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In our very first episode, we talk with Nicole Hardy about celibacy and religion and her forthcoming memoir. "A lot of people have come from repressive sexual environments (for whatever reason) and I think giving voice to the complications of that issue was really important.. Because, when you talk about living a celibate life—for people who don't do that—it seems an easy thing not to be celibate... Anyone who has had any experience in that kind of situation knows, that it's a much deeper situation than the having or not having of sex." Nicole Hardy is a memoirist, essayist, and poet. Her memoir Confessions of a Ladder-Day Virgin was a finalist for the 2014 Washington State Book Award. Her work has appeared in literary journals and newspapers including the Washington Post, Marie Claire, and the New York Times Modern Love column. Her essay Single, Female, Mormon, Alone was noted in 2012's Best American Essays. And her fourth coming memoir is about a year she spent at sea traveling around the world. BITCHCONOCLAST is a mother-daughter podcast on sex, feminism, & power. In season one, we interview Pacific-Northwest authors Nicole Hardy, Claire Dederer, Elissa Washuta, Vanessa Veselka, Karen Karbo, and Suzanne Morrison about their work and the state of the patriarchy. Producers: Sonya Lea & Dylan Bandy Content editor: Dylan Bandy Sound editor: Nora Knight Illustration & Logo: Amy Mizrahi Graphics: Nicole Geslani & Bex Karnofski Music: Dylan Bandy, Adam Cohen-Leadholm, & Frankie Mars Gunner