Please Don’t Deny Our Agency

  HA note: The following is reprinted with permission from Libby Anne’s blog, Love, Joy, Feminism. It was originally published on November 16, 2015. I wrote the first draft of this post last summer. I wasn’t satisfied with it as it was, so I set it aside and promptly forgot about it. A conversation with one of my sisters reminded

A Quiverfull of Definitions

Attempts to describe this constellation of groups as “quiverfull” run into serious definitional problems.

Social Workers Don’t Have It Out for Homeschoolers (According to HSLDA’s Own Numbers)

The numbers don’t lie: Homeschoolers are investigated less frequently by the CPS than other families.

“Homeschool Got Me Into Harvard”: The Missing Facts

I am all for telling positive stories of homeschooling. But please, at least tell the stories accurately.

Josh Duggar Blames Porn and Satan in Public Statement

When you obsess over sex, you shouldn’t be surprised when sex becomes an obsession.

Bill Gothard Explains Road Safety (aka How Not to Get Raped)

Bill Gothard claims that a victim of sexual assault who does not cry out—who remains silent for whatever reason—is equally guilty with her attacker.

When Love is Abuse

Loving someone does not get a person off the hook for treating them horribly—nor does it soften the treatment.

When Demons Are Real

My parents believed demonic possession was real, and not just a thing of the past.

Picking Things Up from the Culture, Homeschool Edition

“For all of homeschooling parents’ rhetoric about how ‘peer dependent’ public schooled children are, we homeschooled children could be quite influenced by our homeschooled peers.”

Parenting Positively Means Much More Than Not Hitting

“Parenting in a healthy and positive way means so much more than just not hitting your child.”