April 16, 2012

Some Straight Talk From Mormon Feminists

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches

It was the tweet that transformed the ever-simmering Mommy Wars into a holy crusade.

First, on April 11, DNC advisor Hilary Rosen told Anderson Cooper:

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TAGGED: mothers, Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Mormonism

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