Nobody’s Damsel

Join the amazing Sarah Lacour of the Deconstructing Purity Instagram community and your host Ellie Coburn in Nobody's Damsel's first conversation about all things purity culture. Sarah outlines her upbringing in conventional Christianity and talks about the path that led her to public deconstruction away from purity culture and into the liberated, whole woman that she is today. 

Nobody's Damsel is joined by the incredible Bela Herrera who joins us all the way from across the pond in Australia. Bela, a Christian Bible college student, is passionate about interfaith work, excavating the heart of historical Jesus and creating space at her table for people of all walks of life and religious creeds. Ellie and Bela deep dive into some difficult conversations about the current state of westernized Christianity, the radicalization and politicization of church and the longing that they share for there to be true unity among all people. Christianity as a weapon, some difficult theological questions, Lil Nas X and more on this episode of Nobody's Damsel. 

This week we are joined with the amazing Julia Paxton (returning guest) and Alex Schult in an episode honoring Eating Disorder Awareness Week (February 22-28th) by listening to these incredible, resilient women share their own personal stories about having an eating disorder. Alex and Julia open up about their fight for their lives and their journeys to recovery while demystifying many of the false, media driven narratives about eating disorders and body positivity. Julia and Alex educate the Nobody's Damsel community about the highs and lows of eating disorder recovery while highlighting the often untold side effects of presently available treatment options in this incredible episode that will leave you with an entirely new lens to view the complex world of eating disorder recovery through. 

Victoria Hill is back!! Last month we connected with Victoria Hill about all things Georgia politics, the election, the insurrection and more. This episode Victoria is back to talk about white life has been like in Georgia since the election, the political climate in the US in the wake of a Biden presidency, and the origins of fatphobia and what Black history month means to her. Victoria and host Ellie Coburn get together for an impromptu happy hour conversation about current events, harmful online subcultures and what deconstruction has looked like to them. Everyone is a hot mess this week so pull up a chair and come as you are. This conversation is a good one!

A Birthday episode!! Our incredible February host Embo celebrates her 23rd birthday on the Nobody's Damsel podcast with the recording of an incredible episode with her brother, Waza. Waza and Embo get into it as they reflect on the dualities of being children of immigrants, their experiences within whiteness, their first experiences with racism, 2020, and their hopes for the future. This episode is an absolute gift from start to finish and opens a broader, honest dialogue into many difficult, underserved conversations from a perspective that is as unique as it is refreshing. 

Nobody's Damsel gets taken over by our February host Embo Tshimanga to talk about all things Black History month!! We kick this month off with an amazing episode with guests Dani Brewer and Alexa Routt for a roundtable conversation about everything from what Black history really is to conversations about growing up Black in America to Black joy!! Pull up a chair -- this is a good one, friends! 

Guest Instagrams:

Embo: @embopriscilla

Dani: @brewlikecoffee

Alexa:@punkylex

Guest Venmos (if you enjoyed and felt you learned something consider sending our guests some love!!) 

Embo: @embopriscilla

Dani: @dani_brewer

Alexa: @punkinator

A sex and relationships episode! Finally! And....it's queer. Host Ellie Coburn is joined by her dear friend Reilee in an episode that is equal parts emotional, crude and comical. Growing up queer without queer sex represented in pop culture, figuring out when they were gay, queer sex, queer relationships, a speed round of would you rather and so much more. We think it goes without saying: family and elders and purity-minded listeners can sit this episode out. We love ya, but this one isn't for you. Let's get into it! 

Host Ellie Coburn shows up solo to address the elephant in the room -- what now? What is allyship and what are the inherent drawbacks of allyship? What does the future of Nobody's Damsel look like now that the big, flashy dust of politics and a new presidential election has come to pass? All these answers and more on this seventh episode of Nobody's Damsel.