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In this last episode before a much needed rest, Jessy and Rebekah talk all about our friend the nipple! We learned a ton about nipples and even found out about the strongest nipples in all the land! It has been awesome talking to you all for the past 2.5 years and…we’ll see ya….sometime down the line. Xxx 03:40: William Featherstone Montgomery looks exactly as I would have imagined. Also, he died in Dublin in 1859 so, unless he was hermetically sealed and then reanimated he is most assuredly dead. 06:15: So this extra booby is actually called an “accessory breast,” sort of like a handbag or a really cool bracelet! I found a reference to it in this journal of plastic surgery. 08:10: Check out this very informative (and maybe a tad bit confusing) article from Scientific American! 11:15: HAVE NO FEAR! The Great Nippulini has his very own website! But it isn’t actually his website, it is a website for his nipples. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

TW: Sexual violence and rape. In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah speak with Annie who was raped when she was in college and who, despite doing all the “right” things after her attack was still unable to achieve justice through our system. Just a note, if you feel you might get triggered by this content, please skip over. It is important to us that you take care of yourself. And if you have been raped or assaulted and need help, please call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at (800)-656-HOPE (4673). By calling this number you will be routed to a local RAINN-affiliated organization based off the first six digits of your phone number. Cell phone users have the option to enter their ZIP code so they can be connected with a local sexual assault service provider. 08:45: According to RAINN, 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Among graduate and undergraduate students, 11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through violence, physical force or incapacitation. 09:30: Here is a document created by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault in April 2014. It explains what a victim advocate is as well as what other services should be offered to students who are victims of sexual violence on campus. 10:00: Here is an article from The Atlantic that talks about how to rape kit backlog has meant that thousands of rapists have gone unfound – some of them serial predators. Women were put through the terror and discomfort of doing a rape kit and oftentimes they are never tested. They just sit in warehouses and rot. 13:00: Here is “an updated definition of rape” from the archives of the Department of Justice, published January 6, 2012. In it, the DOJ makes considerations for incapacitation due to alcohol ingestion when it says, “because many rapes are facilitated by drugs or alcohol, the new definition recognizes that a victim can be incapacitated and thus unable to consent because of ingestion of drugs or alcohol.” 18:10: Here is a one-stop shop for the information about Title IX. There have been a lot of changes since Tr*mp took office and put Betsy DeVos in charge of the education department. Unsurprisingly none of those changes have been good. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie

We are still recording from home! Which looks like us each recording in make-shift studios – in closets, under blankets – and FaceTiming so we get that real in person feel. It was so hot in our at-home studios. But, it’s all good. This is what we do for you. Because we love you. Another thing we do is spend the morning researching the history of vajazzling! So, enjoy! And don’t forget to donate to us at glow.fm/welcometomyvagina! 01:15: “The TikTok thing with the kids” is a clear indication that Rebekah does not use TikTok and is not a kid. She is an old. 06:00: Officially obsessed with the Face To Face NYC website. Here is their complete waxing menu, including the “Marble Sac with Shaft.” 07:00: FYI Jennifer Love Hewitt’s book, The Day I Shot Cupid, was a NYTimes Best Seller. You can buy it here. 07:15: My super sleuth skills tell me that this book was written after her split from Jamie Kennedy, a stand-up comic who I personally had not heard of until right this moment. 08:00: Here is Jennifer Love Hewitt talking about vajazzling on Lopez Tonight. It is….really something. 09:00: So, real quick, Urban Dictionary has a definition of the term “vagina buffet” which is as follows: “A time at which one eats as much vagina as humanly possible and finished it off with a big, hearty mug of ‘gina juice.” Also, you can buy Vagina Buffet: Bite Size Tales of a Brazilian Waxer here. 12:46: Here is the article from The Cut where a lot of our vajazzle intel came from. And a link to Frances Goodman’s “Vajazzling Series.” 18:30: Here is a link to an article all about vagina stencils! Because you can’t look sad when your pubes look happy. 19:15: Betty Beauty: It’s Color for the Hair Down There! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this weeks podcast, we talked about some pretty amazing women! Jessy will tell you all about the badass gender-bending blues singer Gladys Bentley, and Rebekah will introduce you to Kirsta Scruggs, a serious taste maker in the natural wine world! In lieu of all the usual notes, we are going to share with you some resources for things to read, places to donate and things to watch. We are living through a revolution, friends. Here is an AMAZING reading list by Victoria Alexander (you can find her on Twitter @victoriaalxndr): Anti-Racist Lit: Starter Kit: Stamped From the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo Anti-Racist Lit: Intermediate Kit The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America, Anders Walker The New Jim Crow: Mass Incareration in the Age of Color Blindness, Michelle Alexander The Condemnation of Blackness, Khalil Gibran Muhammad Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland, Jonathan M. Metzl A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Ronald Takaki How to be an Anti Racist, Ibram X. Kendi Anti-Racist Lit: Topic Specifics Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond: Everything Your American History Textbook got Wrong, Marc Lamont Hill Lies My Teachers Told Me, James W Loewen Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversation about Race, Beverley Daniel Tatum, PhD The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy, Darryl Pinckney Anti-Racist Lit: Biographies, Non- Fiction, Personal Narratives The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates Killing Rage, bell hooks Becoming, Michelle Obama The Black Lives Matters movement has put this amazing site together that has been shared pretty widely. But, sometimes we miss things! So, here it is! There are protest maps, petitions, places to donate (both with money and with time), a missing people thread, extra resources and more. Honestly, Black Lives Matters has been at this for A MINUTE and has used that time to put together a bunch of resources to make us as useful as we can possibly be. So, check it out, explore the site. As we said: there are so many different roles to be played here and they do not all involve being out on the streets protesting. So find out where you can be most useful. The only mistake you can make is not getting involved, whether that be through conversations with friends, donating money, whatever. Black lives matter.  Stay safe.  Love, Jessy and Rebekah 

We did not have wine before we recorded this intro. JK we had all the wine. But be sure to donate to us at glow.fm/welcometomyvagina so we can keep buying wine and bringing you this content that you so desperately need. On today’s episode, we spoke with Lola Jean and the Reluctant Sexpert all about kinks and fetishes and consent. Make sure to stick around until the end to hear us thoroughly offended about a listicle that we read.  05:00: Check out our interview on Is Our Love…? Podcast here! 05:30: In case you did not grow up in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s, here is a link to THE Double Mint Gum commercial for your listening pleasure. 05:45: And here is Lola Jean’s “Pass the Porn” project which works to bring ethical porn to the forefront rather than having people shamefully hiding their porn habit behind closed doors and incognito settings. 08:45: Here is a Wiki page about Cytherea in case you’re curious. She is known for her ability to ejaculate. Go Cytherea! 10:30: Here is the TimeOut announcement for the 2019 Kinky Carnival. This year’s event was sadly canceled due to this very, very rude pandemic. 24:00: The Violet’s webpage isn’t up and running, but here is an article from XBIZ all about their independent adult cinema that they presented at the Sex Expo here in NYC. Stay tuned for more events once we are allowed out in public again. 52:00: It was actually Molly Brenner who talked about wanting to have a rom com make our fast forward to brunch relationship. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode Jessy and Rebekah went LIVE….virtually. We did an Instagram Live sesh where we talked about body hair during the pandemic. No waxing? No shaving? No problem! This is a time where we can get back to our roots – no pun intended – and figure out what feels right to us without the input from society. Also, check us out on glow.fm/welcometomyvagina where you can purchase our AMAZING merchandise. We will be posting images this week on our Instagram so make sure to stay tuned for that! And without further adieu… 02:50: Yup, looks like our body odor DOES change during quarantine! According to this Vice article, our body odor is determined by the microbes that live on our skin. Those microbes are influenced by whoever we spend time around. When we engage in skin-to-skin contact with other people, we share our microbial community and therefore our odors are changed. Currently, the people we come in contact with has been severely diminished and therefore our personal microbial community, and therefore our body odor, has changed!  03:30: If you all want to support us currently and going forward – and score some amazing merchandise! – make sure to become a monthly subscriber on glow.fm/welcometomyvagina. We will be dropping a bonus episode every month for people who donate monthly at $5 or more! 06:45: Maybe Rebekah was thinking about this article by Dave Barry? Which we think is satire? 11:00: Here is the Amanda Mull article from The Atlantic that Jessy was referring to. 24:30:  At this point Jessy actually cut a bit of her hair. So, this is what you are missing by not coming to our live recordings. Credit to Hilla The Killa for the Body Hair song! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Quick annoucement about exciting news!! Welcome To My Vagina will be contributing to Podapalooza! Podapalooza is a virtual podcast festival to raise money for COVID relief. Check out our episode out April 25th and find some new favorite podcasts in this incredible lineup. Donate and get your pass here: www.podapalooza.org 

