BYU perspectives

Two thousand years ago in Jerusalem, a woman was suffering from a disorder we would now likely diagnose as menorrhagia, or continual postpartum bleeding. She bled for twelve years, suffering immense physical pain as well as spiritual deprivation and ostracization. The Pharisees deemed her unclean and left her in the streets. Christ healed her in…

Dear Utah Singles,  I stared down, twisting the thin rim of my glass and studying the scratches on the wooden table as my friends went on about the horrible or funny dates they’d been on. I heard names thrown out: Kyle, Ryan, Chad, Josh—someone’s cousin, a friend of an ex. I listened attentively…

This past summer, I watched the cringe comedy film Friendship, starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. The story follows Craig, a mid-level corporate nice guy with an unfortunate lack of social awareness. Craig quickly forms a close friendship with his charismatic neighbor, Austin, until Craig’s zealous enthusiasm for this friendship gradually blossoms into obsession, and,…

It’s 2021, and I’m in the first-ever Native American Civil Rights Seminar. I’m one of the few who’s not Diné, and I’m one of the few not graduating within a year, but we form a community nonetheless. A community where we laugh and cry together. As Dr. Draper said, “Being angry and crying alone is…

White Red Yellow Black Not fish But people Or rather Their skin.   A simple shade That has both nothing And yet everything To do with who they are   With who I am.   People look at me and see one of three options: White-ish­, tan/maybe “yellow,” or most often the all-encompassing…

J.M. Barrie’s most renowned work, Peter Pan, begins with the statement, “All children, except one, grow up.” The “one,” of course, refers to the story's protagonist, Peter Pan, a character who has long captivated readers as the boy who never grew up. The story of Peter Pan was first introduced to me a century after…