Podcasts about courtesans

The fear of being judged, misunderstood, or projected onto is one of the deepest ways powerful women learn to hide. Especially when you're a leader, entrepreneur, or woman building something that challenges the status quo, being seen can feel like a threat. The opinions, criticism, shame, and projections can make you question yourself, silence your own voice, or hold back the very taboo, cutting-edge work you're here to bring into the world. The thing you've been trying so damn hard to avoid is actually the doorway to your next level…no amount of doomscrolling on TikTok or hiding under the covers with smut can deny that. In this episode, we're exploring how to transmute projections, shame, fear, and doubt into power, freedom, influence…and yes, loads of hot sexy money.   Inside this episode you'll hear… How to stop letting other people's projections become a dungeon of bondage and control you never consented to  Why being misunderstood is often an initiation into becoming more magnetic, erotic, powerful, paid, and influential How to transform shame, fear, and liabilities into commanding power, profit, and "OMG pinch me!" opportunities The nervous system, kink, and erotic embodiment work required to feel safe being fully seen and perceived (so it stops cock blocking your cash flow) How to turn your edge, your story, and your world-shaping erotic power into something that actually pays you Ready to enter my world and turn projections into payments, pleasure, and power that commands reality to obey your deepest desires?   Pay attention to what this episode opened up for you. The thing(s) you've been afraid to be seen and judged for are the exact thing that becomes your greatest source of power. This is the work I'm guiding women through right now. There are multiple ways to pay and play…some are even free. Edge of Power (DOORS CLOSE FRIDAY!) This is your invitation to stop hiding, quit censoring, and learn how to transmute shame, fear, projections, and everything that's kept you playing small (and begging to be liked) into erotic power, influence, and a villainous, magnetic aura that makes people beg to pay you. Inside Edge of Power, we're doing the deep embodiment work to help you become the woman who can hold more visibility, more pleasure, more success, and more power without collapsing. Your next level requires you to be seen (as powerful). The question is…are you ready? Join Edge of Power before doors close Friday. Get inside now. Pay in full and the Relaxed Woman course is yours as a bonus ($497 value). Monetize Your Shame (coming soon…) If you're ready to turn the things you've been told to hide, feel ashamed of, or apologize for into your greatest assets…this is your entry point. We're taking the shame, the stories, the shadows, and the "bad" parts you've been carrying and seducing them into something that creates impact, influence, and income. Details dropping soon… House of the Courtesan (summer sale coming soon…) The courtesan understood something most women were never taught… Your desirability, intelligence, pleasure, and power are not separate from your success. This is where you learn the art of becoming unforgettable, magnetic, and impossible to ignore. Get ready for the limited-time summer opening and exclusive sale.   The Woman Who Commands (FREE course) If you're ready to start reclaiming your voice, your standards, your desires, and your power to command reality exactly how you like it… Begin here and get access to over 20+ audio lessons. And there's more coming… I'm creating the next evolution of my work. New experiences, teachings, and irresistibl ways to step deeper into the House of Eros Money Power. The era of hiding and being at the mercy of your circumstances is over. It's time to turn what they projected onto you into the power that pays you. Let's get social, sexy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theamberrenee/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theamberrenee Threads: https://www.threads.net/@theamberrenee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAmberRenee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16E3eSNDNM/?mibextid=wwXIfr Blog page for this episode: https://missamberrenee.com/turning-projections-into-power-that-pays/  

I talk with Adam about the Chor Yuen movie Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan 

