Any casual peruser of American cable television is probably familiar with the Duggar family – if not with the specifics of their juggernaut series on TLC, then with the sheer number of them. From 2007 until 2015, the Duggars, a…[Continue Reading...]
The Duggars, stars of TLC’s 19 Kids & Counting, were superficially presented as an eccentric real-life version of the characters from Cheaper by the Dozen. Yet beneath that façade, they were always religious zealots who adhered to an extreme brand…[Continue Reading...]
Bill Gothard founded the Institute in Basic Life Principles more than 60 years ago — but since then, he’s become a controversial figure in the religious community. Growing up, Gothard, 88, was raised in a religious household, and as a…[Continue Reading...]
We’re just days away from the premiere of Shiny Happy People, the highly anticipated Amazon Studios documentary that promises to expose the abuse and corruption within the Institute for Basic Life Principles. Much of the focus will be on the…[Continue Reading...]
The Duggars were introduced to the world as a big, unique happy family when their television shows first premiered on TLC, but over the years, the dark secrets of their cult-like religious organization — the Institute in Basic Life Principles…[Continue Reading...]
The Duggar family's meteoric rise to fame and sordid fall from grace have turned the Arkansas brood into one of the world's most famous reality TV dynasties - while also shedding light on their little-known 'radical' religion. While many watched…[Continue Reading...]
The executive producers of the new Duggar family documentary have revealed they were stunned by the levels of abuse survivors suffered at the hands of 'cult-like' religious teachings. The show, titled Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, is set to 'expose the truth beneath…[Continue Reading...]
The upcoming Amazon Prime Video docuseries, Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, explores how the Duggar family's concerning ties to a radical religious organization negatively influenced them The producers of the upcoming docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets are…[Continue Reading...]
A new docuseries from Amazon Prime is promising an in-depth look at a once popular reality TV family, the Duggars of “19 Kids and Counting” The teaser trailer for “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” is out and includes a…[Continue Reading...]
Though the Duggars are from my home state of Arkansas, almost everything I know about them came from our former writer Courtney Enlow, who wrote glorious posts detailing the Quiverfull movement, how they thought racism was caused by evolution, and…[Continue Reading...]
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