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Passengers on a Bus or a Surrey
It's an absolute honor to walk with people who are taking back their power.
Mary Byler
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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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
Joe Kramer
Oct 12, 20246 min read
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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
Mary Byler
Sep 27, 20244 min read
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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...
Rachel Martin
Jul 21, 20243 min read
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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.
Mary Byler
Feb 16, 20247 min read
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Mennonite Church Support and Therapy
Then, both the ladies stopped talking, and both seemed to realize that they were saying opposite things
Lily Rebecca
Sep 14, 20234 min read
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Plain Mennonite and Mental Health
Lily Rebecca an active Plain Mennonite woman who sought both professional and church support for mental health resources
Lily Rebecca
Aug 9, 20233 min read
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The Aftermath
Lydia Miller is an Amish child sexual abuse survivor who has been walking the path of living with the aftermath for years.
Lydia Miller
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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What does Support look like?
Let’s work with survivors and support them in finding their voice.
Mary Byler
Feb 23, 20233 min read
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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...
The Misfit Amish LLC
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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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...
Miriam Yoder
Feb 13, 20235 min read
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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
The Misfit Amish LLC
Dec 10, 20225 min read
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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
Aram Weibe
Nov 6, 20222 min read
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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?"
The Misfit Amish LLC
Oct 29, 20225 min read
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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
Lauri Stoltzfus
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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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.
Kris
Oct 1, 20224 min read
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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
The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 30, 20224 min read
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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%)
The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 24, 20226 min read
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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.
The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 17, 20225 min read
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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...
Rue
Sep 13, 20227 min read
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