Episode 8: Purity Culture, with Krysta Carrick Byrnes

The one where we talk about PURITY CULTURE! In this episode we interview Krysta Carrick Byrnes, a nurse practitioner and our friend who also attended the Christian Academy in Japan. Krysta shares about the gradual evolution of her worldview and self-understanding  after leaving CAJ. In our conversation we focus on purity culture in particular, unpacking its harmfulness, and also brainstorm what things we'd like to emphasize if we were to talk about sex-ed at CAJ today. We were so happy to be able to have this conversation with Krysta, who brought a lot of great insights from her experiences as a medical professional. For more resources, here are a couple book recommendations:“Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life” by Emily Nagoski (Note from Krysta: “This book's target audience is cisgendered women so it is not fully inclusive, but I found it very interesting and helpful.) "Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free"by Linda Kay KleinListen onApple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherGoogle Podcasts