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The Catholic Feminist

135: Overcoming Pornography to Find Uncompromising Purity ft. Kelsey Skoch

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Pornography has been a “men’s issue” for as long as I’ve been involved in ministry. Anti-porn talks are for the men. The accountability apps are aimed at men. The speakers willing to Go There are men.

I am so, SO thankful for women like author Kelsey Skoch. Kelsey is boldly sharing her story of overcoming a pornography addiction in order to help other women find a way out. In today’s show, we talk about WHY pornography is immoral, if there’s any room for porn in a healthy sexual being’s life, and what she recommends for women currently struggling with this topic. But my favorite part of the conversation is when Kelsey helped me reframe the very idea of “purity”. That it’s NOT being a high school girl wearing a Jesus Is My Homeboy bracelet being told she’s a piece of tape that loses its stickiness after too many uses. It truly changed some of my views about the word and I hope it makes you think as well. Enjoy! (Just a note on little ones—this is one of our sensitive topics you probably want headphones for; we drop some words. Also, speaking of little ones, my three year old was losing his MIND that Dad had to play Candy Land instead of Mom so…you hear him for just a minute, ha! Thanks for understanding that #workingmom life!)

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Today’s episode is also brought to you by Every Sacred Sunday. This beautiful Mass journals make the perfect gift for the Catholic woman in your life. Head to everysacredsunday.com.

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You are listening to the Catholic feminist episode 135.

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Today we're talking all about healing pornography addictions to find uncompromising purity.

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Today's episode is brought to you by Select International Tours.

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If you want to go on a life-changing pilgrimage this year,

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make sure to check out Select International Tours.

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com slash Feminist.

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Today's episode is also brought to you by every sacred

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Sunday for a beautiful mass journal that makes the liturgy that much more

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meaningful go to every sacred Sunday.com.

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Welcome to the Catholic 7ist, a podcast for strong women who want to be informed, inspired and intentional.

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I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're here. Hello and happy Wednesday I am pumped about today's episode but before we get

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into that I do just want to remind you that the Catholic

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feminist pilgrimage is filling up quick. If you are looking at the year ahead and

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wanting to do some international travel, wanting to go to beautiful places like LaZoo and Paris to walk in the footsteps of

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our sister Saints with people like Catherine Whitaker and Leah Jacobson and Danielle Noonan,

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this is the trip for you.

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Go to the Catholic Feminist Podcast.com slash pilgrimage

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and sign up. I want you to come to France thus.

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We have plenty of time. You can figure out child care, you can figure out the finances.

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If the Lord wants you to go to France, I want you there too. And if you are praying about this

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opportunity and it seems like a great fit but you have some roadblocks

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message me I'd love to help talk you through them because I know that if God wants you on

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