The Dangers of Ideology: Salome’s Story, Part Two

“Ideology led my parents to exercise parenting techniques which left me vulnerable, broken, and with the deeply internalized belief that I’m worthless and unclean.”

The Dangers of Ideology: Salome’s Story, Part One

“My family, my church, and my homeschooling group were up to their eyeballs in purity culture.”

An Average Homeschooler: Part Seven, Graduate School

“Like all stories, mine is messy, and nuanced, and there isn’t any one thing to point fingers at. However, homeschooling was a part of my experience. It is one of the reasons why adulthood is still a struggle for me.”

(Not) An Open Letter To The Pearls: Samantha Field’s Thoughts

“As I got older, I started realizing, with a mounting horror, just how clearly evil Michael and Debi Pearl’s teachings are. What they advocate fosters and nurtures abusive homes. They explicitly encourage women to stay with physically abusive husbands and utterly dismiss the existence of marital rape.”