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”
Injustice, suffering and The Stoning of Soraya M.
I have serious thoughts this time of year even though I didn’t grow up in a tradition that celebrated Lent. I also have this bad habit of watching disturbing historical films and getting emotionally overwhelmed. A couple of years ago, I watched The Stoning of Soraya M. over winter break. My roommates had just leftContinueContinue reading “Injustice, suffering and The Stoning of Soraya M.”
Child abuse prevention in the church is not big government
Back in high school, I used to love Andrée Seu Peterson’s columns. I read her pieces first when our copy of World magazine arrived in the mail every week. She always made me think because she was less conservative than my homeschool textbooks, and I admired her writing style. I’m pretty sure that other homeschoolContinueContinue reading “Child abuse prevention in the church is not big government”
Sometimes I realize I’ve been lied to: Revisiting narratives we tell ourselves about terrorism + extremism
I visited the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial in September 2015. Do you ever still feel a nauseating shock when you realize you’ve been lied to? I know many of us have expressed feeling this when we got out of homeschool-ville and fundamentalist Christianity in one way or another. I visited the Oklahoma City bombing memorialContinueContinue reading “Sometimes I realize I’ve been lied to: Revisiting narratives we tell ourselves about terrorism + extremism”
Eleanor Skelton 