Before we get started, don’t forget to donate to us at glow.fm/welcometomyvagina. We have all sorts of rewards available (totes, t-shirts, tanks, underwear) AND all monthly subscribers will get access to extra exclusive content! What are you waiting for?! And now to get to the nitty gritty. Jessy started off with a VERY convincing presentation as to why hard boiled eggs are the best snacks and then we spent some time speaking with Lindsey Boylan who is running for the House of Representatives! WOW! Make sure to stick around to the end where we talk about where we would be if we could be anywhere in the world during this pandemic so make sure to stay tuned! 04:30: Meet Lindsey Boylan! She is running against Gerry Nadler for his seat representing the 10th Congressional District for the State of New York in the House of Representatives! 07:45: One issue that wasn’t addressed directly here that we want to highlight is the dangers facing the victims of domestic violence when stay-at-home orders are coupled with economic stressors. In the US, some precincts are reporting a 35% increase in DV calls, and that does not include those that go unreported, which is said to be at about 50% of total cases. You can read more about it in this article from The Intercept. 09:15: It appears as though people in the Nadler camp are very worried about Lindsey Boylan. Read about it in The Washington Post, Business Insider and Teen Vogue. 15:00: Ron Desantis is actually the governor of Florida and he is totally fucking this entire thing up. But the person Rebekah was thinking of is the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick who said that there are a lot of old people who would sacrifice themselves to open the economy up earlier and, essentially, that getting business rolling is more important than the loves of potentially hundreds of thousands of people. And he can say that because he himself is old. Read about it in this article from Vanity Fair. 20:45: We are, in fact, around the same age!  24:15: It is true, the yearly salary for members of Congress is $174,000. A number that has been unchanged since 2009, the same year as minimum wage was raised from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour. Just saying. 30:00: As of March 13th, the government was planning on kicking 700,000 people off SNAP benefits as per this Vox article. But, due to the coronavirus, a federal judge blocked Trump’s plan. That being said, people can’t use their SNAP benefits to purchase groceries online, which means that some of the most vulnerable in society are forced to go to a grocery store if they want to eat. 32:30: Important note: the Virginia legislature has flipped blue – Democratic governor, as well as a majority in the state House and Senate – which means it is something of a testing ground for how a lot of these progressive policy proposals will play out over time. 36:30: This is fun. The Washington Post has decided to label all women in Congress who have children under 18 as “working moms.” Anyway, the group has nearly doubled its number to 23. There are 21 serving in the House and 2 in the Senate. So, with 535 members between the House and the Senate, 4.5% of them are women with children under 18. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah interview Hallie Lieberman, author of the book Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy. She is an absolute wealth of knowledge and her upcoming book is all about gigolos! Seriously, you do not want to miss this episode. There is so much here! And make sure to stick around till the very end when we talk about dreams and who we want to have itchy buttholes for all time. 02:00: We just released an episode with the incredible Ashlie Atkinson a few weeks (or was it years?! back. Check it out here! 02:45: Check out @siptipsurvive where bartenders will be coming at you live Tuesday-Saturday! Have a drink and leave a tip! Or if you’re hurting too, just hang out! It’s a blast. 15:00: Normal Mailer was a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and is still considered an innovator of “creative non-fiction” alongside people like Truman Capote and Joan Didion. 16:30: Betty Dodson. Living legend. She created masturbation classes during which women sit naked in a room, learn about their bodies with a hand mirror and then explore, ultimately figuring out how to pleasure themselves. Dodson believes that women’s sexual pleasure and general empowerment are tied together and you cannot be empowered without true sexual liberation. 22:30: Rudolph Valentino died in 1926 at age 31! He was an Italian actor based in the United States and was considered the original “Latin lover.” He is SUPER interesting. You should check him out. 35:30: Check out Tom of Finland his art is AMAZING! 46:30: Here is a questionable accounting of Paul Snider AKA The Jewish Pimp. 47:30: Here is Hallie’s BuzzFeed article! And again, a link to her book through our favorite local book store Books are Magic! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_ intro WTMV song by @woollywillie

In this episodes, Jessy and Rebekah talk about lady serial killers! But before we get started, make sure to donate to us at glow.fm/welcometomyvagina. We need your support now more than ever since we both just got laid off of our bar jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak! If you can spare a dollar or five, head on over to glow.fm/welcometomyvagina and become a supporter. Make sure to stick around until the end for a briefing on surplus killers in the animal kingdom! 02:30: Here is an article from Psychology Today that talks all about the racial breakdowns of serial killers – including the tendency for people to murder those within their racial groups.  02:40: Check out this serial killer database created by Radford University and Florida Gulf Coast University. It’s creepy! 05:35: Check out Sheila Isenberg’s Women Who Love Men Who Kill here or borrow it from your local library! 06:40: And also Lady Killers by Tori Telfer! 08:00: Want to learn more about Elizabeth Bathory? Check out our episode all about virginity and how it’s a BS social construct. 09:30: Check out this awesome blog called Rejected Princesses and specifically the episode on Bathory! 24:30: Actually, Rebekah was talking about The Black Dahlia Killer (I think? Maybe?) Although who knows because there was only one known victim – Elizabeth Short. 29:30: Lizzie Halliday was the first woman sentenced to death by the electric chair. She ended up having her sentence commuted and died in a mental hospital in June of 1918 36:00: Here is an article about the choices made at Charity Hospital in the days following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. 41:00: Extra weird fact! Ted Bundy married a woman named Carole Ann Boone who I guess in marriage became Carole Bundy but she was a completely different Carole Bundy than the one we talked about. HEAD EXPLOSION. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Get your own amazing theme song made by @woollywillie Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this weeks episode, Jessy and Rebekah welcome the one and only Ashlie Atkinson to the show! You know her. She was Connie in Blackkklansman, Janice in Mr. Robot, Dak on Steal the Stars Podcast and so many other things. You might have seen her in Elementary, Law and Order, Inside Man, Nurse Jackie and more stuff that I can’t think of right now. She’s smart and funny and uber talented so get ready for a treat! Go ahead and follow her on Instagram and Twitter. Make sure to stick around until the end for some mom jokes! AND if you like our intro music, DM @woollywillie on Instagram and get yourself a theme song! 01:20: Want to get extra monthly episodes? Become a monthly supporter at any amount through glow.fm/welcometomyvagina. You won’t regret it! 05:00: Listen to this episode all about the clitoris! We also interview Nicole of Vagina Party fame. Make sure to stick around til the end to get a sneak peek at one of her awesome party games!  14:00: If you are bad at TV like Rebekah, here is a Vanity Fair article all about Donna Lynne Champlin’s Paula Proctor.  16:00: Check out this article from The Lily which discusses the importance of looking into the role of white women in supporting and committing violent acts, oftentimes without being noticed or suspected. 18:30: Lindy West has also written quite extensively about this topic. She discusses it in her book Shrill. You can read an excerpt from that book here. 23:30: Here is an article that’ll give you an idea of what Ashlie means when she says “Karening.” 37:15: Here is a primer on concern trolling for those among us who don’t know what it means. 37:30: Here is a recent article about The Biggest Loser reboot from The Atlantic. 43:00: Here is an article all about the Finnish Baby Boxes! 46:30: Looky here! “Conan O’Brien is among a new wave of podcasters helping to transform the niche medium into a viable business!” Cool story, bro. 52:00: Don’t know what the husband stitch is? Look no further. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_ Vagina intro made by @woolliewilly

Don’t Count Out Warren! In this special Super Tuesday release of Welcome To My Vagina, Jessy and Rebekah talk about Elizabeth Warren, our by far #1 pick for president of the United States. Seriously, we love her. She is badass and she got Chris Mathews fired! SUPER HERO STATUS! Before we get started, donate to us at glow.fm/welcometomyvagina BUT ALSO give some money to Elizabeth Warren if you can. And come to our live even this Sunday at Threes Brewing!  00:45: Come to our live event! It is part of International Women’s Day at Threes Brewing. We’re going to do give aways, play games and record a podcast in front of your very eyes all about shit that women couldn’t do until recently! Like, file for divorce! It’ll be loads of fun. 01:45: Artist Jackie Ann Ruiz made “She’s Electable if you Fucking Vote 4 Her” t-shirts, stickers, tanks, totes etc. These are all also available without the swear words for the less potty-mouthed among us.  03:00: Jessy does not actually think Hillary Clinton is shrill or unlikeable. The point here is that she had DECADES in the public eye and so every single misstep just glued itself to her in society’s eyes and so by the time she ran for president she was detested. And people could say it wasn’t about her being a woman it was about her being Hillary. But, for a lot of people, it was actually about her being a woman and that is what we are learning here right now. 06:30: If you missed it, here is our episode on Cancel Culture. It’s worth a listen. 08:00: Childcare costs more than in-state college tuition in 33 states and Washington, DC. Warren and Debra Haaland (D-NM) introduced the Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act 2019; Kamala Harris promised to make high quality child care more affordable through the Child Care for Working Families Act, both done back in 2019. Sanders introduced his early childhood plan on February 24th, 2020. 08:30: Here is the tweet to end all tweets by Kaitlin Byrd, @GothamGirlBlue 14:30: PLEASE read her plan to lower our maternal mortality rate, which, by the way, she rightly calls an epidemic. 16:10: Here is some info on her plan to deal with coronavirus, which follows up her January plan to prevent and contain infectious diseases in general. BAM. 21:00: AOC has launched her own PAC called “Courage to Change” to help fund progressive down ticket races all across the country. 22:30: So the cat is out of the bag. We recorded this episode on Saturday, February 29, before Steyer, Buttigieg and Klobuchar dropped out of the race. 28:15: Here is Ezra Klein for Vox in an article called “The case for Elizabeth Warren.” 34:45: It was from the New York Times. “As a senator, she’s known for zeroing in on seemingly obscure appointments, understanding how, say, having the wrong person as an under secretary for domestic finance could translate into real-world suffering.”  Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_ WTMV intro made by Willie Alsedek @woollywillie

