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Mary Byler
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Passengers on a Bus or a Surrey
It's an absolute honor to walk with people who are taking back their power.
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Joe Kramer
Oct 12, 20246 min read
Gay Man Marries Straight Woman
It feels like we drain each other like a shorted out battery. Fantasizing about leaving is what gives strength for each day. I loath myself
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Mary Byler
Sep 27, 20244 min read
Christian Counseling & PSG
Survivor had attempted to set a boundary with an Amish church member that had been abusive to them or their loved ones
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Rachel Martin
Jul 21, 20243 min read
Amish Book Society 2024
By Mary Byler and Rachel Martin Amish Book Society A group who moderates Amish schools in certain communities. They might visit parents...
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Mary Byler
Feb 16, 20247 min read
Liberation
This was an honor and tribute to the last twenty years since I escaped. A shout-out to all the folks I've met along the way.
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Lily Rebecca
Sep 14, 20234 min read
Mennonite Church Support and Therapy
Then, both the ladies stopped talking, and both seemed to realize that they were saying opposite things
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Lily Rebecca
Aug 9, 20233 min read
Plain Mennonite and Mental Health
Lily Rebecca an active Plain Mennonite woman who sought both professional and church support for mental health resources
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Lydia Miller
Jul 1, 20231 min read
The Aftermath
Lydia Miller is an Amish child sexual abuse survivor who has been walking the path of living with the aftermath for years.
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Mary Byler
Feb 23, 20233 min read
What does Support look like?
Let’s work with survivors and support them in finding their voice.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Feb 15, 20233 min read
Hijack Hell
(The conversation about the arrest of an Anabaptist person for sexual abuse of a child being hijacked to say child sexual abuse is no...
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Miriam Yoder
Feb 13, 20235 min read
The Love of a Mother
This is a story about domestic violence, told in the survivors' words. Content warning for abuse and more. Names have been changed to...
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Dec 10, 20225 min read
Update 7: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
As our final update on the results of the study, we would like to thank every one of our participants for being willing to share
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Aram Weibe
Nov 6, 20222 min read
Old Colony Mennonite: A Survivor's Perspective
It is the result of not giving the young men the proper education. Fathers cannot educate their sons because they also have no concept
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Oct 29, 20225 min read
Update 6: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
To protect the privacy of participants, we summarized the responses to "How were you impacted by CSA?"
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Lauri Stoltzfus
Oct 3, 20223 min read
Open Letter to Goshen College & Bluffton University
My name is Lauri Stoltzfus, and I recently saw a packet of materials sent to social work professors and college academic leaders
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Kris
Oct 1, 20224 min read
The Truth of Being AFAB and Anabaptist
It doesn’t matter if the doctor said "it’s a girl" or "it’s a boy" neither is more valuable than the other. Both deserve equal rights.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 30, 20224 min read
Are Goshen College & Bluffton University Protecting an Abuse Enabler?
On Sept 2, 2022 the below packet was shipped from The Misfit Amish via UPS to people at Goshen College & Bluffton University
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 24, 20226 min read
Update 5: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
We found that the highest rates of child sexual abuse were among those who were born Anabaptist (49%)
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 17, 20225 min read
Update 4: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
What you teach your children can be vital to the prevention of sexual violence in childhood.
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Rue
Sep 13, 20227 min read
Pleasure in Plain and Ex-Plain Bodies
Gender Roles, Microaggression, and Pleasure Relative to Plain and ex-Plain AFAB Bodies "AFAB and AMAB: defined as the sex you are...
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