1684: A Japanese-American Mormon Story – Jeff and Larissa Kindred Pt. 1
Join us as we meet Jeff & Larissa Kindred and follow their stories growing up as Latter-day Saints. Jeff’s story includes a grooming scoutmaster, his love of sports, attending Snow College, and serving a mission in Jackson, Mississippi where he dealt with scrupulosity around diet & exercise, becoming AP, and wrestling with racism in the Church culture & scripture.
Larissa’s story involves her Japanese-American heritage, and gives a brief introduction on the history of anti-Japanese sentiment in Utah, including having been home to a Japanese “Work” Camp in Topaz. Larissa tells of the struggles her grandparents faced assimilating into Utah Culture and dealing with the loss of their own. Larissa also describes racism she experienced growing up in American Fork, UT and Mormon culture’s ideals matching white beauty standards.
And this is just the beginning! Jeff and Larissa have a lot of experiences that many current and former Mormons will relate to and experiences that will be new for many to hear.
Larissa Kindred
Jeff Kindred:
1685: Unraveling the Progressive Mormon Dream – Larissa & Jeff Kindred Pt. 2
1686: Healing from Mormon Marital Sexual Dysfunction – Larissa and Jeff Kindred Pt. 3
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Podcasts:
- Mormon Stories Podcast
- 896: Christopher Swallow – Abused by Lowell Robison who was still Allowed to Serve as Mission President
- 1640: Boy Scout Abuse and the Mormon Church with Attorney Tim Kosnoff
- 480-482: Jeremy Runnells and his Letter to a CES Director
- 1339-1341: Dr. Robert Ritner – An Expert Egyptologist Translates the Book of Abraham
- 1346: Shannon Caldwell Montez – The Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922
- 1337: Shannon Caldwell Montez – From Wife and Mother to Groundbreaking Mormon Historian
- 1346: Shannon Caldwell Montez – The Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922
- 483-486: Christine Jeppsen Clark, Daughter of General Authority Malcolm Jeppsen
- 1487-1488: The Mormon Influences on Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow
- 1614: Mormons and the Increasingly Toxic Great Salt Lake Lake with John Larsen
- 067: Women and the LDS Church Part 11 – Linda King Newell, “A Gift Given, A Gift Taken: Washing, Anointing, and Blessing the Sick Among Mormon Women”
- 1144-1146: A More Effective Approach to Masturbation and Pornography: For Teens and Adults
- 1477-1478: Executive Secretary to LDS General Authorities Speaks Out – Camille Jones
- Mormon Stories/LDS Discussions
- Rethinking Porn Addiction
- Mormonism LIVE Podcast
- Jennifer Finlayson Fife Podcasts
- Dr. Julie Hanks Podcast
- Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis
Books:
- Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II – Richard Reeves
- Live Up to Our Privileges: Women, Power, and Priesthood – Wendy Ulrich
- Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling – Richard Bushman
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – Dr. Robin DiAngelo & Michael Eric Dyson
- Bryan Stevenson’s Books
- Women and the Priesthood: What One Latter-day Saint Woman Believes – Sheri Dew
- Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism – Taylor G. Petrey
- Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness | W. Paul Reeves
- [Explicit] Women on Top – Sexual Fantasies of Women | Nancy Friday
Other Media:
- Damaged Goods: Perception of Pornography Addiction as a Mediator Between Religiosity and Relationship Anxiety Surrounding Pornography Use | Journal of Sex Research
- Sistas In Zion
- Mrs. America (Series on Hulu)
- Good Hair (Documentary on Amazon)
- Jennifer Finlayson Fife Website
- Dr. Julie Hanks Website
- Kristin Hodson Website
- Linda King Newell – A Gift Given, A Gift Taken Away (PDF Article)
- CES Letter
- The Family: A Proclamation to the World
- LDS Discussions
One Response
As an olster I gave up trying to figure out how to comment on youtube, But I have learned how to answer the problem of pornography. From a guilt feeling in the Church, I got rid of some of the pictures, but even now I have some 20 pictures of my favorite porno-queen, my wife, taken with my Polaroid camera in our younger years. I am so glad I saved them because my wife is currently in a transitional nursing care facility and at 77 years of age, I can truly get excited and can masturbate and my wife is thrilled when I tell her what still turns me on, And we’ve been married 54 years and no longer attend.