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House</category><category>force</category><category>communication</category><category>blog</category><category>danger</category><category>trans</category><category>Roman Polanski</category><category>petition</category><category>sexual harassment</category><category>likeability</category><category>burkha</category><category>lactivism</category><category>conflict</category><category>economics</category><category>Uganda</category><category>anonymity</category><category>domestic abuse</category><category>DVAM</category><category>ship</category><category>history</category><category>religion</category><category>aggression</category><category>WalMart</category><category>hopelessness</category><category>divisions of labour</category><category>DVAM kickoff</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>lds</category><title>Not Another Wave</title><description>The feminist conversation for everyone. No litmus test required.</description><link>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Erica)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>429</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NotAnotherWave" /><feedburner:info uri="notanotherwave" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>NotAnotherWave</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-6890942162820124060</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-16T14:30:39.379-04:00</atom:updated><title>Rape Culture Among Feminists</title><atom:summary>Recently the term "rape culture" has made its rounds in popular culture, with many reporters and bloggers complaining about the victim-blaming, perpetrator-excusing behavior of major news networks. But rape culture is more pervasive than most of us want to admit. (Note: I'm about to go on a rant. Feel free to skip to the paragraph that starts "last night").

Because reporters aren't the only ones</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/Ve0k7Shi0WE/rape-culture-among-feminists.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/Ve0k7Shi0WE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/05/rape-culture-among-feminists.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-7891438941790258410</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-20T00:02:02.346-04:00</atom:updated><title>Is a Terrorist Evil?</title><atom:summary>With Friday's arrest of one suspected marathon bomber and the death of the other, his older brother, I think anyone with connections to Boston is feeling some strong emotions. As a native New Englander, I'm feeling about as strongly as anyone outside of the Boston region. I have friends in the city, one of whom was two blocks away at the time of the explosion, and just a month ago I was in Boston</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/iULDxrd3bIk/is-terrorist-evil.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/iULDxrd3bIk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/04/is-terrorist-evil.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-1395281210134358092</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-16T00:02:00.720-04:00</atom:updated><title>Paloma Faith and Question of the Week</title><atom:summary>When bad things happen, whether it's looming finals or actual tragedy like the explosion in Boston, we at NAW sometimes take a break from our usual posts about social problems to share something cheerful or fun. 

Today, my cheerful video is Paloma Faith's upside down. Paloma Faith is a musical artist who's been popular in the UK for awhile now but who's had a slow time catching on here in the US</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/zf4I4K8sh0I/paloma-faith-and-question-of-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/lDeB5sDealI/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/zf4I4K8sh0I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/04/paloma-faith-and-question-of-week.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-3544181409497914756</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-28T21:24:15.873-04:00</atom:updated><title>Confessions of a Straight Mormon Girl</title><atom:summary>When I was growing up, I was woefully ignorant about homosexuality. In my ignorance, I said terrible and offensive things, without any malice in my heart. Just ignorance.

Want examples?

1. The day Gay Straight Alliance came in to meet with my freshman social studies class, they asked us to list off the first words that came to mind when we heard the word "gay." My word? Sodomy. By the startled </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/klMLtZ-Nmug/confessions-of-straight-mormon-girl.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/klMLtZ-Nmug" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/03/confessions-of-straight-mormon-girl.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-2872899900614489515</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-21T18:20:00.851-04:00</atom:updated><title>Letters and Prayers</title><atom:summary>After a controversial letter-writing campaign in which faithful Mormon feminists (male and female alike) expressed heartfelt desire for women to offer prayers in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' semi-annual general conferences (a mouthful, I know) - Salt Lake Tribune has confirmed that women are on the schedule to pray at the upcoming conference in April.

For those wondering why </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/RZa1ZWkLGDs/letters-and-prayers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/RZa1ZWkLGDs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/03/letters-and-prayers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-620764944712118070</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-18T17:25:52.201-04:00</atom:updated><title>Rape Culture and Ohio Football</title><atom:summary>


Rape culture is nothing new, though the concept is finally taking shape for many Americans who have been following the case of the two teenage men recently convicted of raping a teenage woman. Two men who showed so little compassion for their victim and so little respect for female bodies and the law that they broadcast footage of their crime against an unconscious (clearly unconsenting) </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/iTeQXrxD4no/rape-culture-and-ohio-football.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/MvUdyNko8LQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/iTeQXrxD4no" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/03/rape-culture-and-ohio-football.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-7599768648134847804</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-16T23:26:19.441-04:00</atom:updated><title>Preventing Rape, Bipartisan Support for Immigration Reform and Same-sex Marriage, Jezebel's Flick-off to the Pope, and Twilight Feminism? Emily's Spring Break Catch-up</title><atom:summary> 

Well, it's been a month again, so let's play some Spring Break catch-up. Here's a list of interesting links:



First up, Stephanie Meyer has caused some waves by identifying herself as a feminist in a recent article on The Guardian. Says Meyers: 



