The Bachelorette is upending its tried-and-true formula by enlisting Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star and #MomToker Taylor Frankie Paul for its 22nd season. Paul revealed the news on Wednesday during an appearance on Call Her Daddy — itself a major shift from the usual way Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants …
Read More »Mormon Momfluencers Return for 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Season Two Trailer
The second season for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is just around the corner. The unscripted Hulu series, which delves into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), motherhood, relationships, and a swinging sex scandal, returns with 10 episodes on May 15, the streamer announced Monday. Before …
Read More »People Are Trying Magic Mushrooms for Depression — and Accidentally Meeting God
The first time Stephanie Brinkerhoff tried psilocybin, she was a Mormon mother of three and desperate for help. She was struggling with migraines and chronic fatigue, and the antidepressants she had been on for years weren’t working, she felt. After listening to a series of podcasts about psychedelics, and learning …
Read More »'Daughters of the Cult': The Must-Watch Doc on the Horrific Acts of Mormon Fundamentalist Ervil LeBaron
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Quick Answer: Currently, Daughters of the Cult can only be streamed onHulu with an active subscription. Sign up for Hulu As told through the eyes of those who …
Read More »She Escaped Her Father's Polygamous, Child-Abusing Mormon Cult
It’s been a long, complicated journey for Rachel Jeffs Blackmore since escaping the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous Mormon cult led by her father, Warren Jeffs. Blackmore, who recently celebrated her 40th birthday, left her old life behind nearly a decade ago and is now …
Read More »Accused Cult Leader Offered Daughter Doritos and $50 if She'd Marry Him: Feds
Federal authorities appear to be closing in on an alleged polygamist cult leader accused of abusing underage girls, court documents show. In a new affidavit, an FBI agent claims Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, has more than 20 wives, many of them below the age of 15, that he sex-trafficked children, …
Read More »A Rumor About a Crabs Outbreak at Brigham Young University Sparks Talk of Armpit Sex
A rumor began circulating over the weekend that there’d been an outbreak of crabs at Brigham Young University, but not quite the way you might think. Though completely unverified, the claim — some version of which circulates every few years — was that undergrads were catching the STI not in …
Read More »Mormon Church Sent Patients to Sex Therapist — Even After One Accused Him of Abuse
In 2012, when she was 29 years old, Mia Chard was at a crossroads. As a child, she had been sexually abused, and she spent years suppressing the trauma, until it all seemed to bubble to the surface. She was working for the church, saving up for a master’s degree …
Read More »These Mormons Have Found a New Faith — in Magic Mushrooms
O n a Sunday afternoon in March, a group of 30 strangers huddle under a park pavilion in Salt Lake City, Utah, sipping hot cocoa and shaking hands shyly as snow clots the cottonwoods. A clean-cut gang of mostly white professionals, they are united by their interest in the Divine …
Read More »Mormon MomTok Is Blowing Up With Rumors of 'Soft Swinging'
Don’t let anyone tell you MomTok is boring. Last week, the mormon mommy influencers of Utah saw their friend group (and at least one marriage) implode. Thankfully, numerous TikTokers were on hand to break down the juicy drama. At the center of the drama is Taylor Frankie Paul and her …
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