Purity Culture and My Sexuality

Humans are beautiful to me – whether they’re male, female, or non-binary.

Rethinking Purity

It’s time to rethink what we’re teaching children about “purity.”

The Dangers of Ideology: Salome’s Story, Part Two

“Ideology led my parents to exercise parenting techniques which left me vulnerable, broken, and with the deeply internalized belief that I’m worthless and unclean.”

The Dangers of Ideology: Salome’s Story, Part One

“My family, my church, and my homeschooling group were up to their eyeballs in purity culture.”

How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Damage Healthy Relationships

“I’ve lately started facing the ways in which the teachings of ’emotional purity’, (a la Josh Harris, the Ludys, and others) have damaged the part of my brain that makes healthy relationships function.”

A Tool In Someone Else’s Culture War: Philosophical Perspectives’s Story, Part Two

“We’ve been parroting a Republican platform and the great things about homeschooling since we were toddlers. Any negative or critical commentary was marked as ‘rebellious,’ and unacceptable, especially when it was directed at homeschooling itself. The options were, repent, or get out.”