April Young-Bennett
@aprilyoungb.bsky.social
Advocate for women, children and underserved populations, author of Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America's First Feminists
Unfamiliar with the hymn “Welcome Home” that the choir just sang in #LDS #GeneralConference, I looked it up. It’s a new hymn recently added to our hymnbook. I love its message! I hope our people will seek to welcome all, instead of clinging to an “us versus them” mentality.
April 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unfamiliar with the hymn “Welcome Home” that the choir just sang in #LDS #GeneralConference, I looked it up. It’s a new hymn recently added to our hymnbook. I love its message! I hope our people will seek to welcome all, instead of clinging to an “us versus them” mentality.
Shame isn’t telling us we made a mistake, it’s telling us we are our mistakes. - Sister Tamara Runia #LDS #GeneralConference
April 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shame isn’t telling us we made a mistake, it’s telling us we are our mistakes. - Sister Tamara Runia #LDS #GeneralConference
“God is Love” is such a wonderful choice for a #GeneralConference musical number. Beautiful message that we always need to be reminded of!
April 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“God is Love” is such a wonderful choice for a #GeneralConference musical number. Beautiful message that we always need to be reminded of!
President Johnson shared an image of a new sculpture of the 5 wise virgins at temple square. She said in the parable, they do not share their lamp oil, but they do share their light, an interesting twist on the old story that invites new meaning. #LDS #GeneralConference
April 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
President Johnson shared an image of a new sculpture of the 5 wise virgins at temple square. She said in the parable, they do not share their lamp oil, but they do share their light, an interesting twist on the old story that invites new meaning. #LDS #GeneralConference
BYU graduate and Exponent II board member Katie Ludlow Rich cried yesterday when she saw this current exhibit about @TheExponent for #WomensHistoryMonth. (BYU has had a complicated relationship with #feminism.) #lds
March 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
BYU graduate and Exponent II board member Katie Ludlow Rich cried yesterday when she saw this current exhibit about @TheExponent for #WomensHistoryMonth. (BYU has had a complicated relationship with #feminism.) #lds
When #lds church leaders created Exponent II in the 70s, they thought the text was ok but the art was subversive. But the art was pretty benign, so what was up? Margaret Olsen Hemming theorizes that Exponent art was subversive because it was art, and art has the potential to move us.
March 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When #lds church leaders created Exponent II in the 70s, they thought the text was ok but the art was subversive. But the art was pretty benign, so what was up? Margaret Olsen Hemming theorizes that Exponent art was subversive because it was art, and art has the potential to move us.
When historian Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans was selected to lead her university’s honor program, a detractor said, “No, not her. She’s a #Mormon housewife.” Martha says that is one of the best things about her. Be authentic, she says, if you’re a Mormon housewife, own it. #LDS
March 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Judy Dushku compares the feminist lens to a 10-year-old walking in on their parents having sex. You’ll never see the world in the same way again! #lds
March 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Judy Dushku compares the feminist lens to a 10-year-old walking in on their parents having sex. You’ll never see the world in the same way again! #lds
#PresidentOaks used his #LDS #GeneralConference talk to explain that personal freedom does not apply to underwear. The map he shared reminds me that church leaders continue to demand 24/7 garment compliance without accommodation even in tropical regions of the world.
April 7, 2024 at 6:33 PM
#PresidentOaks used his #LDS #GeneralConference talk to explain that personal freedom does not apply to underwear. The map he shared reminds me that church leaders continue to demand 24/7 garment compliance without accommodation even in tropical regions of the world.
Amazing Grace in #GeneralConference? Is this an omen? Maybe the new hymnal will finally bring this Christian classic into the #LDS repertoire?
April 7, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Amazing Grace in #GeneralConference? Is this an omen? Maybe the new hymnal will finally bring this Christian classic into the #LDS repertoire?
