Samantha Field
@samanthafield.bsky.social
queer feminist, homeschool survivor/apostate, 16-year-old me would be horrified
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In 2023, I created an annual day of awareness for abused homeschooled kids. It was called Day of the Homeschooled Child.
It doesn’t exist anymore, even if the org where I created it, @responsiblehs.bsky.social, says otherwise.
Here's what happened, and what's next: jessduit.com/2026/04/30/d...
It doesn’t exist anymore, even if the org where I created it, @responsiblehs.bsky.social, says otherwise.
Here's what happened, and what's next: jessduit.com/2026/04/30/d...
April 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
In 2023, I created an annual day of awareness for abused homeschooled kids. It was called Day of the Homeschooled Child.
It doesn’t exist anymore, even if the org where I created it, @responsiblehs.bsky.social, says otherwise.
Here's what happened, and what's next: jessduit.com/2026/04/30/d...
It doesn’t exist anymore, even if the org where I created it, @responsiblehs.bsky.social, says otherwise.
Here's what happened, and what's next: jessduit.com/2026/04/30/d...
CRHE may have taken a day meant to mourn the lives of the children lost b/c of lax homeschool law and turned it into a self-congratulatory book tour stop, but I will never forget what #DayOfTheHomeschooledChild really means: what we owe to every suffering homeschooled child. @jessduit.bsky.social
Day of the Homeschooled Child, a retrospective – Jess Du It
[Content note: some descriptions of child abuse and neglect] In 2023, I created an annual day of awareness for kids abused in homeschool settings. It was called Day of the Homeschooled Child, and it r...
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April 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
CRHE may have taken a day meant to mourn the lives of the children lost b/c of lax homeschool law and turned it into a self-congratulatory book tour stop, but I will never forget what #DayOfTheHomeschooledChild really means: what we owe to every suffering homeschooled child. @jessduit.bsky.social
Fondly looking back on my first legislative win at @responsiblehs.bsky.social in 2019, the passing of GA HB 530, that helped protect homeschooled children from being hidden by their abusers.
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Victory for Homeschooled Students in Georgia! | Coalition for Responsible Home Education
For Immediate Release: Lawmakers supported homeschooled students last week by passing bill to catch parents who abuse the law Canton, Ma., 04/03/2019—The Co ...
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April 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Fondly looking back on my first legislative win at @responsiblehs.bsky.social in 2019, the passing of GA HB 530, that helped protect homeschooled children from being hidden by their abusers.
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On the Kendra Duggar arrest today: under Arkansas statute, it's essentially impossible for "false imprisonment" to apply to her own children. They are not old enough. As their legal guardian, Kendra can "give permission" to ... """contain""" her children.
#homeschoolabuse #kendraduggar #joduggar
#homeschoolabuse #kendraduggar #joduggar
March 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
On the Kendra Duggar arrest today: under Arkansas statute, it's essentially impossible for "false imprisonment" to apply to her own children. They are not old enough. As their legal guardian, Kendra can "give permission" to ... """contain""" her children.
#homeschoolabuse #kendraduggar #joduggar
#homeschoolabuse #kendraduggar #joduggar
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The takeaway here is there is no reform that can fix this. These children are being #homeschooled entirely BECAUSE their parents are stupid. They will have no balance, no differing perspective, no exposure to science or history. All the accountability and oversight in the world can't stop this.
February 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The takeaway here is there is no reform that can fix this. These children are being #homeschooled entirely BECAUSE their parents are stupid. They will have no balance, no differing perspective, no exposure to science or history. All the accountability and oversight in the world can't stop this.
When I was around 13, my Sunday school teacher told me I needed to start wearing control-top pantihose and walk sideways up the stairs to the piano because my "behind" was "tempting her husband." Her husband the church deacon.
Conservative Christians don't bat an eye at pedophilia and never will.
Conservative Christians don't bat an eye at pedophilia and never will.
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
When I was around 13, my Sunday school teacher told me I needed to start wearing control-top pantihose and walk sideways up the stairs to the piano because my "behind" was "tempting her husband." Her husband the church deacon.
