JWs, An American Religion, in dress, in language, etc., by Joel Elliot

compound complex

A fascinating article, with color-saturated imagery. J.E. requested that he not be quoted, so there are no snippets here, just a link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070612092219/http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/icon.html
snowbird

One of the first anti-JW articles that I read!
Also, JW's And The Theocratic Subversion Of Ethnicity - I believe that is correct - can't Google right now.
I was looking for something else at UNC site and stumbled upon Joel's essays.
The rest is history.
Sylvia
Slidin Fast

Very good stuff. Thanks for resurrecting this material.
compound complex

Greetings, Sylvia and Slidin Fast:
Thanks and you're welcome. I appreciate your posts!
intropist

Wow, thanks for the good anastasia!
AFRIKANMAN

CC you are a trooper [SuperTrooper as ABBA would say]
Thanks - I do have it "hidden" somewhere on my old XP pc - that's before my beloved also left the JW - had to hide all this revolutionary stuff !
snowbird

OK, can Google now.
This new tablet is giving me fits!
Those articles are 20+ years, but ring just as true today as then.
Sylvia