The search for my identity and my need for self-reflection has always been insatiable. I've always been a deep thinker (albeit with a healthy dose of sarcasm). I feel the neverending need to think, reflect, evaluate, analyze, reframe. (Hmm, that sounds like the job description of a therapist, go figure.)
Paradoxically, I discovered feminism during the course of my studies at BYU. Reading the history and stories of women bound by oppression, servitude, silence, and that I was participating in this world run by patriarchy was shocking to me. My continued discovery of social injustice expanded through my education at Columbia (not so paradoxical this time), and it ignited the flame in me to become a social justice advocate.
As I have searched deeper within the stories of these women, including women of my own faith, I found not only heartbreak, but enlightenment, faith, and hope. These stories resonated with me, and inspired me to begin to tell my own story, and to leave my own legacy.
For me, the search for my identity as a woman is directly correlated to my search for a whole relationship with God. The reconciliation of my feminist ideology with Mormon ideology is a spiritual journey. Finding the one-ness I seek with a higher power involves the exploration of what is at the core of me as a woman. It is a lifelong journey, and one I intend to start to reflect on, using this blog.
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