Awkward Erotica

We start by addressing the virus in the room - why we hate the "all in this together" narrative, how COVID hits the most vulnerable, and what is bringing us joy during these dark days. Then, on to the meat of the episode, we discuss everyone's favourite topic, PORN! Which countries are watching the most porn while we're all stuck in isolation, our own feelings about porn, along with some recommendations for ethical porn and porn industry docs.

This month we're bringing you our episode on women in fiction but not before a very pointed rage about the TTC's new fare evasion campaign. We talk about our least favourite tropes, the importance of representation and the male gaze. Support us on PayPal: awkoroco@gmail.com and check out our website for more resources: http://awkwarderotica.wordpress.ca/.

After a three month hiatus we are back! To mark our blessed return we're bringing you an episode on the construct of virginity in society. We talk about T.I's absolute mouth garbage regarding his daughter's "virginity checks", the history of the idea of virginity, as well as our own experiences. You can check out our website: http://awkwarderotica.wordpress.ca/ for more resources on the topic. If you like what we do and want us to do it better hit up our PayPal at: awkoroco@gmail.com. Stay Awkward xoxo

You may or may not have noticed we took a little hiatus! Call it an extended Christmas vacation, or call it our lives being entirely overrun by the perils of capitalism. I'll leave that up to you. Nevertheless, we're back with a teaser. Listen to find out our new schedule, upcoming content and why we hate Little Women. For more information check out: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

We are finally bringing you the third instalment of our series on women and medicine. First we bring you some classic Toronto rage about cold weather in November and Don Cherry's assholery. Then we talk about endocrine chronic illnesses and how they are under funded, under researched and over all rage inducing. Check out our website for resources and links related to this topic: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com

We had the best intention of continuing our series on Women and Medicine with our episode on endocrine illnesses but unsurprisingly our rage turned into an entire episode! We talk about our insecurities, society's unfair beauty standards and the appropriation of different activist movements. A classic look into what we talk about over wine and crackers. Check out our website: http://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com

This is our second episode on Canada's 2019 election. This week we review the second english debate and talk about energy and climate change policy. There's also a lot of general political rage. I'm sure you're all surprised. Election day is Monday October 21, remember you are entitled to 3 consecutive hours off from work to vote during the hours of open polls! We have election resources posted on our website along with our show notes for this episode: http://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

We are taking a break from our series on women and medicine to bring you some Canadian Election content. This week we focus on health care plans, why your MPs are important, and our Prime Minister in black face. In our next episode we will cover climate change and energy policy, and the issues that our important to us that none of the parties are discussing. Election is on October 21 and advance polls are from October 11 - 14. Check out the resources we used on our website: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

Welcome to the second instalment of our series on women and medicine. We talk about how medical institutions treat women in pain and how we should be moving away from binary understandings of sex to better serve everyone. Content warning for discussion of discrimination against trans women from minutes 41:59 to 46:57. Find the stories and resources mentioned in this episode on our website: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/.

This marks the first episode in our series on Women in Medicine. First, as always, we rage. This week about babies in public. Then we get into the history of hysteria, the invention of the vibrator, AND how hysteria became aesthetically linked to Ophelia. You can support us on patreon at: patreon.com/awkwarderotica and check out the show notes on our website at: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

This week we rage about men. Surprise. Then we bring you a sleepover episode! Cosmo, would you rather, horoscopes, and some deep chats. Rate, subscribe, write us a love note, send us a carrier pigeon. Do the thing. If you like what we do and want us to do it better check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/awkwarderotica

This week we talk to the artist behind our beautiful icon art, and the creator of our jingle! We discuss masculinity, male friendships and soft boys. If you like what we do and want us to do it better support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/awkwarderotica Please rate and subscribe! Stay awkward xo

This week we rage about a lot of things that are only vaguely related to customer service. Then we have special guest, Chloe, on to talk about friendship. We discuss how negative ideas about femininity in society, and gendered representations of friendship in media have affected our own relationships. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/awkwarderotica

This week we rage about corporate pride and discuss our experiences with gender and sexuality. We also discover that Melina is bisexual. After absolutely nobody asked. Our Patreon has launched click here to support us: https://www.patreon.com/awkwarderotica?alert=2.

This week we have a round table of our friends discussing their experiences with dating apps. Have they changed the way we date? Should we all move to Belarus and join the circus? Listen to find out. See our show notes here: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/07/14/episode-4-fucked-a-dating-app-love-story/

After alienating everyone on the planet with our Game of Thrones related rage, we continue our birth control series, this week: IUDs and the implant! We cover the basics, talk medical advancements that are actually HELPFUL (wild), and discuss why these insertion methods might just be the hopeful underdogs of contraception. For resources and links mentioned click here: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/07/06/episode-3-hbo-boobs-iuds/

We get mad about man-authors obsessed with their semen. Buckle up, it's a wild ride. Then, we move on to the second instalment of our series on birth control: the pill! We break down the basics, talk history, AND we get on our soap boxes about the treatment of marginalized folks by the medical community.Click here to see the resources we used in this ep and more: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/06/29/episode-2-its-me-ya-boy-the-pill/

We interrupt your regular scheduled programming for a mini episode on abortion! We try to clear up some of the misinformation spreading around the recent abortion restriction legislation being passed in the states, AND we make a call to hold Canada accountable for it's own shitty abortion politics. Click here for resources used in this episode: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/bingo-bango-bongo-abortion/

This week we rage about daylight savings time, spoiler: it’s trash. Then, in the first part of our series on birth control, we get real loose with our facts about condoms. Apparently, people aren’t wearing them? Find links to resources we used in this episode and more resources on our website: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/episode-1-loose-condom-facts/