Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Year of Polygamy podcast. I'm your host, Lindsay,

and I'm excited to be recording another episode with y'all. Today, of course, I'm bringing back a good

friend of the podcast, someone who's been a repeat guest, Dr. Christina Rosetti, and she's going to

talk about an article that she just published in Dialogue, which of course is a Mormon historical

and cultural publication that I respect that you should all support.

Christina's a fantastic writer. She's also a great friend of mine. We've been on many adventures together. And for those who aren't aware, Christina is not a Mormon. She actually is Catholic,

and she studies Mormonism. She's a religious studies scholar. She's also a professor of

humanities at Utah Tech in southern Utah. She's also a co-adventure with me. We've studied

many things together and been on many adventures. So it's a delight to have her back on talking

about this crazy amazing article that she wrote. Before we get into the interview, I want to give

some trigger warnings. Now, I know the word trigger warning is like so saturated in our discourse

that like it doesn't even mean anything anymore and, you know, people attribute it to woke culture

or whatever you, wherever you stand. That's your business. For me, this actually really needs a trigger warning because, you know, I've been, I've been

really open up with this podcast.

I've been open about my struggles in the Mormon community because I feel like that

vulnerability was something that I was not given growing up as a mainstream Mormon girl in the church. And that vulnerability from

other people was what I needed. Honesty was what I needed. And so I've been vulnerable,

sometimes too vulnerable online. I've had to learn boundaries over the years as well. But one thing

I've been very open about talking about is my eating disorder. I think, gosh, like one of the very first interviews I did with

Mormon stories years and years back was me talking about my struggle with eating disorders.

It's something that I have battled since I was 17. And, you know, I keep trying to figure out

which adjectives I want to use here, like battled and struggled and survived, all these things.

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