Kristn du Mez notes that Amazon Prime's searching exposé of the Duggar family and Gotherd's IBLP "Shiny Happy People" reached mopre viewers in its first 9 days than any Amazon docuseries. It also brought more new subscribers than any previous Amazon docuseries, more than 60% of those women, many in the 18-34 age demographic.

#Duggars #evangelicals #women #patriarchy #abuse #BillGothard

https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/what-i-really-think-about-shiny-happy

"Because he spoke to the most motivated and dedicated cohort of evangelicals in America, his teachings spread deep into American churches. Gothard’s concepts became part of the fabric of evangelical life even for people who’d never heard of the Basic Seminar."

We'd like to think that this is an extreme, exotic strand of US Christianity, with its demand that women submit to men and its rigid gender roles. But it's far more normative than we want to see.

#Duggars #BillGothard #evangelicals
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David French on Bill Gothard's Institute for Basic Life Principles, central to the Duggar family story now on display in "Shiny Happy People":

"Gothard’s teaching didn’t reach just the millions of Christians he claims have attended his seminars."

#Duggars #BillGothard #IBLP #evangelicals #authoritarianism #patriarchy #misogyny
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/opinion/shiny-happy-people.html

Gothard's #God: Reflections on the Amazon #Documentary "Shiny Happy People"
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-thinking-atheist/episode/gothards-god-reflections-on-the-amazon-documentary-shiny-happy-people-304408330
A new #Amazon #docuseries is highlighting the destructive #Quiverfull #cult developed under the leadership of #BillGothard. We continue the discussion this week.
#religion #christianity #parenting

A girl got in trouble at an Institute for Basic Life Principles camp thing because she used tampons during her period, thus removing her virginity, the "right" of her future husband.

I wish these fuckers and Gothard would get raided.

Also, Gothard: Never married, no kids, in his 80s. #Duggar #DuggarFamily #InsituteForBasicLifewPrinciples #ChristianFundamentalism #ChristianNationalism #ShinyHappyPeople #BillGothard

Heads up if you are watching the new Duggar Family/IBLP Amazon documentary “Shiny Happy People”:

In episode 4 at the 4 minute mark, they discuss what was in the CSA files on Josh Duggar’s computer. Skip to 4:20 to avoid.

Thanks to @moe.makes.magick on TikTok for the content warning

#ShinyHappyPeople #Duggars #DuggarFamily #JoshDuggar #IBLP #ATI #Fundie #FundieSnark #BillGothard #19KidsAndCounting

Live for Everyone! We read #BecomingFreeIndeed so y'all can get the TL;DR #billgothard #iblp #shinyhappypeople https://www.patreon.com/posts/s5e12-youre-not-83523380

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: You Aren't Prepared for How Disturbing 'Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets' Is https://jezebel.com/duggar-family-documentary-shiny-happy-people-review-1850470133 #Jezebel #instituteinbasiclifeprinciples #emilyelizabethanderson #juliawilloughbynason #jillduggardillard #19kidsandcounting #corishepherdstern #shinyhappypeople #michelleduggar #derickdillard #duggarfamily #jimbobduggar #deannaduggar #kaeleighholt #billgothard #oliviacrist #arkansas

Do the Duggars and Other Reality TV Families Help the Far-Right Movement?
A new Prime Video documentary looks into the scandal-prone Duggars and explores the repercussions of mainstreaming right-wing fundamentalist teachings.
https://verdantsquare.net/blog/2023/05/18/do-the-duggars-and-other-reality-tv-families-help-the-far-right-movement/522211/
#Featured #Television #BillGothard #documentary #DuggarFamily #FundamentalistChristianity #IBLP #MAGA #opinion #PrimeVideo #RealityTv #TLC

I've been watching #TheVow (docuseries about the #NXIVM cult), and it's been difficult at times because of the familiarity of so much of it as someone from an evangelical background.

I mean the "curriculum" has #BillGothard and #IBLP written all over it so to speak.

Anyway, the familiarity doesn't surprise me, but it's weird watching and going "that's classic cult behavior" and then thinking up half a dozen similarities with communities I've been exposed to. #CultDeprogramming #ReligiousTrauma