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RNS @rns.org · 11h
OPINION: (RNS) — Our Homecoming protest this past weekend highlighted a frustrating reality.
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Wheaton is the Cornell of evangelical schools
(RNS) — Our Homecoming protest this past weekend highlighted a frustrating reality.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ll be speaking at Mezzo Allies’ national symposium on family-controlled human trafficking and organized abuse. I want people to understand the impact of being born into a coercive family system rather than entering a coercive relationship or group as an adult. abbinye.substack.com/p/groomed-to...
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Groomed to Submit
Second-generation adult (SGA) cult survivors need your support
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Homeschool alumni, have you read this book? Tell me what you thought! abbinye.substack.com/p/skipping-s...
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Skipping School: a homeschool alumna’s review
This important contribution still skips essential alumni voices
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Abigail Nye, the reference & instruction archivist at UW–Milwaukee, says the consolidation is “an erasure of the history of activism” that led to the formation of the cultural centers. progressive.org/public-schoo...
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Trump Administration’s War on DEI in Universities Closes Off Students’ Learning Opportunities
Wisconsin is a prime example of how federal pressure is pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher education to the brink.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
An evergreen piece for the beginning of the school year! abbinye.substack.com/p/why-i-dont...
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Why I Don't Homeschool
I was homeschooled K-12. I choose public school for my son.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A reminder that when evangelicals say “parental rights” they mean they want to be allowed to beat their children.
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Madolyn Henderson @madolynhenderson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Great article! I love seeing more people talk about this. The fact that the United States is the only member of the UN that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child says a lot about how deeply we’ve normalized violence and abuse toward children.
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Daniel Martin @dpm-906.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you are a worker at UW-Milwaukee or UW-Parkside, or you know someone who is, this is a link to a short survey on working conditions on our campuses. Let Local 3535 know how you're feeling! @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org actionnetwork.org/surveys/tauw...
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TAUWP Local 3535 Survey
Please take this short 5-minute survey to share your thoughts about your working conditions, your questions about our union, and your priorities for collective actions we can take together. We appreci...
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I posit a final piece of the Religious Authoritarian Parenting spanking ritual: laughing about the abuse with other adults. abbinye.substack.com/p/the-laught...
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The laughter always follows the domination flex
How communities use humor to avoid acknowledging abuse
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Glorious is not the word that comes to mind for this scene; chilling is a more apt descriptor. I grew up in this world, so let me tell you what Butler missed. abbinye.substack.com/p/emerald-gr...
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Emerald-green wheat fields
What we miss when reporters don't understand the performance of domestic bliss
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is one of the most dangerous tools of the patriarchy. If you can create an environment where women actively participate in their own re-programming, your work is done. abbinye.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
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Who Are These Women?
The self-sabotage of patriarchy
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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
i was courting a legal adult at 15. they wanted me to marry when i graduated, so at least they were waiting? no, it was still awful. child marriage is bad wrong bad. children's rights matter. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My latest for @rns.org: Homeschooling is not an individual liberty; every family’s education choices impact the wider community. The HSLDA knows this and invests in homeschooling to bend the trajectory of our society toward Christian nationalism. religionnews.com/2026/04/28/h...
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Homeschooling has a Christian nationalist past. But that doesn't have to be its future.
(RNS) — Why do some homeschoolers describe a move from no regulation to basic safety oversight as ‘unwarranted surveillance’? The answer is rooted in the history of homeschooling in this country.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11/01/2026
Also in here: I spoke with a person who has been out monitoring ICE in Minneapolis — a religious high schooler who has done the same in Chicago for months. He told me ICE’s response to observers like them in Minnesota is already more aggressive — on average — than they’re used to.
Luhmann said the killing of Good doesn't appear to have reduced the number of observers operating in the city, which he said were so plentiful it was difficult to get to know any of them. Even so, he said, the response from ICE to their presence has been more intense than what they have
experienced in Chicago: Luhmann said DHS agents have already threatened arrest of multiple observers in recent days, including repeated threats to arrest himself and his brother. They have also, he said, threatened the duo with tear gas and pepper spray.
"They've been very aggressive compared to what I'm used to," Luhmann said. "That's just a little bit terrifying, because they don't have checks and balances. So it feels like you're just fighting against the people with all the power, and they don't have to know or care about anybody's safety."