I don't bring guests on often, but when I do, it's because something really special happened. And this conversation with Jerzy Jung gives you all the juicy, intimate details.  Jerzy is a certified Reiki Practitioner, Grief Educator, and Intuitive Animal Reader and she came onto Eros Money Power Podcast after we had the most delicious exchange of offerings: She won a 1:1 VIP Telegram Day with me in The Woman Who Commands, and then I turned around and booked a reading with her for my cat Tahlia. What unfolded between us—the tears, the laughter, the absolutely unhinged wisdom that came through from my cat—felt too damn good not to share with you. This is a hilarious, hot, and deeply moving conversation. From Jersey's behind-the-scenes experience with my Telegram Day, her reason for stepping into my program Edge of Power to the moment Tahlia the cat telephathically requested snacks and offered kinky relationship advice, this episode is equal parts healing and unhinged—in the best possible way. Inside this episode you'll hear… What Jerzy got out of her Telegram Day with me and the one thing she says made the experience even better Why women need spaces where they can reveal the edgy thing without shame The power of Telegram coaching, audio intimacy, and being deeply witnessed by another woman Why Jerzy decided to join Edge of Power this summer and what pushed her over the edge to say yes What it was like being on the receiving end of Jerzy's intuitive animal reading The unexpected things my cat said that had me in tears and both of us laughing hysterically The grief story behind how Jerzy's gifts came online and launched her entire intuitive practice How animals act as spiritual teachers, emotional mirrors, and energetic stabilizers inside the home Why my cat has been trying to escape the house for years…the real reason behind it will genuinely surprise you CONNECT WITH JERZY JUNG  If this episode made you want to RUN (not walk!) to book an intuitive reading for yourself, a pet, or a passed loved one, I absolutely 10/10 recommend Jerzy.  I will absolutely be booking readings for myself, my dad who passed, and my three other cats. And since Jerzy has another 1:1 VIP Telegram Day with me soon and has entered Edge of Power to own her visibility edges…I have a feeling she's about to pop off online. So get in while her readings are $111 for the summer.  More About Jerzy: Jerzy Jung is a certified Reiki Practitioner and Grief Educator who specializes in remote Animal Communication, Intuitive Readings, and Mediumship. Using only a photo of a person or pet, either living or passed, she is able to channel amazing messages to help people increase their self love and confidence, and to help families have closer relationships with their pets.  She's also an award-winning musician who loves writing songs that help people feel held and empowered. Find her on Instagram here @thatgirlthattalkstoanimals or at www.thatgirlthattalkstoanimals.com.  Ready to enter my world and get paid from pleasure…whether that's a Zoom room, a guided ritual from bed, a wine bath VIP weekend in Chicago, or somewhere in between?   There are multiple ways to pay and play…some are even free. The Woman Who Commands Access the free course where women learn to command their desires—not beg. Get it now. Magdalene Harlot Codes (Free First Lesson) If you're ready to carry the Magdalene Harlot codes and reclaim what was taken from women like you, this is your entry point. Claim your free first lesson now and unlock the pleasure priestess transmission waiting for you. Edge of Power (8-Week Group Program) For the woman who wants to leverage her shame as power to command her desired reality—instead of seeing it as a liability holding her back. Starts June 5th. Get in at $888 before the price jumps to $1,111. Pay in full and the Relaxed Woman course is yours as a bonus ($497 value). MAY ONLY 1:1 SPECIAL OFFERS…

While men secure multi-million dollar business deals in between holes on the golf course and shake hands over top-shelf scotch and imported cigars in the private gentlemen's club... You're shamed for securing thousands...millions of dollars...working from your bed, from a VIP day in luxe hotel lobby, from a bath house or nail appointment, from a private rooftop party, from a Zoom call where your baby is hanging off your boob as a client says "YES!" in your DM's.  All because you're a woman who dared to mix business with pleasure. Get paid from pleasure. Network and secure connections, deals, clients, and investors (or serve your clients) in locations, experiences, and ways that are drenched in pleasure, play, luxury, leisure.  Why are men allowed to mix business with pleasure and it's considered standard business practice and professional...whereas, women are slut shamed, called a whore, and labeled unprofessional, lazy, and inappropriate? Why is it ok when men do it, but not ok when women do it?  That's the EXACT question at the center of this episode. And what I reveal will change how you view women, sex, money, and business. Women were taught to see pleasure as irresponsible, distracting, and unserious…while entire male power structures were built inside luxury, leisure, exclusivity, and indulgence. This episode is an audio lesson pulled from my 14-week program, House of the Courtesan, which is included if you sign up for my 3-month 1:1 May only offer, Harlot...or my year-long devotional mentorship, Courtesan's Lineage (with a VIP wine bath weekend in Chicago included).

A love story, across timelines as one woman tries to reach the other through the words she left behind.In this episode, Tara sits down with Tarana Hussain Khan, writer and food historian, to talk about her novel The Courtesan, Her Lover and I, a book that moves between two women and their love stories separated by a century, bound together by letters that almost didn't survive.The conversation explores how Tarana first discovered Daag's letters to Hijab in archival material and why Hijab became such an enigma to her. Through Hijab's story, they get into the larger world of Tawaifs and the extraordinary dichotomy of women who were the most culturally significant of their time, yet whose writings were lost, romanticised, or dismissed. Through the parallel journeys of Hijab and Rukmini, a contemporary aspiring writer, they also unpack the realities of becoming a woman writer in India today, with Tarana reflecting her own insecurities of pursuing writing full-time and her relationships in Rukmini's world and the ways women now have more agency and opportunities than the generations before them. Tarana also opens up about her process in fiction and non-fiction, and the emotional toll of delving into these stories.They discuss Tarana's bold structural choice of writing Hijab's entire narrative in second person to let Rukmini speak directly to Hijab across centuries, questioning the silences left by history.Press play to be transported to a world of poetry, music and a love story of epic proportions. Books mentioned in this episode: Deg to Dastarkhan by Tarana HussainLast of the Earth by Deepa AnnaparaApplications for The Bound Publishing Course 2026 are now open.The Bound Publishing Course is a 3-month intensive course on book, magazine, and digital publishing. Through live sessions, workshops, and industry-facing projects, participants gain practical publishing skills and exposure to careers across the industry.Cohort size: 50 seatsFirst round of acceptances: 15th June 2026Applications are reviewed on a rolling bas‘Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India's finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms. 

