Linda Kay Klein is the author of the award-winning book, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Her ground-breaking work on purity culture has been featured by The New York Times and 150 other media outlets; she has given two popular TEDx Talks on the topic; and her hour-long interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air was one of the top 10 most listened to episodes of the year. Today, Linda provides one-on-one coaching for individuals recovering from purity culture and storytellers committed to creating positive change in the world.
mind-and-body shaming works within a religious
movement so culturally and politically influential
that it must be understood by us all."
to purity culture, I wholeheartedly
encourage you to reach out to Linda.
I've made a lot of progress in an
amazingly short period of time.”
TOGETHER
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free is an inside look at the devastating effects purity culture has had on a generation of young women (and many others).
A potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir, the award-winning book has been called “impossible to forget” by Bust Magazine and “a revelation” by New York Magazine’s The Cut.
Gloria Steinem praised Pure for explaining “how the system of mind-and-body shaming works within a religious movement so culturally and politically influential that it must be understood by us all,” and Glennon Doyle called Pure “an important book (that) emboldens us to escape toxic misogyny and experience a fresh breath of freedom.”
Linda loves holding space for people raised in purity culture.
She is uniquely capable of helping both groups and individuals to deconstruct the messages they received growing up and the legacies they’ve left on their adult lives. Working with Linda, people learn to release beliefs based in shame and judgement, and develop an understanding of themselves and of the world around them rooted in the value of their own bodies, feelings, thoughts, values, beliefs, and experiences.
Linda is honored to offer both group coaching and to work with people one-on-one. She would love to hear from you!
Break Free Together is a community committed to releasing shame and claiming our whole selves. We have hosted purity culture story exchanges around the world—from London, New York City, and San Francisco’s Bay Area, to Lewisburg Pennsylvania. We’ve collected stories via post cards and shared them on social media. And we’ve gathered experts addressing the harm purity culture can do to people’s lives from around the world. Our newest pilot project is an online purity culture story exchange. We can’t wait to tell you more about it!
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