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An eye-opening (and sometimes blunt) conversation about one woman's discovery that not everything she learned about God and Sex growing up was necessarily what Jesus said, OR how things are done in the big city. We are grateful to Mattie Jo Cowsert, author of the new book God, Sex, and Rich People (Quoir Publishing), for taking the time to share her story with us, “shamelessly oversharing” about how she kept laughing and learning (even through some of the worst times) as her purity culture façade came undone and she found her authentic self underneath. Mattie Jo was a pastor's kid and proud purity ring wearer before she moved to New York City and experienced an unexpected worldview and identity implosion. Her popular blog God, Sex, and Rich People exposed the sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious realities of a young female EXvangelical navigating the diversity of the Big Apple, working for the 1%, and trying to have good sex without hating herself in the city that never sleeps (and never stops sleeping around). Mattie Jo has appeared on The New Evangelicals Podcast, IndoctriNation, and Talkin' Politics and Religion without Killin Each Other, among many others. She was invited by author Linda Kay Klein to join the Voices and Faces + Breakfree Together collaboration writing cohort on Religious Trauma, one of only ten individuals across the US to be selected.Find your guides at Quoir Academy! If you've ever deconstructed your faith you know it's not easy. But just imagine if you could have people to guide you through your process? People like, Jim Palmer, Kristin Du Mez, Jennifer Knapp, Brad Jersak, Brian Zahnd, Paul Young, and more? Well, if you head over to Quoir Academy and register for SQUARE 2 using the Promo Code [RAD] you'll get 10% off the regular registration cost of this awesome course and community just for being a fan of our show. Follow this registration link: https://www.bk2sq1.com/square-2-next-steps-into-reconstruction?coupon=RAD

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For decades, religion and the purity culture movement have told us a lot of things about female sexuality that are quite simply untrue. The problem is that the lies come packaged with many beautiful (albeit false) promises and are often served with good intentions, so it is difficult to recognize them as being lies until a lot of damage has already been done. These toxic teachings are wreaking havoc on Western culture, and because many of the ideologies are so familiar that they have become an ingrained part of our subconscious, the influence often goes far beyond what we realize. In this episode, Char, Josh, and Liv are joined by Linda Kay Klein, author of the book Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. They talk about the common threads we all experience as a repercussion of these damaging beliefs, and share some of the ways they and others are healing from religious trauma to embody the fullness of their whole selves, including their sexuality. Join our Throuple Community, Throuple Talk's Connection Hub: https://www.facebook.com/groups/367901899061611 If you'd like to send us a

In this episode, Char, Josh, and Liv are joined by Katie Ziskind, LMFT, to discuss the damaging effects of purity culture, particularly within the context of non-monogamous relationships. As exvangelicals who have been going through religious deconstruction, they get personal with discussing everything from feelings of shame around sexual expression to the rarely discussed religious trauma syndrome that is negatively impacting individuals and relationships all around us. Katie is a Holistic Therapist, owner of Wisdom Within Counseling, and host of the “All Things Love and Intimacy" podcast. Tune in for this candid, yet intimate, conversation that dives deep into how we can deconstruct the religious beliefs that are not based on truth and are causing far more harm than good. Connect with Katie Ziskind Website to work one-on-one with Katie: www.WisdomWithinCt.com Check Katie's Sex-Positive Podcast All Things Love and Intimacy Listen on Spotify: Click Here Listen on Apple Podcasts: Click Here Insta: @WisdomWithinCt Resources: Pure, by Linda Kay Klein https://amzn.to/3HDUUEY (affiliate link*) Join our Facebook Community, Throuple Talk's Connection Hub: https://www.facebook.com/groups/367901899061611 If you'd like to send us a

Linda Kay Klein on the Hidden Side of Purity Culture In this episode, we are joined by Linda Kay Klein, a purity culture recovery coach, to talk about the Hidden Side of Purity Culture Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to the Episode 01:25 Podcast Introduction and Guest Introduction 01:58 The Intersection of Purity Culture and Ableism 02:35 The Purity Culture Movement and Its Implications 05:41 The Struggles of Living with Internalized Purity Culture Teachings 06:38 The Journey of Recovery from Purity Culture 07:27 The Impact of Purity Culture on Adult Lives 08:13 The Intersection of Purity Culture and Disability 09:19 The Assumptions of Purity Culture 11:02 The Desexualization of People with Disabilities 22:51 The Impact of Purity Culture on Relationships 30:34 The Struggles of Living with Disability and Purity Culture 46:08 The Complexity of Life and Sexuality 47:14 Conclusion and Guest's Contact Information 47:46 End of the Episode Connect with Linda: https://linktr.ee/LindaKayKlein Connect with Devon/ the show: https://linktr.ee/wheelwithitpod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wheelwithit/message