This wee's episode is packed with hoarding weapons, pretty horsebreakers, and exploding seltzers! First, Emily tells the story of Élise Rivet, a nun who was one badass Mother Superior, using her position to help the French Resistance fight the Nazis, until she was discovered. Then, Kelley travels to Victorian London to meet early trendsetter Catherine 'Skittles' Walters, who left behind her working class, dockside roots to become one of the most iconic and successful courtesans the world had ever seen. Grab your splash guard because we're wining about herstory! Join the Funerary Cult: https://www.patreon.com/winingaboutherstory Sponsor a Glass of Wine: https://buymeacoffee.com/wahpod Get Merch: https://wining-about-herstory.myspreadshop.com/   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode is a deep conversation on sisterhood, power, projection, and the exact women you need beside you when you stop apologizing for your full power and desires. The women who celebrate your ambition instead of secretly resenting it. The women who don't get constantly triggered by your eroticism, hunger, wealth, your edges, your politics, your power. The women who adore the very qualities other people tried to shame out of you.  What some will condemn you for others will celebrate you.  The things that made you dangerous, selfish, too sexual, too loud, too ambitious, or too much to the wrong people… are often exactly what makes you magnetic to the right ones. We explore what happens when you stop trying to fit into rooms that require you to lock up what makes you deeply powerful…and start surrounding yourself with women who seduce your fullest expression to the surface instead.   Inside this episode you'll hear… Why powerful women often outgrow friendships, communities, and rooms that secretly require them to shut off certain qualities  The difference between sisterhood that celebrates your power vs spaces built on projection, comparison, and good girl conditioning How the qualities others condemned in you are often the exact qualities that magnetize your soul clients, deepest friendships, and next level of power The importance of finding women who can hold your desires, eroticism, ambition, politics, wealth, and complexity without needing you to tone it down for their comfort A deeper conversation on "red thread women," Mary Magdalene, Lilith, the bad woman archetype, and reclaiming the parts of yourself society taught you to suppress Stop trying to belong in rooms built for good girls. Edge of Power was made for the women they warned everyone about. The rooms you're in and the women you surround yourself with matters. Are you in rooms that have a mentor or community that will judge you for what you want? That can't hold nuance, duality, depth, powerful currents of energy, leadership? That ask you to leave your sexuality, kinkiness, desires, politics at the door when you log onto the Zoom call? Are you surrounded by women who want you to be a good girl who's miserable like them? Where sameness = safety Where they're more concerned with fitting in and being pleasing. Or are you in rooms where your hottest desires are the standard and norm? With a mentor and group of women who are thinking outside of the box and devoted to being their most powerful, free, erotic, satisfied, rich, hot, expressed, magnetic selves TOGETHER? Where your power could never be too much to handle, but everyone wants more for you? Where you can commune in eros and not feel like someone's in the corner jealous of your power and expression or thinking you're unprofessional? In the Edge of Power room, you'll be invited to explore the edges that hold your next evolution of power. 

Herzlich willkommen zur 31. Folge des Shawscope Marathons! Sebastian, Heiko und Marco schauen sich gemeinsam durch Arrows legendäre Shawscope-Boxen – heute mit einem Film, der weit mehr zu bieten hat, als sein Titel vermuten lässt.Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) Regie: Chor Yuen. Die junge Ainu wird von Menschenhändlern in ein Bordell verschleppt, wo die eiskalte Madame Chun ein besonderes Auge auf sie geworfen hat. Was zunächst nach Exploitation aussieht, entpuppt sich als düsterer, eleganter Rachefilm mit starken Figuren, eindrucksvoller Action-Choreografie und überraschend viel emotionaler Tiefe. Sebastian: 9/10, Heiko: 8/10, Marco: 8/10.Als nächstes auf der Liste: 14 Amazons und The Magic Blade.Filmkammer: ⁠https://linktr.ee/filmkammer⁠ Kontakt: ⁠filmkammer@buddelfisch.de⁠Sound Mix: Sebastian Kempke Musik: „Kung Fu Warriors" von Tim Donovan, lizensiert via Envato