History of Midwifery In this episode Jessy and Rebekah talk all about the history of midwifery here in the United States. But, before that, BIG NEWS. We are going to start releasing a super secret episode every month for our monthly subscribers! Our first episode is going to come out in March and will be all about NIPPLES! So, head on over to glow.fm/welcometomyvagina and become a monthly subscriber so you can have access to our first secret release and all the ones that follow! Also, we are participating in a live event at Threes Brewing in Brooklyn! It’s International Women’s Day and so we are going to play some games, give out some prizes, and then host a live podcast recording. Want to know the theme? Come to Threes! Sunday, March 8th at 2pm. We go on at 2:30 right after our good and hilarious friend Kendra Cunningham who you should also come see. 04:20: Check out this documentary, “All My Babies…a midwife’s own story.” Produced by George C. Stoney, it was used as an educational tool for midwives in the United States with the express intention of promoting greater cooperation between midwives and the healthcare system. In 2002, it was selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry, part of the Library of Congress. 08:15: Here is the story of Stephanie Snook, who was supposed to be interviewed for an article about indigenous women’s high rate of pregnancy-related deaths. She went into cardiac arrest before she was able to give birth to her babies and her story was barely covered by the news. 11:00: Doctors did not misplace midwives. They displaced midwives.  14:30: Here is an article from The Sun all about King Louie the XIV and his fetish about childbirth. We’re all about fetishes here but not so much when they change the course of human history to the detriment of women’s health. Just sayin’.  21:00: Here is an article form The Washington Post and one from Oprah Magazine talking about discrepancy in healthcare based off race. 22:00: Check out this ProPublica article, “A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient US Care for Mothers and Babies,” if you want to learn more about the important role midwives could play in reducing maternal and infant mortality. 24:30: Here is an article specifically about changes in maternal mortality in the US over time as well as the causes of death. Here is the maternal mortality rate by country (info from 2015) done by the CIA World Factbook. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this weeks episode, Jessy and Rebekah get deep on Title XI! It is a follow up episode to our amazing interview with Donna Freitas, author of the book Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention. Before you get into it, make sure to check us out on glow.fm/welcometomyvagina where you can become a monthly subscriber and get all kinds of swag AND a super awesome monthly bonus episode! 01:30: Want to learn a little bit more about pay inequality in soccer? Here is the latest information and how the U.S. Soccer and the president, Carlos Cordeiro, along with some nonsense libertarian think tank publications, seem to think that, actually, everything is fine. It isn’t. 03:45: Here is one of the fun articles Rebekah wrote when she decided to poke the bear’s nest, AKA the MRA’s. Enjoy. She sure did. 05:15: Whelp, here it is. Thanks to Betsy DeVos, most unqualified person to ever lead the Department of Education, all these MRAs are filing civil rights claims that basically say that women’s groups on campus are discriminating against men. This is after they spent years suing women-owned businesses. Here’s the thing. If women sued all the men-owned businesses we wouldn’t even have time to take a shit.  08:45: Listen to our amazing episode with Donna Freitas. And read her book! 11:40: Here is an AMAZING video on Holly Knox who founded the Project on Equal Education Rights (PEER) in the early 1970s. 15:00: Check out Girls for Gender Equity which is an AMAZING organization. They work really hard to empower girls and young women of color. This is really what our future relies on. 25:00: Remember Producer Cait? She was a guest on our podcast talking about her abortion story and she runs More Banana Podcasts, where we and a bunch of other super awesome podcasts live! You should check out ALL the awesome podcasts on offer and if you want to create your own podcast, reach the fuck out! Does Cait have a plan for you! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode Jessy and Rebekah speak with Title IX expert and author of the newly published memoir, Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention. This book is all about Donna’s experience being stalked by her professor/advisor in graduate school – something that seriously impacted her experience, her well-being and her career post-graduation. In this conversation, we delve into her book, her career and how difficult and weighted it is for women to come forward and report abuse when the person abusing her has so much sway over her future. It is so complicated. But even through the heaviness and the complications rest assured we still found time to laugh! 00:30: Friends! We are really excited about our partnership with glow.fm. So much so that we are going to be offering exclusive content to our monthly subscribers! So visit glow.fm/welcometomyvagina to get in at the ground level!  02:30: You can purchase the print and e-version of Consent here. 03:30: We will be releasing an episode all about Title IX in the near future, but for those of your who are unclear as to what it is, here is a small primer from the organization “Know Your IX.” 18:50: Typically when we talk about mandatory reporting we are talking about people who have reason to suspect the abuse or neglect of a child – this applies to educators, athletic coaches, etc. But it also extends to people who suspect abuse or neglect of a dependent adult or an elderly person, or really to any member of a society. 33:30: Here is the best outline we could find on what Obama’s Title IX rules looked like. 34:00: “The Hunting Ground” is a 2015 documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on campuses in the United States and the overwhelming failure of those institutions to adequately deal with them. Emma Sulkowicz was the Columbia University student who produced a piece of performance art called “Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)” which involved them carrying a 50lb mattress on campus to express the burden that rape victims are forced to carry with them. 35:30: Here is a link to Michelle Obama’s speech after the Access Hollywood tape was released. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this two year anniversary special, Jessy and Rebekah revisit Vulva Shame, the topic of our very first ever episode! We do a bit of a deeper dive into labiaplasty and go into why (mostly young) women get it and how the patriarchy is pedaling bullshit insecurities in order to control women’s sexual empowerment and enjoyment. We also talk about a bunch of other nonsensical things such as vaginal steaming and shooting ozone up your hoo-ha. Give us a listen and don’t forget to rate and review us! It makes a HUGE difference. 00:34: Want to listen to our original Vulva Shame episode? Find it here! 01:00: GIVE US YOUR MONEY! Head on over to glow.fm/welcometomyvagina and help us keep making this podcast! We will use every dime to bring you educational and hilarious episodes. 04:30: Check out this study done in Britain that says that there is no such thing as a “normal” vagina. 06:30: Here is an abstract of Jessica Malone’s publication, “Women and genital cosmetic surgery” from the journal Women’s Health Issues Paper and another (free!) article that uses Malone’s work as a reference. It is called “In their own words: a qualitative content analysis of women’s and men’s preferences for women’s genitals,” which is, you know, telling. 07:30: As promised, here is the epic Camel Toe video! Make sure to subscribe to see all of Jessy’s awesome videos the second they are released! 15:00: Check out our episode with Diana all about her double mastectomy without reconstruction following her battle with reoccurring breast cancer. 16:00: Here is the FDA release advising people not to use “energy-based devices” in order to perform rejuvenation. You can also read more about it in The Daily Beast, which quoted past president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Scot Glasberg, as saying, “without long term studies, it’s hard to know what the risks will be.” 23:00: Here is an article from Vice all about the effects of piping ozone into your vagina and a response to that piece from Dr. Jen Gunter. 26:40: Yes, wormwood contains thujone which is a hallucinogen. You would actually need quite a bit of it to do harm by orally ingesting it but vaginally? Seems risky. 31:15: Here is an article that debunks a lot of myths and also talks a bit about perineoplasty – the surgery that reconstructs the vaginal opening which, according to Dr. Jen, helps with childbirth scars heal poorly. 40:15: The gallbladder stores bile that is produced by the liver! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode Jessy and Rebekah talk all about MERKINS! To be honest, there really isn’t all that much information out there on merkins which is not terribly shocking. But! We did find an interesting connection between merkins and Jared Leto! But you’ll have to listen to find out!! 03:00: Donate to us on glow.fm/welcometomyvagina so we can continue to bring you the content you love! Seriously, it really helps. 05:00: Want to know more about crabs (and other STIs)? Check out our most recent episode, STI 101! 07:45: Actually, Rebekah was talking about Gossamer from the Looney Tunes. This information was gathered via Google search terms “big orange guy covered in hair” and voila!  08:00: OMG speaking of The Lorax, did you know that The Lorax was actually banned from at least one school in California because it was seen as an effort by craaaaazy environmentalists to brainwash children against the logging industry.  08:30: Get all caught up on body hair and the devilish razer industry in this old school episode.  10:00: According to this 2011 article from phys.org, multiple organizations such as the EPA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology worked to phase mercury thermometers out due to the environmental impacts as well as the effect of the metal on human health if the thermometer is broken and the mercury is accidentally ingested.  11:13: Here is the article we found that talks about the coining of the term “beaver” to mean vagina. There isn’t too much evidence of the term actually appearing before a little diddy was written about it in 1927. 12:12: You can buy us the domain name merkinworld.com! Seriously, such a steal! 15:30: Check out this article from the website Cinema Blend all about the ridiculous rules about full frontal nudity in film. It is hilarious. And also really, really dumb. 17:20: Just like merkins for real folk, the pubic hair attached to sex dolls really varies in quality depending on how much the doll retails for. In the more higher end dolls, real hair is used to make the experience more authentic. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah talk about STIs and the shame/stigma attached to positive diagnoses. We give you the downlow on the history of STI shame, the difference between STIs and STDs (yes, there is one!), we talk about the importance of testing and then we teach you some cool stuff about BUGS! Bug facts are the best facts. But, before we dive in, give us a look on Medium. We just started our account and we need your help if we’re going to successfully take over the world so…give us some claps on Medium. But not THE clap. Just use a condom, ok? Okay. Here we go. 00:30: Make sure to donate to us on glow.fm/welcometomyvagina to show us that you LOVE our work and to help us keep producing content! 01:45: Ugh…women can get donovanosis. It occurs about twice as often in men but still. Us bitches just can’t win. 02:00: His name was Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou. You’re welcome. 05:10: Check out this blast from the past interview that we did with Olivia and Maya of the campus group Adolescent Sexual Health Awareness (ASHA). 09:00: Check out For Your TMI’s episode with Tim Mousseau and, really, the entire podcast – it is hosted by are our podfriends and we love them.  10:45: In 2017, Planned Parenthood health centers across the US “provided more than 4.4 million STD tests and treatment, including more than 700,000 HIV tests.” The Trump Administration has been antagonizing Planned Parenthood for the past 3 years, causing the organization to reject federal funding under Title X rather than abide by administration rules that the organization does not refer women for abortion services. 20:20: Here is the article by Elizabeth Brown of Vice all about the history of STI shaming. 26:00: It’s true! There are more then 600 million cases of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the world, with 20 million of those being here in the US. Around 56% of college-age women in new relationships are infected with HPV< according to a study led by Eduardo Franco at McGill University in Montreal. 27:00: We were wrong! As of late 2018, the FDA had expanded the approval of Gardasil 9, the HPV vaccine, to include men and women aged 27-45! Previously it had been recommended only those aged 9-26. Get them vaccines, friends! 33:30: If you were wondering about the whole “my anus is bleeding” thing, check this out. It is HILARIOUS. I AM A BANANA! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah sit down and have a conversation with super-doula Bonnie Silva! We talked about placentas, we talked about cost structure, we talked about Serena Williams. And it was really cool to compare and contrast her feelings about it with what Bree Mahoney said in an earlier episode. It goes to show, there is a doula for everyone but not everyone needs the same doula. And make sure to stick around until the end when Rebekah will tell you a super fun fact about hermit crabs that will improve your life 1000%. 01:20: Seriously, check us out on glow.fm/welcometomyvagina because we really will turn your money into more awesome content AND ALSO glow has been so incredibly supportive with all the garbage censorship that we have faced over the past almost 2 (!!!) years so…yeah. They’re rad. 02:20: Myrrh is a gum or resin that is extracted from a specific genus of flowering plants that has been used throughout the ages as a perfume, incense or medicine. It can also be mixed with wine and ingested. Don’t mind if we do. 07:30: Check out Lindsey Bliss’ Instagram and all the cool stuff she does with Carriage House Birth, the spot where Bonnie started her doula journey! 14:00: Check out all the amazing work done by Jenny Silva who is a doula and traditional birth worker out in California. 15:00: In Germany, the Hebamme, or midwife, will visit the mother at their home for a few weeks after birth to check on the recovery process, help with umbilical chord care, check that the baby is growing at a healthy rate, help with questions surrounding breastfeeding, help the mom with some important post-birth exercises and so much more. 15:45: Read this article by Serena Williams concerning her near-death experience when giving birth to her daughter, Olympia. 22:45: The statement is “One rotten apple spoils the barrel.” You’re welcome. 24:45: Here is a 2017 article from The Guardian covering instances in which Staten Island University Hospital here in NYC performed procedures without the consent of the woman. 39:00 Remember Bree? She was the first doula we interviewed a while back. Take a trip down memory lane and give that interview a listen. Find Bonnie! Her website: bonniesilva.com And her Instagram: @bonniesilva and @realdoulaclub Her awesome podcast, Doula Club, where ever you get your pods. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this week’s episode, Jessy and Rebekah discuss virginity testing and why it is so incredibly stupid. There are SO MANY STUPID VIRGINITY TESTS and we will tell you about them. But first, don’t forget to support us by leaving rating us and leaving reviews, by telling your friends about your FAVORITE podcast and by donating at glow.fm/welcometomyvagina.  00:40: There are A TON of articles about this debacle, but here is one from Vulture. The podcast where he originally made his comments, Ladies Like Us with Nazanin and Nadia, has been taken down and the hosts have issues an apology. We have feelings about cancel culture (listen to our episode on the topic here) but we also have feelings about how TI’s daughter has been cast into the spotlight here. Not only did she not ask for her dad to behave this way, she also did not consent to him talking about it publicly and she does not deserve to have her sensitive information slapped all over the internet. So in doing your research, please keep all of this in mind. There is an innocent person involved here and she deserves privacy and respect. 06:30: If you don’t already follow us on Instagram, now’s the time to start. Check out our new virginity testing videos! Apparently we are not virgins. And neither is our producer, Cait. Who knew. 08:25: It’s true. The Indonesian army still carries out virginity tests on their female applicants. 12:30: If you want to hear more about how women’s bodies are actually just jungle gyms for all sorts of things – sperm, uterus – listen to our episode all about the word hysteria! 16:50: For those of you needing more information about Helkiah Crooke, have at it. 20:00: Her name was Elizabeth Bathory, she was a Slovakian Countess and also a vicious, vicious murderer. 25:00: Clearly neither of us are scientists because there are actually 7 states of matter!  27:00: Big thanks to JR Thorpe of Bustle for making this episode so fun. 33:30: We really did an entire episode on things not to put in your vagina and we would like to build a time machine and send this episode back to let everyone know that, no, do not put cinnamon up there.  Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this episode of Welcome To My Vagina, Jessy and Rebekah get into it to get you clitorate! That’s right, we talk all about the clitoris! We also introduce you to Nicole, badass lady behind Vagina Party, an Instagram account that helps you find all kinds of motivation to host your own Vagina Parties at home! But before we get into all that, if you listen to this episode on its release day, November 5th, 2019, DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! And, almost as importantly, go on over to glow.fm/welcometomyvagina to sponsor your favorite podcast! We need your money! 01:00: WE PLAYED VAGINA TABOO AND IT WAS AMAZING! To find Nicole, head on over to her Instagram account, @vaginaparty, and check out her great Etsy Store to find all kinds of (vagina) party games! Seriously, next time we throw a party we are buying some of this stuff. It’s rad. 09:30: Check out our awesome episode with Dr. Laurie Betito where she talks all about orgasming post-menopause. She even wrote a book called The Sex Bible for People Over 50: The Complete Guide to Sexual Love for Mature Couples that you can buy on the internet! 11:00: Because everything is related, we talked about hysteria way back when. Give that episode a listen and catch up on some patriarchal nonsense. 14:30: This was not random, it’s real! Alligators (and some turtles) exhibit temperature-dependent sex determination, which means that the temperature of the developing eggs determines the sex of the offspring. So in American alligators, for example, incubation at 33 degrees centigrade and above yields mostly males, while incubation at 30 degrees Celsius and below yields mostly females! Wow! This, however, is not true for people. Sorry, Galen. 16:00: Couldn’t really find any connection between the clitoris and demonic possessions BUT here is a really interesting article from Bitch Media about demonic possessions in movies and how women are oftentimes used as vessels rather than actual characters. 22:00: Here is a really interesting piece from The Conversation that discusses how society’s (intentional) lack of knowledge about the clitoris is very dangerous. Authors Jane Chalmers and Cat Jones discuss how “women are at risk of sexual dysfunction (lack of desire or arousal etc.) from operations on their urinary and reproductive organs.”  29:00: Head on over to mylola.com and get 30% off your first purchase of tampons, lube, pads and condoms with the code WELCOME30 and to simplehealth.com for your first month of birth control FREE and delivered to your door with discount code WELCOME.  36:15: Check out this 3-d clit! Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

