Stephanie Krehbiel
@sjkrehbiel.bsky.social
Survivor advocate | Executive Director of Into Account | I write about institutional violence, coverup culture, and survivor resistance. | intoaccount.org
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Godly men, be quiet. - Into Account
The vast majority of church leaders have absolutely no business trying to lead in the movement to end sexual abuse.
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I'm making this post from 2019 into my pinned post here in 2025 because reasons.
I'm making this post from 2019 into my pinned post here in 2025 because reasons.
What happens when we expect everyone participating in institutional life to understand implicitly that no one really means what they say when they talk about things that matter?
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No One Really Means What They Say: Part One
What happens when we expect everyone participating in institutional life to understand implicitly that no one really means what they say when they talk about...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What happens when we expect everyone participating in institutional life to understand implicitly that no one really means what they say when they talk about things that matter?
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I felt like writing about something besides people being horrible to each other.
I felt like writing about something besides people being horrible to each other.
September 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I felt like writing about something besides people being horrible to each other.
I felt like writing about something besides people being horrible to each other.
buttondown.com/stephaniekre... my post-sabbatical wrap-up
What I Read
When I announced to my readers here that I would be taking a sabbatical from my work at Into Account for the month of July, I actually did believe that I’d...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
buttondown.com/stephaniekre... my post-sabbatical wrap-up
"The longer I’ve advocated for survivors, the more I’ve come to see liability as a hidden system of meaning-making in churches." buttondown.com/stephaniekre...
In the Shadow of "Zero Tolerance"
At their worse, “zero tolerance” policies reward naïveté about the prevalence of sexual violence, fuel cynicism and moral injury among well-meaning church...
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July 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"The longer I’ve advocated for survivors, the more I’ve come to see liability as a hidden system of meaning-making in churches." buttondown.com/stephaniekre...
My brain these days. buttondown.com/stephaniekre...
Pre-Sabbatical Manure
In July, I’m going to do a thing I’ve been wanting to do for years, and that is to take a one-month sabbatical from Into Account. I’m not going to travel....
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June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My brain these days. buttondown.com/stephaniekre...
I just wrote 'On Being a Kid, and Being Heard'.
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On Being a Kid, and Being Heard
When I woke up without an alarm at five o’clock, I decided to stay in bed. The day before, I woke up at 4:30, and by 5:00 I had decided to get out of bed, go...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I just wrote 'On Being a Kid, and Being Heard'.
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I just wrote 'A Modest Proposal for a Christian NGO'.
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A Modest Proposal for a Christian NGO
The John Howard Yoder case serves as a warning against institutional self-satisfaction. One of the leading Anabaptist theologians, Yoder, practiced serial...
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May 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I just wrote 'A Modest Proposal for a Christian NGO'.
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"I want to find a better way to do my job, one that doesn’t demand of me an endless supply of conditional, exploitable belief in systems that have done nothing to earn it."
"I want to find a better way to do my job, one that doesn’t demand of me an endless supply of conditional, exploitable belief in systems that have done nothing to earn it."
My hope is too precious for this
“I feel like a lure,” she said to me. “Like I’m putting myself out there giving survivors false hope that churches are willing to learn and change.” Then...
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April 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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"I want to find a better way to do my job, one that doesn’t demand of me an endless supply of conditional, exploitable belief in systems that have done nothing to earn it."
"I want to find a better way to do my job, one that doesn’t demand of me an endless supply of conditional, exploitable belief in systems that have done nothing to earn it."
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Welcome!
Welcome to So Sue Me! I’m Stephanie Krehbiel. I’m a writer, a former academic, a nonprofit co-founder and executive director, and a survivor advocate. I work...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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intoaccount.org/2019/02/13/g...
I'm making this post from 2019 into my pinned post here in 2025 because reasons.
I'm making this post from 2019 into my pinned post here in 2025 because reasons.
Godly men, be quiet. - Into Account
The vast majority of church leaders have absolutely no business trying to lead in the movement to end sexual abuse.
intoaccount.org
February 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
intoaccount.org/2019/02/13/g...
I'm making this post from 2019 into my pinned post here in 2025 because reasons.
I'm making this post from 2019 into my pinned post here in 2025 because reasons.
After months of not looking at social media for anything more serious than cooking, I'm still not sure how I want to use this platform, so I just look at @bodegacats.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After months of not looking at social media for anything more serious than cooking, I'm still not sure how I want to use this platform, so I just look at @bodegacats.bsky.social
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I’m begging people to let go of the impulse to defend an institution doing harm just because you personally tried to do a little good inside of that institution.
February 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m begging people to let go of the impulse to defend an institution doing harm just because you personally tried to do a little good inside of that institution.