Teddi and Nick interview their first guests some more!

Julia and Jeremiah from the Sexvangelicals Podcast join us to remember all the terrible sex and relationship advice the church gave us and the good advice they didn't want us to have.

This is Part 2 in a two-part episode in which Julia and Jeremiah from the Sexvangelicals discuss the book Love & Respect with Nick and Teddi.

In this second part, the quartet get into the gritty, shitty details of the relationship advice Eggerichs tries to pass off as useful. Julia and Jeremiah try to break through all the noise of the "crazy cycle," and Nick and Teddi get to bring a bit of gender studies to the conversation. All told, this episode will either leave you feeling grateful for legitimate mental health options or as disrespected as a wife in a 90s sitcom.

Who are the Sexvangelicals? Julia Postema and Jeremiah Gibson are the co-hosts of the podcast Sexvangelicals: The Sex Education the Church Didn't Want You to Have. They are both Boston-based licensed psychotherapists and certified sex therapists who work with clients in Massachusetts. They currently live in Utrecht, The Netherlands. They specialize in helping couples with negative religious backgrounds discover sexuality that works for their partnership. They enjoy traveling to places that tend to fly under the radar, long-distance hiking, cooking very spicy food, unexpected conversations, and introverted days filled with reading and drinking fancy tea. They're on Instagram, @sexvangelicals, and Substack at ⁠sexvangelicals.substack.com

Sources

Love & Respect Talk (2018) - Part 1

Love & Respect Talk (2018) - Part 2

Wikipedia

Sheila Wray Gregoire’s Open Letter

SWG’s Review of L&R

SWG’s Summary of L&R

The Tragedy of Heterosexuality by Jane Ward

“Women Need Love and Men Need Respect” – Psychology Today

Teddi and Nick interview their first guests!

Julia and Jeremiah from the Sexvangelicals Podcast join us to remember all the terrible sex and relationship advice the church gave us and the good advice they didn't want us to have.

This is Part 1 in a two-part episode in which Julia and Jeremiah from the Sexvangelicals discuss the book Love & Respect with Nick and Teddi. In this first part, the Sexvangelicals talk about their own deconstruction journey, their experience as licensed sex and relationship therapists, and the weird gendered nonsense packed into so much terrible sex self-help from the turn of the millennium (and today!).

Who are the Sexvangelicals? Julia Postema and Jeremiah Gibson are the co-hosts of the podcast Sexvangelicals: The Sex Education the Church Didn't Want You to Have. They are both Boston-based licensed psychotherapists and certified sex therapists who work with clients in Massachusetts. They currently live in Utrecht, The Netherlands. They specialize in helping couples with negative religious backgrounds discover sexuality that works for their partnership. They enjoy traveling to places that tend to fly under the radar, long-distance hiking, cooking very spicy food, unexpected conversations, and introverted days filled with reading and drinking fancy tea. They're on Instagram, @sexvangelicals, and Substack at sexvangelicals.substack.com

In this much-requested episode, Teddi and Nick delve into the controversial world of Christian-themed haunted house attractions. Most commonly called "Hell House," this interactive theatre experience was first organized by Jerry Falwell in the 1970s. Since then, thousands of people have gone through the attraction. While differing in format and structure, a typical Hell House graphically re-enacts a variety of social problems (abortion, violence, AIDS) and then closes with an emotional call to salvation. The primary goal of the attraction is to prompt an audience to reflect on the consequences of sin and the age-old fundamentalist question: Where will we go when we die?

The fear-inducing witnessing tool has become less popular today, but still remains active in various parts of the country. In this episode, Teddi and Nick review contemporary promotional materials and scripts for Hell Houses across the nation and reflect on the dangers of the polarizing production.  

Content Note: We discuss some exploitative representations of AIDS, suicide, and sexual assault.

Sources

Hell House documentary, 2002. 

https://www.amazon.com/Hell-House-Aria-Adloo/dp/B002ZVGM7C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1G1HULHI8GSSA&keywords=Hell+House+documentary&qid=1697910900&sprefix=hell+house+documentar%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1

Scaremare, Liberty Universityhttps://www.liberty.edu/scaremare/ 

An article about Hell House, written by one of our listeners:https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kvkmy/evangelical-hell-houses-are-waking-nightmares