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Just some quick housekeeping items. We have found our donation home! A place that accepts us just as we are with no pesky terms and conditions. Head on over to glow.fm/welcometomyvagina to give us a one-time donation or to become a monthly subscriber!  And if Miriam’s show has piqued your interest, follow this link to buy tickets to Your Faithful Reader happening October 10-12th at Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Now for this week’s episode we speak to Diana Gerbehy about her struggles with breast cancer over the past few years. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we are going to have two episodes with Diana to educate you all as best we can about this disease and to hope it will inspire everyone to CHECK YOUR TITTIES because other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. If you want to learn more, check out breastcancer.org and please, if anything in or around your breast feels different to you or your partner, go to your doctor immediately. The sooner you are diagnosed the better. 01:30: Check out this episode with Rebekah’s sister Lucy all about pronouns! And, fun fact, she was our first ever guest!02:30: To learn what not to put in your vagina, simply follow this link.05:30: What is it like to have sex on MDMA? Here is an article based off a 2014 study by Joseph Palamar (who did previous studies about the effects of drinking and smoking on sexual performance/enjoyment) from Cosmopolitan. Please note the study was based on the experiences of gay and bisexual men. Here is a link to the actual study from the Journal “Psychology & Sexuality.”08:15: Triple positive breast tumors are HER2-, ER2-, and PR-positive. Check out The Mayo Clinic for more thorough information.08:45: Cancers such as uterine, breast, prostate and endometrial are known as hormone-sensitive cancers. 11:15: According to BreastCancer.org, 1 in 8 women develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. It was estimated that in 2019 there would be 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women as well as 62,930 cases of non-invasive breast cancer.13:00: Here is a link to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health entitled, “Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States.” Basically, the study talks about how people aged 15-25 have high rates of STIs and low rates of screening.  The biggest factor according to the researchers is that people have confidentiality concerns regarding their results.28:30: The Go Flat Movement has really been gaining steam in the last few years. Here is an article from the New York Times , an account from NPR, and a a piece from Cosmopolitan. Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Support us at glow!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvag

Guess what! Welcome To My Vagina has joined GLOW, a really awesome site that allows you to support us via one-time or monthly subscriptions! AND we don’t have to be censored by the ridiculous terms/conditions of other sites (cough, cough PATREON cough, cough) in order to make money to support our work. It’s a win-win. So head on over to glow and become a subscriber! In this episode Jessy and Rebekah talk to dancer/choreographer/all around bad ass Miriam Wasmund about her amazing new collaborative piece Your Faithful Reader coming to Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on October 10th, 11th and 12th. You can buy tickets here or support the artists by donating to the project’s GoFundMe page. Then your favorite hosts go into a deep dive about censorship and cancel culture and how we have been afraid to speak our minds for fear that all of our work will be discredited if we misspeak. We are all here to learn, ourselves included, so we just want to create a safe space to listen, speak and, yes, get some things wrong. And then we talk about TINDA! 04:30: Interested in what all the hubbub is about? Head on over to YourFaithfulReader.com to find a link to tickets and to the GoFundMe page!07:30: Here is the article, “White Supremacists Stole My Rabbi Husband’s Identity,” written for the New York Times by Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt10:15: Here is the article, “’Cancel Culture’ is a Myth to Silence Marginalized Voices,” by David Dennis, Jr. who is a Professor of Journalism at Morehouse College.14:45: Here is a really awesome article from Vice by Rosalind Jana called “Mark My Words: The Subversive History of Women Using Thread as Ink” that talks all about the history of embroidery and how it has been a way for women to tell their stories within societies who otherwise won’t listen to them. What’s cool about this is that it gives some interesting background into why sites like Ravelry are so active in terms of keeping hate out of their online communities.20:20: This Vox article by Aja Romano really sums up everything with Ravelry. If you don’t want to read the whole thing, here is the central thesis: “(Ravelry’s) new policy holds that support for Trump is support for white supremacy, which is not conducive to positive community-building.”21:30: Here is Brother Nature’s account on Twitter. And a link to an article about the controversy concerning him as well as his apology. It’s good practice to have all the information and then make an informed decision about where you stand.31:45: Here is Loretta Ross’ article for the New York Times, “I’m a Black Feminist. I Think call-Out Culture is Toxic.” Support Welcome to My Vagina through Glow.fm! Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Want to support us? Go to this link to Patreon and show us some love. In this episode Jessy and Rebekah talk to April Davis, founder of The Vagina Blog! She is such a goddamn badass. While we were interviewing her she kept ripping open bags of snacks with her teeth and then passing them off to her kids without missing a beat. THE definition of boss. But first, we discuss a really horrible example of a human male who basically gets everything wrong. Get ready, this is a fun one!! 02:00: Yeah, the uterus does not move. It gets larger to accommodate the growing fetus and pushes the other organs out of their usual places. It also puts some added tension on the surrounding muscles and ligaments but the uterus itself does not wander. Listen to our full episode on hysteria here.06:30: Here is a link to April’s site, The Vagina Blog!  Make sure to subscribe to her newsletter so you don’t miss a thing!08:00: When April talks about being “on call” she is talking about her role as a doula or midwife. You can learn more about what being, or hiring, a doula entails by listening to our awesome interview with Bree!12:00: According to The Mayo Clinic, toxic shock syndrome can result from toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria but is can also be caused by toxins produced by group A streptococcus (strep) bacteria. Vaginal strep. No thank you.12:15: A pessary is a “soft, flexible device that is placed in the vagina to help support the bladder, vagina, uterus and/or rectum… it is a non-surgical way to treat pelvic organ prolapse and sometimes incontinence.”13:20: Uterine prolapse is when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments stretch out and weaken and are no longer able to provide enough support for the uterus. As a result, the uterus slops down into, or protrudes from, the vagina.22:30: What April is referring to here is something known as “la cuarentena” and it refers to the 40 days after a woman gives birth when women family members surround the new mother and help her with her newborn but the real focus is on the well-being, safety and health of the new mother.24:00: A postpartum wrap is something you wrap around your waist to help support your body following childbirth. There are a bunch of different options and while they can be helpful for some women, they are not for everyone. For example, they can be problematic if you have a C-section that might be showing signs of infection or women who had pregnancy/delivery complications such as preeclampsia and amnionitis.34:00: Here is the on-going saga of Nestle’s baby formula scandal.37:30: “All the Things You Should Know About Maturation.” Find The Vagina Blog in all these places:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebook Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

