Welcome back to Chick-Lit: The Author Files! This week, we dive into purity culture, Ann Shirley, and the Ex-vangelical community with Linda Kay Klein!

Linda is the author of the award-winning book, "Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free.": She is also a religious deconstruction & purity culture recovery coach, and the founder and president Break Free Together, a not-for-profit organization serving individuals recovering from gender- and sexuality-based religious trauma.

Linda has spoken around the world from the TEDx stage to The Apollo’s Women of the World Festival. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, NPR, CBS, NBC, Elle Magazine, and over 150 other outlets. Linda is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality education facilitator, and holds an interdisciplinary Masters degree in gender, sexuality and religion from New York University.

We were thrilled to have Linda on the show, and we hope that you enjoy this conversation! If you grew up Evangelical, we know you will!

Find out more about Linda on her website: https://lindakayklein.com/

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