Follow-up:

It's now been about three weeks since my last post. And I really really have been intending to write a response to the feedback I got on it. But, let's be real. I'm not a good blogger in the first place, let alone at the end of the semester. So here it is, albeit belated.

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A big, fat THANK YOU to everyone who read, commented, shared, laughed at, hated etc. my previous post about Mormon feminism.

Seriously.

The weekend after I wrote that post, I went home to Washington. When I left I already had a lot of views and comments on the post. I was overwhelmed with gratitude to people who were taking time to read a young, naive, 20-year-old girl's post on a pretty weighty topic.
When I landed in Sea-Tac that night, I got a lot of e-mail notifications about comments from complete strangers. I looked at the post to see it was already over 2000 views.
After a mini panic-attack, I discovered that Joanna Brooks had shared my post on her facebook, thus garnering all the views and comments.

All weekend I was pretty overwhelmed. Which, sure, might be a little pathetic. But I honestly feel like this is such a big issue and that my opinions are very minuscule in the grand scheme of things.

After thinking about it for a few days, I realized that as young as I may be, my message was important.

Because my message wasn't "you should share this opinion" or "everything you know is wrong."
My message was, and is, that no matter where your opinions are on these sensitive topics, we should all try to be a little bit more loving and Christlike when we discuss them.

Regardless of how you feel about Mormon feminism and Ordain Women, I'm sure you can agree with that.

So, yes. I'm young. And no, I'm not your stereotypical feminist. But that doesn't make what I have to say any less relevant or important.

fin.

Also, if you want to read my daddy's response to my "coming out," you can get dat here.