Sex, Love, and Purity Culture Episode 1/3 - Youth Group

Sex, Love, and Purity Culture
A Spectrum Production
A Video Podcast in Three Episodes
On February 14, Spectrum’s brand new Youth Group podcast launches a limited video series on sex, love, and purity culture. It features Spectrum staff and contributing writers, including Sofia Lindgren, Christina Cannon, Ezrica Bennett, Kendra Arsenault, Ari Bates. The first episode explores the personal effect of purity culture, a movement that focused on teaching young adults that premarital sex harmed them spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, and socially. They share their experiences in how that message actually affected them. Later episodes discuss the political history of the purity movement and explore healthier models for relationships.
Kendra Arsenault studied International Development & African American Studies at UCLA and earned an MDiv from Andrews University. She has created several popular podcasts.
Ari Bates studied film at Southern Adventist University and is the Creative Director of Aberration Film Studios in Portland, Oregon.
Sofia Lindgren graduated in 2023 with a BA in Business Administration from Pacific Union College. She is Spectrum’s Office Manager.
Melodie Roschman earned her PhD in English from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2022 where she wrote her dissertation: "Identity, Counternarrative, and Community in Progressive Christian Women's Memoir." She is a graduate of the J. N. Andrews Honors program at Andrews University where she earned a BA in English and Journalism (2015).