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Donate to Help Kieryn Finish Their Associates Degree, organized by Kieryn Darkwater I'm Kieryn Darkwater and you may know me from the Kitchen Table Cult podca… Kieryn Darkwater needs your support for Help Kieryn Finish Their Associates Degree

Kieryn's GFM for college: www.gofundme.com/f/makekieryn...

Shiny Happy Special Episode In the last year: Trump was re-elected, Project 2025 started becoming law of the land, Eve made quilts, Kieryn briefly appeared in Shiny Happy People season 2 (we get into it), and is ~a semester a…

Kitchen Table Cult is back for a special one-off mini-episode because @mxdarkwater.com is in season two of Shiny Happy People! @kitchentablecult.com kitchentablecult.com/2025/08/07/s...

Shiny Happy Special Episode In the last year: Trump was re-elected, Project 2025 started becoming law of the land, Eve made quilts, Kieryn briefly appeared in Shiny Happy People season 2 (we get into it), and is ~a semester a…

New Episode just dropped, showing up for you whenever your podcast app updates (or live on the website right now)!
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(I'm in it!)

The Christian nationalist playbook to usurp democracy Organizations like the Alliance Defending Freedom and Convention of States publicly share their plans to implement theocracy, but are we paying attention?

I did a deep dive on #project2025 and the lesser known #conventionofstates in an article for Prism
- prismreports.org/2024/05/20/c...
- and the most recent @kitchentablecult.com episode. Go learn more than you ever wanted to know -
kitchentablecult.com/2024/06/27/s...

Support N's Journey to Independence, organized by Carmen L Through my work with Coalition for Responsible Home Education, sometimes I meet homeschoo… Carmen L needs your support for Support N's Journey to Independence

We're still trying to raise funds for N to get housing and medical care!

N is a trans homeschool escapee who has experienced massive educational neglect and identity abuse. Everything helps towards getting him stable and housed!

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ns...

S6E11: Usurping Democracy with Bureaucracy Kieryn and Eve explain the updated policy agenda of the Christian right. We talk about the various tools Christian nationalists plan on using to usurp democracy regardless of who wins the presidential...

New episode! @eveettinger.com and @mxdarkwater.com take you on a deep dive into #Project2025 and the #ConventionofStates and the bureaucratic mechanism at the center of it all. Don't miss it!
kitchentablecult.com/2024/06/27/s...

S6E9: Apocalypse Child with Carly Butler Kieryn and Eve talk with Carly Butler about her memoir, Apocalypse Child, what identity abuse looks like for homeschooled kids, and more

We had the lovely @carlymbutton.bsky.social on the podcast last week! Give it a listen!

kitchentablecult.com/2024/05/31/s...

S6E8: Forager with Michelle Dowd How do you make friends and adapt to normal society after leaving a cult? Listen to find out!

New episode! We talk with Michelle Dowd about her new book, plants, and the challenges of healing from CPSTD after escaping a cult. kitchentablecult.com/2024/05/10/s...

S6E7: As Goes The South with Read Freely Alabama Kieryn & Eve are joined by the organizers of Read Freely Alabama to discuss the attempt to censor LGBTQ materials in the Augauta-Prattville library and their efforts to protect the library as a commun...

This week we chatted with Read Freely Alabama about attempts to censor the public library and what everyone can do to stop it. kitchentablecult.com/2024/04/27/s...

S6E7: As Goes The South with Read Freely Alabama Kieryn & Eve are joined by the organizers of Read Freely Alabama to discuss the attempt to censor LGBTQ materials in the Augauta-Prattville library and their efforts to protect the library as a commun...

This week we chatted with Read Freely Alabama about attempts to censor the public library and what everyone can do to stop it. kitchentablecult.com/2024/04/27/s...

This was so great and I would now like to have the 5 laws of libraries tattooed on me somewhere.

S6E6: We Are All the Public Library with Eddie the Librarian What do censorship, homeschooling, intellectual freedom, and libraries have in common? We get into it today with Eddie Kristan

ICYMI we had an amazing talk with @giantlibrarian.bsky.social about the important work of libraries! go check it out!

