Purified: The Lasting Legacy of The Abstinence Pledge

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Purified: The Lasting Legacy of The Abstinence Pledge

By Kaia Findlay,

Anita Rao, Audrey Smith

Published April 1, 2022 at 10:10 AM EDT

Anita grew up in the 1990s, the era of Purity Culture. Unlike Britney (Spears) and Jessica (Simpson), she had no purity ring, but she's seen how abstinence messaging shaped her generation's relationship with sex, religion, pleasure and their bodies. She talks to two folks who've been unraveling their own indoctrination, and meets someone who's on an mission to help parents recover from purity culture and raise a more sex-positive generation.

Meet the guests:

, the author of "" and "," talks about growing up immersed in purity culture
Nathanael Novero, a former youth pastor, shares how he's exploring his relationship with purity culture through filmmaking in a new genre called holy erotica
, author of "" and the creator of the "" podcast talks about how her own break with purity culture informs how she is raising her kids.

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Kaia Findlay

Kaia Findlay is the lead producer of Embodied, 瓜神app's weekly podcast and radio show about sex, relationships and health. Kaia first joined the 瓜神app team in 2020 as a producer for The State of Things.

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.

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Audrey Smith

Audrey Smith is a writer, educator, and temporary producer of "Embodied" based in Greensboro, NC. She holds a Master's degree in Secondary English Language Arts Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2018) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction Writing from Oregon State University (2021).

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