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ACNAtoo @acnatoo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Join ACNAtoo on December 27 for a live discussion of the Ruch verdict and its implications for the future of the ACNA. Bonus: if you’re subscribed to our Substack, you’ll get the Zoom link delivered right to your inbox on Saturday! acnatoo.substack.com
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Coalition for Responsible Home Education @responsiblehs.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
If you were homeschooled in Wisconsin, here’s a great opportunity to be a part of history! Click below for more information on this alumni-driven project. buff.ly/UIWLRDP
Calling Wisconsin alumni. Join the first-known oral history project dedicated to the voices of homeschool alumni.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago. “Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.” “It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The new allegation, by a woman identified as “Jane Doe 1,” appears in a revised ecclesiastical complaint — known as a “presentment” — submitted to the denomination on Thursday. wapo.st/43Obygs
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Melissa Paints @melissavandiver.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Note that welfare programs are basically part of LDS and Quiverfull cultures. The Sister Wives family and the Duggars, before they got that reality TV money, were using government assistance to support their huge families. Hate those cultures but I *still* support all their kids having full bellies
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RNS @rns.org · 27/10/2025
OPINION: Our churches need to wake up. Advocates and abuse survivors aren’t the devil’s employees. If you want to find the devil, follow the church leaders who leave a trail of broken bodies in their wake. That is the road to hell. religionnews.com/2025/10/27/i...
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In ACNA’s upside-down world, abuse survivors are considered the problem
(RNS) — The crucial truth to remember is that when someone comes forward and tells the truth about abuse, they are not the one causing harm to the church.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
World Magazine was intimately involved with promoting Christofascism throughout Marvin Olasky’s leadership.
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When Marvin Olasky Platformed Doug Wilson
World Magazine was intimately involved with promoting Christofascism throughout Marvin Olasky’s leadership.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We were polished arrows for God, intended to fly beyond our parents’ sphere of influence. If you lose an arrow in a battle, you don’t get it back. It’s expendable. That’s why you need a whole quiver of them. open.substack.com/pub/mburtwri...
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The Quiverfull Daughters are Tired
A guest post from Abbi Nye
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Thank you! Please speak with survivors of this movement @wickdchiq.bsky.social!
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Thank you for covering this! Those of us who lived this nightmare 20 years ago have a lot to say: religiondispatches.org/want-to-know...
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Want to Know What a Project 2025 World Looks Like? Just Ask the Homeschoolers Who Lived it
Although President Trump’s executive order on elections signed earlier this week is probably unconstitutional, it closely resembles the stalled SAVE Act, which requires voters to present a passport or...
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Quiverfull daughters would like a word. open.substack.com/pub/abbinye/...
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The Tradwife Trap
How Ballerina Farm, the Duggars, and Quiverfull families perpetuate an illusion of domesticity
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ACNAtoo @acnatoo.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
“Here’s the bottom line: very important information is being withheld from you by the Court, the Archbishop, and the Archbishop’s staff.” Rachel Thebeau, Esq., Asst. Counsel to the ACNA Provincial Prosecutor, describes what she witnessed in the trial of Bp. Ruch:
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Assistant Counsel Releases Details of Court Misconduct — ACNAtoo
On July 25, 2025, Assistant Counsel to the Provincial Prosecutor, Rachel Thebeau, Esq., emailed an open letter to “Friends in the ACNA” which described her account of what happened in the trial of Bp....
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ACNAtoo @acnatoo.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
On 7/20/25, Abp. Wood announced that Archdeacon Job Serebrov has been appointed as the new Provincial Prosecutor. However, concerns have been raised regarding Serebrov’s undisclosed ties to the Greenhouse Movement and leadership in the Diocese of the Upper Midwest. 1/7
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New Provincial Prosecutor Announced — ACNAtoo
On July 22, 2025, Archbishop Steve Wood announced via email that Archdeacon Job Serebrov had been appointed as the new Provincial Prosecutor following the resignation of Mr. C. Alan Runyan on July 20,...
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
His resignation includes a request that the entire trial record and full transcript — all properly redacted — be made available to all ACNA members. religionnews.com/2025/07/21/p...
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Prosecutor resigns, calls ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch trial ‘irreparably tainted’
(RNS) — The case has not been dismissed, and the trial is scheduled to resume on Aug. 11.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I do too! @responsiblehs.bsky.social
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Homeschooler (pejorative) @tonydelvecchio.me · 16/07/2025
Many of HSLDA’s board members are close associates of Speaker Mike Johnson—doing as much as he can to destroy public education and send scrambling families to be placed under the dominion of his friends.
