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June 30, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 8: Out of the Dollhouse
And then, after all of this, I left for college. College had always been on...
June 29, 2011
Homeschooling Rehashed
My post on the problems of homeschooling generated a good number of comments, and some...
June 28, 2011
Dutiful Daughters
Whether one watches the Duggars’ TLC show or reads books by the Botkin sisters, one...
June 27, 2011
The Problem: Parents or Ideology?
After my It’s About the Daughters post was crossposted on No Longer Quivering, I received...
June 26, 2011
Rewriting the Pro-Life Agenda
Dear Pro-Lifers: I’d like to make some suggestions. You believe that abortion is murder. Okay....
June 25, 2011
What About Love?
At some point during my teenage years, my father gave me a list of requirements...
June 24, 2011
Sadness, Not Bittnerness
I don’t want anyone to get the wrong ideas about me or my childhood. My...
June 23, 2011
The Expendable Man
Today, I re-watched Bollywood’s retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice. Just like in...
June 22, 2011
Feminism: The Problem or the Answer?
Last week the Wall Street Journal published an article called “The War Against Girls”. While it...
June 21, 2011
(Too) Great Expectations
Quiverfull teaches that Christian parents should have large numbers of children in order to raise...
June 20, 2011
The Problem With Homeschooling
This has been a hard post to write, because it is a touchy subject. But...
June 19, 2011
Cultural Disconnection
My parents thought they were doing me a favor when they chose to homeschool me...
June 18, 2011
Diminished Dreams
Many of those in the Christian Patriarchy movement believe that girls should not go to...
June 17, 2011
Casting the Pearls back to the Swine
It is a strange reality that Michael and Debi Pearls’ child training methods were driven...
June 16, 2011
Sons of Patriarchy
Yes yes, I know I just said it’s about the daughters, but it’s actually about...
June 15, 2011
It’s about the Daughters
When it comes to the multitude of problems with Christian Patriarchy, it is the position...
June 13, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, p. 7: Submission and Obedience
The Godly Woman recognizes that "the head of every man is Christ; and the head...
June 12, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 6: Joy and Friendship
The woman of God is joyful and seeks companionship with those who share the same...
June 11, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 5: Home and Hospitality
One of the defining qualities of beautiful girlhood is a love for home and hospitality....
June 10, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 4: Enthusiasm and Industry
Proverbs tells us that a virtuous woman "works with her hands with delight," and "does...
June 09, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 3: Femininity and Grace
The truly beautiful girl is one who radiates that inner grace which only comes from...
June 08, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 2: Purity and Contentment
To be pure in body, mind, and spirit is more precious than all the promises...
June 07, 2011
The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, part 1: Faith and Fortitude
The spirit of beautiful girlhood is alive in the girl who, with courage and fortitude,...
June 06, 2011
Introduction: The Beautiful Girlhood Doll
My parents started out as fairly ordinary evangelicals. My mother intended to go back to...
June 01, 2011
An Introduction to Me
I grew up in Christian Patriarchy. I was nourished on the Pearls, Vision Forum, and...
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