"I think there are many feminists who would say that I am not a feminist. But, to me ... I love women, I have a lot of girlfriends, I admire them</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/VaPzdhdKcg8/preventing-rape-bipartisan-support-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/VaPzdhdKcg8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/03/preventing-rape-bipartisan-support-for.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-3956956118042578952</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-13T09:00:06.300-05:00</atom:updated><title>My Day Wearing the Hijab: Guest Post from Laura</title><atom:summary>

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As a devout, practicing Mormon the idea of wearing a hijab is
somewhat strange. I originally heard of the idea on</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/BksGu9grNrM/my-day-wearing-hijab-guest-post-from_13.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FQBXWzOgAk8/UQ19zSijU4I/AAAAAAAAQgY/oUjj3yld-_I/s72-c/DSC_0007.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/BksGu9grNrM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-day-wearing-hijab-guest-post-from_13.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-437790308574650356</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-11T21:14:10.144-05:00</atom:updated><title>Ask a (Mormon) Feminist: Are Mormon Feminists Trying to Tell God how to Run His Church? </title><atom:summary>Back in December I mentioned a little about the Mormon feminist "Wear Pants to Church Day," an event that many but not all Mormon feminists got involved in. In the comments on my original post, Katherine B. asked an excellent question:

What do you say to someone who thinks that Mormon feminists are trying to tell God how to run His church? That by asking for changes, some women are claiming to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/MPqCbXz2esA/ask-mormon-feminist-are-mormon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/MPqCbXz2esA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/02/ask-mormon-feminist-are-mormon.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-5620793188440830792</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-04T20:00:27.850-05:00</atom:updated><title>Call for Reviews for Bitch Flicks</title><atom:summary>From our friends at Bitch Flicks:

February 1st marked the start of Black History Month. So for this month's theme week, we thought it was the perfect time to highlight all women of color in film and television.



Here at Bitch Flicks, we often discuss the lack of female filmmakers and the need for women-centric films. We need more women directors, writers and protagonists. But we desperately </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/IhSV5dcZXkI/call-for-reviews-for-bitch-flicks.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/IhSV5dcZXkI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/02/call-for-reviews-for-bitch-flicks.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-4592822692987465428</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-01-27T14:38:37.608-05:00</atom:updated><title>Links of Note</title><atom:summary>Four and a half weeks into the new year, we've clearly skipped over some major happenings. Rather than trying to catch up on political buffoonery and Hillary Clinton's awesomeness, I'm going to share a list of some interesting links.


First up, Slate has an article about Google's maternity leave and how the company increased it to 5 months paid leave, a measure that saved costs on training new </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/V73nXWqk0Rk/links-of-note.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/V73nXWqk0Rk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2013/01/links-of-note.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-3617964789284981986</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-13T15:55:34.812-05:00</atom:updated><title>Mormon Women in Pants Face Backlash, Ryan Murphy's Glee Still Hates Women, Seattle Makes Marriage Progress, and More: While We Weren't Blogging</title><atom:summary>Apparently the world does not stop spinning out sexism just because Erica, Rachel and I are busy. Go figure.

Here's a quick, quick run-down of some recent gendered happenings:

1. Washington state offers marriage rights (and rites) to same-sex couples, leading to a teary-eyed string of lovely photos. I know some of our readers still oppose same-sex marriage, which I take as a good sign about how</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/URYX6Xlm2Ho/mormon-women-in-pants-face-backlash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/URYX6Xlm2Ho" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/12/mormon-women-in-pants-face-backlash.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-5610273595314333753</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-25T00:00:03.413-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Myanmar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Aung San Suu Kyi: Lady of No Fear</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Aung San Suu Kyi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">human rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Burma</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rachel Redfern</category><title>A Review and An Interview: 'Aung San Suu Kyi: Lady of No Fear</title><atom:summary>

 

To
 say that Aung San Suu Kyi, political prisoner and General Secretary for
 the Burmese National League of Democracy is one of the world’s most 
powerful and inspirational women would not be a stretch. Leaving the 
safety of England and the care of her family she endured 15 years of 
house arrest in her non-violent quest for removal of the military junta 
in power and the instating of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/M_fq4yeRjfc/a-review-and-interview-aung-san-suu-kyi.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/MhIhYSTuh2U/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/M_fq4yeRjfc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-review-and-interview-aung-san-suu-kyi.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-4545243010963065254</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-16T23:46:57.289-05:00</atom:updated><title>Links of Note</title><atom:summary>First up, Jon Stewart breaks down the history of anti-immigration racism/ xenophobia that gradually accepts some groups - which groups then turn around and discriminate against new groups.




The Daily Show with Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Best of Times
www.thedailyshow.com



Daily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor &amp; Satire BlogThe Daily Show on </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/ccdnJnJFTFQ/links-of-note.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/ccdnJnJFTFQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/11/links-of-note.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-7163629566011203926</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-13T15:38:43.816-05:00</atom:updated><title>Straight Men Opposed to Same-sex Marriage: Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriend</title><atom:summary>Because if our blogging frequency is any indication, we all need something to brighten our day:

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/JEXahnSytvc/straight-men-opposed-to-same-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/yiXq8YaE6iA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/JEXahnSytvc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/11/straight-men-opposed-to-same-sex.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-5398590966244011503</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-08T13:38:57.189-05:00</atom:updated><title>Fat Lip</title><atom:summary>





One day after surgery, and I was trying to minimize how bad the swelling looked. I was unsuccessful.