Conservative Christians don't bat an eye at pedophilia and never will.
Conservative Christians don't bat an eye at pedophilia and never will.
No one who had eyeballs during the *extended* Josh Duggar scandal should be even remotely surprised by the Christian response to the Epstein files.
Everyone knew he was a pdfile for years and he still rose in the Christian ranks. It was being on AshleyMadison that got him fired, not the pedophilia.
Everyone knew he was a pdfile for years and he still rose in the Christian ranks. It was being on AshleyMadison that got him fired, not the pedophilia.
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
No one who had eyeballs during the *extended* Josh Duggar scandal should be even remotely surprised by the Christian response to the Epstein files.
Everyone knew he was a pdfile for years and he still rose in the Christian ranks. It was being on AshleyMadison that got him fired, not the pedophilia.
Everyone knew he was a pdfile for years and he still rose in the Christian ranks. It was being on AshleyMadison that got him fired, not the pedophilia.
This is what your average homeschool parent will just straight-up admit to, without any prompting. They *voluntarily* tell the world this crap because they see absolutely nothing wrong with it.
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This is what your average homeschool parent will just straight-up admit to, without any prompting. They *voluntarily* tell the world this crap because they see absolutely nothing wrong with it.
In response to raising concerns about AI, I'm getting told some version of "yeah but we've been through this before- industrial revolution, AV media, they all caused huge change"
YEAH AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WERE BAD AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT HARDER ABOUT THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
YEAH AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WERE BAD AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT HARDER ABOUT THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
In response to raising concerns about AI, I'm getting told some version of "yeah but we've been through this before- industrial revolution, AV media, they all caused huge change"
YEAH AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WERE BAD AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT HARDER ABOUT THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
YEAH AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WERE BAD AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT HARDER ABOUT THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
Something I heard all growing up was how it's not the job of government to feed people-- that's the responsibility of the church. The typical rejoinder is something like "churches don't feed people tho" (see: "churches wouldn't help a mom get formula").
That's great, but I reject the premise.
That's great, but I reject the premise.
December 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Something I heard all growing up was how it's not the job of government to feed people-- that's the responsibility of the church. The typical rejoinder is something like "churches don't feed people tho" (see: "churches wouldn't help a mom get formula").
That's great, but I reject the premise.
That's great, but I reject the premise.
I taught Composition & Rhetoric at Liberty University for two years.
I would've failed that Fulnecky paper.
In fact, I ran into something similar-ish there.
#storytime
I would've failed that Fulnecky paper.
In fact, I ran into something similar-ish there.
#storytime
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I taught Composition & Rhetoric at Liberty University for two years.
I would've failed that Fulnecky paper.
In fact, I ran into something similar-ish there.
#storytime
I would've failed that Fulnecky paper.
In fact, I ran into something similar-ish there.
#storytime
My MIL reminded me of the "liberal Christians just want their ears tickled" turn of phrase, and it occurred to me that I've felt more challenged ("convicted") by my UCC-trained lesbian minister in the last three years than I ever was in two decades of fundamentalism.
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My MIL reminded me of the "liberal Christians just want their ears tickled" turn of phrase, and it occurred to me that I've felt more challenged ("convicted") by my UCC-trained lesbian minister in the last three years than I ever was in two decades of fundamentalism.
