by admin on October 19, 2009
Polygamy, alongside housewifery and pornography, is just one of the few issues women continue to struggle to define as either feminist or not. And so a belief in ending oppression in all its many guises should be the compass of every feminist who finds herself lost. To end, I leave you with Hatijah Aam saying that polygamy should be something beautiful, rather than something disgusting. I say, fair enough–keeping in mind that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
by admin on March 9, 2009
A new controversy is brewing over the HBO program “Big Love.” In an upcoming episode, the show’s promotion says it will reveal sacred Latter-day Saint temple ceremonies.
by admin on March 3, 2009
HBO’s Big Love may be the most complicated, convoluted show ever produced by a major network.
by admin on February 5, 2009
I stop and gaze whenever I see this billboard around L.A. Sometimes it almost feels like the whole economy, the whole society, everything would balance out better, If only men who could afford it, could have more wives. Raise the children. Better living through polygamy.
by admin on January 18, 2009
HBO’s “Big Love” was created during a moment of boredom during a cross country drive for the two EP’s and showrunners, Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer.
by admin on January 16, 2009
A storyline chronicling the arrest and trial of Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton), a Mormon prophet who has had several wives, unfolds on TV just weeks after two religious leaders in the real-life community of Bountiful, B.C., were charged with practising polygamy.
by admin on January 16, 2009
This creative gem returns for its third season with nary an Emmy to its name, but early episodes looks stronger than ever.
The Real Big Controversy
by admin on March 15, 2009
I believe there may be another hidden reason that the show makes Mormons uneasy.
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