Kitchen Table Cult unpacks all the things Kieryn and Eve learned at the kitchen tables of their childhoods in conservative Christian homeschooling families. We drill down on various topics about Quiverfull, the Religious Right, and our childhoods in high-demand groups (otherwise known as cults).
We’re not surprised about the rise of Trump, Christian fascism, or evangelical white women voting for someone like Mike Pence, and we want to take you back through the beginning of it all to explain why.
Listen to the latest episode:
S5E17: Back To School Right-wing Extremism Edition – Kitchen Table Cult Pod
Eve and Kieryn chat about the right-wing extremist pivot to taking down all public education institutions. We've talked in prior episodes about radical right-wing groups taking over K-12 education, and today we explain dog whistles of "clasical liberal" education and how even well-meaning leftists are furthering the agenda to dismantle public universities and libraries.
**Notes**
https://time.com/6309612/christopher-rufo-public-universities-deceptive-essay/
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-college-of-florida-abolishes-gender-studies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/05/15/desantis-defunds-diversity-programs-florida-universities-gen-z/70220061007/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
https://truthout.org/articles/will-wvus-draconian-cuts-become-a-blueprint-for-austerity-across-higher-ed/
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/30/west-virginia-university-foreign-language-classes
https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/west-virginia-university-cuts-programs.html
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wvu-cuts-higher-education/