Welcome back to Taste Test Thursdays! What if the very institutions we called oppressive… were also protecting us?
In this episode, I explore a deeply uncomfortable question: Have we mistaken structure for tyranny—and in doing so, created chaos where there was once cohesion?
We’re living in an age of extremes. On one end: Quiverfull-style fundamentalists preaching barefoot-and-pregnant submission as salvation. On the other: a postmodern free-for-all where “gender is a vibe” and all structure is labeled violence.
If you've been caught between both—wounded by control but wary of collapse—you’re not alone.
📉 Because here’s the spoiler: freedom without form doesn’t lead to liberation. It leads to instability.
We dig into:
The rise of The Panic Playbook: Project 2025, handmaid hysteria, and the media’s latest obsession with “Christian nationalism.”
Why not all “Christian nationalists” are theocrats—and why lumping them together fuels fear instead of clarity.
Hillary Clinton’s comments that exposed modern feminism’s blind spot.
Why pro-natalism ≠ Quiverfull—and what the demographic data is really telling us.
The inconvenient questions raised by secular feminists like Louise Perry and historians like Joan Brumberg about what’s actually protective for women.
This isn’t a call to go backward. It’s a call to pause—and ask what was lost in our so-called “progress.”
Because maybe—just maybe—not all boundaries are cages.
Some are guardrails.
Hit play, and let’s rethink what we’re calling progress.
🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. Book Recommendations –
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I recently sat down with Balance Banter to share a very personal part of my story — my unexpected entry into religion during the pandemic, what pulled me in, what made me question, and how I began to deconstruct without losing my curiosity. We talk faith, control, community, and what it really means to rebuild your worldview from the ground up. If you’ve ever felt like you’re standing at the crossroads of belief and disillusionment, this one’s for you.
