Melissa Duge Spiers - HOLY DISOBEDIENCE: GOOD GIRL GONE WILD

Melissa Duge Spiers - HOLY DISOBEDIENCE: GOOD GIRL GONE WILD Divorced: Seventh Day Adventism Melissa Duge Spiers, known online as “The Glory Whole,” grew up in fundamentalist Christianity and has written powerfully about the process of challenging the beliefs that shaped her early life. Her work explores purity culture, sexual autonomy, and the courage it takes to reject expectations that once felt unquestionable. Her essay “A Death to the Commodity of Virginity” captures that rebellion with striking honesty, declaring: “I am not giving my virginity away… I am giddily destroying it, tossing it aside, throwing it out.” Melissa’s forthcoming memoir Holy Disobedience won the 2021 Book Pipeline Unpublished Nonfiction Manuscript Prize, with excerpts published in The Huffington Post. FIND MELISSA on socials: @the.glory.whole Learn more about Holy Disobedience https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/.... FIND JANICE: Janice Selbie's best-selling book, Divorcing Religion: A Memoir and Survival Handbook, is available here: https://amzn.to/4mnDxuo Religious Trauma Survivor Support Groups happen online Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with others for support: https://www.divorcing-religion.com/se... Need help on your journey of healing from Religious Trauma? Book a free 20-minute consultation with Janice here: https://www.divorcing-religion.com/ Follow Janice and Divorcing Religion on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/janiceselbie The Divorcing Religion Podcast is for entertainment purposes only. If you need help with your mental health, please consult a qualified, secular mental health clinician. The views expressed by guests on the Sex & Power Podcast are not necessarily held by the host.