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January 2016

January 05, 2016

Why Public Speculation about the Duggar Children’s Sexuality Should Be Off Limits

When Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar signed on with TLC, they put their family before...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

A Case for Calling the Duggars ATI Rather Than Quiverfull

I wrote recently about some of the many definitional issues surrounding the term "quiverfull." If...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

Not Every Courtship Looks Like the Duggars’

Not all courtships look the same. It seems that the high-profile Duggar courtships have so...

June 09, 2015

Josh was “Just Curious about Girls” and the Rank Hypocrisy of the Duggar Excuse Machine

As someone who went through a controlling and manipulative courtship process and then lived in...

June 04, 2015

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s Interview with Megyn Kelly: Minimize, Deny, Obfuscate

This evening I listened to Megyn Kelly's interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. I've...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Why Josh Duggar’s “Teenage Mistakes” Matter

I've seen a lot of people say that everyone made "teenage mistakes," that Josh's apology...

May 23, 2015

Anna Duggar and the Silencing Power of Forgiveness

I have been coming upon more and more truly excellent commentary in the aftermath of...

May 22, 2015

What Did Josh Duggar’s Counseling Look Like?

This is why it is so troubling that Josh and his victims appear to have...

May 21, 2015

What You Need to Know about the Josh Duggar Police Report

I still feel weird about posting this because of the gossipy angle so much of...

December 2014

December 27, 2014

#DefendTheDuggars (Sort of)

I’ve said it before on social media and I’ll say it again here. The mocking...

December 15, 2014

Duggar Actions Have Real World Consequences

It's long past time to see the Duggars as "quaint" or snark fodder. It's time...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Jill and Jessa Duggar Have “Covenant” Marriages

As some of you may have noticed, both Jill and Jessa Duggar have "convenient marriages."...

November 21, 2014

On the Duggars and the Locus of Outrage

Yes, the Duggars are homophobic. They are also incredibly sexist, carefully limiting and curtailing their...

November 10, 2014

Sexual Repression, the Duggar Parents, and Mine

So, are my parents sexually repressed? That is not a question I can answer either...

November 07, 2014

Dispelling Some Duggar Rumors

The Stir has been coming out with some "interesting" reports on Jessa Duggar and Ben...

November 06, 2014

What Kirk Cameron Doesn’t Know about Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald

Cameron's remarks bring up important points about the way evangelicals view relationships and the way...

October 2014

October 04, 2014

Growing Up Jeub

As I've noted, the Duggars follow and promote the parenting methods of religious leaders who...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Guest Post: Courting a Stranger

As you may know, the Duggars announced last week that their daughter Jessa is now...

September 15, 2012

From “Legal” Coverture to “Visionary” Coverture

Lately I've been thinking again about the whole name changing thing - and about why...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: The Duggars, Modesty, and the Beach

The Duggar Family Doesn’t Go to the Beach, and Why That’s Bad for Their Kids, by...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Carefully scripted lives: My concerns about the Duggars

I can't say how often I've heard ordinary Americans defend Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar...