In January 2016, Vyckie Garrison, one of the founders of No Longer Quivering, started a public thread asking for speculations about the Duggar family for 2016. Her followers started guessing about the sexual identity of the Duggar children still living at home. The comments turned vicious, involving threats of violence towards other survivors and stalking. ReadContinueContinue reading “‘No Longer Quivering’ webmaster thinks speculating about LGBT Quiverfull kids is okay”
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‘But for us, God is not that tiny’: Why I’m #withMalala
Usually the documentaries I enjoy are about religious fundamentalism and cults or evangelical culture. I watch to learn and for research. The other night I rented two movies from Redbox: the new live action Cinderella and He Named Me Malala. I thought I’d learn something from Malala. More about the culture of Pakistan and theContinueContinue reading “‘But for us, God is not that tiny’: Why I’m #withMalala”
Outside the Box: Recovering from obsessive guilt
“i am still learning that i am allowed to be human out hereinside it was not allowedthose things made a bad thing happenso i still feel that. any tiny mistake… ” ~ anonymous friend Obsessive guilt is no longer my religion. But for many years, it was, and the scars left by it still lingerContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: Recovering from obsessive guilt”
Outside the Box: What is Joy?
Another anonymous post from a creative soul friend. Dear ****, I’m not writing this for you, cause I know you’ll never read it. I’m not writing this for you either, or you or you or you. I’m writing this for You, and I’m writing this for me. Did you know I was at a pointContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: What is Joy?”
Outside the Box: We are less fragile
My friend Mary Nikkel, who I once knew by the online nickname Elraen, was the first blogger I started regularly reading while I was still trapped in the cult my family was in, the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement. She blogs at Threads of Stars. Here is what she wrote about recovering from spiritual abuse. IContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: We are less fragile”
Eleanor Skelton 