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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Scientology doesn’t believe in the young. They teach that they are trillion year old beings in small bodies. Therefore, they are not treated developmentally correct. Neglected, exploited for work and severely mistreated, they suffer the most in this organization. Serge Del Mar tells his story of growing up in Scientology and his advocacy work to make people wake up and listen to the lost souls who are begging silently for help.

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YouTube: @literallyserge

IG @literallyserge

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https://sptvfoundation.org/

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At age six, Katherine Spallino is separated from her parents and sent to train for her future in the Church of Scientology’s clergy—the Sea Organization. She rarely sees her parents and never goes to a normal school. Later, Katherine is sent to live at a secluded ranch with other young prospective Sea Org members, called cadets, where she studies Scientology and does manual labor—weeding fields, digging trenches, and works in the galley. The indoctrination escalates, and her family slips even farther into the background. But as she enters her teenage years, a host of new, more immediate concerns emerge, along with fantasies of what else life has to offer. Should she commit herself to the church, or reject everything she’s ever known for a chance at a different life?

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IG @thebadcadet
Her Book: The Bad Cadet: Growing Up in the Church of Scientology's Sea Organization


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• Katherine was born in a Scientrology building with no SSN
• At a young age, Katherine saw L Ron Hubbard as a God
• Confimation bias when it comes to having super powers
• Did Katherine know she was growing up differently?
• Katherine joins a bootcamp for youth who want to become Sea Org members
• The jobs Katherine had to do as a SeaOrg member
• Incentivized to write knowledge reports (snitch on each other)
• The youth ran themselves, which is how they were kept in line
• Scientology getting around labor laws
• Katherine gets shamed for only being able afford 1 pair of underwear
• Did Katherine have non-scientologist extended family?
• Racism was so bad, she thought she was a completely different race as a kid
• Some medical care was provided among neglect
• What made Katherine want to leave the Sea Org
• High school shock- not like the movies
• How she ended up back in LA with other ex-cadets
• Why Katherine was declared a suppressive person
• How she started writing "The Bad Cadet"
• Katherine tries to reconnect with family after being cut off
• How Katherine's family treats her today
• How Katherine is doing now

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