Find us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at BloodyBiblePodcast@gmail.com.The Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Caroline Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard BonifantEpisodes are recorded and edited by Richard BonifantOur podcast music is ‘Stalker' by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeShannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn, Every Young Woman's Battle: Guarding Your Heart, Mind, and Body in a Sex-Saturated World. WaterBrook Press, 2009.Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey. Every Young Man's Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation. WaterBrook Press, 2009.Caroline Blyth, Rape Culture, Purity Culture, and Coercive Control in Teen Girl Bibles. Routledge, 2021.Priscilla Frank, “Why Men Masturbate In Front Of Women Without Their Consent.” HuffPost, 10 November 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/masturbation-sexual-assault_n_5a04dcc4e4b05673aa584c89 Elizabeth Gish, “Are You a ‘Trashable Styrofoam Cup'?: Harm and Damage Rhetoric in the Contemporary American Sexual Purity Movement.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 34.2 (2018); 5–22.Kait Kelly and Josh Taylor, “Big W removes sex education book from shelves after staff members abused.” The Guardian 19 July 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/19/yumi-stynes-welcome-to-sex-education-book-big-w-removes-bans Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shaped a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Atria Books, 2018.K.R. Klement and B.J. Sagarin. “Nobody Wants to Date a Whore: Rape- Supportive Messages in Women-Directed Christian Dating Books.” Sexuality & Culture 21 (2017): 205-223. Sara Moslener, Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence. Oxford University Press, 2015.Sarah Moslener on Substack. https://afterpurity.substack.com/ Olivia Stanley,“A Personal Encounter with Purity Culture in an Evangelical Christian School.” Bible & Critical Theory 16.1 (2020): 187–206.Support Services List of sexual assault support services (NZ) – https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/ RAINN (USA) – https://www.rainn.org/ For US listeners, to find a sexual assault support provider in your area, call 800.656.HOPE (4673)Helping Survivors (USA) – https://helpingsurvivors.org/ Rape Crisis (UK) – https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Rape Crisis Scotland –​​ https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ Full Stop (Australia) – https://fullstop.org.au/ Find a Helpline (lists helplines internationally) https://findahelpline.com/

16 years ago, Linda Kay Klein embarked on a storytelling journey that would change her life (and the lives of many others). In her 2018 book Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, Linda captures the experiences of hundreds of women, herself included, who grew up within and confronted the consequences of the Evangelical purity culture movement in the 90s and early 2000s. Through Pure and her nonprofit, Break Free Together, Linda has created numerous spaces to bring folks together to share their stories about repression, bravery, and ultimately freedom. We are thrilled to have her as a podcast guest! Freedom comes in expected and unexpected ways. For instance, in this episode, learn how shrimp tails and boxes drawn on a dorm room wall were formative experiences that helped Linda access the bravery to tell the story that she was so afraid to share. “The great thing about doing something that you're really, really afraid of is the feeling when you survive.” Linda, Jeremiah, and Julia also discuss: What makes purity culture particularly appealing and damaging to adolescents (10:00): At a time in which youth are particularly vulnerable, leaders within the purity culture movement combine language of belonging and intense emotionality to create a culture of conformity. Linda describes, “When I left Evangelicalism, I had to contend with how damaging it was. I went in with a pretty good sense of myself and the world.” Sadly, the confines of purity culture had long-lasting, devastating consequences. The grief and anger that accompanied the writing process (21:30): Initially, Linda was hopeful when she met other women who could relate to her story. “But then, when the numbers started to add up, and it became clear that this was a lot of people who are hurting, that became something to grieve over time.” Additionally, the systemic coverup of overt and covert sexual abuse in churches and the ensuing silencing of survivors showed that the people who were supposed to protect a generation of women had failed to keep them safe. The confusion in finding your freedom (30:00): As a sexual health coach, Linda's clients often want to dive right into “fixing” sexual problems. Linda wisely takes a step back and asks people to explore simpler decisions. After all, purity culture's rigid binary system increases the anxiety around the decision-making process. Identifying what you want sexually is really challenging when you're not even sure how to decide what you want for dinner. What it's like to have relationships with people who are “worried” about you (42:00): When a person leaves Evangelicalism, those within the community tend to worry about your wellbeing, and even your salvation. Linda describes her experiences of navigating this, and Jeremiah and Julia introduce a potential support group: Moms of Millenials Straying from the Church. How motherhood impacts sexuality (58:00): Linda describes how she talks about sexuality with her 19-year-old stepdaughter differently than she experienced in the church, and how parenting a newborn can introduce a new type of intimacy within the couple and family relationships. Wherever you are in your journey toward sexual freedom, we hope that you can find comfort and healing in the power of telling and sharing stories. Let's heal together!

This Quoircast podcast is brought to you by I Am My Own Sanctuary by Meg Calvin. Published by Quoir and available now. In this episode we chat with Linda Kay Klein.Linda Kay Klein (she/her) is author of the award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. She is also a religious deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach, and the founder and president Break Free Together, a not-for-profit organization serving individuals recovering from gender- and sexuality-based religious trauma. Linda has spoken around the world from the TEDx stage to The Apollo's Women of the World Festival. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, NPR, CBS, NBC, Elle Magazine, and over 150 other outlets. Linda is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality education facilitator, and holds an interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender, sexuality and religion from New York University. Linda has worked in the social change sector for over two decades. Her background includes founding a program on how to find and follow your purpose used in over 200 universities for the social entrepreneurship incubator, Echoing Green, and working with million dollar donors supporting women and girls through Women Moving Millions. Linda is married to a writer and social change agent who inspires her every day, and has a daughter in diapers and another in college.You can follow with Linda on:Facebook     Twitter     InstagramYou can find all things Linda Kay Klein related at her websiteYou can purchase Linda's book on Amazon.comYou can connect with This Is Not Church on:Facebook     Instagram      Twitter     TikTok     YouTubeAlso check out our Linktree for all things This Is Not Church relatedPlease like and follow our Quoircast Partners:Heretic Happy Hour     Messy Spirituality     Apostates Anonymous    Second Cup with KeithIdeas Digest     The New Evangelicals     Snarky Faith Podcast     Wild Olive     Deadly FaithEach episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you're thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric!

