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Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare - Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play's main themes include justice, "mortality and mercy in Vienna," and the dichotomy between corruption and purity: "some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." Mercy...
2) Pure: inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free
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From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women, in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir. In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual “stumbling...
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SEX. Splashed across magazine covers, billboards, and computer screens: sex is thrilling, necessary, unavoidable. And everybody's doing it, right? In Real Sex, Lauren Winner speaks candidly about the difficulty (and the importance) of sexual chastity. With nuance and wit, she talks about her own sexual journey. Never dodging tough terms like 'confession' and 'sin', she grounds her discussion of chastity first and foremost in scripture. She confronts...
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