#shiny happy people

[thepeacefulgarden]

[pitchthepeach]

The Beatles

[ysabelmystic]

Not to be supporting Amazon, but if you have prime, you need to watch the Shiny Happy People documentary. It’s not just about the duggars. It offers essential details in understanding the rise of christofascism.

Please watch it. This is the kind of work that we need to support.

[gramarobin]

I am going to watch this with kleenex on hand as I'm sure it will dredge up memories of the sweet little churchy wife doormat I was expected to be back in the 90's. Wow, life sure changes.

[jessieren]

BTS rather than a 'Thursday' shot and no idea where its from but I love this photo... they all look so happy

[lila-rae]

This woman just said

“Our child resisted every bit of training and when he was 14 months old I didn’t know what to do with him so I just spanked that child”

14 months???? A 14 month old isn’t willfully disobedient in need of correction. They don’t have a “rebellious spirit”

You know who’s 14 months? 🐞

I’m going to be sick.

[recovering-catholic]

Fuck being a "Proverbs 31 Woman". I wanna be a "Proverbs 7 Woman".

[reduxskullduggerry]

just watched shiny happy people and it was an ok docuseries overall (if you don't know it's a documentary about the duggar family and fundamentalism/IBLP/Bill Gothard more generally), but as with other documentaries in this style, it often heavily covers the aspects of misogyny, patriarchy, and abuse (which are very important to cover!), but really only minimally focuses (if at all) on the depth to which Christian fundamentalism is at its core about advancing white supremacy and white supremacist goals. Like they spend an episode talking about how the purpose of families having as many children as possible is to push them into conservative leadership (with the ultimate goal of creating Christian theocracy), but they only focus on how they want to pass like anti-abortion stuff not their assuredly racist positions otherwise. Like focusing solely on the narratives and abuse of white women (and some white men) from the perspective of these people means that you only hear their limited perspective on the situation. Which means they've grown enough to understand how this religion/cult/sect oppressed them but not anyone different from them. non-white people are almost entirely absent from the series outside of when white people go/have gone on mission trips and the documentary makers never confront the people who they interviewed who've gone on mission trips about the neocolonialism they're engaging in through these trips. Even from the perspective of you've spent your whole life hearing this narrative of Christianity that you know is fucked up and terrible for you, but then you think you've unlearned all of this enough to go give christian teachings to others without perpetuating these same narratives?? Like one (professor?) guy mentions racism all of once and it's like?? I also feel like the documentary makers in spite of how political this documentary is fail to address the politics of those they are interviewing. They interview several people close to the duggar family/are in the duggar family who are like still very conservative and present their narrative uncritically. anyway in conclusion, documentaries on institutions like iblp and the catholic church etc often focus solely on the oppression faced by white women and children in that institution without examining the larger context of white supremacy and racism that kind of patriachy is based in and they should change that

[duggarsetal]

David Waller was aware and complicit in the abuse of young women at IBLP headquarters.

[biblionerd07]

Amazon has a new docu series about the Duggars and the whole IBLP system they’re part of and it is fucking brutal.

[fundieshaderoom]

Vuolos on Shiny Happy People

Video

Summary:

Jinger chose not to be apart of the doc. She did not do it because of little to no editing power. When she was asked to participate, she already was or was thinking about writing her book (unclear). She was also concerned that it wasn't a Christian production/ that there would be no redemptive or balanced quality. She wanted true Christianity to be shown.

They watched pretty much the whole thing in one night.

Jinger likes how they showed how someone could get wrapped into it. She said they captured the isolation well. She was impacted by the victim stories and so much truth was shared.

Jeremy said one of the most powerful lines was "what they feared the most was our voice" or something to that effect.

Jinger didn't love the conclusion of the doc. It was lacking in an answer of those harmed. There is no hope of where to go. She fears it does not show or encourage "disentangling". They were however not expecting them to be the church.

Jeremy said they nitpicked a couple times on some of Gothard's beliefs that were just basic Christian teachings.

Jinger was surprised by some of the positive responses to her book within her family and older friend circle.

[peaseblossom101]

Did any of you watch Shiny Happy People this weekend? It uses the Duggar family as a jumping off point to talk about the abusive practices and mindset of the IBLP (Institute in Basic Life Principles, a nondenominational Christian ministry that promotes an authoritarian family and community structure). Definitely recommend it, especially if you’re not up on your dominion theology, but, although I feel it’s handled respectfully, huge content warning for abuse and exploitation of women and children.

[pitchthepeach]

Based on @astronomical-fog ’s wonderful And if you close your eyes

[spurgie-cousin]

I'm high and I can't handle any of this

[gramarobin]

[growingupmormon]

One of the women in Shiny Happy People mentioned that she knew how the kids got so “calm” and “well behaved”

Me understanding exactly what she meant