A clap back to every lie princess culture ever told us -- for every girl the shoe never fit. // Nobody's Damsel is a cultural commentary podcast deconstructing everything we thought we knew about princess, purity, political & pop culture. Join host Ellie Coburn and her guests every Tuesday as they unpack their cultural biases, navigate their religious/political deconstruction journeys, & tell it like it is when it comes to their everyday lives. Spoiler: you save yourself in this one.
Join the amazing Sarah Lacour of the Deconstructing Purity Instagram community and your host Ellie Coburn in Nobody's Damsel's first conversation about all things purity culture. Sarah outlines her upbringing in conventional Christianity and talks about the path that led her to public deconstruction away from purity culture and into the liberated, whole woman that she is today.
12 Apr 2021
Laughing + Crying with Bela Herrera
Nobody's Damsel is joined by the incredible Bela Herrera who joins us all the way from across the pond in Australia. Bela, a Christian Bible college student, is passionate about interfaith work, excavating the heart of historical Jesus and creating space at her table for people of all walks of life and religious creeds. Ellie and Bela deep dive into some difficult conversations about the current state of westernized Christianity, the radicalization and politicization of church and the longing that they share for there to be true unity among all people. Christianity as a weapon, some difficult theological questions, Lil Nas X and more on this episode of Nobody's Damsel.
20 Mar 2021
Part II: Religious Trauma, Grief & Overcoming: But Make it Fun
Nobody's Damsel is joined for a second week in a row by the brilliant and amazing Faye -- a psychology grad student whose faith deconstruction, while uniquely her own, mirrors that of host Ellie Coburn's in many ways. Faye and Ellie get together to continue to talk about the psychology of Americanized Christianity, their own deconstruction journeys and what/who God is to them now. This is an extension of the very first time that Ellie has ever opened up about her faith deconstruction and an episode you won't want to miss if you yourself have been deconstructing your faith or if you've ever wondered what that might look like for others. Join Faye and Ellie as they look at the world of Christianity and "recovering from Christianity" through an all too unspoken lens while having a bit of fun and some great laughs getting into it.
13 Mar 2021
Religious Trauma, Grief & Overcoming: But Make it Fun
Nobody's Damsel is joined by the brilliant and amazing Faye of Your Body is Good -- a psychology grad student whose faith deconstruction, while uniquely her own, mirrors that of host Ellie Coburn's in many ways. Faye and Ellie get together to talk about the psychology of Americanized Christianity, their own deconstruction journeys and what/who God is to them now. This is the very first time that Ellie has ever opened up about her faith deconstruction and an episode you won't want to miss if you yourself have been deconstructing your faith or if you've ever wondered what that might look like for others. Join Faye and Ellie as they look at the world of Christianity and "recovering from Christianity" through an all too unspoken lens while having a bit of fun and some great laughs getting into it.
5 Mar 2021
Body Love: The Untold Stories of Recovering from an Eating Disorder
This week we are joined with the amazing Julia Paxton (returning guest) and Alex Schult in an episode honoring Eating Disorder Awareness Week (February 22-28th) by listening to these incredible, resilient women share their own personal stories about having an eating disorder. Alex and Julia open up about their fight for their lives and their journeys to recovery while demystifying many of the false, media driven narratives about eating disorders and body positivity. Julia and Alex educate the Nobody's Damsel community about the highs and lows of eating disorder recovery while highlighting the often untold side effects of presently available treatment options in this incredible episode that will leave you with an entirely new lens to view the complex world of eating disorder recovery through.
20 Feb 2021
A Friday Happy Hour //
Victoria Hill is back!! Last month we connected with Victoria Hill about all things Georgia politics, the election, the insurrection and more. This episode Victoria is back to talk about white life has been like in Georgia since the election, the political climate in the US in the wake of a Biden presidency, and the origins of fatphobia and what Black history month means to her. Victoria and host Ellie Coburn get together for an impromptu happy hour conversation about current events, harmful online subcultures and what deconstruction has looked like to them. Everyone is a hot mess this week so pull up a chair and come as you are. This conversation is a good one!
12 Feb 2021
It is What it is
A Birthday episode!! Our incredible February host Embo celebrates her 23rd birthday on the Nobody's Damsel podcast with the recording of an incredible episode with her brother, Waza. Waza and Embo get into it as they reflect on the dualities of being children of immigrants, their experiences within whiteness, their first experiences with racism, 2020, and their hopes for the future. This episode is an absolute gift from start to finish and opens a broader, honest dialogue into many difficult, underserved conversations from a perspective that is as unique as it is refreshing.
