The Christian Homeschool Movement and Nostalgia

“The reality is that the ‘good old days’ Christian homeschoolers look at so wistfully didn’t exist.”

Child Marriage: I Dodged the Bullet

Ever since I can remember, my mom really really really wanted to be pregnant at the same time as me.

Setting the Boundaries

“The Christian patriarchy movement grooms young women for abuse, consciously or not, by brainwashing them into compliance and encouraging them to forgo developing skills necessary for independent lives. There is a very clear power imbalance present, even in relationships between adults of the same age, because of an overwhelming emphasis on male dominion.”

Good Homeschooled Girls: Hide the Real You

“It is the obsession with denying women humanity — autonomy — and worth that pervades this whole idea. Good Homeschooled Girls have no needs. Good Homeschooled Girls are whatever they are told to be. Good Homeschooled Girls must gracefully and perfectly meet and fulfill contradictory requirements (look perfect, but don’t obsess about it! learn things, but don’t use your brain!), while never having a bad day or a human moment.”