In this week’s episode Jessy and Rebekah with comedian and one-woman-showstopper Molly Brenner all about her experience with a condition called vaginismus. What is vaginismus, you ask? Well, we gonna tell you all about it in this super awesome episode! So get your vaginal dilators ready because you’re in for a wild ride!02:45: Here are some clips from the original show, Molly Brenner Is Not Coming and the trailer for I’m Coming! 10:00: Sarah Quinn also suffers from vaginismus! Check out that episode to learn all about endometriosis and these all-too-common conditions that women suffer through that many of us, even in the sex education field, have never heard of. There is SO MUCH WORK TO DO to raise awareness about these things!12:00: Do you have vaginismus?? Write in and tell us all about your experiences at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com . Sometimes the art of sharing is really cathartic. And if you want, we can read your story on the air! Or zip our lips and never speak of it again. Your story, your rules.14:00: “Have you ever seen a vagina by itself?”19:45: Here are some dilators!31:00: Wanna know about lube? We got into it in this awesome episode. Find Molly……on Instagram @molly_brenner…on Twitter @MollyGreenGiant…on her Website mollybrennercomedy.com Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this weeks episode Jessy and Rebekah talk to the badass hosts Arden Walentowski and Lizzie Stewart of More Banana’s very own pod, Let’s Get Civical! We talk a fair bit about abortion and A LOT has changed since this recording but even at the time we saw the writing on the walls. The terrible, terrible writing.01:10: HUGE WTMV thank you to Allise Blackman and Willie for making the theme song that we all know and love. Check out Willie’s Instagram and his Etsy if you want some awesome shtuff made by him!03:00: Donate to our crowdfunding campaign! Become a part of the team! There are all sorts of fun rewards like t-shirts and shoutouts and advertising opportunities. Go to the MoreBanana website or directly to IFundWomen to help support women’s voices.07:30: Speaking of women and books, have you checked out our booklist?!09:30:Do you want to know more about voting rights? Check out Ari Berman’s book, Give Us the Ballot.21:15: He came from North Carolina and he was recently sentenced to 4 years in prison.22:30: It’s actually called Comet Ping Pong and it has a Wikipedia page.25:30: According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 1.3% of abortions were performed at or past 21 weeks of gestation in 2015.31:30: Thank you, South Park!42:30: The original menstrual cup was invented in 1937 by American actress Leona Chalmers. They were actually made and sold but during WWII there was a shortage of latex rubber available and they were forced to stop production. Find Arden and Lizzie’s Let’s Get Civical on Instagram and Twitter Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode Jessy and Rebekah talk about how THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A RAPIST.  02:00: You can find us on Venmo, PayPal, Liberapay, Stripe and Patreon all at @welcometomyvagina05:50: Here is the Guardian covering Samantha Bee’s segment.07:30: In this audio provided by NPR, you can hear Michael Cohen saying, “by the very definition you can’t rape your spouse.” By 1993 (far too late), every state and the District of Columbia had made marital rape illegal. In New York state, where Donald and Ivana had their primary residence, marital rape was deemed illegal in 1984 .09:45: If you’re a masochist, check out this article 11:00: Here is a PBS interview with Soraya Chemaly of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project13:45: Here is a detailed telling of Dylan Farrow’s allegations against Woody Allen.19:40: This still remains one of the best things that Dan Savage has ever done.23:00: The podcast is called Reckonings and here is a link to Episode 21, “A Survivor and her Perpetrator find Justice.”27:45: Here is a link to E. Jean Carroll’s piece for The Cut.35:00: And btw, E. Jean Carroll now keeps a loaded gun in her home. Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah speak to Bree, who is a badass doula with a plan! She is really exciting. You will love her and be inspired by her, guaranteed. Stick around until the end so you can rage out with us about “the husband stitch.” Also, because she is so incredible, we are going to have a special bonus with her down the line so make sure to stay tuned!  But first we talk about the CHAMPIONS OF THE UNIVERSE otherwise known as the US Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNST) who not only won the FIFA Women’s World Cup while they are in the midst of a goddamn lawsuit against USA Soccer, their national governing body, but they also stood up socially and politically all over the damn place and it was everything. Fuck you Trump. USWNST for President.03:06: Check out this hilarious, and awesome, article by Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe’s girlfriend, for The Player’s Tribune.12:30: As per the New York Times in 2015: 16:00: Here is a study that looks into the impacts of continuous support for women during child birth. 21:30: Check out the podcast Evidence Based Birth on  evidencebasedbirth.com! 25:00:  Check out this historical account from the University of Missouri’s journal, Artifacts.26:30: Here is the WHO’s recommendations of C-Section rates.  38:00: The US has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world 39:15: We interviewed Rebekah’s sister Lucy way back in the infancy of our pod all about use of pronouns in the medical community. Check out that episode here! Additional Resources:From the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: The State of Doula Care in NYC in 2019Rebecca Dekker and Evidence Based CareCheck out Carriage House Birth Want to find Bree? Check her out!Instagram: @bree_faith Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah revisit Stonewall! 00:55: Check out the Abortion Ban episode here02:00: Here is Bryce Covert’s article in The Nation. 04:00: Not only are the families around still, but there was actually a high power mob hit recently! Anthony Comello was arrested in March of this year for gunning down the boss of the Gambino crime family, Frank Cali, outside his home on Staten Island. This was the first successful hit on a sitting mob boss since December 1985. Wow.07:45: Newsflash: Hoboken ALSO had this law. It dates back to 1959 and is listed under the “Peace and Good Order” chapter of the municipal code. It was removed in 2015, a few months after Haddon Township removed its ordinance. 10:30: Hoover was the first director of the FBI, which he help found in 1935. He remained the director until 1972. 11:20: It was corrupt cops who usually tipped of The Stonewall.21:40: Here is the article from Them by Chrysanthemum Tran. Also this herstory of Storme DeLarverie.24:45: The Washington Post reports on the coming of the world’s first permanent statue to transgender women and it will be right here in New York City. 32:00: Here is a Daily Beast article talking about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Marsha P Johnson, which was ruled a suicide – an outcome that is challenged by evidence as well as many activists. Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah talk to the Founder and CEO of The Bloomi, Latinx Sexologist Rebecca Alvarez Story! 02:00: Jessy’s video about wet vaginas!04:30: Here’s an interview with The Real Capitalist!06:00: This is an article re: the lack of regulation around “female hygiene products.” It notes “because the FDA classifies menstrual products like tampons and pads as medical devices, there’s currently no legal requirement for manufacturers to disclose the ingredients used in these products. As a result, women rarely have access to a full list of ingredients.” Here’s a bill put forward by Rep Grace Meng (D-NY)  called The Menstrual Hygiene Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (HR 2416) which requires menstrual hygiene products classified as medical devices have their ingredients listed on the packaging. 11:45: The Bloomi’s blog 14:00: We actually didn’t know what a “pain point” was but then we read this blog post 26:30: Goop. 27:30: As for the yoni (jade) egg. As of now, there isn’t enough science to back up claims about the effectiveness of jade eggs for your sex life or as a way to strengthen your pelvic floor. Definitely don’t put anything in your vagina that you haven’t cleaned properly because it can increase risks of vaginosis.32:00: Here is  the Kinsey Institute.33:00: The Bloomi blog.  US!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s YouTube videos! Welcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our producer Cait and all the other projects by morebanana_

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode Jessy and Rebekah do an emergency recording about all the crap happening with abortion access right now. It’s a hard listen but it’s important for us all to stay informed and active. Don’t worry, as always we sprinkled a couple of jokes in there.04:30: Good thing we put that caveat in because since the recording, the Supreme Court has upheld the part of an Indiana law that mandates aborted fetuses be cremated of buried. 04:50: In case you don’t know about Alyssa Milano’s dumb idea to get women to go on a sex strike as a way to fight the abortion bans (??), you can read all about it here.10:30: This is a link to all the federal judges nominated by Donald Trump. 13:00: Not only does the US have a super high maternal mortality rate, but the states with the strictest abortion restrictions have the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality. Read more about how these abortion bans would be evil experiments in public health here.13:45: This super horrifying article goes into what can happen when so much attention is paid to the babies that the mother’s health is entirely overlooked.17:30: This isn’t the Alabama case Jessy talked about, but this article about trying to work around TRAP laws in Virginia 34:00: Don’t believe us? Check out this article from the New York Times all about the Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus. 36:00: Follow #stopthebans to find out all the relevant info!36:30: National Network of Abortion Funds. 37:15: Check out Abortion Care Network37:30: Here is a link to the EACH (Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance) Woman Act Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode Jessy and Rebekah discuss lube! But first, we want to tell you about THESE AMAZING THINGS WE GOT! We ordered some titty cups from Milk Mugs ‘n Jugs and you should buy some. This is not a sponsored post we just really like them. Anyway, buy some cups and learn about lube and then join with us as we mourn the passing of the most famous cat in all the land, Grumpy Cat. 00:45: We know you want your own boob cups! Check out Milk Mugs ‘n Jugs on Etsy and follow Tessa (shop owner) on Instagram!!!! 01:25: You can, in fact, fertilize your plants with period blood. 03:15:Here is some helpful info from Planned Parenthood! 04:00: Here is some info on vaginismus 04:25: We saw Molly Brenner’s one woman show “I’m Coming” 07:00: Jessy was talking about Babeland, a great sex shop here in NYC! 08:30: This article from Environmental Health Perspectives is a must read i 09:30: Here is an article from the journal “AIDS Research and Human Retrovirus” 09:45: Here are all the ingredients you should be looking out for when you buy lube 10:45: Here is an overview of osmolality 12:30: Here is some science!!!! 15:30: His name is Todd Akin. 17:00: an article from the journal Pathogens right here! 21:20: “Some Makers, Vendors Drop N-9 Spermicide on HIV Risk.” 25:00: “Study warns some lubricants could block conception,” is worth a read. 30:00: Here is an article about sperm and cervical mucus for the curious among us. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! Rebekah’s blog!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this week’s episode, Jessy and Rebekah give you some background on the case involving Cyntoia Brown, a woman who was jailed unjustly and was, this past January, granted clemency after serving 15 years incarcerated in Tennessee. After the intro, Madiba Dennie comes to the studio! She is a lawyer, writer and podcaster extraordinaire.00:40: You can find Madiba’s podcast, Barred and Boujee, here! 01:20: Here is a timeline of events 05:00: Here is a trailer to the documentary “Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story.” 08:50: Wyatt Cenac’s HBO docu-series “Problem Areas.”11:45: Here is a Vox article with a link to the Adam Ruins 12:45: It was Chuck Grassley and here is a link to that tweet. 14:45: Here is a basic overview of self-defense law, 21:30: Want to know more about FOSTA/SESTA? Listen to our episode on it here and our interview with the incredible Leigh here!23:30: Here is Mariame Kaba’s website 29:30: According to Amnesty International, 70% of the guards in federal women’s correctional facilities are male.30:00: According to this study in Science Daily, 1,400 pregnant women were incarcerated in the US in 2018.32:15: The Sentencing Project reports that more than 60% of women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18.35:20: Forbes article 37:20: An article from Rewire called “What Do Prisons Have to Do With Reproductive Rights?” 37:25: Here is Talk Poverty on the sterilization of female prisoners. Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! Welcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this week’s episode WE GOT A NEW REVIEW!! It makes us so happy.  This week we welcome Nick Pollifrone, Haver of The Best Radio Voice Of All Times, to the show! No, but really, he does. It’s like goddamn BUTTAH. Why doesn’t he make a million dollars doing voiceovers? We don’t know. So, anyway, we talked about Pickles the missing dog and then we got into toxic masculinity, sex vs gender, homophobia, racism, TEDTalks and all kinds of other really important things. Listen, love, share. C U Next Tuesday! 05:30: I had a hard time finding labor statistics by occupation but I did find suicide rates provided by the CDC. Suicide rates among males and females are both on the rise, although they are rising faster among females. That being said, men commit suicide at a rate of 22.4 per 100,000 standard population and women at a rate of 6.1 per 100,000 standard population. Here is an article from Slate that brings up Jessy’s correct statistic that men account for 77% of the 45,000 individuals who commit suicide annually.07:45: ICYMI, here is a link to the Gillette Ad that made so many people angry. 09:00: This study by the US Department of Health and Human Services12:00: Here is the episode of Hidden Brain. Well worth a listen!15:30: Here is a link to Eckhart Tolle’s website so we can all learn a little something!17:00: You can read about the APA’s new Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Men and Boys here.18:00: It was in 1987 that homosexuality was completely removed from the DSM.29:00: Here is Verna Myers being a god damn badass. If you’ve never listened to a TED Talk before, start here.35:00: The Washington Post wrote an article on that kiss called “WWII’s most iconic kiss wasn’t romantic – it was terrifying”37:00: Here is Wade Davis TEDTalk, “The Mask of Masculinity.”41:30: Seriously, check out Nick’s AMAZING podcast, TypedOut.  Want to find Nick and TypedOut? We got you!The websiteThe InstagramSome TwitterFacebook