The Woman Beings are joined by special guests Julia Postema and Jeremiah Gibson, sex therapists and hosts of the Sexvangelicals podcast: "the sex education the church didn't want you to have." They share their experience navigating the fallout of purity culture in their individual practices and personal lives, the importance of comprehensive sex education, and the dangers of abstinence-only rhetoric. Follow the Sexvangelicals: Website: https://www.sexvangelicals.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexvangelicals/ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/42EBbNr Resources Mentioned: Treating Out Of Control Sexual Behavior by Douglas Braun-Harvey and Michael Vigorito: https://bit.ly/46c19Lk The State Of Affairs by Esther Perel: https://bit.ly/3oZOydj Untrue by Wednesday Martin: https://bit.ly/3oZhbaC Pure by Linda Kay Klein: https://bit.ly/3fX080c Shameless by Nadia Bolz-Webber: https://bit.ly/3qz9FDz Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski: https://bit.ly/3MVKBOA If you want to help support our content, feel free to shop these affiliate links from brands we love! Girlfriend Collective: https://girlfriendcollective.pxf.io/jWdG4Z --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanbeingpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@womanbeingpodcast Website: https://www.womanbeingcommunity.com/

Are you aware that we are tragically shaming an entire generation of young women, teenagers, in our churches and youth groups. If they have had sex (whatever we mean by that, or our girls thinks it means), they are stigmas in the eyes of God and bad. Linda Kay Klein, author of "Pure", describes it this way, "The purity message is not about sex. Rather, it is about us: who we are, who we are expected to be, and who it is said we will become if we fail to meet those expectations. This is the language of shame.” The Song of Songs pushes against the consequences of such a message. There is a powerful love that can begin to heal the shame. There is a God who truly does love the unlovable, who loves the shamed, even the impure. We can show such a beat-up woman how to enter that embrace—as she is. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Out of office notification: The Woman Beings are on vacation in Spain and Morocco, and wanted you to listen to one of their favorite episodes from Season 2! Enjoy this episode, and in the meantime, follow @womanbeingpodcast on Instagram to stay updated on their travels! Linda Kay Klein is the author of the award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. She has spent the last two decades exposing purity culture as the founder and president of Breaking Free Together, and she has helped thousands of people as a religious deconstruction and purity culture coach. She has her interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender, sexuality, and religion from New York University. Follow Linda: https://www.instagram.com/lindakayklein/ Resources Mentioned: Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski: https://bit.ly/3JmG448 Break Free Together: https://lindakayklein.com/break-free-together/ --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanbeingpodcast/ Website: https://www.womanbeingcommunity.com/

In this episode, we talk with the author of “Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free.” She shares the history of the purity movement and tools like values-based sexuality education. AND for the first time on Unmuted, we answer questions directly from YOU, our listeners. To learn more about Linda or to read her book, visit her website: https://lindakayklein.com/ Music used: WatR-Fluid by ItsWatR https://pixabay.com/music/beats-watr-fluid-10149/

In a previous episode of Rector's Cupboard we were pleased to interview Linda Kay Klein, author of the book Pure on purity culture within the evangelical church. Through Linda, our guests for this episode found Rector's Cupboard and connected with us. Julia and Jeremiah are sex therapists who work often with people who were raised in high control religious environments. They are also the hosts of the podcast Sexvangelicals.  We are grateful to welcome occasional co-host Ken Best for this episode and the next as the conversation went so well that we split it into two episodes.  We talk about common assumptions around sexuality in church culture. We consider what the term “value-based” means. We unpack some of the potential damage from various fundamentalist (both religious and otherwise) frameworks of sexual health.  It was an enjoyable, honest and open conversation. Given that the topic is sex you will likely hear things that upset or offend you, no matter where you are on the spectrum of religious/non-religious. After all, sex therapy is unafraid to delve into some topics and questions that are often left unaddressed. The article discussed in the banter on today's episode is "The Hounding of Kate Forbes Shows Godless Squad Have Won," February 23, 2023  

The Woman Beings interview "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" Author Joshua Harris. Josh shares an incredible journey - from Christian book bestseller to pastor to agnostic thought leader - and all about his process of choosing to end the publication of his books, offer a public apology for the harm they caused, and ultimately leave the Christian faith. Find out what he's up to on this week's episode! Follow Josh https://joshharris.com/ https://www.instagram.com/harrisjosh/ Resources Falling Upward by Richard Rohr: http://bit.ly/3IDwf4v Alice Greczyn: https://www.instagram.com/alicegreczyn/?hl=en Vanessa Fernandez: https://www.instagram.com/van_fernan/?hl=en Jo Luehmann: https://www.instagram.com/joluehmann/?hl=en Lauren DeLeary: https://www.instagram.com/laurendeleary/?hl=en Linda Kay Klein: https://lindakayklein.com/ Tara Tang: https://www.instagram.com/misstarateng/?hl=en Coach Yeamah: https://www.yeamah.com/ Jamie Lee Finch: https://jamieleefinch.com/lets-work-together If you want to help support our content, feel free to shop these affiliate links from brands we love! Girlfriend Collective: https://girlfriendcollective.pxf.io/jWdG4Z --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanbeingpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@womanbeingpodcast Website: https://www.womanbeingcommunity.com/

