I've always had a terrible sneaking suspicion that my family doesn't really need me. I'm not equipped for motherhood, having grown up as a neglected and abused child. How could I possibly know how to nurture and grow a child when I never experienced that myself?
Fundamentally Opposed
An exploration of my experience as a girl growing up in an oppressive homeschooling environment, reflections on my escape from the Independent Fundamental Baptist cult and ongoing journey towards agnosticism, and totally random musings on the weirdness of the universe.
Welcome to Texas, Where Women Have Less Bodily Autonomy Than Corpses
For the last few weeks, a battle has been raging in Texas over proposed abortion legislation. I was at the Capitol yesterday to protest the passage of this legislation--I have never been a political activist (well, not since I was eleven years old, but that's another story), but this showdown over choice and access versus control and subjugation has left me outraged and frustrated. I am pro-family, pro-life, and pro-choice. I have two wonderful children who I chose to conceive and bring to term. I believe every woman should have the same choice.
Texas Senate Bill 5 and How Education Shaped My Evolution From Pro-Life To Pro-Choice
Growing up in the fundamentalist homeschool community, I was indoctrinated early and often on the evils of abortion. Our church had guest speakers who talked about how a fetus screams in pain as it is torn apart in the uterus, and my A Beka 10th grade biology textbook reinforced the message of abortion as murder and a disgusting, unpardonable sin against another human.
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