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9 jaw-dropping lines from an acclaimed film that will infuriate you

9 jaw-dropping lines from an acclaimed film that will infuriate you

by V.B., Summer Intern | Published on Aug 2, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Entertainment

This documentary gives more inner life and personality to horses than women. The quotes uphold a particular status quo that tells the outside world to think of the Amish as quaint “others”, rather than as fully formed, complex people and deserving of human and Constitutional rights.

How Romanticizing Amish Life Harms the Amish More Than It Helps Any Cause

by Althea Chokwe | Published on Jul 14, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Entertainment

The media establishment eats up these marketing campaigns with a voracious appetite. Consumers love watching the Amish remind them of a lost glory, while they never know or understand how an Amish individual’s freedom of choice is ignored.

Father Knows Best: Why Amish Kids Can’t Think Outside the Box

by K.F., Summer Intern | Published on Jul 12, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Entertainment

“Learning or reading is seen as detrimental, as they do not prepare a person with the practical skills and tastes needed for life in an Amish community.” – from a 1975 PBS documentary written, directed, and narrated by all Mennonite males and featuring all male interviewees

Why Is Ignorance Bliss When Filming the “Realities” of Amish Life?

by Althea Chokwe | Published on Jul 6, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Entertainment

It is as if the documentary were looking at the Amish as a set of dolls, fitted with a dollhouse and toy carriages. This toy set exists for outer society to gaze at and admire, as they only feel nostalgia from children’s books and Biblical tales.

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