Eric English has a conversation with Linda Kay Klein author of the bestselling book, "Pure". Linda and Eric discuss everything from sex to masturbation in this fascinating interview about purity culture within evangelicalism and the repression that fosters unhealthy perspectives on sex.   Check out Linda's Website: https://lindakayklein.com/ Check out Linda's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Inside-Evangelical-Movement-Generation/dp/150112482X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32VQQTL8AY5ZH&keywords=pure+linda+kay+klein&qid=1671123844&sprefix=pure+linda%2Caps%2C336&sr=8-1   #purityculture #deconstruction #sex #masturbation #evangelicalism #lindakayklein #pure

Welcome back to Chick-Lit: The Author Files! This week, we dive into purity culture, Ann Shirley, and the Ex-vangelical community with Linda Kay Klein!Linda is the author of the award-winning book, "Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free.": She is also a religious deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach, and the founder and president Break Free Together, a not-for-profit organization serving individuals recovering from gender- and sexuality-based religious trauma.Linda has spoken around the world from the TEDx stage to The Apollo's Women of the World Festival. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, NPR, CBS, NBC, Elle Magazine, and over 150 other outlets. Linda is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality education facilitator, and holds an interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender, sexuality and religion from New York University.We were thrilled to have Linda on the show, and we hope that you enjoy this conversation! If you grew up Evangelical, we know you will!Find out more about Linda on her website: https://lindakayklein.com/If you want to support The Chicks, check out their Social Media:Website: https://linktr.ee/chicklitInstagram: @chicklitpodTwitter: @chicklitpodGmail: Chicklit.podcast.info@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/chicklitBuy Us A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/chicklitpodMerch:Leave The Chicks a Voicemail: 984-212-4808*****************Music Credits:"Let's Get Chick Lit"Written and performed by Karyn & Aubree2020"Aubree's Tiny Rant Corner" Music from Uppbeat:https://uppbeat.io/t/walz/name License code: CATUNAFU9RAMEWAH"Detective Casey-Jane Asks The Real Questions" Music from Uppbeat:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: OBL2GBTQPUXXTEMX

Author of Pure, Linda Kay Klein, discusses the Purity Movement: an evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women-- and how we can all break free.

Author of Pure, Linda Kay Klein, discusses the Purity Movement: an evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women-- and how we can all break free.

Maria Stewart is my guest today, and we dive into the background of purity culture and why it's so damaging in the church today, as well as why we so often misunderstand and misapply the Bible. Maria mentions the podcast “Unbelievable” and the books “How (Not) to Read the Bible” by Dan Kimball and “Pure” by Linda Kay Klein

In this episode we chat with Linda Kay Klein. Linda Kay Klein (she/her) is author of the award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. She is also a religious deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach, and the founder and president Break Free Together, a not-for-profit organization serving individuals recovering from gender- and sexuality-based religious trauma. Linda has spoken around the world from the TEDx stage to The Apollo's Women of the World Festival. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, NPR, CBS, NBC, Elle Magazine, and over 150 other outlets. Linda is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality education facilitator, and holds an interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender, sexuality and religion from New York University. Linda has worked in the social change sector for over two decades. Her background includes founding a program on how to find and follow your purpose used in over 200 universities for the social entrepreneurship incubator, Echoing Green, and working with million dollar donors supporting women and girls through Women Moving Millions. Linda is married to a writer and social change agent who inspires her every day, and has a daughter in diapers and another in college. You can connect with Linda on: Facebook     Twitter     Instagram You can find all things Linda Kay Klein related at her website You can purchase Linda's book on Amazon.com You can connect with us on    Facebook     Instagram      Twitter     TikTok     YouTube Also check out our Linktree for all things This Is Not Church related Each episode of This Is Not Church Podcast is expertly engineered by our producer The Podcast Doctor Eric Howell. If you're thinking of starting a podcast you need to connect with Eric!

Have you ever heard of purity culture? Chances are you have as it was a major force within many Christian fundamentalist churches in the 1990s and 2000s. But what exactly is purity culture? And what has the effect of purity culture been to generations of Christians who now have difficulty connecting with their partners. Even worse, how has purity culture made these people feel about themselves, their self worth, and value as a human being? In this episode of the Sex Therapy Podcast, Linda Kay Klien, author of Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, joins Dr. Jacobson to discuss all things purity culture. Plus, Dr. Jacobson gives advice to a 33 year old man who just found out his fiancé cheated on him 2 years ago and he offers a review the Lotus Bloom tickler palm vibrator from HerSpot.Do you have a sex or relationship question you would like answered on the podcast? You can email your question to questions@sextherapypodcast.com or if you are inside the U.S. you can call 1-616-DRCALEB.

