Bloggernacle
n.— «Unlike the more mainstream Mormon blogs—known collectively as the Bloggernacle—that by and large promote the faith, this online diary focuses on the universal challenges of mothering young children and on frustration with the limited roles women have in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.» —“Faithful Track Questions, Answers and Minutiae on Blogs” by Debra Nussbaum Cohen New York Times Mar. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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