The network began when Vyckie noticed that NLQ forum member, Libby Anne, seemed to be doing a lot of processing of her quiverfull experience through frequent posts and comments. She encouraged Libby Anne to write her story for NLQ \u2013\u00a0which she did<\/a> \u2013 and in the process, discovered that she loves blogging!<\/p>\n
Around that time, due to on-going health issues, Vyckie was struggling to keep the No Longer Quivering site updated and rarely was able to write any new content herself. Recognizing Libby Anne\u2019s blogging potential as an opportunity to\u00a0continue<\/a> raising awareness of spiritual abuse, Vyckie encouraged Libby Anne to\u00a0start<\/a> her own blog and gave her\u00a0a crash course in how to generate traffic and build a regular, growing readership<\/a> which she had learned through trial and error in running NLQ. \u00a0Using the established influence of NLQ, Vyckie helped to launch Libby Anne\u2019s blog,\u00a0Love, Joy, Feminism<\/a> and her success has been phenomenal.<\/p>\n
While it might seem that helping Libby Anne\u2019s new blog to succeed would create competition and lure readers from No Longer Quivering, in fact, the opposite happened. As\u00a0Love, Joy, Feminism<\/a> took off and attracted new readers, Libby Anne frequently linked back to NLQ \u2013 and both sites have benefited from a continually increasing number of visitors.<\/p>\n
More importantly, as a result of Vyckie and Libby Anne\u2019s collaboration \u2013 many more people are learning about the Quiverfull movement and the dangers of patriarchy and spiritual abuse.<\/p>\n
This is a perfect example of mutuality and cooperation at work. It is the opposite of the top-down, somebody\u2019s-gotta-win-and-everyone-else-will-lose\u00a0competitive\u00a0nature of\u00a0hierarchical patriarchy. We think it\u2019s very cool.\u00a0
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Through cross-promotion and\u00a0collaboration, the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network is a powerful way of supporting and promoting spiritual abuse survivors in our individual blogging efforts. \u00a0We are working together toward a shared goal of increasing awareness of this issue of spiritual abuse \u2013 the control, the confusion, the devastation, our struggles, our triumphs, our survival and recovery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To see the Spiritual Abuse Surivor Blog Network, click here<\/a>, and to join it, click here<\/a>. Happy blogging and happy reading!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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