In Episode 53 of the Inspired Life Project Podcast Maggie interviews Linda Kay Klein, Author, Coach and President of Break Free Together. Today we are discussing religious beliefs and how to find a connection to genuine self. For show notes and to learn more visit inspiredlifeproject.com Follow Maggie on Instagram @maggie_inspiredlife

Kayla Felten, Co-Founder of the Reclamation Collective, joins Nate and Gail to discuss her work in religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and adverse religious experiences, and to talk about reclaiming and rediscovering yourself after having your spiritual identity prescribed for you by others in power over you.Reclamation Collective:web | reclamationcollective.com instagram | @reclamationcollective facebook | fb.com/reclamationcollective Resources:Institute for Integrative Therapies | iit-mn.comPure by Linda Kay Klein | bookshop.org The Religious Trauma Institute | religioustraumainstitute.comThe Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery | traumaresolutionandrecovery.comFollow us on Twitter at @fullmutuality, on Facebook at fb.com/fullmutuality, on Instagram at @fullmutuality, and on WordPress at fullmutuality.wordpress.com. Visit fullmutuality.com for more.Support Full Mutuality on Patreon at patreon.com/fullmutualityFull Mutuality is a Dauntless Media Collective podcast. Visit dauntless.fm for more. Join as a partner on Patreon for exclusive content! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Linda Kay Klein is the author of the award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. She has spent the last two decades exposing purity culture as the founder and president of Breaking Free Together, and she has helped thousands of people as a religious deconstruction and purity culture coach. She has her interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender, sexuality, and religion from New York University. Follow Linda: https://www.instagram.com/lindakayklein/ Resources Mentioned: Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski: https://bit.ly/3JmG448 Break Free Together: https://lindakayklein.com/break-free-together/ --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanbeingpodcast/ Website: https://www.womanbeingcommunity.com/

This week Cami Hurst and Braxton Dutson are reviewing Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein. This book is highly recommended especially to those who have experiences with fundamentalist religions. Cami and Braxton share some of the highlights of this text as well as some of their own personal experiences.

Lauren is a counselor who has experience in the ministry and now specializes in helping couples with intimacy and connection. She joins the channel to discuss her perspective on how purity culture has shaped the way marriages experience intimacy. She also addresses how to talk your children about sexuality in a healthy way. Singles/Parents: Redeemed Sexuality by Tim and Dr. Jennifer Konzen https://www.christianbook.com/redeemed-sexuality-christian-singles-students-parents/tim-konzen/9781595543516/pd/543516?en=google&event=SHOP&kw=books-0-20%7C543516&p=1179710&utm_source=google&dv=c&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnuGNBhCPARIsACbnLzohwrPaK_EaMPNe5sAQVxPnierx4NIvSXWu_PDzHbdzcYZ_naTrukgaAme0EALw_wcB Soul Virgins by Doug Rosenau https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Virgins-Redefining-Single-Sexuality/dp/0985810718 Unwanted by Jay Stringer https://www.amazon.com/Unwanted-Sexual-Brokenness-Reveals-Healing/dp/1631466720/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=unwanted&qid=1639515342&s=books&sr=1-1 Married Individuals: The Art of Intimate Marriage by Tim and Dr. Jennifer Konzen https://www.amazon.com/Art-Intimate-Marriage-Christian-Intimacy/dp/0692730702/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=art+of+intimate+marriage&qid=1639515376&s=books&sr=1-2 Restoring the Pleasure by Clifford and Joyce Pennerhttps://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Pleasure-Thomas-Nelson/dp/0718077555/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=restoring+the+pleasure&qid=1639515436&s=books&sr=1-1 Ministers: Sex, God and the Conservative Church by Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers https://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Church-Tina-Schermer-Sellers/dp/1138674982/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1639515494&sr=1-3 Pure by Linda Kay Klein https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Inside-Evangelical-Movement-Generation/dp/150112482X/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=pure&qid=1639515558&s=books&sr=1-5

Linda Kay Klein (who is interviewed by her husband, Jimmy). Linda is something of a trailblazer. She's the best selling author of Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. She has a lot of wisdom to offer and among other things in this video, I think she gives women permission to be themselves, to begin to define sexuality on their own terms, and to name the dis-health of the evangelical purity culture. Yes, it's challenging, but that's not to say that staying with the "tenants" of the purity culture isn't messy either! Linda has spoken around the world from the TEDx stage to The Apollo's Women of the World Festival. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, NPR, CBS, NBC, Elle Magazine, and 150 other outlets. Learn more at lindakayklein.com

Find extended show notes, timestamps, transcriptions, and the episode's YouTube video https://www.shepersistedpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/ep74 (here)! Today I am joined by Dr. Alexandra Solomon a licensed clinical psychologist, author, and speaker, specializing in families, marriage, and relationships. She is a professor at Northwestern University and the author of https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626255814?ref=exp_shepersistedpodcast_dp_vv_d (Loving Bravely) and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MT9PRPV?ascsubtag=amzn1.infl.us.product&creativeASIN=B07MT9PRPV&linkCode=ic5&ref=exp_shepersistedpodcast_dp_vv_d&tag=onamzsadiekil-20 (Taking Sexy Back). This episode provides so much value and insight applicable to any interpersonal interactions—I know you'll love It! Follow Dr. Solomon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.alexandra.solomon Dr. Solomon's website (+ blog): https://dralexandrasolomon.com (https://dralexandrasolomon.com ) This week's DBT skill is the GIVE skill. Learn more https://dbt.tools/interpersonal_effectiveness/give.php (here). Dr. Solomon and I dive into the following topics…+ the difference in messaging society directs towards boys and girls regarding sexuality and relationships + how self-compassion, body image, and acceptance is connected to sexuality + sex education and how unrepresentative it can be more many demographics, beliefs, etc + what makes a relationship “healthy” and what makes communication effective in interactions + how relationships and falling in love causes us to do work on ourselves + the importance of exploring boundaries, building trust, improving communication, and having relationships as a teenager + are soulmates real—Dr. Solomon's perspective + how overburdening intimate relationships can be problematic for the relationship + being sexual vs. feeling sexualized + the impact of p*rnography on teenagers, relationships, and societal messaging + so much more! Mentioned In The Episode…+ https://www.amazon.com/dp/150112482X?ref=exp_shepersistedpodcast_dp_vv_d (Pure by Linda Kay Klein) + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jQz6jqQS0 (John Oliver Sex Education Episode) + Dr. Solomon's books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626255814?ref=exp_shepersistedpodcast_dp_vv_d (Loving Bravely) and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MT9PRPV?ascsubtag=amzn1.infl.us.product&creativeASIN=B07MT9PRPV&linkCode=ic5&ref=exp_shepersistedpodcast_dp_vv_d&tag=onamzsadiekil-20 (Taking Sexy Back) + https://makelovenotporn.tv (Make Love Not Porn) + https://erikalust.com (Erika Lust) SHOP GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS: https://amzn.to/3A69GOC (https://amzn.to/3A69GOC) EPISODE SPONSORS

