We’ve all been there, trying to outgrow the version of ourselves we were raised to be. The “good girl,” the rule follower, the one who doesn’t question anything… until suddenly you do.

Mattie Jo Cowsert is a pastor’s kid turned shameless oversharer, actor, author of God, Sex & Rich People, and truly the definition of “I’ll do as I please.” 

From rebuilding her entire identity, to choosing a life that feels good, and staying out of situations that shrink you.

We get into:

• How the queer community and the diversity of New York City cracked open everything she believed about “purity culture”

• Why “Fuckboy Monsters” was not only a chapter in her book, but a full era

• What it really feels like to rebuild your identity in your 20s (and 30s)

• Writing  ...