In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah introduce you to their very own Vagina Ambassador to the United Nations! And then they get down to it and talk to Dr. Laurie Betito who has become Jessy’s idol. If you listen to our podcast regularly WHICH YOU SHOULD BE DOING then you will understand why. We talk about all kinds of things – sex education, or the lack thereof, ageism, fetishism, pleasure. We ran the gamut! And then, to wrap it all up, we guess fetishes! Make it a drinking game! Tell us how it goes!02:30: Check out Dr. Laurie’s radio show, Passion!02:40: And here is the Porn Hub Sexual Wellness Center which, by the way, is totally safe for work. No need to worry about an incognito tab for this one, folks! You can check out a video featuring Dr. Laurie on the homepage!02:45: And here is a non-Amazon link (because Rebekah hates Jeff Besos with a passion) to Dr. Laurie’s book, The Sex Bible for People Over 50: The Complete Guide to Sexual Love for Mature Couples05:40: In case anyone doesn’t believe Dr. Laurie that Porn Hub does a lot of activism, here is an article from HuffPo. 17:10: Want to listen to Dr Laurie’s Pleasure Principle TED Talk? Well you’re in luck because here’s a link!25:00: Want a little bit more of an academic perspective? Here is an article by a few PhDs called “Variation in Orgasm Occurrence by Sexual Orientation in a Sample of US Singles.” Not exactly a clickbait title but check out the abstract!31:00: In case you missed it before, here is the link to Dr. Laurie’s book, The Sex Bible for People over 50: The Complete Guide to Sexual Love for Mature Couples Find Dr. Laurie!At her website, www.drlaurie.com – she’s s goddamn BABE.Find her on Twitter: @DrLaurieBetitoAlso on Instagram: @DrLaurieBetitoAnd one more time, check out her book The Sex Bible for People Over 50: The Complete Guide to Sexual Love for Mature AdultsHere she is on  I Heart RadioAnd again, here is a link to Porn Hub’s Sexual Wellness Center. Come for the porn, stay for the sex ed. Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.comInstagram: @welcometomyvaginaTwitter: @welcometomyvagJessy’s awesome YouTube videos! Welcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this week’s episode your favorite guides through vagina land talk alllllll about birth control! We talk about methods, development, some Supreme Court decisions, the social impact and when in the ever living fuck are men going to have reasonable options for birth control outside condoms and vasectomies?03:50: Just in case you don’t believe us, here is the definition from our friends Merriam and Webster.05:10: Okay, so maybe mercury isn’t quite as prevalent in fish as we thought. According to the FDA, nearly all fish and shellfish contain trace amounts of mercury 06:35: This is, quite possibly, one of the best things available on the internet. 09:15: Here is some information on pessaries from The Mayo Clinic. 10:30: Want to know how different this is from abortion right here and now? Listen to our interview with Cait Moldenhaur all about the experience she had having an abortion.12:30: Here is a little more information about Innocent VIII and the witches. 15:00: here is an article from Vice about a guy who has had three vasectomies. 16:30: Graffenburg put a ring in it and you can hear all about it in the intro to our recent episode with Mariah Freya. And then obviously listen to the rest of the episode because Mariah is rad as shit.22:00: Here is a FANTASTIC article from The Guardian all about the NHS, the pill and the Pope.27:30: Article here by Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein called “Contraceptive Justice: Why We Need a Male Pill”  27:45: This is the NPR piece.36:30: Here is a really interesting history on the relationship between hormonal birth control and depression. Contact us! Watch us! Love us!Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing itWelcome to My Vagina HQRebekah’s blog!Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah get to chat with Mariah Freya, co-founder of beducated.com, all that way from her home in Germany! We learned about tantric sex, her journey through the world of sexual awakening and made a new friend! We also learned a little about where the term “G-spot” came from, how small the world of birth control is AND how mattresses are a total scam. This episode has it all, so get ready!! 01:10: Check out this article from The Independent all about Ernst Grafenberg!05:30: Want to know more about this lunchtime procedure, this “G-shot for your G-spot?” You can read this article from HuffPo about the procedure and the MAN WHO INVENTED IT. Excuse us while we roll our eyes so hard we give ourselves headaches.07:30: In case you haven’t traveled back in time recently, you can do it right now! And listen to our inaugural episode, Vulva Shame!09:00: Curious about what Beducated is all about? Check out the website here!21:43: You can see some of Betty Dodson’s art here. She also puts out paper and art supplies during some of her classes to have women draw their own vulvas. Pretty rad!26:00: In case this bit is a little confusing, you can get some background information on it by listening to our episode FOSTA/SESTA: Change or Disappear.28:30: Doubtful about orgasmic birth? Here is an article about it from Glamour Magazine. It is interesting because it looks at how birth normally occurs in the United States – in the hospital setting – and how the lack of freedom of movement women are afforded doesn’t allow them to have this experience. You can also learn more by watching this documentary called “Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret” directed by doula and orgasmic birth activist and educator Debra Pascali-Bonaro.30:45: Here is a link to the episode of Adam Ruins Everything all about the mattress industry!31:30: So apparently it is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that regulates all things mattress. Unless the mattresses include some sort of medical device at which time they are overseen by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode, Jessy tells a story about how some lady grabbed her ass and then gaslit her and in doing so reminds us all that it isn’t only men who don’t understand consent! We relearn the ever important lesson to keep your hands to your damn self. And then you favorite guides through the Vagina Dynasty talk all about the word hysteria, its history and why it still plagues women to this day.06:30: Do you like etymology? And where words come from? Well you’re in luck because we did a whole entire episode on the etymology of the word pussy! We weren’t able to come to any real conclusions but hot damn did we have a good time doing it.09:25: Jessy has dated a lot of bros and that’s why she knows what icing is. Rebekah knows because she is friends with Jessy. Don’t know what it is? Check out this handy article all about12:45: Yo this Galen dude has a school of nursing named after him and we are kind of thinking that maybe…he shouldn’t? Well, he did normalize dissections which we guess is pretty important but wouldn’t you think that in the process he would discover that there aren’t septic eggs floating around women’s bodies? Just sayin’13:20: No one is more disappointed about this turn of events than us (and probably Rachel Maines) but here is an article from The Atlantic asserts that there was scant evidence that orgasm was used to treat hysteria and that Maines’ book was not properly peer reviewed before publication. And, if you really want to nerd out, is the scientific paper by Hallie Lieberman and Eric Schatzberg called “A Failure of Academic Quality Control: The Technology of Orgasm.”13:30: Even though now maybe some of what we said isn’t true, you should still listen to Menage a Moi and also our interview with Sarah Quinn. There is a lot of good stuff in both of them.24:30: Check out one of our very favorite episodes, “Don’t Put That in Your Vagina: A Love Letter to Dr. Gunter.”25:30: No but really, check this shit out it is gnarly. And not in a good way.28:45: It is always a good time to watch this video.32:00: DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG TOTALLY DID INVENT CORNFLAKES!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah read a review, Rebekah talks about her hairy, hairy vulvic region and then your favorite hosts sit down and have a chat with their producer Cait Moldenhauer about her experience having an abobo. Or an abortion. Whatever you want to call it. As always, we try to tackle it with a good dash of humor, but in the end, it’s a well-researched and serious conversation about abortion access, care and the experience of one woman who believes that talking openly about her abortion will help undo some of the shame put on women who choose to have one.01:16: If you haven’t checked out our body hair episode, what are you waiting for?! Find the link here.06:15: Here is the Science Vs episode Cait references. Give it a listen! It’s super informative.06:46: Here is the trailer for Reversing Roe10:25: Women and low income people found getting a divorce easier starting in the 1960s and it was in the 1970s that no-fault divorces started becoming more popular. But it wasn’t until 2010 that New York state became the last of the 50 states to allow a no-fault divorce even when there was no mutual consent for the divorce. Wow! Who knew?!15:30: Here is the New York Times article about the assassination of George Tiller in his church in Kansas.31:00: Here is some information from NARAL about forced ultrasound laws. They are horrible.41:00: Here is an article from Planned Parenthood all about the abortion pilland how it works. Here is something from the Mayo Clinic. And another one from Smithsonian Magazinethat talks about the reasons people use the abortion pill and how some women buy them online because they do not have access nearby. And finally, one from Glamour magazine. 42:45: Just as an aside, here is a blog about how women suffering from chronic pain wait longer to receive pain medication. This reflects the disparity in care given to men and women. When viewed through this lens, it is not surprising that women do not receive pain medication when undergoing an incredibly painful experience.43:30: There are abortion doulas! Here is an article written by one. And if you are an abortion doula, we want to talk to you! EMAIL US PLEASE at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com49:00: If you want to check out all the amazing shows on the More Banana roster, follow this link!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode Jessy and Rebekah recount all about how this week was shit and then get into the wild world of masturbation. There are gods, there are doctors, there are doctors who think they are gods, there is a giant vibrator called “The Manipulator” that is coal powered and oh, so much more. Sit back, enjoy, and probably don’t consume liquids while listening because you might spit it out. Special shout out to Dr. Jenn and Dr. Erica, the two gynecologists behind the awesome podcast The V Word!!01:20: Seriously. A restaurant is actually banning women from dining solo at the bar because they might be escorts. So solo women that come in have to move to a table. Give us a BREAK.04:00: God forbid anyone try to help save people in this fucking country, you know?! Like, we get it that people shouldn’t be trespassing on federal land and whatnot, but we live in a country run by a man who is trying to strip a lot of national park land of its protected status so he can open it up to development so this seems a little out of step. Seems to us like maybe the problem is that these women were trying to help immigrants. What do you think?05:30: Here is our episode with Kicy Motly about how borders are actually just a bunch of bullshit. And some other things.07:15: The Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing is pretty fucking amazing. It was established in 2016 to “advocate for a positive and inclusive approach to sexuality” and has since made it its mission to establish sexual pleasure as a human right!13:00: Also from Psychology Today, but this time by Michael Castleman, M.A., is this article on the history of vibrators. Check it out. It is totally wild.13:15: Here is a link to the first chapter of The Technology of Orgasm by Rachel P. Maines.19:00: Here is a link to our episode about things not to put in your vagina! It’s a hoot!19:30: Omg gall wasps are back. And we have discovered that the creepy Etsy guy selling wasp shit for your vagina is actually just Alfred Kinsey reincarnate. Anyway, here is an article about him. Kinsey. Not the Etsy guy. Or is it….?