It's Not Your Mom's Book Club, whiskey edition. The Woman Beings discuss and review Pure by Linda Kay Klein. The book is a collection of interviews that will take you inside the evangelical movement known as "purity culture," which is characterized by a strict set of rules about dating, sex, and modesty. The Woman Beings review the book and discuss their own experiences growing up in purity culture and the ways in which it has affected their lives, faith, marriages, dating experiences, and views of self. In other words, this is a whiskey-worthy type of book, so get out your bourbon and join the club! Read Pure: https://bit.ly/3pgWMeY --- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanbeingpodcast/ Website: https://www.womanbeingcommunity.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Purity Culture- the Evangelical movement that had a lasting yet detrimental impact on a generation. Listen in as Mel and Tash dive into a book that rocked both their worlds. Get ready because this conversation is just getting started..

I am so excited to introduce your to Linda Kay Klein who, along with being a personal mentor of mine, has a list of accomplishments and credentials too long to list in these show notes! She is the founder and president of Break Free Together, a nonprofit storytelling organization dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves, and a deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach. While Linda's work has centered around helping people heal after purity culture, she has so many valuable insights around purpose and moving beyond the "good/bad" binary. Her courage to write her book, Pure, even though it threatened to disrupt her relationships and sense of belonging in her community is so inspiring and paramount to the theme of Return to Wholeness. We talk about: How everything from her confidence to her charisma to her desire to hang out with boys was sexualized when she was a child Leaving her religious community in order to have herself What led her to write her book, Pure The difference between purity culture and the purity movement and how federal money was used to fund abstinence based sex education The different drives behind our purpose (joy, thriving, "can't stopness" Moving beyond the binary of good/bad in order to see ourselves as complex, whole human beings Learn more about Linda here: https://lindakayklein.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lindakayklein/ Return to Wholeness Survey: https://s.surveyplanet.com/Cscwhn5yq  

In this episode, we interview Linda Kay Klein, author of "Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free." We talk about how Purity Culture wreaked havoc on so many young people, the consequences, and how this affects abuse survivors and their healing process. This show streams on August 12th at 7 pm EST on our Facebook. You can catch the replay of this episode and all of our previous episodes at: www.Courage365.org/videos For daily inspirational text messages test the word "courage" to +1 (917) 809-7311 Website: https://lindakayklein.com/

TW: eating disorders & fasting, purity culture, sexual shame, sexual abuse via coercion/forceful interactions in marriage, sexual assault/investigation, manipulation & abusive relationship, trauma/PTSDThis week we have the lovely August McLaughlin (she/her) (@augustmclaughlin) on to talk about the pathway & ongoing learning process of sexual liberation and shame through trauma, abuse, growth, sex, relationships, the pressure of forever, & constant learning. To be honest, a lot of this episode is me sharing my experiences with August, and her being a kind, patient, wise human. It's a little unconventional with the format, but definitely one of the episodes I hold closest to my heart — and deeply appreciate. I highly recommend checking out August's other work. You can find August on IG @augustmclaughlin & @girlbonermedia. Her book, “Girl Boner”,  is what started my journey with sexual liberation (https://augustmclaughlin.com/books/) and I cannot WAIT to read her other books including her new release, “With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships,” which comes out on September 14! She is also the host of the amazing podcast, Girl Boner, which can be found anywhere where podcasts can be listened to (https://augustmclaughlin.com/podcast/). You can find more of August's work at her website: https://augustmclaughlin.com . August also talks about “Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free” by Linda Kay Klein, which could be an amazing resource for people recovering from purity culture. August also interviewed her for her podcast! You can find that link here: https://augustmclaughlin.com/purity-culture-linda-kay-klein-girl-boner-radio/ . Mindful Minds is a podcast centered on mindfulness and intentionality. From sex to religion to mental health, we are focusing on how to be mindful & intentional about important topics! Join as we learn and grow together!Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find more about Mindful Minds & Serafina Blog on serafinablog.com & on Instagram (@serafinablog). 

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The first part of the 2nd season will be dedicated to how the Evangelical church used purity culture to control us. We'll hear from married women, women of color, and men about their experiences and the harm caused. Part 1 - what is purity culture and what's it mean for the unmarried.  Quotes and purity culture info from Pure by Linda Kay Klein. 

