It’s been a good two years, so for episode 69, our last episode, our special guest runs a VERY successful daycare! That’s right, Rae’s mom is on to talk about early childhood education, sex ed, and a bunch of other stuff too. 

THE ARTICLE 

Times Colonist -Sex educator defends book that asks kids to 'draw private places'

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Things are getting wild south of the border. Sexual health clinic executive director Jasper joins Rae to talk about different LGBT and trans healthcare issues. 

THE ARTICLE 

The Hill -Texas school district approves policy banning classroom discussions of race and gender, restricts books and pronoun use

LINKS

• SNWR LinkTree (places you can find our podcast on other streaming services)

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Marika, owner of Kink Engineering, comes on the pod to talk drag, latex, and latex drag. 

THE ARTICLE 

BBC -  Supporters and protesters turn out at Oxford drag queen kids' storytime 

LINKS

• Follow Marika here: @kinkengineering

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Today’s discussion is all about how polyamory can help us unlearn the effects of purity culture, in addition to other methods. Marisa discusses her own experiences continuing to unlearn the toxic messages she was raised with. 

THE ARTICLE 

Medium - How Polyamory is helping me unlearn lessons from Purity Culture 

LINKS

• Follow Marisa here: @_marisathedish

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What’s the link between porn and purity culture? It may not be quite what you think it is.  Rae and Marisa explore the link between attitudes towards porn and attitudes towards gender equality.

THE ARTICLE 

PsyPost - People who support a ban on pornography tend to hold more sexist views about women, study finds

LINKS

• Follow Marisa here: @_marisathedish

Additional References

5 failures of purity culture

Pornland and purity culture

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Purity culture has evolved since the 80’s - people aren’t looking to pastors for examples on how to live, they’re looking to tiktok! Rae and Marisa continue the discussion on where purity culture is reinforced outside of religious spaces. 

THE ARTICLE 

Religion News - It’s Back - Purity Culture 2.0 Gen Z Style

LINKS

• Follow Marisa here: @_marisathedish

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 Britney Spears, the Jonas Brothers, and Disney: how purity culture influences pop culture, and our secular lives, whether we want it to or not. 

THE ARTICLE 

NCR Online - An icon for purity culture's wounded women

LINKS

• Follow Marisa here: @_marisathedish

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Marisa and Rae discuss the roots of purity culture in our sexual education system,  and how this continues to affect our access to sexual health information.

THE ARTICLE 

Aeon - Sex on the Curriculum

LINKS

• Follow Marisa here: @_marisathedish

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Marisa is back (again!) for 6 episodes on purity culture. We start with an overview of what it is and discuss Marisa’s personal experiences with it in a Catholic school in Alberta. 

THE ARTICLE 

The Conversation - How the “Extreme Abstinence” of the purity movement created a sense of shame in evangelical women

LINKS

• Follow Marisa here: @_marisathedish

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Kris Carlson is back to talk about exiting the sex trafficking industry and how we can support people in exploitative relationships. 

THE ARTICLE 

The Star - Helping human trafficking survivors get back on their feet at Elora House

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

Timea’s Cause

LINKS

• Follow Kris Carlson: @discreetparty.tbay and on facebook 

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