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Katie Heatherly
@katielheatherly.bsky.social
Notre Dame History PhD Student studying the history of religion, gender & sexuality.
Had a wonderful time chatting with these brilliant scholars about purity culture at #AARSBL. Thanks to @fsrinc.bsky.social for sponsoring this panel and all who came out to engage in conversation.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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At #AARSBL25 this panel will discuss purity culture logics in specific policies/ideologies of the Trump Administration 2.0 and explore how understanding these policies/ideologies as rooted in purity logics helps us better challenge and dismantle them.

#feminism #religion #FSR #purityculture
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📍 Join us at #AARSBL in Boston this November!

BEYOND ABSTINENCE-ONLY: PURITY CULTURE IN TODAY’S POLITICAL MOMENT (sponsored by Feminist Studies in Religion)
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Happy Release Day! 🎉

Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry by @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social

We are so excited for this book to finally be hitting bookstore shelves! Get your copy here: bakerbookhouse.com/products/598...
March 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I knew this would happen, but it's still surreal to hear another nation's leader talk to us in a televised address the way US presidents have historically spoken to the citizens of countries led by dictators and despots.
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Honored to have been asked to write this review of Camden Morgante’s new book on purity culture.
February 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Today at The Anxious Bench—
How can leaving behind the myths and false promises of purity culture lead to a deeper faith? Katie Heatherly reviews Camden Morgante's new book, Recovering from Purity Culture.
www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
Reckoning & Healing: Recovering From Purity Culture Review
“I want an honest recollection of what has been done. I want a reckoning with the harm purity culture has caused so many people. Not because I have a A review of Camden Morgante's new book, Recovering...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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And part two of the Starter Pack is here: go.bsky.app/QyNEpXX
November 22, 2024 at 11:16 AM