by Vyckie Angel’s boyfriend, Aaron, is in the evil jester costume. Next to him is Hazelle ~ looking rather witchy. Angel … I’m not sure what that costume is, but I think it’s pretty awesome. Chassé was a cowgirl ~ no gun, but she still looks like she could hurt you, huh? LOL In the front are Lydia Jean ~ a.k.a. “Sharpay” ~ and Wesley the Vampire. (Not pictured are: Andrew who was with his friends ~ and Berea ~ I think she was working.) “Oooh, creepy” ~ we actually did Halloween this year for the Full post …
Archive for October, 2009
Someone was trying to control every aspect of my life … including my clothes
by Erika Me and my youngest brother, 1991 After being made to quit the basketball team and the FHA group, I was trying to find any way that I possibly could to stay close to my friends. I called them when I could, I would wait outside on my porch after school ended so that I could talk to my classmates that lived on my street as they walked home each afternoon, I would try to get down to the school or a friend’s house when the chance came available. In the meantime, my parents Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: “The children do not get it at all …”
This letter which I wrote to Jonathan Lindvall via his “Bold Christian Living” email discussion list fits into the time period of the latest installment of my story. This one is total crap ~ I was trying so desperately to figure a way to get Angel to accept and embrace the godly, quiverfull lifestyle which we’d chosen for our family ~ I think that my desperation is quite apparent in this rather pathetic letter: Dear Mr. Lindvall, Thank you so much for your ministry — you have been a great encouragement to my husband & Full post …
No Longer Quivering featured in Sacramento News & Review local story
Baby makers Preaching patriarchy and procreation, Quiverfull and like-minded groups live by the (good) book West Sacramento resident Theron Johnson has a vision for an ideal society. In it, racism is eliminated. The United States disbands its large standing army and refrains from engaging in unjust wars. People live within their means and accrue no debt. The weak are protected, taxes lowered and inflation is considered theft. Government agencies stop encroaching on our daily lives, doing little more than protecting homes and property from fire or theft. Personal liberty and freedom reign supreme. In his Full post …
Daughter of the Patriarchy: A Terrible Secret
by Sierra When we went to visit the house in Pennsylvania, it seemed remote, dark and expansive. At the inquisitive yet reticent age of seven, I hovered behind my mother’s leg as we looked around the basement of the long ranch house. It wasn’t quite a finished basement, but there was a bar installed with Heineken cans lining the ceiling. A child about my age was sitting on the floor playing with some ugly 1990s toys. We shared a mutual glance of childhood understanding: we were not agents in this business of buying, selling and Full post …
An open letter to Frank Schaeffer
Dear Frank, I am a former Christian homeschooling mother of seven who finally walked away from fundamentalism after our radical extremism drove my oldest daughter to attempt suicide ~ and I would like to help you spread your message and sell your books. In bible college, your father was my absolute hero ~ I read all of his books and was determined to study Christian apologetics until I could defend my faith as skillfully as Francis Schaeffer! However, as the years went by, fundamentalist “family values” put me in my place as a woman ~ and Full post …
Patriarchy Across Cultures: I Will Lay Me Down
by Tapati Radha and Krishna My 18th birthday came and went in December. We didn’t celebrate birthdays, although I’d made a cake for Mike’s birthday in September. I was disappointed that he did nothing for mine. I was used to celebrating it every year in some way. I began to talk about having a baby. It seemed like many of the women were having babies in New Dwaraka and the more time I spent with moms, the more I wanted a baby of my own. While there was no expectation that we would have lots Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: Please do not refer to homosexuals as “gay”
Warning: If you are a sensitive individual ~ possibly prone to PTSD reactions ~ please be aware that this particular edition of my “Tour de Crap” will likely trip your trigger. It’s a choice piece to be sure ~ and timely too, in light of all the ruckus over the Conservative Bible Project’s determination to eliminate liberal/progressive bias from the bible. That’s right, not even the bible itself is conservative enough for True Believers ™. I understand the mentality ~ BTDT, wrote the following column for our “pro-life, pro-family” newspaper back when my head was totally Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
