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Impure, RethoughtSpongebob Litmus Test: Homeschooling with Lauren Gutierrez-BrownI am sorry this took so long, as you know it's been a ride but SEASON 2 IS COMING TO YOU! In this episode, Vika tells high school friend Lauren about the history of homeschooling in the United States, and how it became associated with Christian fundamentalism. Digressions include Spongebob, unschooling, and the controversy of carbon dating. Full show notes are available on the website, impurerethought.comTake Up Your Cross and Follow Us: Twitter and Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtVictoria: @village_witch on Twitter, Threads, and Instagram 2023-07-141h 01Impure, RethoughtPod Hath Risentoday...an update! ft. season 2 news and some changes to the pod....see you soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-04-0904 minImpure, RethoughtBONUS Episode: Halloween with Eliza UnsethJoin Vika and friend (and ghost tour guide in Salem, Mass.) Eliza Unseth as we slightly chaotically talk about Halloween, how our relationships to fear have changed as adults, how we explore darkness in writing, and walk through Vika's nightmare circus once again.Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtTwitter: @ImpureRethoughtVika: @village_witch on Twitter and InstagramEliza: @rubbishpirate on InstagramThe following sound effects were used in this episode: Maniacal Witches Laugh by Michael KoenigThunder Strike 1 by...2022-10-3059 minImpure, Rethought13. Season 1 Finale - AntitestimonyCONTENT WARNING: Discussions of suicidal ideation, family deathA bit of a different episode today...Meg and Vika talk through how they journeyed into the Church TM and then out of it. There is lots of cringe at our high school selves, along with more serious topics like grief, mental health and how the church treats women. Thank you for coming along with us for the first season, we've absolutely loved doing this, and can't wait for Season 2!Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us:Instagram: @ImpureRethought2022-10-021h 30Impure, Rethought12. Hustling for Heaven: The Protestant Work Ethic with S.A. ChristiansonVika is joined by guest host, friend, and author Samantha Christianson to discuss how we got to the grind we know today. We discuss how John Calvin says all hot people go to heaven, how views on slavery in the North might not actually be true, and the hotly contested astrological birth chart of an English minister.Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us:Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtTwitter: @ImpureRethoughtVictoria: @village_witch on Twitter and InstagramSamantha: sa_christianson on InstagramAn Incarnation of Shadow and...2022-09-181h 24Impure, Rethought11. Sexuality & the Church: A Brief History of LGBTQ+ RightsApologies in advance for one of our more somber episodes. Today we’re diving into the United States’ tumultuous relationship with relationships, from before the Mayflower to today. It’s a wild ride, but we promise it’s not all bad: you might be (distantly) related to both Meg and Julia Child.Content warnings: suicide, LGBTQ+ discrimination Full show notes are available on our website, impurerethought.com.Resources for You: PFLAG.orgLGBTQcenters.orgThe Trevor ProjectOUT MetroWestTake U...2022-09-041h 22Impure, Rethought10. Purity Culture: Is What Brings Us Together Today with Brittany LaneIt’s our big day! No one’s getting married, but we have our very first guest. Brittany Lane is here to talk with Meg about all things purity culture and marriage, from weird virginity metaphors to bad theologies.Content warnings: spiritual and sexual abuseFull show notes available on our website.Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us:Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtTwitter: @ImpureRethoughtVictoria: @village_witch on Twitter and InstagramMeg: @megplant_parm on Twitter and Instagram Hosted on Acas...2022-08-211h 24Impure, Rethought09 You Can’t Sit With Us, Soviet Union: Communism Part 2In the second part of our (not that) deep dive on Communism, we talk about who is possibly the Antichrist again, how the Red Scare affected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whether colonialism or communism is Worse, why the French Revolution was bad, actually, and how to cleverly edit the Bible so it supports made up statistics. Бога нет! Full show notes are on our website, impurerethought.com.Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us:Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtTwitter: @ImpureRethoughtVictoria: @village_witch on Twitter and InstagramMeg: @megplant...2022-08-0757 minImpure, RethoughtBONUS Episode: Worship MusicTo celebrate Impure, Rethought gaining 50 followers (yay!) Vika and Meg take a fun, casual look into the weird, culty world of worship music. Thank you all for supporting the pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-07-3155 minImpure, Rethought08. Stalin the Exvangelical: Communism Part 1In today’s episode, Vika tells Meg about Christianity’s favorite dirty word, Communism. How did these two ideologies which seemingly have a lot in common become bitter enemies? We talk about Marx and Engels’ incredible relationship, Russia’s religious revival, and much like communism itself, Greece and Stalin both show up in unexpected places. Special thanks to our sound guy, Chris Wright. Full show notes are available on our website, impurerethought.com.Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us:Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtTwitter: @ImpureRet...2022-07-2453 minImpure, Rethought07. But What About the Dinosaurs: CreationismWe’re going back to the original Unprecedented Times this week with an episode about creation myths from all over the world. Are women the root of all evil? Is Zeus out to get us? Or are we all just playthings for a god who was bored? From Genesis to the Quran, Meg walks Vika through a few of the stories people have told about where we came from and what it means to be human.Special thanks to our sound guy, Chris Wright!Full show notes are available on our website, impurerethought.co...2022-07-101h 50Impure, Rethought06. Dying Joyfully to Own the Catholics: MartyrdomEverybody loves a martyr - but did you know that martyrdom has more to do with cool woodcuts and Greek philosophers than it does with Jesus? In this episode, Vika tells Meg about how everybody in the 1600s considered everybody else the Antichrist and how the very anti-Catholic roots of martyrdom influence American culture today, from the origins of ancient Christian to Henry VIII, the Salem Witch trials, the Civil War, and the Columbine massacre. This episode features a plot twist that we will be thinking about for the rest of our lives and digressions on Bloody Mary and...2022-06-261h 10Impure, Rethought05. One Nation Under God: Evangelical PatriotsFor those of us who grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school, its words can feel as old as time itself – but what if we told you the Pledge in its current form is the same age as John Travolta? This week Meg walks Vika through the origins of the Christian Right, how white Evangelicals became the massive voting bloc they are today, and which Supreme Court case started it all (spoiler: it’s not Roe v. Wade). Honorable mention goes to Enemy of the Cast Billy Graham killing communism with kindness.Special thanks to o...2022-06-1350 minImpure, Rethought04. Jesus Doesn't Do Dishes: Weaponized IncompetenceA brief note to say we know the audio is a little wonky on this one! Technology, amirite?In this statistics heavy episode, Vika gives Meg marriage tips on how to be a submissive wife. She also explores where the idea of women being submissive came from across different religions, the influence of our favorite guy John Calvin, and how that still affects our ideas of gender today. Diatribes include a hall of fame r/ Am I The Asshole post and conversations on the types of books our cats would write. Take Up Y...2022-05-291h 28Impure, Rethought03. Made For Mothering?: Compulsory Parenthood and an Enemy of the CastIn this unintentionally timely episode, Meg walks Vika through the views on parenting America just can’t shake and some fascist rhetoric that sounds suspiciously similar to a 20th century US president’s. (Let us know if you figure out which president it is before Vika does.) Meg also covers the stigma around deciding not to have kids, the unnecessary gendering around giving birth, and who called restrictive abortion laws “fetal supremacy.”Special thanks to our sound guy, Chris Wright!Resources For You:Find your local abortion fund at abortion...2022-05-161h 00Impure, Rethought02. Hey Girl! : MLMS, Stay-At-Home Moms, and Financial SuffrageThis week on Impure Rethought Victoria presents on everybody’s favorite podcast topic, MLMs aka Multi-Level-Marketing Schemes. But wait! This isn’t your regular MLM episode. She goes into how specifically they prey on stay-at-home moms, the term stay-at-home, which is older than you think, the history of women’s rights and domestic labor, and how all of those things intersect. She also makes Meg do a lot of trivia and has to say 170,000 three times. Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us: impurerethought.comInstagram.Com/ImpureRethoughtTwitter.com/ImpureRethoughtJoin our Discord server! https...2022-05-0143 minImpure, Rethought01. God Has a Plan: Toxic Positivity, Enlightenment Philosophers, and Empathy01 God Has a Plan: Toxic Positivity, Enlightenment Philosophers, and EmpathyIn our very first episode, Meg dives into the evangelical church’s age-old problem with toxic positivity. From old white guys to even older white guys, the “things could be worse” mentality has plagued us for literal centuries. All we can say is … thoughts & prayers!Special thanks to our sound guy Chris Wright.Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us:Instagram: @ImpureRethoughtTwitter: @ImpureRethoughtVictoria: @village_witch on Twitter and InstagramMeg: @megplant_parm on Twitt...2022-04-1728 minImpure, Rethought00. Welcome to Impure Rethought!Welcome to Impure, Rethought, a podcast examining how patriarchy, purity, and profit shape our culture. Hosted by Vika Hendersen and Meg Grazian. Special thanks to our sound guy Chris Wright. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ImpureRethought and find show notes on our website, impurerethought.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-04-1718 min