Grateful I was able to connect with my new friend, Linda Kay Klein on this episode. Linda (she/her/hers) is the founder and president of Break Free Together, a nonprofit storytelling organization dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves. She's also a deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach. Her work in this area was born out of 16 years of research for her award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Buy the book. Listen to the podcast. And find out more at www.lindakayklein.com If you haven't signed up for the newsletter yet, do so at www.jonathanfosteronline.com or, if you want to go next level, subscribe to patreon.com/jonathan_foster. Thanks everyone!

Matthias is a psychotherapist who talks about sexual ethics and the paradoxes we believe while moving through the world in color and not just black and white. His book, "Beyond Shame," is available now as well as his podcast, "Queerology," and masterclass with Linda Kay Klein on his website: https://matthiasroberts.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morgan-mcgill/support

Linda Kay Klein, author of Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, has researched Purity Culture for over 15 years and is the founder of Break Free Together. Linda and Morgan talk about art as social change and why we need comprehensive sex education. Linda is the founder of "Break Free Together" where she hosts story exchanges and dinner parties to help people get closer to bring free. https://lindakayklein.com/contact/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morgan-mcgill/support

We discuss your most embarrassing sex stories and share some of our own! Sex can be messy, awkward, and uncomfortable but it happens to us all! Tune in to hear all about it! Have you ever read Erotic porn to get off? Go to https://www.literotica.com to improve your sexual experience. Healing Human: Linda Kay Klein, breaking down purity culture stigmas Open a book: Pure by Linda Kay Klein, https://lindakayklein.com/pure/ Donate to Maggie today: www.womenagainsttaboo.org/donate.html Instagram @women.against.taboo Instagram @iamtaylorstafford Find us at www.womenagainsttaboo.org Email us at womenagainsttaboo@yahoo.com For the OhMyG sex toy go to www.iobatoys.com 30% off promo code: TABOOTAYLOR Crisis text line: 741 741

In this episode, Megan and Gabriel chat with guest, Keven Lewis. Megan and Keven met in anthropology and history classes during their undergraduate years at Middle Tennessee State Univeristy and they kept in touch over social media (mostly with Megan admiring his reading lists!). Keven studies religious history and anthropology and is currently working on his Masters thesis, which is an ethnography of a local religious community in Middle Tennessee, in which he focuses on American Evangelicalism through the lens of worship, eschatology, and testimony as important aspects of Evangelical culture. He is also in the process of converting to Judaism, which has given him a rich perspective on Christianity and Jesus, including the problematic ways that Christians misunderstand Judaism, Jesus, and Biblical Law. Megan is reading Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, by Linda Kay Klein. Gabriel and Keven are both reading Short Stories by Jesus, by Amy-Jill Levine Keven is also reading The Origins of American Religious Nationalism, by Sam Haselby.

Welcome to the first episode of Queer Thoughts Podcast! Recommended Reads: Pure by Linda Kay Klein https://lindakayklein.com/pure/ https://biblequeer.com Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians http://austenhartke.com/book The Gospel of Inclusion: A Christian Case for LGBT+ Inclusion in the Church https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Inclusion-Christian-Case-Church/dp/1532676093 https://www.qmwproject.com https://queergrace.com https://reformationproject.org Check out on Twitter: Alex M. Griffin Erin Green SueAnn Shiah --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/queerthoughts/message

In Linda's book Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, she discusses what it was like as an Evangelical girl growing up in purity culture and the effect it had on her sexuality. The book also highlights the countless other women who she interviewed nationwide on the same topic. Whenever I do workshops within a church community, I recommend this excellent book which mirrors so many stories of women who grew up in religious communities in the 90s. In this podcast, we discuss her work as the founder and president of the nonprofit, Break Free Together and her work as a personal coach dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves.  She is changing lives and I am so happy to have spent our time together.   Linda's work was born out of her 15 years of research on religious trauma around sex and gender, documented in her award-winning book. Linda's work has been featured by CBS, NBC, NPR (her interview with Fresh Air's Terry Gross having been named one of the top ten of the year), and over 150 other outlets, and she has been highlighted on the TEDx stage, and at The Apollo's Women of the World Festival, the 92Y SHE Summit, and over 100 other venues.   Linda is also teaching faculty at Claremont Lincoln University and consults with organizations and individuals committed to doing good. Previously, she was the founding director of Echoing Green's multi-award-winning Work on Purpose program. The program's leadership development curriculum on how to find and follow your purpose was adopted by over 200 colleges/universities, nonprofits and corporations and has impacted tens of thousands of emerging professionals. Prior to this, she led Moving Millions, propelling what was then a $181-million campaign for large-scale investment in women and girls into the global community of 100+ donor-activists committed that it is today, and held other roles within academia and the women's funding movement.   Linda has contributed to several publications, and authored two successful curricula and training programs. She was awarded the NYU Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship for her work on religiously-rooted sexual shame in 2006. She later became a judge for the Forbes 30 Under 30 faith-based initiative, and the Echoing Green, AshokaU, and NYU Reynolds social entrepreneurship fellowship competitions. She is chair of the Board for the Forum for Theological Exploration board, and sits on the advisory boards of Feminist.com's Our Inner Lives initiative and New York University's Of Many Institute for Multifaith Leadership.   Linda holds an interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender studies, religious studies, oral history, nonfiction writing, and art as social change from NYU and is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality education facilitator. A Midwesterner at heart, Linda lives in New York City with her family. She is the wife of a writer and social change agent who inspires her every day, and the “bonus mom” to a very cool teenager.   Learn more about Linda at Break Free Together and follow her on Instagram. 

