What is Women on the Stand?
Women on the Stand is a community centered on having respectful and unflinching conversations about women, partnership, and collaborative leadership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Through various forms of creative expression, we hope to cultivate collaboration, empowerment, and understanding for all in the Latter-Day Saint community and beyond.
We publish regularly on Substack and Instagram, striving to share diverse perspectives on women, partnership, and collaborative leadership.
Want to get involved?
To stay up to date on everything we’re doing, subscribe to WOTS and follow us on Instagram.
If you’re interested in volunteering with Women on the Stand, you can express your interest here.
If you or your organization have an interest in partnering with us, please email womenonthestand@gmail.com.
Have a perspective to share?
If you’d like to submit writing (essays, poetry, fiction, research, etc.), use the form below to learn about the process and submit a draft.
If you’d like to submit art, please email womenonthestand@gmail.com.
Topics of Interest
The nature of spiritual authority
Voice, stewardship, and agency
Partnership between men and women
The priesthood and the power of God
Divine motherhood and fatherhood
Callings, councils, and collaboration
The unseen labor of women in the Church
Ritual participation and exclusion
Scriptural women (seen and unseen)
Prophecy, revelation, and spiritual gifts
The history of Relief Society and female leadership
Faith crises and faith reconstruction
Silence, dissent, and belonging
Temple theology and symbolism
Marriage, covenant, and consecration
Heavenly Mother and the divine feminine
Embodiment, birth, and healing
Menopause, aging, and spiritual maturity
Singles, childlessness, and chosen family
Work, education, intellect, and discipleship
The Church and social change
Equality and hierarchy
Power, humility, and persuasion
Service, sacrifice, and burnout
The work of forgiveness and reconciliation
Community care and sisterhood
The global Church and cultural diversity
Faith in public life
Gender, language, and scripture
Spiritual creativity and expression
Tradition, reform, and continuing revelation
