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Anorexic Behaviors And Spirituality In Medieval Holy Women, Amanda Reece Sep 2022

Anorexic Behaviors And Spirituality In Medieval Holy Women, Amanda Reece

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

This body of mine remains without any food, without even a drop of water: in such sweet physical tortures as I never at any time endured; insomuch that my life hangs by a thread.” At only thirty three years old Saint Catherine of Siena lay in an almost constant state of hallucination, unable to stand, and on the verge of death. Saint Catherine lived the majority of her life in a near constant state of starvation as a form of suffering for religious worship, but four months before her death, she expressed she had lost the ability to take water …


On Divinity, Amy Griffin Sep 2022

On Divinity, Amy Griffin

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

It’s a world-famous cathedral, and I’m there, alone. Alone except for the tourists around me, who don’t count because I didn’t come here with them. Didn’t fly over the Atlantic with them. Alone except for the Instagram influencers next to me at the prayer candles, one onscreen talent and the other there to make the magic happen. On-screen has taken off her cardigan to reveal large breasts, leaning forward to make them pop. She opens her mouth slightly to let the candle glow reflect off her lip gloss. She turns her head from side to side, letting her camera-woman’s phone-in-hand …


Priestesses, Prophets, And Paradox: Ceramic Relationships Between Ancient Israel And A Queer Latter-Day Saint, Maddison Tenney Sep 2022

Priestesses, Prophets, And Paradox: Ceramic Relationships Between Ancient Israel And A Queer Latter-Day Saint, Maddison Tenney

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

As a Queer Latter-Day Saint, I often get asked the questions, “Why do you stay in Provo” or “Why do you stay at BYU?” and ultimately, “Why do you stay in the Church?” For me, one of the biggest reasons why I stay here is the depth of history of women who also explored liminal spaces within feminism, art, and the Church since its beginnings here in Utah. This discourse is important to me, and it feels deeply meaningful. So, when I started this project, I felt specifically drawn to create something that reflected the legacy of foremothers working in …


Eve The Ezer: Minerva Teichert Award Winner 2021, Kayla Becknuss Jan 2022

Eve The Ezer: Minerva Teichert Award Winner 2021, Kayla Becknuss

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Baby Suffragettes: Girls In The Woman's Suffrage Movement Across The Atlantic, Mckenzi Christensen Jan 2020

Baby Suffragettes: Girls In The Woman's Suffrage Movement Across The Atlantic, Mckenzi Christensen

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Jan 2020

Full Issue

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


"The Finest Of Any In The World": Silk Production And The Politicization Of Women In Utah, Hannah Chapman Jan 2020

"The Finest Of Any In The World": Silk Production And The Politicization Of Women In Utah, Hannah Chapman

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


She Is As The Tree, Emily Peck Jan 2020

She Is As The Tree, Emily Peck

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Awe Volume 6 Full Issue Jan 2019

Awe Volume 6 Full Issue

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Catcalling: Making Something Out Of Nothing At All Jan 2019

Catcalling: Making Something Out Of Nothing At All

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Cute Jan 2019

Cute

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Lingerie º10 Jan 2019

Lingerie º10

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


The Invisible Bluestocking: Naganuma Chieko’S Organic Cover Art Jan 2019

The Invisible Bluestocking: Naganuma Chieko’S Organic Cover Art

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Like A Balloon Jan 2019

Like A Balloon

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


“Is It Wrong To Want To Help Build Up God’S Kingdom?”: An Examination Of The Gendered Experience Of Early Brigham Young Academy Students Jan 2019

“Is It Wrong To Want To Help Build Up God’S Kingdom?”: An Examination Of The Gendered Experience Of Early Brigham Young Academy Students

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


An Ode To Myself Jan 2019

An Ode To Myself

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jan 2019

Front Matter

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Womanhood (Part 2) Jan 2019

Womanhood (Part 2)

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Curlzmt Jan 2019

Curlzmt

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Witchy Woman: Witchcraft As A Modernized Feminine Motif Jan 2019

Witchy Woman: Witchcraft As A Modernized Feminine Motif

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Womanhood (Part 1) Jan 2019

Womanhood (Part 1)

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


"A Mother And Fully Human At Once": Depictions Of Black Motherhood In Life And Literature Jan 2019

"A Mother And Fully Human At Once": Depictions Of Black Motherhood In Life And Literature

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


"Je, Christine": Feminine Claims To Power In Ditié De Jehanne D’Arc Jan 2019

"Je, Christine": Feminine Claims To Power In Ditié De Jehanne D’Arc

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


It's Mutual Jan 2019

It's Mutual

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


End Matter Jan 2019

End Matter

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Divine Nature And Destiny Jan 2019

Divine Nature And Destiny

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Female Faculty Jan 2019

Female Faculty

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


My Only Protection (Creative Work), Morgan Lewis Aug 2018

My Only Protection (Creative Work), Morgan Lewis

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

Fictionalized memoir: a young woman working as a lifeguard in adolescence muses on sunscreen as her only protection in a world that sexualizes her body.


Dragonflies (Poetry), Chloe Jensen Aug 2018

Dragonflies (Poetry), Chloe Jensen

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Hallow Hallow (Poetry), Anna Salvania Aug 2018

Hallow Hallow (Poetry), Anna Salvania

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

Poetry; experience of racism growing up