Jonathan W. Rice (jwr) In late 2009, I learned that a journalist had written a book about the Quiverfull movement.[1] I ordered the book and also discovered an online forum for survivors and refugees who’d fled from it (No Longer Quivering). As far back as 1989, I’d known several families who fit the description but could never really understand their rationale. I hoped the NLQ forum and the book might shed some light on their beliefs. I was not disappointed. In mid-February 2010, a thread title on the forum caught my eye: How did you get Full post …
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The NLQ-News Daily - published by Vyckie Garrison
The Unspoken Words: (In)voluntary Submission
Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy by Kathryn Joyce
A perfect family, a godly life … but who pays the price?
Tag: R. C. Sproul Jr.
Remembering the “Birth Story” of NLQ
March 7, 2010
by Vyckie Back in January of last year, I was checking out articles on Alternet ~ the progressive news site which my uncle Ron had introduced to me during that momentous year of our correspondence which I’ve come to think of as my “rehab” days ~ it was a year of waking up to the fact that my strict fundamentalism was not only unhealthy for me, but was also destroying my family, going through the withdrawal-like process of freeing my thought life from its narrow, black/white thinking patterns, getting clean of the “virus of the mind” which, Full post …
NLQ Reader’s Choice … Must Read!
- The Amazing Bosch Universal Mixer
- Let The Men Speak: “Quiverfull nearly destroyed our marriage”
- “Husbands love your wives …” ~ the Peanut Butter in the Patriarchy trap!
- A Most Twisted Love
- Lo, children ARE a blessing …
- Tea Party Family Values and the World’s Greatest Freak Show
- It’s About MONEY
- Did I *really* trust Him?
- QUIVERFULL: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement ~ A Review
- To Those Who May Be Shocked, Disappointed, and Hurt by the News of My Apostasy
Steadfast Daughters in a Quivering World
NLQ FAQs
- What is Quiverfull?
- How can I help my “Quiverfull” friend?
- Does Patriarchy Glorify God?
- Quiverfull and the Bible
- The Bible & Birth Control
- The Bible and the Nature of Woman
- The Bible and Male Headship – Part 1
- The Bible and Male Headship – Part 2
- The Bible and Male Headship – Part 3
- Should There Be a “You” in Quivering?
- Why Do You Call Quiverfull Legalistic?
- Is No Longer Quivering an Atheist Website?
- How did you get yourself into this mess?
The Duggar Family
- Are Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar “Quiverfull??
- Quiverfull Daughters: The Making of a Helpmeet ~ TLC’s 19 Kids & Counting: The Duggar Family on How To Prepare For Courtship & Marriage
- Debt-Free Duggars ~ Pt. 1: How Quiverfull Couples Support All Those Kids!
- Debt-Free Duggars ~ Pt. 2: Quiverfull Royalty vs. Quivering Reality
- Jill, Jessa and Jinger Duggar: “Experiencing freedom teenagers rarely taste.”
- God gave them brains too
- Why Michelle Duggar can’t say, “We’re done!”
- 49 Character Qualities of the Duggars: A Report Card
- Duggar Bashing
- A Love That Multiplies ~ The Duggar’s New Book

Michelle says, Never enough babies!
