'Pure White': The origin story of purity culture

Where Do We Go From Here?

Trigger warning: This episode contains stories of racial violence and sexualized racial violence.

In this episode we deep dive Purity Culture's origin story, and its connection with America's racial history.

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Sara Moslener is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion at Central Michigan University where she teaches courses on the history of religious and racial discrimination in the United States. She has been studying evangelical purity culture for over 15 years and has numerous publications including the book Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence (Oxford University Press: 2015). She hosts the new series Pure White: Sexual Purity and White Supremacy with Axis Mundi Media. Connect with her on Twitter and Substack.