I didn‘t intend to be reading horror tonight on Halloween, but here we are.
I knew this book would be infuriating, but didn‘t realize just how infuriating. Even more so because I grew up in a family of big James Dobson fans. My mom listened to Focus on the Family every morning on the drive to school. As an adult, my view of the man has changed drastically as glimpses of the toxicity in his work trickled into my awareness, but this? 😳🤬🤢
CogsOfEncouragement I read this a year ago. I did not experience the pipeline of information coming from those revealed in this book, so it explained a lot to me of why certain people in my life see things the way they do. I have not been taking in the same teachings they have all these years. Explains so much about how we got here. 2mo
marleed You are a stronger woman than I! As much as I want to read this, I‘m not ready for how frustrated I‘ll be. Maybe by next week some after Tuesday, winds will be in a place I can prioritize this one. 2mo
dabbe #horrorindeed 😱 2mo
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook 😱😱😱😱😱 2mo
DogMomIrene 🤢 Just gross! May need to read this one. Will see how 2024 wraps up… see if I can stomach it. 2mo
BarbaraJean @CogsOfEncouragement While so much of the context is SO familiar to me, I was young enough that a lot of it didn‘t register or at least root itself deeply! But I‘m having a similar experience as you—it‘s connecting the dots for me as to where certain positions came from, and why my (8.5-years-older) sister has SUCH different views from mine. I moved away from strongly evangelical contexts in my mid-20s and she was/is far more firmly entrenched. (edited) 2mo
BarbaraJean @marleed Totally affirm that decision on your part!! I decided (naively) I wanted to read several election-adjacent books leading up to this election. This is only the 2nd one I‘ve gotten to (perhaps fortunately?!). The other (tagged) is more practical & hopeful. With this one, when she started discussing movements I lived through, it got more personal. I have a week before it‘s due back and am hoping I can stomach the rest before then.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Now What?: How to Move Forward When We're Divided (about Basically Everything) 2mo
Now What?: How to Move Forward When We're Divided (about Basically Everything)BarbaraJean @DogMomIrene I understand waiting a bit before you can engage with this one!! 2mo
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