The Quiverfull movement is an extreme Christian fundamentalist subculture that bans all birth control and encourages women to have as many children as possible. As such, you might not think that the story of a Quiverfull dad confiding in his wife that he wanted to switch sexes and begin living as a woman would end…
The Duggar family just got a little bit bigger: Michelle Duggar gave birth last night at 6:37 pm to a baby girl, weighing 1lb 6oz. The newest addition to the bulging brood is named Josie Brooklyn. [TMZ]
Whenever the Duggars and their mega-brood come up, someone inevitably asks: is the body designed to bear that many children? Good question:
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Cause that worked so well for so many centuries.
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With all the fanfare about the Duggars, Jon and Kate Plus 8, and Nadya Suleman, it seems like the public has a disturbing fascination with large families that vacillates between adoration and scorn. It's time for Judge Judy's decision.
A Dalmation named Button had 18 puppies, and Today's Meredith Vieira called them "Duggars of the doggie world." Matt Lauer laughed, "I'm sure the Duggars would appreciate that."
On last night's 17 Kids and Counting, the Duggars welcomed their 18th child into the world via C-section. The rest of the brood voted on her what her "J" name would be.
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The Duggar family welcomed their 18th child yesterday.
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The Duggars — the family with 17 children (all by birth) whose names all start with the letter "J" — are expecting their 18th bundle of joy in January. They have a show on TLC called 17 Kids and Counting, and they've invited the cameras to be in the delivery room next month when their next jaybie pops out of mom…
This morning on the Today show, Michelle Duggar, who has given birth to seventeen children, announced that she is pregnant. Again. One of her older sons practically gagged as he responded to the news, and her husband, Jim Bob, said the pregnancy was not planned: "We let the Lord decide," he explained. Oh, God. Anyway:…
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So you might've heard that ever since seeing Knocked Up, all we've been able to think about is how badly we want babies. Or, er, babies with Seth Rogen. And, like, right now. But then we came across the website of the Duggar family and our vaginas began hurting. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have SIXTEEN FUCKING CHILDREN …