In February this year I had to have minor surgery on the inside of my lip. It really wasn't a big deal- the whole procedure took about ten minutes- but at the end of it I was left with a lip that was so big I couldn't move it effectively. I felt like Goldie Hawn at the beginning of "The </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/nJHA3JbxMUQ/fat-lip.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JVNq9gkWgdQ/UH7F3G34SQI/AAAAAAAABDg/Cf6bJMxK4EY/s72-c/2012-03-23+12.27.12.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/nJHA3JbxMUQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/11/fat-lip.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-8618161986122121173</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-05T14:10:31.304-05:00</atom:updated><title>Disenfranchised in Georgia</title><atom:summary>I am a 26-year-old citizen of the US, born and raised in the country, residing in the state of Georgia. And tomorrow, for the first time since I turned 18 years old, I will not be voting in the presidential election.

Not in protest of the only two options, not out of apathy, and not for lack of trying to vote. Tomorrow I will not be voting because I moved to the state of Georgia a few months ago</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/Lkuhi0vraC8/disenfranchised-in-georgia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/Lkuhi0vraC8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/11/disenfranchised-in-georgia.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-6056421093029752856</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-04T08:28:43.755-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motherhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pierce Gagnon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Science Fiction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Emily Blunt</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Looper</category><title>Unexpected Motherhood in Looper</title><atom:summary>

 

Warning: Spoiler Alert
  
It seems an obvious sort of review to talk about the unexpectedly large presence of motherhood in Looper,
 but while I expected to have plenty to say on the movie’s women (or 
lack thereof) I was not expecting to see motherhood played out in such a
 diverse way. It’s just not something I expect in a Summer/Fall 
Hollywood science fiction blockbuster: shame on me for</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/6WLrT1_OZEs/unexpected-motherhood-in-looper.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/_qcRmngeBHo/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/6WLrT1_OZEs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/11/unexpected-motherhood-in-looper.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-1132093837969740776</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-27T16:05:39.485-04:00</atom:updated><title>Mormon Underwear: The Difference Between Magic and the Sacred</title><atom:summary>

The Endowment Room in The Boston Temple



I received my first set of temple garments nearly two years ago. I was home in New Hampshire for Christmas vacation, a month before my 25th birthday, and I was at the Boston Temple to receive my Endowment. Most Mormon adults first participate in the ceremony known as The Endowment a few days before becoming a missionary or getting married. As a single </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/DMUgTn5cqqk/mormon-underwear-difference-between.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/DMUgTn5cqqk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/10/mormon-underwear-difference-between.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-2143014665889833613</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-14T01:02:26.483-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sarah Polley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Take This Waltz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sexuality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Michelle Williams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Indie Films</category><title>A Feminist Review: Take This Waltz</title><atom:summary>











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As a blogger, I find myself in a loop. I say I want to write about issues that affect religious feminists, and sometimes I do, sometimes I address current, contemporary </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/B_Q6ihcaA_w/mormon-miracles-and-mormon-heart-break.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/B_Q6ihcaA_w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/10/mormon-miracles-and-mormon-heart-break.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-6253637066604833250</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-05T01:07:37.861-04:00</atom:updated><title>Keeping the Faith and the Feminism</title><atom:summary>I promised another post on Glee's continued misogyny, and yet I find something more substantial weighing on my mind - the struggle to remain faithful, as a feminist in a conservative and patriarchal worship community. This issue has weighed on my mind (and heart too, I suppose, but I don't want to sound sentimental) for awhile now, but I've hesitated to post for a couple reasons:

1. It's </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/yyOYmLPxF4U/keeping-faith-and-feminism.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/yyOYmLPxF4U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/10/keeping-faith-and-feminism.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-8390332638801616657</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-10-01T15:19:53.482-04:00</atom:updated><title>A Return to Not Another Wave</title><atom:summary>There comes a time in every feminist blogger's life where she looks at the frequency of her facebook posts and the increasing ire coming out in the comments on said posts, and realizes that it's been far too long since she blogged. So long, in fact, that she is perhaps deliberately starting trouble!

Not that I would ever find myself in that position.

But, seriously, folks - it's been over a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~3/jltp9YSqptE/a-return-to-not-another-wave.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Emily)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAnotherWave/~4/jltp9YSqptE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://notanotherwave.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-return-to-not-another-wave.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-4451251081837524476</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-25T04:12:50.430-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">homeschool</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sir Ken Robinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">power and control</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">anti-authority</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">homeschooling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">socialization</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feminism</category><title>'Out of Control': The Intersection Between Homeschooling and Feminism</title><atom:summary>



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