Fundie Observer

She/Her/Hers • 20-something • American • Catholic(ish) • Duggars and Bates with a side of Plath and JRod • @ohlooksomeonejust is my original blog

[girlbob-boypants]

If you misuse the term "purity culture" to be about your ship wars instead of about the abuse and sexualization of teen girls then imagine me doing this to you

[spurgie-cousin]

Ok so we officially know why Kendra was charged: there *was* a CPS investigation of Joe and Kendra's home triggered by Joe's charges in Florida, not the other way around like I originally thought.

And in that investigation, CPS found 2 bedrooms with locks installed on the outside, instead of the inside of the doors, which is against Arkansas building codes due to fire hazards, so that triggered the charges of child endangerment for both of them. Unlawful imprisonment charges are also tied to the locks.

This is interesting because this is exactly how the Duggar big house bedrooms work iirc? I very vividly remember Michelle saying the big, gendered bedrooms only had locks on the outside that only the parents had the keys to, so. To be fair, JB and Michelle technically deserve 19 child endangerment charges, no?

[countingandsnarkingon]

Yes I am here and yes I am seeing all of it. What the fuck is happening y’all? I am shocked and I honestly don’t even know why I’m shocked. While I understand that this is actually none of our business and I don’t want to know anything, I am also a nosy bitch and I will be henceforth clearing my schedule for this.

I just hope the kids are okay and safe

And to think I thought the biggest thing this year would be the Travis Clark Cheating Scandal

[fundiemental-shitposts]

The way it’s only March and we’ve already had scandals from two of the big name fundie families…yeesh.

[spurgie-cousin]

This situation keeps getting worse and worse!! New charges for him and Kendra in Arkansas.

I just read that article and I'm so confused, I can't tell if it's related to Joe or a separate incident????? But it sounds like she somehow kept a child somewhere against their will and possibly in a dangerous situation? I don't think she's in jail though, I think she's released until her hearing but genuinely what in the fuck is going on

Man it's been a hell of a year to be a fundie and it's only March

Edit: the charges are not related to Joe's charges in Florida, AND he's received the same charges as Kendra for this incident, on top of his abuse charges. It sounds like something really awful has happened that probably also triggered the victim from 2020 to come forward. I'm genuinely nervous to learn more.

[fundiemental-shitposts]

I fear the number one thing that has not aged well from my page here is the “Joe and Kendra are my favorite couple” tag I used once upon a time…

Because what in the fuck is happening in this fuckass timeline????

[thosedamnduggars]

it's been four years since I updated last but holy fucking shit KENDRA GIRL WHAT THE HELL

I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU

[fundiemental-shitposts]

My face reading this twist of events

[spurgie-cousin]

ok last thought for now about the Joe Duggar thing bc this kinda thing really gets me riled up and I need to chill out, but genuine question: what does anyone get out of speculating who the child victim is *right* this mf second??

I understand it's relevant detail in the whole big picture of what this family has done to each other and those around them. but the victim is still a minor and one who has clearly been traumatized and I just don't know why we feel the need to know the *child's* full government name less than a day after this news broke.

[fundiemental-shitposts]

have you seen this??

bold of you to assume that wasn’t the reason for my first post on here in over a year

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POV you check fundie snarkers Reddit for the first time in months today

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Once again deviating from the original purpose of this blog because my favorite US-based story from this Olympics (Pommel Horse Guy) is going to be on Dancing with the Stars…guess I actually have to watch it now.

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Update: they got Ilona Maher too, I’m so seated.

[spurgie-cousin]

FULL offense, but if you come in my inbox talking about how these teenage girls or low income women with kids should go through a nine month pregnancy against their will because they can "just adopt" you're getting blocked, like you're beyond help

unless you agree to sit down and say that to the face of that scared, pregnant 16 y/o, who received no sex ed in their isolated religious community, who could be cut off from everyone they've ever known for *kissing* a boy ffs (and that's hoping to god that the father is just that and not someone who abused this child), then you don't get an opinion I'm sorry.

what the fuck do YOU do to help all these women and babies you have so many opinions about???? if the answer is only "pray" get the fuck out of the conversation.

[fundiemental-shitposts]

Once again deviating from the original purpose of this blog because my favorite US-based story from this Olympics (Pommel Horse Guy) is going to be on Dancing with the Stars…guess I actually have to watch it now.

[countingandsnarkingon]

Jana Duggar Marries Stephen Wissman in 'Elegant' Arkansas Wedding: 'I Prayed for This for Years' (Exclusive)

Jana Duggar, the eldest Duggar daughter, 34, married Stephen Wissmann in a "simple, classic" wedding on Aug. 15. "I think it is one of those

Some things of note from the exclusive

They did date briefly in 2021 around the time Hannah and Jeremiah were courting but, they broke things off

They reconnected earlier this year and got engaged June 15th

They had a FIRST DANCE, a Duggar first

[fundiemental-shitposts]

Okay but how did they:

A. Get 500 people to show up for a Thursday afternoon/evening wedding

and

B. Have minimal info leaks about the wedding before today?

[fundiemental-shitposts]

Rolling back onto my fundie-snarking blog for the Jana Duggar wedding (and ONLY the Jana Duggar wedding).

[spurgie-cousin]

i ask this in 100% good faith as sometimes who's just read over Trump's 2025 manifesto: what the fuck are we supposed to do

like i know the big call is to not vote for Biden or Trump and trust me I do not want to vote for Joe, but the manifesto is going after the rights of women, pregnant people, every type of person under the LGBTQ umbrella, POC, and in a political climate where Roe v. Wade was overturned i feel like it's completely possible that he'd be able to achieve at least some of that so

is there a 3rd party candidate I don't know about?? or what is the plan here bc tbh as a queer person and someone who was planning to be pregnant in the next year I'm scared as hell like are we really just not voting? It's 7 months out and I feel like no one is agreeing on what to do

[keepingupwitht]

Voting in the United States is ALWAYS damage mitigation, except for primaries. There you can vote your ideals. But in a general election, the question is: who will cause the least harm to those at risk? We mitigate risk, we play the long game, we stay alive.

As much as no one likes it, on January 20, 2025, either Biden or Trump will be president. Anything other than a vote for Biden is a vote for Trump.

[fundiemental-shitposts]

Not to be dramatic but if Sarah Snook doesn’t win an Emmy after this season of Succession I’ll fight network execs with my bare hands.

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Back from the void.

I just booked two wedding dress try-on appointments today, somehow both nervous and excited for the whole process (and it only took four months of being engaged to stop procrastinating and actually plan).

Trying not to think about how if I were a fundie, I would probably be walking down the aisle this weekend given how short most fundie engagements are…meanwhile, I still couldn’t tell you what I want my day to look like beyond a couple vague Pinterest pins.

Fourteen(ish) months to go, and I promise I will talk about something that’s not my wedding at some point.

…maybe. We’ll see.