Vyckie Garrison, an exited Quiverfull mother to seven whose story I wrote about in Salon, has begun her own blog, writing in partnership with her friend Laura, another ex-Quiverfull mom to 11. The blog, No Longer Quivering, is a fascinating look inside the movement from two women who have changed their beliefs about it entirely. Read No Longer Quivering here.
Also, read Vyckie’s thoughts on Quiverfull (the book, that is), here.
“I really want to just encourage everyone who has been touched by the Quiverfull philosophy in any way to read this book. Quiverfull puts the whole movement on display all at once. The reason this is important is that for most families, getting into this lifestyle is a step-by-step process — a progression from ‘peculiar’ to seriously bizarre which takes place incrementally over a period of many years. Once a family takes that first step — if they’re living it logically and consistently — they’ll eventually find themselves living out pretty much the whole program — the ‘Vision’ which, in its entirety — as clearly depicted in Quiverfull — turns out, in practicality, to be a very real, living nightmare.”
