# Erica Smith & The Purity Culture Dropout Guide

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Podcast: [STRONGWILLED](https://stenobird.com/podcast/strongwilled-845850)
Published: 2026-02-23T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Trigger warnings: religious trauma regarding purity culture throughout, allusions to pedophilia around 15:00, mention of sexual abuse around 49:00. We were so grateful to have a conversation with Erica Smith, sex educator and author of the incredibly helpful new book The Purity Culture Recovery Guide: The Shame-Free Sex Education You Deserve . You can also follow Erica on instagram. Krispin talked with Erica about dating after purity culture, feeling like an imposter in queer spaces when you come out late in life, lifelong impacts of being disconnected from your own sense of desire — as well as the top five things Erica found surprising (and disturbing) about purity culture as an outsider who learned about it as an adult. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at ⁠⁠⁠ strongwilled.substack.com⁠⁠⁠ or strongwilledproject.com You can join⁠⁠ ⁠our patreon community⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠ join our substack⁠⁠⁠ to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ . You can ⁠⁠⁠follow Krispin on Instagram here⁠⁠⁠ .

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