Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey: A Review of Netflix's New Docuseries movie review purity culture womeninreligion Jun 21, 2022

Netflix recently released a new crime docuseries that chronicles the the lives of former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church (FLDS) Church in Short Creek, Arizona. This extremist and fringe polygamist community is not recognized as part of the LDS, or Mormon, Church and is led by “the...

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"Modest" Dress and the Surveillance of Women's Bodies bodypositivity dresscode fashion modesty purity culture visibility Jan 28, 2022

Women in faith communities are sometimes taught from a young age that they must dress "modestly." Various reasons are given. Dressing modestly honors God. Dressing modestly protects men from "stumbling" into lust. Dressing modestly protects women from unwanted attention, comments, or even harm.

Let me say from the start that I see nothing wrong...

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