5 Feb 2021
Black in America: Part 1
Nobody's Damsel gets taken over by our February host Embo Tshimanga to talk about all things Black History month!! We kick this month off with an amazing episode with guests Dani Brewer and Alexa Routt for a roundtable conversation about everything from what Black history really is to conversations about growing up Black in America to Black joy!! Pull up a chair -- this is a good one, friends!
Guest Instagrams:
Embo: @embopriscilla
Dani: @brewlikecoffee
Alexa:@punkylex
Guest Venmos (if you enjoyed and felt you learned something consider sending our guests some love!!)
Embo: @embopriscilla
Dani: @dani_brewer
Alexa: @punkinator
29 Jan 2021
Gay Girls Raised on the Same Cinderella Story
A sex and relationships episode! Finally! And....it's queer. Host Ellie Coburn is joined by her dear friend Reilee in an episode that is equal parts emotional, crude and comical. Growing up queer without queer sex represented in pop culture, figuring out when they were gay, queer sex, queer relationships, a speed round of would you rather and so much more. We think it goes without saying: family and elders and purity-minded listeners can sit this episode out. We love ya, but this one isn't for you. Let's get into it!
23 Jan 2021
The Allegory of Allyship
Host Ellie Coburn shows up solo to address the elephant in the room -- what now? What is allyship and what are the inherent drawbacks of allyship? What does the future of Nobody's Damsel look like now that the big, flashy dust of politics and a new presidential election has come to pass? All these answers and more on this seventh episode of Nobody's Damsel.
15 Jan 2021
America & The Giant Peach
On this sixth episode of Nobody's Damsel we are graced with the presence of the brilliant, incredible Victoria Hill. Victoria Hill is a 2017 Notre Dame graduate who doubled majored in Political Science and American Studies. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia Victoria imparts insider knowledge on last week's unprecedented Georgia election, history of Georgia politics and heartwarming stories about how her upbringing was shaped by Georgia. Victoria and host Ellie Coburn discuss the riot at the Capitol, the current political climate in the United States and what moving forward both in action and opposition looks like in anticipation of the upcoming inauguration.
8 Jan 2021
Grief, Hope, Resiliency & the Beast
In this fifth episode of Nobody's Damsel host Ellie Coburn is joined by the amazing Embo Tshimanga to share a bit of her story of resiliency and rising, unpack the absolute ride that was 2020 and discuss the future of America. Embo shares the way that the spotlight on Black Lives Matter shaped her 2020 and awoke in her the desire to surround herself with affirming community, speaks about her personal experience as a Black person intersectional to predominately white churches, and shares her hopefulness for rising above the many systematic beasts that were once in her path. This episode was recorded before the Capitol attack, however, its themes remain strongly relevant to the year ahead: a year full of inevitable obstacles while still marked with all the potential of hope and redemption.
1 Jan 2021
Down the Rabbit Hole
Nobody's Damsel is back for a New Year's special!! Ellie Coburn invites her best friend Maddy Chiba to get into a conversation with her about time and friendship and in true Maddy/Ellie fashion the episode ends up deep diving into a broader, umbrella conversation on social inequity, personal values, the art of preserving the integrity of friendships and relationships and so much more. How Ellie and Maddy met, a flash friendship Q&A and an ice cream truck on this episode of Nobody's Damsel.
18 Dec 2020
Ladylike
Join host Ellie Coburn and the incredible Julia Paxton as they unpack what it's like to experience mental illness, queerness and feelings of being different in communities that are built on the expectation that one will fit the mold. For the first time in her life Ellie goes deep publicly about her experience with mental illness as an adolescent and Julia unpacks how her experience was shaped and her healing was delayed by both internal and external pressures. Both Ellie and Julia share the deep and profound healing that comes with being true to yourself and tell it like it is when it comes to their rejection of the expectation to be "ladylike".
12 Dec 2020
Conspiracies, Disinformation & Apathy...Oh My!
Join host Ellie Coburn and her amazing FIRST guest Kara Murano in this second episode of Nobody's Damsel. Ellie & Kara dive deep into the complex world of conspiracies, disinformation and apathy in the era of COVID as well as the unsurprising bed fellowship of Americanized Christianity and Donald Trump. Q-Anon, church hurt, & more are all broken down through the lens of two women deep on their religious and political deconstruction journeys.
4 Dec 2020
Damned if You Do
In this very first episode of Nobody's Damsel host Ellie Coburn shows up solo to introduce the podcast, unpack princess, purity, political and pop culture and sets the stage for future episodes with a detailed answer to all the pressing questions new listeners may have.
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