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February 2016

February 04, 2016

Why Empower Girls If You Can Just Protect Them?

It is Hemingway who promotes a paternalistic view of women and it is Hemingway that...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

The Tomboy in Skirts

We need to be careful to make sure we're teaching our daughters "and" rather than...

April 2015

April 09, 2015

A Matter of Patriarchy

In God's Not Dead, college freshman Josh Wheaton stands up against his philosophy professor's attempts...

April 08, 2015

When Marriage Looks Like the Only Escape

Looking back, I view the options I had at the time as suboptimal, but I'm...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

Israel Wayne on the (Patriarchal) Father’s Role

Israel Wayne is supposed to be a voice of reason in the Christian homeschooling community....

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Someone’s Got to Be Responsible for Her!

What I learned last week---and what I had not known at the time---is that when...

May 12, 2014

Christian Patriarchy on Educating Daughters

Okay, let's take a few minutes to hash out Christian Patriarchy's view towards women and...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Matthew Chapman, Child Marriage, and Homeschooling

I knew that Lauren's wedding picture would make the post far more emotive and impactful...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

My Father, an Enigma

"Libby, you could be an engineer. You have the mind for it." My dad made...

November 05, 2013

How Doug Phillips Wreaked Havoc on My Family

My parents homeschooled me K-12, and during those years they fell under the influence of...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

College Was To Be My Dowry

My dad told me he was going to pay for my college education as a...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

Under Her Father’s Authority

In many ways, my upbringing and background isn't that weird. Yes, I had twice as...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

A Twisted Father/Daughter Relationship

This weird insistence on the father/daughter relationship being of utmost importance ends up overshadowing the...

July 15, 2013

Teenage Daughters and Their Fathers

But let me move away from the more conservative circles of Christian homeschooling and speak...

March 2013

March 09, 2013

Mark Driscoll (Re)Invents Patriarchy

The fact that Driscoll can't even see that we might be able to work towards...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Vision Forum Builds “Manhood” in the Wilderness

Hazardous Journeys. Leading Christian Patriarchy organization Vision Forum is worried that boys today are not...

October 27, 2012

What’s the most important thing about you? Oh right.

To Vision Forum, the post important thing about a child is its gender. This has...

September 2012

September 01, 2012

In Defense of Susan Pevensie

I read the Chronicles of Narnia over again and again and again as a child....

August 2012

August 16, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: On Expectations

When I post a collection of blog posts and articles that I consider "worthwhile reads"...

August 13, 2012

Worshiping the Man: Christian Patriarchy as Idolatry

I just realized something that should have been obvious a long time ago. Christian Patriarchy...

August 12, 2012

Just Obey: Christian Patriarchy as Spiritual Abuse

I have heard the term "spiritual abuse" thrown around the blogosphere lately and I just...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Suggestions for Helping Others

What suggestions do you have for those who might to help friends or relatives who...

June 25, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Advice for Others

What advice do you have for other young adults currently questioning or leaving Christian Patriarchy

June 21, 2012

Courtship, Part 1: Eroding Girls’ Self Confidence

When I was in high school, I looked forward to the day when I would...

June 17, 2012

Another Documentary: “Daddy, I Do”

I just found another purity documentary. For a review, click here, and for the documentary's...

May 2012

May 19, 2012

Christian Patriarchy and Bodily Ownership

My mother taught my sisters and I that our bodies belonged to our father. She...

May 18, 2012

The Purity Culture’s Guinea Pigs: Its Daughters

A reader named Carol left the following comment on one of my posts regarding purity...

May 17, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Stay at Home Daughters

In what ways were boys and girls in your family raised differently vocationally (i.e., the...

May 15, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Junior Mother

If you were an older daughter, do you feel that you were expected to play...

May 14, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Siblings and Responsibilities

How many siblings did you grow up with? Did responsibilities in your family differ by...