I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Said Hello To Courtship, Met A Boy, And Got Married

This week we are joining with Life After I Kissed Dating Goodbye to share stories about how Joshua Harris’s book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” has impacted us. You can read more stories at LifeAfterIKDG.com and discuss on Twitter using the hashtag #IKDGStories.  Editorial note: The following is reprinted with permission from Kieryn King’s blog. It was originally published on August 4, 2016. My

I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A.H.’s Story

This week we are joining with Life After I Kissed Dating Goodbye to share stories about how Joshua Harris’s book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” has impacted us. You can read more stories at LifeAfterIKDG.com and discuss on Twitter using the hashtag #IKDGStories.  Editorial Note: The author’s name has been changed to ensure anonymity. ‘A.H.’ is a pseudonym. For me, there

I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A Call For Stories

I Kissed Dating Goodbye, we all know the book – we read it, our parents read it. It impacted our views of ourselves and our sexuality, it impacted our dating (or not-dating) lives, it impacted how we approached marriage. Recently Joshua Harris had an interview with NPR about his thoughts on the book, and how it’s been used. Claiming to have regrets, he is

Is Josh Harris Actually Taking Responsibility?

Josh Harris was interviewed on NPR recently. I know this because my husband started yelling at me to come into the kitchen right freaking now and I was like, wait, you can’t just order me to drop everything like that, that’s not how it works, and he was like, trust me, you’re going to want to hear this. And there it was. Josh Harris on NPR, discussing his 1997 book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye.

That Time Mary Pride Put the Modesty Survey on Blast

Oh snap.

Ex-Homeschooler Fashion

I started to feel more at home in my body instead of wishing I could jump out of it and run away screaming.

What Do “Certificates of Purity” Communicate to Sexual Assault Survivors?

What Brelyn Bowman and Pastor Mike Freeman are communicating to sexual assault survivors is nothing short of cruel.

Family was my Everything: Alida’s Story, Part One

Seven years after my first college course, I’m still struggling to find where I make sense and figure out the process of growing up.

Lies Purity Culture Taught Me: Sam’s Story

However, purity culture has a number of almost “secular” reasons to exist. One of these is that if you remain pure before marriage, you won’t experience pain and heartbreak. (Because apparently, you can only have your heart broken if you’ve had sex with a person.)

Sexual Purity and the Pool Battle Plan

“Purity culture doesn’t just hurt women, it hurts men, too.”