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Nancy Ross

@nancyross.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary prof @ Utah Tech interested in gender/race/sexuality/religion, Mormon feminist, pastor in Community of Christ. She/Her. Opinions are my own.

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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
exponentii.org/blog/curses-... “All women are not Eve and all women are not cursed for eternity because of Eve. The curses are not covenants requiring obedience…”
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Curses are not Covenants: A Sermon for Mormon Women on Genesis 3:14-19 — Exponent II Blog
I was a Primary kid in the 1980s and early 1990s and at that time there seemed to be a big push to get children to memorize the Articles of Faith. Each of
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I have just encountered three reels on Insta within like 5 minutes of women talking about the new style of garments and trying to sell me on them. No thank you.
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I am annoyed that I have run out of patience before my grading is done. I hate leaving essay comments in this state.
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Any day that involves drafting a beloved colleague’s obituary is a rough day.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
As the mighty @jaclynf.bsky.social says, COMMUNITY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO FASCISM
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Giving me life right now: letters about the a painting Joseph Smith being lent to the Smithsonian. The woman from the RLDS church & has big feelings about the portrait being hung next to Brigham Young & museum card references polygamy. She writes letters of complaint to literally everyone
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“I only know The inconsistently virtuous The intermittently thoughtful. I do not know anyone whose choices Continually align with their values. Quite frankly, I don’t know anyone who can manage Goodness Most of the time.” #socialjustice #poetry #mormonfeminism exponentii.org/blog/terribl...
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Terrible Allies — Exponent II Blog
I only knowThe inconsistently virtuousThe intermittently thoughtful.I do not know anyone whose choicesContinually align with their values.Quite frankly,I
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

ICIRR
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
What to do if ICE tries to pick you up or knocks on your door
If ICE is at your door Do NOT open the door. Do not engage with agents. Call your emergency contact and record and take pictures.
3 Remain Silent
1. You have the right to remain silent except for your name and DOB.
2. Remain calm and show you "Know Your Rights" card
5 If Detained...
Don't sign any documents without legal counsel. You have the right to make a call. Memorize important phone numbers!
2 If you encounter ICE agents
Demand to see a warrant. If ICE agents force their way into your home take down their names, agent numbers and license plate numbers of their vehicles.
DO not sign
Do NOT sign any documents until you talk with a lawyer.
Prepare an Emergency Plan
Carefully choose responsible adults to take care of your children and help during an emergency. Keep important documents safe and secure.
Call the Family Support Hotline! Toll-free hotline offers help to Illinois families facing deportation.
1-855-435-7693
www.icirr.org/fsn
The hotline is staffed in English, Spanish, Polish, Arabic and Korean.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
NIJC: Legal deportation assistance - immigrantjustice.org PASO: Legal deportation assistance - pasoaction.org
OCAD: Deportation crisis resource - organizedcommunites.org
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Exciting news! "Mormon Garments: Sacred and Secret," co-authored by me, Jessica Finnigan, and Larissa Kanno Kindred, will be published by the University of Illinois Press! Release date TBA#MormonGarments #MormonStudies #LivedReligion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyofReligion #HistoryofReligion
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
I’ve got some gray hairs from my time on the board of Ordain Women. I’ve got gray hairs from my time as chair/interim director for general education during a GE reform process. I’m like 8 weeks into being a department chair, and I’ve already got new gray hairs to prove it. #darkacademia
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Nancy Ross @nancyross.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
I’m had several conversations with my new admin assistant (Mormon woman in her 50s) abt church stuff while wearing a sleeveless dress & she just saw me make coffee. While I’m never going to be LDS again, I also hate disappointing everyone with rather banal life choices, especially older Mo women.
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