Barron Trump and Violent Homeschoolers

From the time Trump started his campaign, up until his taking office, there have been multiple people sending out tweets about Barron, his 10 year old son. Many of these have ranged in topic from speculation on whether he is autistic, to calling him a future serial shooter.

A Personal Plea- Part 10

I am having such a hard time dealing with the fact that you voted for someone who is the spitting image of many of those who have personally abused me.

A Personal Plea, Part 9

But the more I studied, the more I realized, the conservatives amongst whom I was raised were just as guilty of revisionist history as were the fringe liberals I was taught about.

A Personal Plea, Part 3

I’m not going through all of this because I’m wallowing, or I’m held down by the past. I’m writing all of this as a plea for you all to please try and understand how trauma victims, including myself, live.

A Personal Plea, Part 2

Reporting would have caused way more problems, and solved none. So I kept my mouth shut, which is probably exactly what they wanted.

A Personal Plea, Part 1

I remember feeling odd about it after it happened, but I didn’t know why. This felt different from the other bullying.

My Mother is the Woman Who Doesn’t Want the Right to Vote

I grew up listening to my mom tell me that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

My Family Was Politically Active: Darren Jones, A Homeschool Dad’s Story

CC image courtesy of Flickr, Grufnik. Our family didn’t get involved in politics until I was in high school. The first (somewhat) political event that we went to was a pro-life rally in our local city. Since that time, I try to get to the annual March for Life at least every other year, which my parents never did, so in

I Was Raised to Be a Conservative Culture Warrior. Then I Jumped the Political Fence.

CC image courtesy of Flickr, Grufnik. Editorial note: The following is reprinted with permission from Libby Anne’s blog. It was originally published on July 11, 2016. I grew up in a conservative homeschool family and religious community firmly ensconced in the Christian Right. I was raised to be a culture warrior. I was raised to create change, to be a mover and a shaker. But only

Savannah’s Story: Republicanity (or, When Politics Is Your Religion)

“Some adults may genuinely believe that the rest of the world is out to persecute them, and the rest may just be bigots, but children—children are oblivious. Innocent. Children are told what to believe and they believe it until they learn to question when they are older, if at all. When you tell a young child that a certain kind of person wants to kill them, they do not have the ability to think it through and weigh the evidence. They simply trust you.”