A Gospel of Neglect w/Anna

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Anna grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family as part of the Quiverfull movement. She and her 6 siblings were not allowed to attend school and were very isolated from the outside world. Everything about her childhood was strictly controlled, from the clothes she wore to the media she had access to. She was expected to teach herself from primarily religious texts as well as teaching and caring for the younger children. Her future was laid out for her as a submissive wife and mother to many children. She left at 19 with help from family. Starting life in a very unfamiliar world with little education was daunting but also thrilling. 7 years later she's still sifting through memories, she makes videos on TikTok (@spookypatootie) recounting her experiences and has found that many other folks grew up in similar circumstances. Many kids are undoubtedly still in that situation and Anna hopes she can raise awareness and play a part in helping others. In this second half of Anna's conversation with Rachel, she reflects on the erosion of the relationship with her mother and explains how her homophobic beliefs became the catalyst for Anna's departure from home and the Quiverfull movement. Anna shares some of the many difficulties she experienced trying to find her way in a world she was inherently ill-equipped to navigate. Throughout the discussion, Rachel points out some of the common struggles of those who were not raised with the basic life skills the general population takes for granted. Before You Go: Rachel offers some advice on defining "normalcy" for people leaving restrictive groups for the first time and explains how others can be an invaluable resource to those struggling to thrive in an unfamiliar world. Find Anna's amazing work on TIK TOK here: https://www.tiktok.com/@spookypatootie? Find Rachel's book "Now I Know, Kids Talking To Kids About Divorce..." here: https://www.amazon.com/Now-I-Know-Rachel-Bernstein/dp/1620867893 Thanks to our newest Patreon supporter Bill Lyerly! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination shirts and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION You can help the show for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.4	Hi, everybody.
0:14.8	I just want to reiterate before talking about Anna that if you're interested in the support group that I run every other week,
0:22.8	please contact me at Bernstein, LMFT, at gmail.com.
0:27.1	And also please go to patreon.com slash indoctrination to become a supporter of the show and get some
0:33.2	merchandise and also get my weekly check-ins. Thank you.
0:42.6	Here is part two of my two-part conversation with Anna. I bet that when we finish this part
0:50.3	two, that you're going to want to hear more from her. If so, please let me know. I'll contact
0:56.1	her again. It's always really nice to speak with her. Here's a little bit about Anna for people
1:03.8	who were not introduced to her during the first show last week, but if you haven't heard part one,
1:13.2	please do so after checking this out.
1:18.9	Anna grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family as part of the quiverful movement.
1:25.8	She and her six siblings were not allowed to attend school and were very isolated from the outside world. Everything about her childhood was also
1:29.2	strictly controlled, from the clothes she wore to the media she had access to. She was expected to
1:36.1	teach herself from primarily religious texts, as well as teaching and caring for the younger
1:42.5	children. Her future was laid out for her as a submissive
1:47.4	wife and mother to many children. She left at the age of 19 with the help of some family members,
1:56.9	starting life in a very unfamiliar world with little education.
2:02.4	She talks about how daunting that was, but also how thrilling.
2:08.8	Seven years later, she's still sifting through memories.
2:12.6	She makes videos on TikTok.
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