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this weeks episode Jessy and Rebekah discuss the important role that traveling has played in their lives, they interview Kicy Motley who is starting a bomb ass organization called Movement: Black Youth Abroad and then they regale one another with poop stories. It’s funny, it’s informative and it’ll make you want to get your wallets out to support an amazing opportunity for Black youth in America! 01:20: Here is a really awesome interview with Marta from Forbes!01:30: Follow us on Instagram, god damnit! We are posting some really fun stuff. And soon we will be posting some stuff about sports!09:10: Here is the website for Movement: Black Youth Abroad. Check it out! And make sure to sign up for their mailing list! You can find the link right there on their homepage.11:30: Here is a little bit of information about Birthright Israel.13:10: We weren’t lying. Jessy really DID fist bump a monkey and here is proof! (Also, make sure you follow her travel Insta, @waywardh0.)20:00: Willing Workers on Organic Farms, or WOOFing, is an organization that connects people who want to learn about organic farming to people who want to share their lifestyles and are looking for volunteer help! It’s a really cool project. You can travel, stay places in exchange for labor, and learn all about farming techniques all around the world. Swoon.26:50: James W. Loewen wrote an entire book about this called “Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism.” Here is a review of the bookby America’s Black Holocaust Museum.27:00: Just to remind people that Black people’s movement is still heavily restricted, in 2017 the NAACP issued a statewide travel advisory for the state of Missouri. The organization basically informed POC to travel through the state at their own risk due to a law that was passed that the NAACP says allows for legal discrimination. Read more about it here.35:00: DONATE MONEY HERE

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode of Welcome to My Vagina, Jessy and Rebekah talk holidays, sit down and dish with the cohosts of Frau Pow, an awesome podcast on the More Banana network and then highlight a few awesome women in sports! It’s thought-provoking, informative and full of that brand of holiday cheer that you only get by being called a commie bitch by your uncle. Strap in, it’s quite a ride!01:30: This is a serious question for our listeners. What do you do when someone in your family says something you disagree with? Or, worse, says something that is racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, transphobic, etc.? And what if you are the only one who disagrees? What is the best course of action, taking into consideration your own emotional and mental safety and the fact that this is your family? We would love to hear from you. Email us at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com10:00: Go to www.welcometomyvagina.com to sign up for our newsletter! It comes out on the opposite Tuesday from the podcast so you can have us in your ears and your inboxes every single week. Do it.10:30: Check out Frau Pow!11:00: We are really working on getting microaggressions out of our vocabulary and it is very, very hard.24:00: Follow us on Instagram! We’re sort of killing it over there. Find us at @welcometomyvagina24:13: Here is an excerpt from Kathrine Switzer’s memoir, Marathon Woman.24:45: As promised, here’s the video of Switzer’s boyfriend pushing that motherfucker off Kathrine when he tried to take her race bib!25:30: Here is the official trailer for “Battle of the Sexes!” Check it out!26:30: Here is the article that Serena Williams wrote for CNN following the birth of her daughter. You all should give it a read.29:00: The New York Times has been working on belatedly running the obituaries of incredible women who they didn’t write about at the time of their death because of misogyny. And Jackie Mitchell is among them. Read her obit here.32:00: Here is Misty Copeland dancing on Prince’s piano! So badass.

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! In this episode Jessy and Rebekah have the absolute pleasure of talking to Zoe Bean. She is a tattooer, she is a business owner and she is an all-around fucking badass. She tells us stories about being a woman tattooing back when women were less common in the industry, how the tattoo industry is going through its own me too movement, a little about medical tattooing, her biggest pet peeves and so much more. Seriously, don’t miss this one. And if you are interested in checking out her studio, you can find it on Instagram @thenewmoonstudio or you can find Zoe her at @zoebeantattoo. Don’t forget to look for her awesome partner Drew Linden, @drewlinden.01:00: Zoe starts out by telling us how it is impossible to earn a living on a teacher’s salary these days because our country doesn’t value education enough to actually pay the people who provide it02:00: And then she tells us basically the most romantic love story of all times. Oh, and also how tattooing, at least when she started out, is governed by the same misogynist rules as the ones that govern the rest of the world. Sigh.08:45: Here is a link to The Sweet Feminist Instagram account which is amazing. Also, we are trying to get her on the show and haven’t been having much luck. Does anyone know her? Help ya girls out!09:00: And here is the cake she made following Louis C.K.’s standing ovationwhich still makes us want to scream.09:30: Drew Linden is fucking incredible. Here is her Instagram account where you can look at all her INCREDIBLE work and just generally support a badass tattoo artist.21:10: Zoe’s shop is called The New Moon Studio. It is located in Dumbo and you should all go there. Well, like, make an appointment first obviously but, go.28:30: Paramedical tattooing is really amazing. Here is an article from The Guardian featuring a few women talking about their post mastectomy tattoos.29:15: Here is Jessie Fora’s Instagram account if you want to check out her work.37:20: If you haven’t listened to our episode on body hair yet, what are you waiting for?! Here it is!

Support us and More Banana Podcasts! On this week’s episode, Jessy and Rebekah discuss Matt Whitaker, Jeff Sessions’ replacement as Attorney General. Now, Jeff Sessions was for sure a racist so we’re not sad to see him go. But Whitaker? He’s something else. You’re favorite hosts then move on to FOSTA/SESTA, a bill signed into law that seriously restricts expression on the internet all under the guise of trying to disrupt sex trafficking. There have already been a lot of serious implications, including some ways in which we personally have been effected. It’s sort of a serious episode but don’t you worry, we wrap that shit up with a few well placed dad jokes so fasten your seatbelts and get ready to laugh (and maybe fill with dread) until you queef01:30: According to the Des Moines Register, during the Iowa Family Leader debate .02:00: Here is an article about the Ten Commandments and The Supreme Court!02:30: If you read nothing else that we post in the notes, PLEASE read this. Here is an article from Playboy. About Whitaker’s big dick toilets. You’re welcome.07:00: If you missed it, here is the totally awesome Camel Toe video. Watch at your own risk since apparently this is censorship worthy. (Insert eye roll here.)11:30: Here is a link to the organization Survivors Against SESTA. There is a lot of information and A TON of resources for people who want to get involved in this fight. This is super, super important.11:35: Here is a link to the American Sex Podcast episode on FOSTA/SESTA. Give it a listen it is incredibly informative.12:45: This is Jonathan Corbett’s blog post. It goes into a lot of the ways in which this new legislation is effecting all of us I our day-to-day lives in ways we never could have expected.14:45: IT’S LIKE FOSTA/SESTA FIGHT CLUB!16:30: Here is a link to Freedom Network USA. Check them out.18:45: This is a link to the study entitled “Craigslist’s Effect on Violence Against Women” which was put out by Gregory DeAngelo from West Virginia University along with Scott Cunningham and John Tripp of Baylor University.

In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah interview Natalie Wall of Awkward Sex and the City fame. It’s a stand-up show AND a podcast in the MoreBanana family and you should all give it a listen. As soon as you’re done listening to this episode, of course. We start out with a rousing game of “Would You Rather” sent to us by Rebekah’s friend Noelle. Thanks, Noelle!02:00: We play a game of “would you rather” during which we basically solve all the  quandaries plaguing society.03:00: Botox is, in fact, used to treat people with chronic migraines! Science is great!04:35: Gwen Stefani is actually 49 years old and she looks DAMN good. Also, she’s 5’6”. For some reason we thought she was a lot shorter than that.06:30: Check out Natalie’s AMAZING podcast here! Binge it! It’s great!10:00: The Anita who Natalie is referring to is none other than Anita Flores of the MoreBanana produced podcast “I’m Listening: A Frasier Podcast with Anita Flores.” It’s badass!11:00: “Sex and the City” premiered on June 6th, 1998.22:45: Oh my god here is a story about *69 from The Washington Post that was published on July 5, 1996. It is called “NOW, ANYONE’S GOT YOUR NUMBER,” 27:44: It isn’t a crane, it’s a stork. Although it would be really funny to think about cranes used at construction sites being the means by which babies are delivered in big cities…28:00: If you haven’t listened to our episode with Leigh, what are you waiting for?! It is so good. So informative. And you can find it by following this link!39:00: It is confirmed: Natalie and Rebekah actually have the same dad.41:15: Here is a link to Natalie’s article about semen.43:30: It is a Callery Pear, or Pyrus calleryana if you prefer the Latin, that smells like semen. It’s really common throughout North America.

