Isolated in a cult within a cult within a cult, Ashley was completely sheltered from the outside world. From infancy she was labeled as unruly and even demon-possessed. Determined to break her as a toddler, then later brag about it, her pastor grandfather took it too far. She would be forced into submission and gr**med to be a “stay-at-home daughter” until her father transferred authority to her betrothed husband. This is how she accidentally escaped the prison in her mind.

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• Ashley's IFB background
• IFB vs Southern Baptists
• Drum Beats and Racism
• Was there scripture to back their racism?
• What types of music was Ashley allowed to listen to?
• What it was like being isolated in the IFB home school
• The Patriarchy Movement
• What is the 200 year Quiverfull plan?
• How did submitting to these types of men affect Ashley?
• Ashley's grandfather locks her in the basement
• Ashley's trauma responses
• Starting the blog, The Stay-At-Home-Daughter
• Ashley's relationship with her mom
• How many siblings did Ashley have?
• What was Ashley's big goal?
• What was courtship like for Ashley?
• "I kissed dating goodbye"
• Were courtship relationships transactional?
• What was Ashley's breaking point?
• How Ashley's husband held space for her
• How is Ashley doing now?

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