What does the divine love of God look like? When someone has been indoctrinated so tightly to feel shame about their sexuality, what's the first step to breaking out of it? How can we encourage more people to see their faith as loving and accepting of all peoples? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews coach, author, and founder of Break Free Together, Linda Kay Klein on Breaking Free From Silence and Shame Learn more about your guest below: Linda Kay Klein is founder and president of the nonprofit, Break Free Together, and a personal coach dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves. This work was born out of her 15 years of research on religious trauma around sex and gender, documented in her award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Linda's work has been featured by hundreds of outlets and venues, including CBS, NBC, NPR, TEDx stage, and The Apollo's Women of the World Festival. She holds an interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender studies, religious studies, oral history, nonfiction writing, and art as social change from NYU. Learn more at * https://lindakayklein.com/ * https://www.instagram.com/lindakayklein/ * https://twitter.com/LindaKayKlein * https://www.facebook.com/lindakayklein * https://lindakayklein.com/break-free-together/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

"Actually, what we're doing when we're pushing down sexuality is, we are training ourselves not to access certain parts of ourselves that, in many cases, become inaccessible for the rest of people's lives." | In this episode, we discuss important issues that surround growing up in a culture that shamed sexuality, and how to overcome them.

For many of us raised in the Evangelical tradition, we're familiar with what the term "purity culture" means on the surface: teaching children to save their first time having sex until they're married to that one person with whom God had always intended them to be. However, as time went by and the scars began to manifest, we realized what it entailed deeper down: sexual shame, sexual silence, and social and structural hierarchies that overwhelmingly subjugated and victimized young women. In her book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free, Linda Kay Klein interviewed a number of women over a 12-year period who were raised in the purity culture movement to get intimate perspectives on the environments that foster it, the damage that comes from it, and ultimately, the healing that can begin when separating from it. Interviewers: Jim Rohner and Jonathan Williams ABOUT LINDA KAY KLEIN Linda Kay Klein is an author, speaker, teaching faculty at Claremont Lincoln University and the President and Founder of Break Free Together, a not-for-profit that uses story exchange to help people release shame and claim their whole selves. Raised in purity culture, she's made it her mission to coach and consult with both people who experience the PTSD-like symptoms that have arisen from purity culture and organizations who are striving to establish a greater good.

Linda Kay Klein joins us to talk about forgiveness in context of purity culture.

Bio excerpt modified from the official website of Linda Kay Klein. Linda Kay Klein is the author of "PURE: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free." Linda is also the founder of "Break Free Together" an organization that "helps people to release shame and claim their whole selves." Linda also got a social entrepreneurship fellowship and worked in social innovation. She founded and operated a program to help people find and follow their purpose. Linda earned an interdisciplinary master's degree and wrote a thesis focused on white American evangelicalism's gender and sexuality messaging for girls. She also spent years working alongside gender justice activists to create change within the world's major religions, and got trained in the Our Whole Lives (OWL) lifespan sexuality education curriculum. Linda can usually be found in New York City writing in her local coffee shop. She is the wife of a writer and social change agent "who inspires me every day, and the “bonus mom” to a very cool 17-year old girl." PURE is available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and IndieBound. Get the audio book, read by Linda Kay Klein, through Audible, Google Play, and iTunes. For more information, visit her website at: www.lindakayklein.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themichaelcalderinshow/message

Bio excerpt modified from the official website of Linda Kay Klein. Linda Kay Klein is the author of "PURE: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free." Linda is also the founder of "Break Free Together" an organization that "helps people to release shame and claim their whole selves."  Linda also got a social entrepreneurship fellowship and worked in social innovation. She founded and operated a program to help people find and follow their purpose. Linda earned an interdisciplinary master's degree and wrote a thesis focused on white American evangelicalism's gender and sexuality messaging for girls. She also spent years working alongside gender justice activists to create change within the world's major religions, and got trained in the Our Whole Lives (OWL) lifespan sexuality education curriculum. Linda can usually be found in New York City writing in her local coffee shop. She is the wife of a writer and social change agent "who inspires me every day, and the “bonus mom” to a very cool 17-year old girl." PURE is available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and IndieBound. Get the audio book, read by Linda Kay Klein, through Audible, Google Play, and iTunes. For more information, visit her website at: www.lindakayklein.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themichaelcalderinshow/message

Kathryn interviews Break Free Together founder Linda Kay Klein, author of “Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free”. Klein has been advocating for change in the realm of the American Evangelical Christian Church for over a decade. She was taught that a women's sexuality is viewed as shameful in the eyes of the church. Conversations with other young women coping with these same identity issues facilitated her own healing and lead her to write this book. Kathryn also interviews Global Grassroots president Gretchen Ki Steidle, author of “Leading from Within: Conscious Social Change and Mindfulness for Social Innovation”. Steidle argues that personal investment in self-awareness helps to shape leaders who are able to inspire change in others, build stronger relationships, and design innovative and more sustainable solutions. She offers a roadmap for integrating mindfulness into every aspect of social change.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Linda Kay Klein to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her new book PURE and what it's been like to share her own personal experiences and that of others.