My husband and I just watched Whip It [PG-13] (2009), Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut starring Juno favorite Ellen Page. It was absolutely delightful, and definitely something that I want to add to my film library for my daughter to watch when she’s older. To learn why, I suggest watching the trailer below and reading Eric [...]

Note: This story was originally told at Feminist Mormon Housewives in the comments on Reese Dixon’s post, “Mad Men is turning my husband into a feminist.” It follows a similar theme of how film & television have helped my husband see the feminist side of things.
You may have thought otherwise from reading this blog or [...]

Because Katie Langston and Kullervo and KatyJane made their lists, now it’s my turn. In no particular order:
1. My sister-wives
2. Cottage cheese & potato chips — together
3. Good horror movies
4. Jason Statham
5. Undersexed Mormon boys
6. The costume Milla Jovovich wore in Resident Evil: Extinction
7. Really good praise and worship sessions with acoustic guitars
8. When I’m [...]

Mutuality, the quarterly magazine of Christians for Biblical Equality, published a review of Fireproof by Luke Finsaas in their latest issue. Here’s what Finsaas says about the film’s portrayal of gender roles:
The film puts up a veil of egalitarianism. For instance, Caleb’s mother wrote (or first used) ‘Love Dare’; Katherine has a good job (though [...]

I can’t believe this. Why are people writing interesting blog posts in which I get mentioned on a weekend like this? Don’t you people know… well…
THIS just came out? You dishonor the name of nerds everywhere by attempting to blog about serious subjects on a weekend like this. Shame on you.
And before you say, “Jack, [...]

Sola Scriptura
C. Michael Patton at Parchment and Pen just finished an excellent series, “In Defense of Sola Scriptura” (PDF version available here). It’s a ten-part series, and the PDF comes to 31 pages, but don’t let the length intimidate you; it has lots of pictures and charts for us dumb people. I think Patton does [...]

I just saw the video for “Please Don’t Leave Me” by P!nk. It cracked me up. This is how music videos should be done.
Plus the references to Misery, Cujo, It and The Shining will please Stephen King fans.
As I was watching it, I couldn’t help but muse on the fact that a male singer could [...]

Jeremy Lott at the American Spectator published an article today comparing the Mormon concept of God to the character of Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen. I thought the article was a respectful and amusing thought exercise and could find no trace of anti-Mormonism within it. I haven’t seen the Watchmen movie yet, but I’m a fan [...]

Yesterday was the release date of the animated film version of Wonder Woman starring Keri Russell (Waitress) as Wonder Woman and Nathan Fillion (Waitress, Firefly, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog) as Steve Trevor. My husband and I watched it last night and it was everything we wanted it to be. The dialogue was delightful and witty, [...]

After Family Home Evening last night (we do it on Fridays) and putting our daughter in bed, my husband and I snuggled up to watch Richard Dutcher’s States of Grace aka “God’s Army 2.” I initially saw it last November when I was visiting my LDS in-laws at their home in Iowa, but my husband [...]