Emily Schmidt

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The first stumbling block those raised as girls in the purity movement must overcome is the message that if you are suffering, it’s your fault: It may be your sin; it may be your psychosis; but it is certainly not the shaming system you find yourself in.
Emily Schmidt
God isn’t karma. We’re humans. Our bodies fail. It’s not because God is punishing us. It’s because we are mortal by genetics and disease happens.
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
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