S6E4: Doing It For The Babies 2: IVF Bans and Mife | Kitchen Table Cult Get more from Kitchen Table Cult on Patreon

Wtf is happening in Alabama? What do the #IVF and #Mife cases have in common? We get into it!
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Is she a stay at home tiktok script or an Above Rubies reader submission?

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8KvtTvd/

Kitchen Table Cult on Instagram: "The #nonbinary #eldestdaughter of #quiverfull families have entered the chat! What would you add? #exfundie #homeschoolalumni" 20 likes, 5 comments - kitchentablecultpod on February 13, 2024: "The #nonbinary #eldestdaughter of #quiverfull families have entered the chat! What would you add?..."

We're the nonbinary eldest daughters of Quiverfull families, of course we did the meme

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S5E20: Mike Johnson Overview | Kitchen Table Cult Get more from Kitchen Table Cult on Patreon

Live for everyone, we attempted to give an overview of who tf Mike Johnson is before the end of the year - www.patreon.com/posts/92998746

S5E19: Counting the Cost | Kitchen Table Cult Get more from Kitchen Table Cult on Patreon

Live for everyone! We read #CountingTheCost and talked about it
www.patreon.com/posts/s5e19-...

hi new followers. go support @responsiblehs.bsky.social, listen to this podcast i co-host @kitchentablecult.com, and answer my daily question: DID YOU EAT AND TAKE YOUR MEDS

S5E18: The Woman They Wanted with Shannon Harris Welcome to book club, where Shannon Harris (aka Shannon Bonne) joins Kieryn and Eve to talk about the writing process for her debut memoir, The Woman They Wanted. Shannon talks about embodiment, fr…

This week on @kitchentablecult.com we talked to Shannon Harris about her book, craft decisions in memoir writing, embodiment after trauma, and leaving a cult. @mxdarkwater.com

kitchentablecult.com/2023/10/06/s...

S5E18: The Woman They Wanted with Shannon Harris | Kitchen Table Cult Get more from Kitchen Table Cult on Patreon

New Episode! Welcome to book club, where Shannon Bonne, formerly known as Shannon Harris, joins Kieryn and Eve to talk about the writing process for her book, The Woman They Wanted.

Shannon talks about embodiment, freedom, and following the joy after spiritual abuse.

S5E17: Back To School Right-Wing Extremism Edition | Patreon Official Post from Kitchen Table Cult

New episode! We talk about the right's war on public education and what Classical Liberalism means
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S5E16: Disobedient Women with Sarah Stankorb | Patreon Official Post from Kitchen Table Cult

Live for everyone! We chat about how to write about trauma in a way that's healing and powerful with Sarah Stankorb and talk about her book, #disobedientwomen. Don't miss it! www.patreon.com/posts/88186361

New epsiode, live for everyone! @eveettinger.com and @mxdarkwater.com chat with Christina and Aaron Beall about what it was like to leave the #fundamentalist #homeschooling community and shed light on the abuse
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87177174

New epsiode, live for everyone! @eveettinger.com and @mxdarkwater.com chat with Christina and Aaron Beall about what it was like to leave the #fundamentalist #homeschooling community and shed light on the abuse
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87177174

I (kieryn) left for vacation right after uploading the last episode and forgot to talk about it here. We interviewed Cori Shepherd Stern (of #ShinyHappyPeople)! It was a delight even if my computer did lag out randomly. Give it a listen - https://www.patreon.com/posts/s5e14-shiny-part-86028412

Kitchen Table Cult the conspiracy is real

Today I woke up with inspiration and spent the morning revamping the @kitchentablecult.com website and I think it's way more useful now.

S5E13: Shiny Happy People Kieryn and Eve are IN PERSON and talking about Shiny Happy People and the evolution of sharing their stories as they heal through trauma.  Contribute to the CRHE fundraiser: responsiblehomesch…

Latest episode is live for everyone! https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/06/30/s5e13-shiny-happy-people/

We're here, we're queer, and we have the reciepts