Tag Archives: patriarchy
Sexism and Sensibility: Raising Empowered, Resilient Girls in the Modern World
Virtually every girl and woman I see in therapy feels as if they got away with something when they experience success. They bring up the term ‘imposter syndrome’ and say, ‘that’s me exactly.’” Continue reading →
I Have a Novel! Keep Sweet!
Fourteen-year old Elizabeth Warren lives in the “Community” with her father, four mothers, and sixteen siblings. Their prophet heads the cult, controlling all aspects of the community members’ lives. When he announces that Elizabeth must marry her older cousin, she joins forces with her twin brother, her older sister, and two good friends to alter her fate. Continue reading →
Rift by Cait West: Christian Patriarchy
“This is a story of chaos, of fragmentation, hidden beneath the facade of a happy family. This is a story of escape and risk and making it all worth it. This is a story of psychological, emotional, financial, and spiritual abuse. This is my story of survival.“ Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult books for teens, book reviews, Cait West, family problems, fundamentalism (religion), memoir, parent-teen relationships, patriarchy, religion, religious hypocrisy, Rift, stay at home daughter movement
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