So last summer, I read this book that one of my friends let me borrow called Cameras in Narnia: How the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Came to Life. The author gives an inside perspective since he was on set for almost the entire filming process, and I enjoy reading about how movies areContinueContinue reading “Narnia is evil. Because scripture. | What one Christian fundamentalist preacher said about C.S. Lewis”
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Recognizing and supporting isolated fundamentalist homeschool kids
I took a social media break last month. I still blogged and kept in touch with a few friends, but I stopped reading my Facebook and Twitter feeds all the time. That’s not what my social media breaks used to look like. My social media breaks used to be the way that I covered forContinueContinue reading “Recognizing and supporting isolated fundamentalist homeschool kids”
Farewell to the Mermaid
Once upon a time, there was a girl who escaped the Village. She ran a lighthouse. Her friends who escaped their own villages to live in freedom helped her build it. The first friend that the girl met outside the Village was the mermaid, and she found her because she loved the sea. The mermaidContinueContinue reading “Farewell to the Mermaid”
Philosophy and the Box: Thoughts at 3 a.m.
My friend Sam wrote this in her journal earlier this year. Like most college students, we both have existential epiphanies at 3 am during midterms. I talk about the Box a lot. It’s my term for fundamentalism and growing up homeschooled and isolated. My early school years were all in a converted storage closet withContinueContinue reading “Philosophy and the Box: Thoughts at 3 a.m.”
Three year anniversary: #WhyILeft Fundamentalism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fQ0JSImpzM Three years ago yesterday, I left my parents’ house. They’d delivered an ultimatum: transfer from UCCS to Bob Jones University or move out. I chose freedom. Last year, someone told me, “That’s one thing I love about you. You’re incredibly American, in the most fundamental way. You’d rather be free than comfortable.” Which isContinueContinue reading “Three year anniversary: #WhyILeft Fundamentalism”
Eleanor Skelton 