana on May 12, 2006 in Community, Literature | 31 Comments
There are few venues for Mormons to publish their literary efforts–Dialogue and Sunstone only publish a handful of works each year and magazines like Wasatch Review and Irreantum have struggled against hurdles of funding and finding volunteers to staff their publications. Perhaps the Net will provide the space where MoLit will be truly successful. Sites [...]
By Jana on May 3, 2006 in Rotation, Sunstone, Symposium | 4 Comments
I hang out with a group of liberal Mormon grad students. In this group, many of us have parents who were charter members of intellectual Mormon publications like Sunstone, Dialogue and Exponent II. The other day we were discussing how our parents react to our participation in Sunstone Symposiums. In most cases, our parents have [...]
By Jana on Apr 23, 2006 in Sunstone | 35 Comments
On the drive home from the Sunstone West Symposium last night I felt pleased with the events of the past two days. The time was filled with lots of hugs from old friends, attending sessions on Mormon media (the bloggernacle, Big Love, NY Doll, and Hitchcock), thinking through the developing Mormon Studies programs emerging at [...]
By Jana on Apr 16, 2006 in Rotation, Sunstone | 9 Comments
At the 2004 SLC Sunstone Symposium, there was a session sponsored by Dialogue titled “Persons with Disabilities and the Church.” On this panel sat several people whose lives were affected by a family member with a disability. However, there were no ‘persons with disabilities’ included in the panel.
As a person with a disability I was [...]
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