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Good morning, Netizens…
Some considerable rattle, hue and noise is being raised about Hot Mormon Muffins Calendar (http://hotmormonmuffins.com/) both from within the vast Mormon Church and in the news media as well. This tasteful but tongue-in-cheek calendar features Mormon Women in what Mormons Exposed, the calendar designers, describe as a controversial but informational look at Mormon women.
These are not sultry, nor even cheesecake photographs of women, Mormon or otherwise. They are tastefully done, and all for a good cause, as all money raised by the organization goes to combat breast cancer. It you are curious enough to do so, take a close and perhaps introspective look at the women who appear on the calendar at http://hotmormonmuffins.com/meet.php and perhaps you will see they are, for the most part, attractive, well-educated mothers and Mormons to the core.
Promoted by the organization Mormons Exposed, this all began as another calendar, Men on a Mission Calendar (http://mormonsexposed.com/) which featured male Mormon missionaries posing bare-chested, which is controversial enough by itself. If you have ever wondered how it feels to actually serve as missionaries on foreign soils some of their brief comments about life in foreign countries are illuminating and very educational.
Last year, a dustup over the
calendar ultimately cost its creator, Las Vegas entrepreneur Chad
Hardy, his membership in the church and his diploma from the
church-owned Brigham Young University. I didn’t know you could take away a college degree for moral turpitude, but then welcome to Brigham Young.
Both calendars strive, I believe, attempt to depict another view of Mormon men and women, one largely free of some of the rigid adherence to Mormon stereotypes, all done with good taste and a sense of humor.
Dave
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Diana on October 27 at 8:47 a.m.
Okay. Everybody put on your magic underwear.
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Michelle33 on October 27 at 11:15 a.m.
Not sure why they are claiming this calendar is any different from underwear adds and sports illustrated swimsuit edition…NOT something I will give my money for nor will I hang in my house for my husband to drool over and my children to be exposed to…..It is not done in good taste ladies. Sad that they are claiming to be doing this for the sake of charity.
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Dave Laird on October 27 at 1:08 p.m.
Diana…
As always, you never fail to leave me in stitches at times. I suppose now I'll have to write one of my Mormon rants about some of the things they have practiced in the past, including horsehair undergarments.
Good one!
Dave
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MissRed on October 27 at 2:50 p.m.
As a Mormon woman, I actually have a valid opinion. We believe our bodies are sacred and that in public, we should hold certain modesty standards. This calendar does not break down stereotypes about stay at home Mormon moms, if anything it feeds into it. If he really wanted to break down stereotypes, he would have done a calendar about educated stay at home moms in respectful poses doing something besides making muffins.
And Dave, maybe you should respect the original author's words from the AP. You're wording in most of the piece is verbatim. Next time use quotes and cite your source.
Signing off from an educated Mormon woman who actually checks facts and sources before rattling off some idiot opinion.
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Dave Laird on October 27 at 6:28 p.m.
MissRed wrote in part:
“Signing off from an educated Mormon woman who actually checks facts and sources before rattling off some idiot opinion.”
Actually I did cite my source in the picture which I uploaded. It is Credit CMH Entertainment, LLC.
Signing off from the creator of this Blog who always checks sources and facts, and rarely rattling off an idiotic opinion.
Dave
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Rifleman__Dodd on October 27 at 6:45 p.m.
“an educated Mormon woman” isn't that a mormon woman who owns a pair of shoes?
They used to say.. If your gonna bring them.. Bring them young (Brigham Young).
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Diana on October 27 at 8:01 p.m.
Indeed. The rare “not quite plagiarism, but still” accusation usually comes from those who don't know how Dave rolls.
And I would never accuse all Mormon women of petty name-calling, but if the underwear fits…
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Rifleman__Dodd on October 28 at 7:41 a.m.
Its been heard that Mormon Women wear Space Panties…cause they think thier @$$ is “out of this world”.
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spokelooneh on October 28 at 10:31 a.m.
A little too much Celestial Seasoning, methinks.
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