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Sex, Religion, and Surviving Purity Culture

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Chante and Charley will be joined tonight by Dana Smith, a survivor of "purity culture" programming. We'll discuss religion and sexuality and how we each had to find an alternative to the standard religious dogmas. You can read Dana's blog at http://cactusblossoms.wordpress.com

In her blog post, "an out of line obituary," Dana talks about her obsession with purity advocate Elisabeth Elliott's books and the way they reinforced her emotional insecurities about her body and sexuality, while living under the scrutiny of heteronormative, conservative evangelical leadership.

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