Meet Our Bloggers: kunoichi66
Live in Scotland, unlikely to move. May be developing gills.
I studied classics, but my interests range far and wide beyond that, in both practical and theoretical subjects. I am very interested in religion*, and also in the workings of the human mind - why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. These things are probably the main reasons for me being so interested in (and, needless to say, horrified by) fundamentalists.
To be perfectly honest, my first forays into the world of fundamentalism (though I didn't realize it at the time) was through the blogs of ladies who wrote about modesty in dressing. I was looking for ideas on the internet on how to dress up long skirts, since I had just made the switch to wearing them, and wasn't sure on what to wear.
At first - ah, the way it snares you! - I thought that the blogs were quite nice, in their own way. There were more biblical references than I was used to seeing on a daily basis, but it would be a funny world if we were all alike, as they say.
THEN!
I began to notice the other postings on the blogs. The ones about hating QUILTBAG people, about judging those who were not like the bloggers themselves. I started to realize that these 'Christians' were full of hate and spite for others, and that I wanted no part of that.
And the rest, as they say, is history!
I'll be focusing on the mental aspects of fundies - their adherence to gender roles, their 'education' and so on.
*I'm usually drawn immediately to the heretical\non-mainstream religious ideas and groups first, which probably says more about me than I should really want people to know. I guess I'm not a follower. Oooh, fundies would HATE me.
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