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ACNAtoo @acnatoo.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The Very Rev. Dr. Dan Alger has shaped the ACNA’s church planting strategy for over a decade as the Provincial Canon for Church Planting and the director of Always Forward. In May 2025, he was removed as rector of Redeemer, yet there has not been a transparent process.
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Priest Who Trains ACNA Leaders Disciplined — ACNAtoo
The Very Rev. Dr. Dan Alger has shaped the ACNA’s church planting strategy for over a decade as the Provincial Canon for Church Planting and the director of Always Forward. He has trained, coached, an...
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Were you homeschooled in Wisconsin? The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives invites participants for the first-known oral history project dedicated to the voices of homeschool alumni. uwm.edu/libraries/ar...
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Wisconsin Homeschool Alumni Oral History Project
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ACNAtoo @acnatoo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Jun. 11 the ACNA published the Bishops’ Presentment against Bp. Ruch, previously unseen by ACNA members for 2.5 years. It was then removed for redaction and has not been returned. We are re-posting the presentment today, properly redacted. #anglican #ACNA #churchtoo #acnatoo
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Presentment against Bp. Stewart Ruch — ACNAtoo
On 6/11/25, the ACNA shared both the Bishops' and Lay Presentments against Bp. Ruch on their website. After removing these at our request for proper redaction, the documents have not yet been returned...
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Worth a read although the team rejected my proposed title: "Who Makes the Laws (Ashey's version)."
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Are you worried that your town might face a hostile takeover from Christian Nationalists? Look for these common factors. open.substack.com/pub/abbinye/...
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When a church tries to take over your town
The Christian Nationalist playbook
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Would you consider joining me? You can donate financially or simply share my message to raise awareness about Mezzo Allies’ work.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Change requires collective action. So here I am, participating in a virtual walkathon to raise money for Mezzo Allies’ mission. mezzoalliesinc.racery.com/r/mezzo-alli...
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Walking for Freedom. Fundraising for Safety. Join Me.
I’m walking 70 miles this July as part of the Step Up for Survivors Walkathon to support Mezzo Allies. Every step helps raise awareness and funds for survivors of family-controlled human trafficking. ...
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
As the daughter of church leaders who should have reported family-controlled sex trafficking, I grieve with survivors. As an advocate, I work to end oppressive systems through education and policy change.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Mezzo Allies is doing critical work to train people around the country. I joined their board because I see the devastation that family-controlled trafficking inflicts on vulnerable children. Family-controlled trafficking and organized abuse create unique challenges for survivors.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I have worked with several survivors of family-controlled trafficking. My friend Kait Gannon is one of the most vocal survivors. She and Laurie Krull are co-founders of Mezzo Allies, a non-profit that educates people about family-controlled human trafficking. www.mezzoallies.com
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
41% of all human trafficking victims report that their exploitation began with a parent or a caregiver. When the home is the crime scene, traditional responses fall short. Survivors are criminalized, dismissed, or retraumatized.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
As a mother, it is a hard truth to acknowledge that parents are the most common abusers of their children. Sex trafficking is awful. Family-controlled sex trafficking is infinitely worse—and it’s far more common than we realize.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We think that the buyers are perverted people on the outskirts of society, not the elder in our church, the volunteer fire chief in our town, the teacher at our school. We do not want to believe that our pastors and parents know about the abuse and have failed to report it.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Human trafficking is a heinous crime, but it often seems a world away. We assume that people sell the bodies of young children in other places, not in our neighborhood basements and barns.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I cannot forget the moment that I asked, “Did my parents know?” and the survivor replied, “Yes, I told them.” abbinye.substack.com/p/combating-...
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Combating Family-Controlled Sex Trafficking
Change requires collective action.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
As the daughter of a pastor who has a PhD AND writes pamphlets like "The Full Quiver," I am in complete agreement.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Fair! I should have said "formal theological education" because a communications BA doesn't count.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This sat on my parents’ bookshelves when I was growing up. Like most Christian parenting book authors, Tomczak wrote the book when he was the parent of a toddler. His lack of practical experience or theological training didn’t prevent him from telling parents exactly what God expected them to do.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It would be easier to believe that the ACNA is actually grateful for our "faithful advocacy" if they didn't erase our labor in public.
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Abbi Nye @abbinye.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
ACNA in private:
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