This gives me the language to describe what contributed to me stopping my writing and podcasting about purity culture this past spring. The now infamous Beautiful Union/Butler discourse was quite traumatic for me for a whole host of reasons...as both a PC survivor and a writer/content creator: "a trauma-related freeze response leading to a shut down of my ability to produce content" deeply resonates. I've shelved those projects for now and am instead putting all of my energy behind supporting and advocating for (as an agent) the writers and creators who are doing the good work of countering/undoing these harmful messages.
This gives me the language to describe what contributed to me stopping my writing and podcasting about purity culture this past spring. The now infamous Beautiful Union/Butler discourse was quite traumatic for me for a whole host of reasons...as both a PC survivor and a writer/content creator: "a trauma-related freeze response leading to a shut down of my ability to produce content" deeply resonates. I've shelved those projects for now and am instead putting all of my energy behind supporting and advocating for (as an agent) the writers and creators who are doing the good work of countering/undoing these harmful messages.