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We’re exploring the shifting landscape of relationships, gender, and sexuality with the best writers, thinkers, and creators. Join award-winning journalist Blair Hodges to learn more about who we are and how we connect with each other in order to build a better world.
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Christian Purity Culture is Pretty Racist, Actually (with Sara Moslener) (opens the original)
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In the wake of the #MeToo movement, another hashtag reckoning emerged: #ChurchToo. Religious women are coming forward with stories of being harmed by the tenets of Christian purity culture, which often foster sexual shame and disconnection from one's body, which contribute to environments where abuse is normalized or concealed, and which continue shaping people long after they leave evangelicalism Scholar of religion Sara Moslener noticed a troubling trend in the stories women told about their p
The Postpartum Psychosis Prophecies (with Ayana Lage) (opens the original)
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After experiencing a devastating miscarriage, writer Ayana Lage was thrilled to welcome a new child. She wasn't so thrilled with the accompanying sleeplessness, mania, and hallucinations, which included the delusion that God was speaking directly to her. Ayana was experiencing postpartum psychosis, a rare but potentially life-threatening maternal mental health emergency. In this deeply personal conversation, Ayana joins Blair Hodges to discuss her memoir, Missing Me: A Memoir of Postpartum Psych
MINI EPISODE: The 14th Amendment is safe...for now (with Susan J. Pearson) (opens the original)
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Donald Trump launched his political career by spreading the lie that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. He launched his second term as president trying to overturn the plain and long-held intent of the 14th Amendment. In both cases, birth certificates played a crucial role. Historian Susan J. Pearson returns to unpack the Supreme Court's recent birthright citizenship decision, the proposed SAVE Act, and why birth certificates have become one of the most politically contested documen
Life Between the Cracks of History: An Immigrant Family's Story (with Ada Ferrer) (opens the original)
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History is often told through revolutions, presidents, and wars. Historian Ada Ferrer tells it through the experience of her own family. When Ferrer was just 11 months old, her mother fled Cuba with her in her arms, leaving behind a 9-year-old son she hoped to reunite with soon. Decades later, after her parents' deaths, Ferrer uncovered boxes of letters, keepsakes, and forgotten records that revealed not only what happened to her family, but what history can look like when seen through ordinary
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