Welcome to Episode 04 of the Clothesline podcast!
We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. This is where we talk about it in a lighthearted, dark-humoured way.
In this episode, we talk about harm reduction, what it means, and how it relates to purity culture and evangelicalism.
Some of the topics in this episode include:
Explaining the meaning of harm reduction as a practice/philosophy
How harm reduction connects to binary language and mindsets
Updates and expansions on the previous episode about parental relationships, and how harm reduction can be used for navigating those relationships, too
Reminiscing about the times other people knew we were queer before we did
Has evangelicalism’s system of thought spread to other secular areas of culture, particularly with drugs and alcohol?
As usual, being endearingly awkward at the beginning and end of the episode
Anatomy lessons from Laverne Cox
…and more.
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As promised, here are the links:
Chris’s Substack: https://crisiscorner.substack.com/
Chris’s other podcast, Pickles and Vodka: A Mental Health Podcast (available wherever you listen): https://picklesandvodka.substack.com/
All Chris’s other links: http://xcjumperx.carrd.co
Follow Syd on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@houseghostcreative
All of Syd’s links: https://houseghostcreative.carrd.co/
Subscribe to us on Substack: https://clotheslinepod.substack.com/
Disclaimer: this episode includes conversations about things like religious trauma, mental health, abuse, and other topics like that.
We aren’t doctors or psychologists. This podcast is not intended to give official advice or anything serious.
