Monday night we were invited onto the YFZ Ranch, where the FLDS women who had just been separated from their children were going to tell their stories. We waited for a bit at the gate with at least twenty other media vehicles, and then the gates opened and we drove in. In front of a log building, about a dozen women were waiting.
This openness to the media was unprecedented in recent FLDS history. As I often do covering these communities I wore a long-sleeved shirt. But there was a sharp contrast in fashions between some of the media and the FLDS women.
For the FLDS, this event was way out of the ordinary. They knew it, too, as this woman snapping pictures with her camera demonstrates:
Quickly the event turned into a mingle, with various women telling their stories to anyone with a camera.
To be continued…
Hi Trent,
I sure don’t want to sound hyperbolic, but that top picture of the five women is one of the greatest photographs I’ve ever seen. Wow. It is so odd and haunting and beautiful. Also, this has been so great to be able to follow this story through your posts.
Western feminist to the FLDS — strip off the dress and strap on the thong.
I think these women look wonderful! A genuine, modest women in the true sense of purity! Sweetness at its greatest! How wonderful to have someone as sweet and pure as these women…ladies, to raise your children. What a wonderful example to us all. Thanks FLDS ladies for the awesome example.