# Between the Cheese and the Cilice: Spirituality, Kink, and Christmas

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Podcast: [Don’t Scare the Newbies!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-scare-the-newbies-7462110)
Published: 2025-12-24T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

It wouldn’t be Christmas without some light trauma dumping, a discussion about the link between religious shame and CNC, and some historical genital mutilation. It’s O/our festive episode, so kirizal and S talk faith and spirituality, O/our childhood Christmas traditions and the new ones W/we are making together, kink as a spiritual experience, how worship and ritual fit into O/our dynamic, and the value of community. Content Note: Some discussion of drug use/addiction, mention of sexual assault, and castration. It’s festive, W/we promise!

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