Long before Jinger Duggar began wearing pants in direct violation of her family's bonkers dress code, there was another female threat to Jim Bob's patriarchal reign.
Amy Duggar has been the family's resident rebel for years, and we assume the only reason she hasn't been shipped off to a mysterious facility for reprogramming is because she's JB's cousin and not his daughter.
Dillon King is doing Amy Duggar totally raw these days.
We're not trying to be crude or inappropriate here.
Saying that Amy Duggar isn't quite like her more famous cousins would be putting it very mildly.
Amy was the family rebel long before Jinger Duggar started wearing pants, and she's still shrugging off the values and defying the strict rules that helped make Jim Bob's clan famous.
The last time we wrote about Amy Duggar, we said that her famous family members had just recently allowed her back into their lives.
Such a re-entrance may have been short-lived, however.
If you're a diehard Duggar fan, you may have noticed the absence of "rebellious" cousin Amy in recent months.
That's no accident, as sources say Amy was essentially kicked out of the family back in June.
Back in November of 2016, Jinger Duggar married Jeremy Vuolo at one of those massively-attended ceremonies that have become a common occurrence in Springdale, Arkansas in recent years.
With few exceptions, the Duggars marry very young, and they invite hundreds of guests to their weddings, including, of course, their many siblings and other familial relations.
We're about to take you back to the dark days before Josiah Duggar began rebelling against his father's strict rules and harsh disciplinary tactics.
We're talking way, way back to a time when no Duggar women wore pants -- a time when if you wanted to find someone with the last name Duggar who wasn't completely under Jim Bob's thumb, you had to leave the Tontitown compound and travel to the Fayetteville home of Ms. Amy Duggar-King.
We don't think Jim Bob will approve of this!
The Duggar family's resident rebel, Amy Duggar, had a bit of an embarrassing selfie fail this morning, and we think it's safe to say the pic she posted doesn't conform to her famous uncle's ideas about "modest attire."
Counting On is back, baby, and the Tontitown, Arkansas crew has more than a few surprises in store for us this season on TLC.
Actually, probably not. These are the Duggars, people.
We all read in horror about the California parents who were arrested after shackling their 13 children in their house of horrors. David and Louise Turpin were only caught after a 17-year-old's daring escape.
Many wonder what will happen to the 13 victims, aged 2 through 29. It's very likely that they'll be separated, and they'll need a lot of physical and psychological care after what they've been through.
Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar are controversial, to say the least. For their fundamentalist approach to religion, for the way that they treat their daughters. Their parenting in general has been brought into question by ... basically everyone.
Despite that, the Duggar family will be speaking at a conference, telling the audience how to "prepare" their children for the world.
The Duggars are controversial about so much more than just that they have a whole lot of kids. They have many controversial beliefs about women, children, faith, homeschooling, and society. Oh, and pants.
Though the Duggars are famous, they're not the only members of their congregation. They're not the only believers in the Institute in Basic Life Principles.
