The Reluctant Rebel: Gemma’s Story, Part Three

In Patrick Henry College’s weekly small-group wing chapels, students were given writings from Doug Wilson and Michael and Debi Pearl to study and discuss.

“To the Ladies of Patrick Henry College”: A 2006 Email from 2 Male PHC Students

“You might be interested in publishing this lovely piece of misogynistic bullcrap. This email was sent to all PHC students by two male students on March 15, 2006.”

In which my genitals mean I don’t learn math or science

“I was denied physics because I was born female. I had been taught all my life leading up to that point that girls don’t use power tools, that girls don’t build, that girls can’t understand higher math, that girls can’t hammer straight, that girls can’t and don’t understand science or engineering, and that all of those things are for boys.”

Jonathan Lindvall on the Women’s Suffrage Movement

“Jonathan Lindvall is the president of Bold Christian Living. He has spoken at many homeschooling conferences and organized ‘Bold Christian Youth Seminars’ as well as ‘Bold Parenting Seminars.’ He also presented ‘New Testament House Church Seminars’ in the U.S. and beyond…. I recently came across a quotation from Lindvall on No Longer Quivering suggesting young women should be ‘shielded’ from jury duty and that women should not vote.”

The Reason I Despise Fundamentalist Christianity, As Revealed to Me In a Dream

“I couldn’t put my finger on either my anxiety when reading about the mistreatment of Christian girls or my strange negative reactions to other generic mentions of Christianity. Why did I cringe when I saw a post on Twitter recommending a book about God’s love? Why do I skim past the tweets with Bible verses and references to good times at church? I believe I got my answer in a dream I had Saturday night.”

Allowing the Devil to Undress You: The Slut-Shaming of a Former Homeschooler

“A disgrace. A destructive force against families. Homeschool dropout. A rat turd. These are but a number of phrases used on HSLDA’s Facebook page in reference to Teresa Scanlan, a former homeschooler attending Patrick Henry College. These are not phrases used by HSLDA…They are coming from fans (or at least previous fans) of HSLDA.”

A Life With No Future: Rebecca’s Story

“My major issue with my homeschooling experience is the fact that it didn’t seem to be progressing towards anything. My parents didn’t seem to realize that they were supposed to raise us to become adults, not just Christians. Instead my life seemed to exist in a warped kind of Never-Never Land in which I was rocketing towards adulthood equipped with only a child’s skill set.”

TeenPacters Speak Up: Part Six, TeenPact Breakaway

“I remember the exact moment I began to breakaway from the TeenPact message. And what is funny is that the reason it started to crumble had nothing to do with the misogyny, the hypocritical modesty standards or corrupt election rigging. Instead, it was a young person who dared to speak their opinion; an opinion that the powers-that-be did not share.”

TeenPacters Speak Up: Part Five, TeenPact and Women

“We are told, many times, in no uncertain terms that we (women) are supposed to just go along with whatever the men say – even if we disagree with it, and to not speak up if we do. They’re supposed to lead, after all, and we’re supposed to submit.”

TeenPacters Speak Up: Part Four, My Experience And A Lot Of Parantheses

“I have de-friended most of the Interns (or been de-friended) and have since hidden most of my TeenPact pictures and videos. It is a chapter in my life that I do not regret, but do not like to announce. I prefer that no one remember me or pick me out as one of them. I regret being so conservative and blind. I do not regret getting away and changing.”