Comments on: Book Club: The Purity Myth

By: Britni TheVadgeWig

Britni TheVadgeWig — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:49:05 +0000

SAVE IT FOR THE DISCUSSION, LADY!

By: twg

twg — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:47:55 +0000

I read this last month and really enjoyed it; my only disappointment was that the people (female AND male) who need to read it most, probably won’t. I hung out with avowed Christian virgins in high school (not that I wasn’t a virgin, too) who mostly had sex before they were around 20 or so and of course never used protection (if you use it, you admit you planned to do it!) and felt so, so worthless about themselves after that it was really sad. I hope they teach their daughters better than that. It was so interesting to me how much virginity was pushed on girls and not boys in youth group contexts.

By: Britni TheVadgeWig

Britni TheVadgeWig — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:47:09 +0000

Actually, this post explains it more clearly than I just did.

By: Britni TheVadgeWig

Britni TheVadgeWig — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:45:12 +0000

Well, when we discuss it, you can join in! Yay!

By: Britni TheVadgeWig

Britni TheVadgeWig — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:44:50 +0000

Well, if you wanna participate, read the book by April 30. I’m hosting, so discussion will be taking place on my blog. Two or so other people will be writing reviews of the book (if you know you’ll want to, feel free to volunteer), but comments will be closed on those posts and you’ll be directed to mine. So you can write your own review/thoughts on your blog, but close the comments so that all discussion takes place in on spot. Then come over here, where my thoughts will be posted and you can take place in discussion about it in the comments!

A lot of people seem interested this month, so hopefully we’ll get some good discussion going!

By: Wilhelmina Wang

Wilhelmina Wang — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:31:29 +0000

“If you’re interested in joining us for a future book”

how does this work?

i really, really want to read this book.

By: Saraid

Saraid — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:48:27 +0000

Love it! I bought it the day it came out.

By: alana

alana — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:15:15 +0000

ooh…I’ve been meaning to read this too.

I think I’ll take part in this one since I keep meaning to, but then I forget until the day before. It can be hard to get myself to read non-fiction books sometimes so this would be nice.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:57:30 +0000

I wish that I had the time to read this – I love Jessica Valenti and I really want to read this book. It’ll stay on my list but it would have been cool to discuss it with you guys! Sadly, exams are calling!