Also co-signed, and I think Irene Spencer’s books are really worth reading after Under the Banner of Heaven. She moved to Mexico with the sect that had two brother declare themselves prophet and then one brother had his children/followers kill the other and his followers. It is all nuts and actually happened. It gives…

I would totally recommend it. It’s like an amazing overview of all of the different FLDS sects. You’ll know a lot of it, but it’s so well written. And if you liked Sound of Gravel (how sad that was!), several of Verlan LeBaron’s wives have written books. I would recommend both by Irene Spencer (Cult Insanity and…

Nope because they normalize polygamy and prevent people from realizing that corruption and abuse are the natural byproduct of believing that women are property and a commodity to be collected and basing a society around it.

It’s basically the basis of Scientology. For the FLDS, it’s more likely to happen later.

The book “LOst Boy” by Brent Jeffs is all about these boys who are thrown out and often have to turn to prostitution to survive. Many commit suicide. it is horrible. It’s a travesty for the FLDS children, regardless of if they are born a boy or a girl.

And then after you read under the Banner of Heaven you can seriously start going through his bibliography and reading there, depending on which sects in particular are interesting to you. He also has some really good LDS history in his bibliography that I’ve found fascinating.But if you are most curious about the…

You and me both. Did you read the new one about Colony le Baron? (The Sound of Gravel) If it isn’t creepy, I would love to PM you and compare notes to make sure I’m not missing anything. Iwish I knew I had this obsession in college so I could have learned even more.

My (private, Catholic) high school had a boy with autism who could be hard to handle, for sure. But they also really didn’t do ANYTHING about the constant bullying he received from the boys at school. They let him sing the school fight song at a pep rally, which would have been great except he was in a really…

There really aren’t words to describe this. My entire body is covered in goosebumps. It’s just so horrific, and that three different people could participate, plus all of the coaches who didn’t put a stop to the escalation. Seriously, I think that school needs to be burned to the ground and they need to go start over…

Love this so much. Thank you!

Technically in Chicago there are shows at Tinley Park, which isn’t in the city (by ANY stretch of the imagination), but it’s close enough that I regularly go to concerts there. It’s a suburb.

This book would help to open your eyes: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

It means “I cussed her out and made her cry so many times that one incident really doesn’t stand out in particular to me. I’m just in general an abusive asshole.”

Agreed. Without Reductress I die.

Dear god I hope so!

Are you KIDDING me?! There is no spice girls without Posh.

They likely still don’t beleive in this though.

I went to the concert in Chciago and couldn’t have had a more different experience. People on the lawn stayed through the rain. Everyone was singing and dancing—most people standing the whole time (I had to sit a little because my prego body couldn’t quite make it and I was in the minority). I liked the political…

I guess that’s true, but it seems like the ones likely to be not-for-profits are also trade organizations or religious orgs, which seems different. I don’t think she'd be charging while campaigning, but who knows?

But probably only because of inflation. In 2005 Sage Capital Group paid Rudy Giuliani $270,000.: http://www.salon.com/2013/07/17/the…