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Welcome to the first (and probably only) installment of the Newly-Les Game hosted by our good friend Diana! We'd like to say we crushed this game...we really would...but it soon turned into a total shit show. We discovered that Shelly is a hopeless romantic and that Mary doesn't understand what junk food is for some reason. We also have a super intellectual and cringey FUMPOTD from Bryce Blankenagel that Shelly would like to announce to everyone that she won (for a change). So be informed of this miraculous victory, and please join us!

Music provided by Purple Planet: https://purple-planet.com.

In this episode Mary gives Shelly a break and takes over the planning. She quizzes her on a FUMPOTD (thanks Bryce Blankenagel) and comes up with an evangelical mad lib. Also Sister Fanny Fact-Check pays a visit with another installment of "Deep Dives into Dire Doctrine." This one's chock full, so please join us!

Music provided by Purple Planet: https://purple-planet.com

After receiving an email from a listener who let us know that her girlfriend (also a listener) had recently died by suicide, we felt that we wanted to bring on therapist and friend, Kimberly Anderson, to help us navigate this topic. So this episode is dedicated to Charly. If someone you care about is contemplating suicide, please reference the links below for help. Thank you.

Kimberly is holding an open-to-the-public LGBTQ+ and Trauma Informed Suicide Education/Prevention workshop on July 12th at 7pm PST. Come one, come all. Also, please share: https://www.facebook.com/events/265060641466169/

QPR Institute: 800-273-TALK / Question. Persuade. Refer. https://qprinstitute.com

Safety Plan Template: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Brown_StanleySafetyPlanTemplate.pdf

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 / https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 / https://www.translifeline.org

The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 / https://www.thetrevorproject.org

Project Semicolon: https://projectsemicolon.com

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255 / Support groups: https://afsp.org/find-a-support-group/

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education: 800-273-8255 / Support groups: https://save.org/what-we-do/grief-support/

Alliance of Hope support groups: https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/find-a-support-group/

American Association of Suicidology support groups: https://suicidology.org/resources/support-groups/

LGBTQ+ subsidized therapy: https://flourishtherapy.org

Find a therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

DBT explained: https://psychcentral.com/lib/an-overview-of-dialectical-behavior-therapy/

“Same Sex Attracted” – LGBT BYU documentary: 7/10 – 7/19 film festival tickets: https://www.utahfilmcenter.org/damntheseheels/dth2020/

Seriously, can we all just get over this subject and move on to more important topics, like learning how to love one another? This week's "He Said What" is a real treat, not really. We also have a fun Mormon Mad Lib and we read a couple of great letters. Please join us!

Music provided by Purple Planet: https://purple-planet.com.

This week we interview our friend, LDL Podcast Discussion Group moderator and transgender activist, Alice Ashton, about her thoughts surrounding the recent Title VII Supreme Court ruling. We also roast a literal crap-ton of FB trolls (pretty sure that’s a metric unit). Please join us.

Shelly references a recent post about Dallin H. Oaks by Latter Gay Stories: https://www.facebook.com/LatterGayStories/posts/3266348586751666

Music provided by Purple Planet: https://www.purple-planet.com

In today's episode we are fortunate to have with us the inspiring and talented, a.k.a "loving blossom" (Shelly's term for her), Courtney Ariel. As you may remember, Courtney wrote the article we read last week, "For Our White Friends Desiring To Be Allies." Please join us for this enlightening conversation.
Courtney's recommendations and contact info:
BOOKS:
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (additionally he has written amazing/insightful articles featured in the news publication: The Atlantic)
Citizen by Claudia Rankine
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
White Fragility by Robin J. DiAngelo
FILM:
Must watch Film based off of James Baldwin works: "I am not your Negro"
SOJOURNERS PUBLICATION FEATURED ARTICLES:
https://sojo.net/biography/courtney-ariel

MUSIC:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/48wwNodTzVibSVGkuX8MjF
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/courtney-ariel/id283282575
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/7342329
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/courtneyariel
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/courtney-ariel

SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneyarielmusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtneyarielmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carielmusic

In this episode we read from various racist LDS documents, including the BOM and the words of various "prophets" of the Mormon church. But even though that's part of our history, in many cases, that's not where the story has to end. Let's do something about it! We start with a fantastic article by Courtney Ariel entitled, For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies. It's informative and eye opening; hopefully you get as much out of it as we did. We also recommend the list of books, below.
Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between the World and Me
Claudia Rankine: Citizen
Ibram X. Kendi: Stamped from the Beginning / How to Be an Antiracist
Crystal M. Fleming: How to Be Less Stupid About Race
Ruby Hamad: White Tears/Brown Scars
Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility

This week we officially debut our Mormon Mad Libs segment, so take a load off on our lounge chair and enjoy. We also break out not three, but FOUR whole Ds for Sister Fanny Fact Check's: Deep Dives into Dire Doctrine. And finally, we finish a listener letter and read a "She Said What" that seems sort of like a cry for help. Poor, poor Wendy Nelson.

Music provided by Purple Planet: https://www.purple-planet.com.

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