I appreciate #ElderCarpenter for daring to be open about sealing cancellation, a fraught topic, but he did not address the gender disparity in sealing cancellation policy, which is an important issue that needs to be addressed in the #LDS church. #GeneralConference
April 7, 2024 at 1:28 AM
I appreciate #ElderCarpenter for daring to be open about sealing cancellation, a fraught topic, but he did not address the gender disparity in sealing cancellation policy, which is an important issue that needs to be addressed in the #LDS church. #GeneralConference
#ElderCarpenter says no one will be trapped in a sealing to an “unrepentant” former spouse, even without a cancellation. I think he was also saying they will not trapped with a repentant person they still want to divorce, but this part was less clear. #GeneralConference
April 7, 2024 at 1:26 AM
#ElderCarpenter says no one will be trapped in a sealing to an “unrepentant” former spouse, even without a cancellation. I think he was also saying they will not trapped with a repentant person they still want to divorce, but this part was less clear. #GeneralConference
#SisterSpannaus says if we love the truth we will seek it, and if we seek it we will find it. #GeneralConference
April 7, 2024 at 12:52 AM
#SisterSpannaus says if we love the truth we will seek it, and if we seek it we will find it. #GeneralConference
I had forgotten this gem of a lyric:
“Oh, what songs we'll employ As the heart swells with joy, When our Heavenly Parents we meet!” #LDS #GeneralConference
“Oh, what songs we'll employ As the heart swells with joy, When our Heavenly Parents we meet!” #LDS #GeneralConference
April 7, 2024 at 12:18 AM
I had forgotten this gem of a lyric:
“Oh, what songs we'll employ As the heart swells with joy, When our Heavenly Parents we meet!” #LDS #GeneralConference
“Oh, what songs we'll employ As the heart swells with joy, When our Heavenly Parents we meet!” #LDS #GeneralConference
If remembering Christ is the goal, is the garment the best strategy? It reminds #SisterDennis of Christ, but it also distracts many other people from thinking of Christ due to discomfort, pain or resentment. #GeneralConference
April 6, 2024 at 5:24 PM
If remembering Christ is the goal, is the garment the best strategy? It reminds #SisterDennis of Christ, but it also distracts many other people from thinking of Christ due to discomfort, pain or resentment. #GeneralConference
#ElderHamilton foreshadowed an emphasis on garment-wearing, & we only had to wait for the 2nd talk of #GeneralConference. However, I appreciate that #SisterDennis focused on the intended symbolism of the garment & did not fixate on daily compliance rules or women’s yoga pants.
April 6, 2024 at 5:22 PM
#ElderHamilton foreshadowed an emphasis on garment-wearing, & we only had to wait for the 2nd talk of #GeneralConference. However, I appreciate that #SisterDennis focused on the intended symbolism of the garment & did not fixate on daily compliance rules or women’s yoga pants.
After all the talk about #LDS women & the priesthood authority we supposedly have, it’s an interesting contrast to begin #GeneralConference by reading a long list of names of male General Authorities. No LDS women is honored with the title of General Authority. #LDSconf
April 6, 2024 at 4:29 PM
After all the talk about #LDS women & the priesthood authority we supposedly have, it’s an interesting contrast to begin #GeneralConference by reading a long list of names of male General Authorities. No LDS women is honored with the title of General Authority. #LDSconf
#IfTheTideTurns pirate party with @rachelrueckert.bsky.social Excited to tead the book. “To freedom!”
March 30, 2024 at 1:43 PM
#IfTheTideTurns pirate party with @rachelrueckert.bsky.social Excited to tead the book. “To freedom!”
Thank you Lehi City Mayor Johnson & Point of the Mountain Chamber of Commerce for recognizing Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital as a “pillar of strength, compassion, & medical excellence.”
March 15, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Thank you Lehi City Mayor Johnson & Point of the Mountain Chamber of Commerce for recognizing Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital as a “pillar of strength, compassion, & medical excellence.”
Love this quote by suffragist Emmeline B. Wells, shared by #LDS Church historian Lisa Olsen Tait for #InternationalWomensDay “The historians of the past have been neglectful of women…the historians of the present will find it very embarrassing to ignore women.”
March 8, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Love this quote by suffragist Emmeline B. Wells, shared by #LDS Church historian Lisa Olsen Tait for #InternationalWomensDay “The historians of the past have been neglectful of women…the historians of the present will find it very embarrassing to ignore women.”
Sherrie Gavin says #InternationalWomansDay is what you make of it; and she literally made something of it for us. When she couldn’t find a celebration like those she used to enjoy in Australia here in #Utah, she took the initiative to organize an event herself!
March 8, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Sherrie Gavin says #InternationalWomansDay is what you make of it; and she literally made something of it for us. When she couldn’t find a celebration like those she used to enjoy in Australia here in #Utah, she took the initiative to organize an event herself!
Rebekah Clark of @BetterDays2020 shows us a preview of the upcoming quarter honoring Zitkala-Sa, advocate for women and indigenous people. #InternationalWomansDay
March 8, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Rebekah Clark of @BetterDays2020 shows us a preview of the upcoming quarter honoring Zitkala-Sa, advocate for women and indigenous people. #InternationalWomansDay
Shamail Tawana Nasiri tells us how women in Afghanistan are organizing to combat the Taliban at great personal risk. She asks us to speak for women who are not safe to raise their voices in their own country. #InternationalWomansDay
March 8, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Shamail Tawana Nasiri tells us how women in Afghanistan are organizing to combat the Taliban at great personal risk. She asks us to speak for women who are not safe to raise their voices in their own country. #InternationalWomansDay
Behavioral Health director Ashley Schlaich tells audience at UVU that the new Primary Children’s hospital campus in Lehi will send a strong message by placing behavioral health services on the 1st floor, near the front door: “mental health is not hiding.”
October 28, 2023 at 1:36 AM
Behavioral Health director Ashley Schlaich tells audience at UVU that the new Primary Children’s hospital campus in Lehi will send a strong message by placing behavioral health services on the 1st floor, near the front door: “mental health is not hiding.”