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Our guest grew up in a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist church and led a life of rebellion after she left it. High powered jobs and risky hookups shaped Melissa Duge Spiers before she learned that her father was a serial child predator shielded from the church, and thus began another stage in her reconstruction of self.
Let’s talk about her memoir; called “Holy Disobedience - Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows”.
2:00 leaving the church
4:00 leaning into the violent things
7:00 family predators and patterns
9:00 what is a “mass tort”?
13:00 how SDA primed her for abusive relationships
16:00 humor about sexual assault
20:00 a book event in Portland?
25:00 how to deal with social isolation
30:00 how to handle sex-repulsion feelings
34:00 opposition to her
37:00 “Adventist Risk Management”
40:00 abusing a weiner dog! James Dobson
44:00 SDA vs Catholics
47:00 who owns the eatery?
50:00 atheism today and sex tips
FIND YOUR GUEST: TT & IG @the.glory.whole & @melissadugespiers_writer
FIND YOUR HOST: stripperwriter.com
See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows
This episode was sponsored by our friends at NetherlandsWax.com
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By Elle Stanger, CSE5
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Our guest grew up in a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist church and led a life of rebellion after she left it. High powered jobs and risky hookups shaped Melissa Duge Spiers before she learned that her father was a serial child predator shielded from the church, and thus began another stage in her reconstruction of self.
Let’s talk about her memoir; called “Holy Disobedience - Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows”.
2:00 leaving the church
4:00 leaning into the violent things
7:00 family predators and patterns
9:00 what is a “mass tort”?
13:00 how SDA primed her for abusive relationships
16:00 humor about sexual assault
20:00 a book event in Portland?
25:00 how to deal with social isolation
30:00 how to handle sex-repulsion feelings
34:00 opposition to her
37:00 “Adventist Risk Management”
40:00 abusing a weiner dog! James Dobson
44:00 SDA vs Catholics
47:00 who owns the eatery?
50:00 atheism today and sex tips
FIND YOUR GUEST: TT & IG @the.glory.whole & @melissadugespiers_writer
FIND YOUR HOST: stripperwriter.com
See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows
This episode was sponsored by our friends at NetherlandsWax.com
Condomania.com - THEYTALKSEX for a discounted first order!
and Love-Blanket.com - 10% OFF with code THEYTALKSEX
Please rate and review this podcast :)

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