omg it happened
a rando accused my statement "homo sapiens evolved in Africa" of being a "religious belief" (we were not debating origins, so I was surprised)
I'm the Big Scary Evolutionist now
I'm so proud
a rando accused my statement "homo sapiens evolved in Africa" of being a "religious belief" (we were not debating origins, so I was surprised)
I'm the Big Scary Evolutionist now
I'm so proud
a cartoon of spongebob squarepants is smiling with his mouth open
Alt: SpongeBob rainbow meme
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October 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
omg it happened
a rando accused my statement "homo sapiens evolved in Africa" of being a "religious belief" (we were not debating origins, so I was surprised)
I'm the Big Scary Evolutionist now
I'm so proud
a rando accused my statement "homo sapiens evolved in Africa" of being a "religious belief" (we were not debating origins, so I was surprised)
I'm the Big Scary Evolutionist now
I'm so proud
The recent #Rapture nonsense has me reliving my Pre-Trib days and I'm cringing so hard at teenaged me
I stopped reading Left Behind because a book's cliffhanger was "This character either dies or accepts the Mark!" and Option A was too depressing and Option B was theologically heinous. So I quit. 🤣
I stopped reading Left Behind because a book's cliffhanger was "This character either dies or accepts the Mark!" and Option A was too depressing and Option B was theologically heinous. So I quit. 🤣
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The recent #Rapture nonsense has me reliving my Pre-Trib days and I'm cringing so hard at teenaged me
I stopped reading Left Behind because a book's cliffhanger was "This character either dies or accepts the Mark!" and Option A was too depressing and Option B was theologically heinous. So I quit. 🤣
I stopped reading Left Behind because a book's cliffhanger was "This character either dies or accepts the Mark!" and Option A was too depressing and Option B was theologically heinous. So I quit. 🤣
Not a lawyer BUT I am an #exfundie so I didn't have to Google "plenary authority."
Silver lining to fundie theology being constructed largely by lawyers and preached by people who think using archaic terms makes them Very Correct, I suppose?
Silver lining to fundie theology being constructed largely by lawyers and preached by people who think using archaic terms makes them Very Correct, I suppose?
a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
Alt: Liz Lemon high fiving herself gif
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October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Not a lawyer BUT I am an #exfundie so I didn't have to Google "plenary authority."
Silver lining to fundie theology being constructed largely by lawyers and preached by people who think using archaic terms makes them Very Correct, I suppose?
Silver lining to fundie theology being constructed largely by lawyers and preached by people who think using archaic terms makes them Very Correct, I suppose?
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This will eternally be my favorite Christian doctrine Hot Take:
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
September 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This will eternally be my favorite Christian doctrine Hot Take:
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
I have an urgent need to see Billy Porter in this skirt by Miss Sohee:
September 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have an urgent need to see Billy Porter in this skirt by Miss Sohee:
This will eternally be my favorite Christian doctrine Hot Take:
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
September 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This will eternally be my favorite Christian doctrine Hot Take:
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
Jesus was trans.
If you believe in the Virgin Birth, then Jesus had no Y chromosome, yet lived and was treated as a man. He is a "man born with no penis" he tells his followers to accept and love in Matthew 19:11-12.
My toddler: Biting is just the language of the unheard, mother
August 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My toddler: Biting is just the language of the unheard, mother
Thought we covered the concept of "AI girlfriends" in the Myth of Narcissus in 8 ACE, but ok
August 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Thought we covered the concept of "AI girlfriends" in the Myth of Narcissus in 8 ACE, but ok
So what's the pianist's version of "anyway here's Wonderwall"
and why is it Solfeggietto
and why is it Solfeggietto
July 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So what's the pianist's version of "anyway here's Wonderwall"
and why is it Solfeggietto
and why is it Solfeggietto
Applied to a job I'm absolutely perfect for.
I hope they feel the same.
I hope they feel the same.
July 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Applied to a job I'm absolutely perfect for.
I hope they feel the same.
I hope they feel the same.
oh it's nothing
just me, an ex-fundie homeschool girl re-reading *The Tombs of Atuan* and crying
just me, an ex-fundie homeschool girl re-reading *The Tombs of Atuan* and crying
July 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
oh it's nothing
just me, an ex-fundie homeschool girl re-reading *The Tombs of Atuan* and crying
just me, an ex-fundie homeschool girl re-reading *The Tombs of Atuan* and crying
So some Southern Baptists want to address "willful childlessness" in their role as the morality police.
Interesting.
Yknow someone who was willfully childless?
Jesus.
Interesting.
Yknow someone who was willfully childless?
Jesus.
June 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So some Southern Baptists want to address "willful childlessness" in their role as the morality police.
Interesting.
Yknow someone who was willfully childless?
Jesus.
Interesting.
Yknow someone who was willfully childless?
Jesus.