In this episode, Rebekah introduces everyone to her new dog, Goose. Then your two favorite hosts in Vaginaland get into the nitty gritty of the women’s hygiene market. They tell you all about what you should, and what you should not, stick in your vagina. Stuck something weird in your vagina and want to know if it’s okay? Well, short answer is it probably isn’t but listen to find out! And, in true WTMV fashion, Jessy and Rebekah finish off with something a little lighter – this week it’s weird state laws. Wow! Give it a listen! And, as always, C U Next Tuesday!05:15: Here is our first episode, Vulva Shame! You can learn so much! And also see how much we have learned about podcasting. We have all come so far. Go team.06:15: The inventor of the douche was indeed a man. We know, SHOCKING. His name was Anthony E. Magoris and was awarded a patent for what he called the “combined syringe and speculum” on March 29th, 1892. He also held the patent on the tampon which he was granted on May 18th, 1901. Figures.07:00: This article from The Guardian, “The Vagina is self-cleaning – so why does the ‘feminine hygiene’ industry exist?” is well worth the read.07:30: Here is our hero and yours Dr. Jennifer Gunter taking down the Teen Vogue article on her website. It’s informative. And also fucking hilarious.10:30: Here is a whole history on douching. It is SUPER interesting.11:30: If you haven’t listened to our episode on body hair, well, what are you waiting for?! 14:30: If you want to follow Dr. Jennifer Gunter (and why in the world wouldn’t you?!) you can find her here, @DrJenGunter. Seriously, she is an ocean of vaginal knowledge.17:30: Here is an entire article from Forbes, called “The Mystery Behind Ancient Vaginal Jade Eggs Has Been Cracked,” that tells you everything you didn’t realize you needed to know about jade eggs and how dangerous they are.25:45: And again, here is the link to Body Hair Don’t Care! 26:30: Here is an article that runs through the history of glitter bombing. It is magnificent.29:30: Here is our girl Jen Gunter telling you not to put a wasp nest in your vagina. Here is Women’s Health Magazine telling you not to put a wasp next in your vagina. And here is Forbes. FORBES!! Forbes is also telling you not to put a wasp nest in your vagina.

On this week’s episode of Welcome to My Vagina, basically almost the most famous podcast in all the land, Jessy and Rebekah interviewed Sarah Quinn who struggles with endometriosis. One in 10 women are affected by this disease and yet the general population, not to mention a lot of doctors, don’t really know anything about it. But that is about to change because Sarah is VERY informative. You’re gonna learn so much. And if you want to learn more head on over to welcometomyvagina.com/blogand check out Sarah’s blog posts about endo. You won’t regret it!04:00: OMG. Sarah Quinn wrote a letter to Elizabeth Warren  Here is a link!07:00: And again, here is the link to Senator Warren reading Sarah’s letter on C-SPAN. C-SPAN!!!!! So exciting.08:00: Here is a link to the EndoWhat organization. 09:15: An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg attaches somewhere outside of your uterus 15:45: You can find a link to the webpage here and a link to the Ted Talk that Jessy referenced here.18:00: Crohn’s Disease is “a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.” 19:00: Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the ingestion of gluten leads to damage of the small intestine.20:20: This isn’t the same article that Jessy referenced but it does address the issue she spoke about, citing the same data. It’s called “Women and Pain: Disparities in experience and treatment” and it is well worth the read.20:30: For reference, here is an article by Serena Williams about her near-fatal experience giving birth to her child. It is HORRIFYING.30:00: Here is an article about the study Rebekah referenced. I mean, come the fuck on people!36:45: Here is some more information about the Department of Defense funding for endometriosis.

In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah talk to Rebecca Pronsky – the folk singer turned singing political fundraiser. 00:00:45: Here is a New York Times article that breaks down seven different ways that Alabama has made it harder for people to vote. But also, check out Carol Anderson’s new book, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying our Democracy. She was interviewed by Trevor Noah on The Daily Show so you can find her interview there as well. 03:11: Here is a link to buy Rebecca’s album! 03:20: Here is a link to buy tickets to see Rebecca’s show, Hillary Clinton’ Song Cycle: Witness! It will be at the New York International Fringe Festival on October 13, 14, 17, 20 and 21 and at the Charm City Fringe Festival on November 8, 9, 10 and 11!06:00: Here is a photo from the magical day we met Rebecca. 07:00: Here is a link to Liuba Gretchen Shirley’s campaign website where you can donate to her campaign and read about where she stands on the issues (pro-choice, equal pay for women and POC, common sense gun reform, etc.) . She is running against Peter King who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is anti-choice and supported Trump’s travel ban. 07:15: And here is Alessandra Biaggi’s website. She is for single payer health care, wants to help New York’s elderly and is pro-choice.07:40: Here is a New York Times article about the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC). This group consisted of a group of 8 rogue state senators who broke with their party and collaborated with the Republicans. We voted 6 of the 8 out in the primaries. 09:15: And finally, Zellnor Myrie! 11:30: Rebekah’s brain is made of swiss cheese. She was trying to think of John Edwards who ran in 2004 and 2008. He was John Kerry’s running mate in 2004. And the big scandal? An affair. His wife was dying of cancer at the time (she passed in 2010) and he went on trial for violating campaign contribution laws when he tried to cover up his affair. It certainly wasn’t great,

                     In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah welcome a guest into their vagina. Introducing (drum roll please!) Leigh!!!! Here is a little bit about Leigh, in their own words:At the intersection of sex education and creativity is where you will find multiracial pansexual genderqueer professional dominant, Mistress/Master Leigh. They are an international LGBTQIAP and sex worker rights’ advocate/organizer, community-based sex researcher/educator, filmmaker/performer, martial artist/fetish wrestler, an alternative sex media consultant, and a professional dominant who does fetish work as both male and female. Leigh specializes in multiplayer scenes, LGBTQAP, and physically disabled persons. This will be their 3rd DomCon teaching for the industry-only classes. You can regularly find Leigh’s entitled ass trying to submit you on a Jiu Jitsu mat or just attempting to stay woke.This is a very fun and informative episode so listen up. We learned a ton and we think you will too.02:00: We play Fuck, Marry, Kill: the Putin/Pence/Kellyanne Conway edition!05:00: Leigh introduces themself, and we can assure you that despite what they might say they are not boring AT ALL.06:15: Here is an article – and accompanying video from Vice – with some information about fetish wrestling. And here is a really cool piece from The Mirror that gives a great overview of the consent involved and what the motivations behind fetish wrestling are.09:45: Here is the Time article by Samantha Cooney in which Leigh is quoted as saying, “sex workers are experts at negotiating consent. When you have a monetary transaction, there have to be very clear boundaries about what is going to transpire because it is an issue of money.”10:30: Here is the Buzzfeed article by Melissa Broudo that Leigh references as the source of their comment on sex workers and consent. It is an INCREDIBLE read.10:45: Here is a link to Melissa Broudo’s organization, The Sharmus Outlaw Advocacy and Rights Institute, AKA  Soar Institute, which works to “shift minds, hearts, and skills of service providers, communities, and policy makers to benefit those involved in the sex industry, trafficked individuals, and related communities.”13:30: This Medium article is by no means a full analysis on radical feminism, but it is somewhat useful in gaining familiarity with the term. There are a lot of huge problems with radical feminism which include, but are not limited to, it’s tendency to discriminate against the trans community as well as its insistence that sex work is inherently exploitative of those who perform it.21:30: You should listen to Lei...

                     In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah welcome Eliza Simpson, Lauren Nordvig and their 3-year-old project baby, The Mother Line Story Project! It’s an amazing project that highlights stories that explore each performers mother line – their mothers, maternal grandmothers, maternal great-grandmothers, etc. It’s a fantastic project and guess what?! Our very own Vagina Jessy Caron is performing at the show this coming Wednesday! She’s going to be telling a story from the perspective of her mother! So come on down to the Town Stages this Wednesday, September 12th at 7pm to hear for yourself. You won’t be sorry.00:44: Come to the Mother Line Story Project’s Third Anniversary PARTAY! It is at 7pm Wednesday, September 12th at the Town Stages.  You can buy tickets here! Jessy will be telling a  story on stage in a new dress and you won’t want to miss it!02:00: We introduce our lovely guests! This week we welcomed Eliza Simpson, Founder and Executive Director of the Mother Line Story Project, alongside the organization’s Director of Education and Development Lauren Nordvig. You can read all about them here! 03:00: Oh my god the Florida Gators are so good. Here is a link to Alex McMurtry crushing it on floor with a back injury. Swoon.07:15: Eliza talks us through the root of this project, about the pagan concept of a womb-to-womb connection and tells a story about her own mother line.13:00: Eliza talks about the project and how it is used as a tool for story tellers to explore, and define, their own connections to their Mother Line.14:30: Krista Tippet and the On Being Project is really awesome and you all should check it out!15:00: Lauren talks about her experience as a story teller with The Mother Line Project and how her own mother reacted to seeing Lauren’s performance.20:00: Here is a really interesting article from Discover Magazine all about the inheritance of genes and how we carry traces of the experiences of our ancestors! So cool.22:00: Jessy talks about her experience being part of The Mother Line Project. Don’t forget, she will be performing her first story on Wednesday, September 12th live and in a new dress!!! Don’t miss it!27:00: Lauren and Eliza tell us about the reactions that some men have had about the project after seeing a show. It is somewhat predictable but also, good. We all have a really good conversation about the importance of being an active supporter through listening.31:00: The Mother Line went to Egypt!!!! You can (and should) watch the performance here.35:00: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHERLINE!!!!!36:00: For those of you who missed it here are the deets:The Mother Line Project is Turning 3!You can see the show on Wednesday, September 12th.