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/italian-studies

Paola de Santo joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy (U Delaware Press, 2026). Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials, The Ambassador and the Courtesan offers a comparative analysis of these two emerging roles in the early modern period and in Renaissance Italian society. While these two figures may appear unrelated, this book demonstrates their shared relation to the body politic, including the relationship of their very bodies to that metaphorical body. One imagines the early modern ambassador as traveling from one center of power to another, gathering news and disseminating it in writing, as well as negotiating in person. The courtesan, in contrast, is normally imagined employing her body in the service of entertaining elite clients in the enclosed space of the urban salon. These characterizations reinforce their very different roles in Renaissance Italian society and culture, but by placing them in dialogue, salient points of convergence emerge detailing how they were integral to the concurrent emergence of a modern subjectivity of the individual and the formation of the modern state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You say you want more visibility, more eyes on your work, more clients, more influence. But what if the very thing you want requires you to be seen in ways your nervous system doesn't feel safe with yet? In this episode, we're breaking down the real reason you're not growing…and it's not your strategy, your content, or the algorithm. It's what you're still unwilling to reveal. And what shameful or scandalous skeletons you're afraid people will find in your closet if they look a little harder… Because your level of exposure will never exceed what you feel safe being seen in. And until you change that, you'll keep hiding in plain sight. Inside this episode you'll hear… Why your nervous system, not your strategy, is calling the shots and setting the ceiling on your visibility The unconscious fear of being exposed (and what you're actually afraid people will see) How shame around your past, your current reality, or your too muchness is keeping you stuck in good girl bondage The hidden link between exposure, magnetism, command, and actual client conversion How to alchemize shame into erotic energy—and turn that into power, visibility, money, and opportunity. If you're ready to stop censoring yourself and start being fully seen the way that actually creates demand, clients, and influence... This is exactly the work we do inside The Woman Who Commands and Edge of Power. The Woman Who Commands: You hold the power to command your reality and bend the world to your will. It makes people beg to pay you, serve you, and join your revolution. It's time to unlock and own that power.

What if the very thing you've been taught to avoid…looking like a bitch...is the exact thing that unlocks everything you want AND MORE? In this episode, we dismantle the good girl conditioning that keeps you small, over-giving, unfulfilled, and stuck settling for scraps or crumbs and replace it with the provocative truth that results in me and my clients getting what we want... Are you ready for it? Getting what you want requires you to be 1000x more selfish and self-centered…and fully willing to be seen as the bitch. Yes, THAT bitch who gets what she wants or something even wetter, better, hotter. You're being initiated into being the woman who prioritizes her desires, holds unapologetic standards, and commands her reality without waiting for permission. The type of stuff people think makes you a total bitch or villain. But in the words of one of my favorite quotes going around right now... "I might be the villain in your story, but you're a loser in mine." And you are no loser. So act accordingly. Inside this episode you'll hear... Why being the likable good girl is costing you your hottest, deepest desires and how being a selfish bitch activates your power and magnetism The hidden ways people-pleasing, fear of judgment, and good girl propaganda keep you settling for scraps and crumbs How to set bold boundaries, raise your standards, and say no without guilt (even when it triggers others) The concept of the villain era and why being misunderstood is often a sign you're finally doing what you want How prioritizing yourself (even in motherhood, relationships, and business) expands your capacity for wealth, pleasure, and leadership Ready for more? If something in this episode lit a fire under your ass…don't just sit on it. This is your moment to decide: are you going to keep circling your next level, or are you actually going to step into it? There are a few ways to move with me right now: The Woman Who Commands: You hold the power to command your reality & bend the world to your will. It makes people beg to pay you, serve you, and join your revolution. It's time to unlock and own that power.

Saying "play a bigger game, bitch" isn't just an edgy vibe or provocative statement…it's a soul-level confrontation, a power code, a fiery transmission. A Dommy Mommy spanking from me to both you and me. lol This episode is a raw, in-the-moment transmission on what happens when you realize you've been playing small and playing it safe. Likely to avoid the discomfort of being THAT bitch.  Inside, I'm calling you (and myself) out of hesitation, out of waiting, out of perfectionism that we tell ourselves is preparation…and into the audacity required to hold more. More money, more power, more visibility, more desire. This is your permission slip if you've been waiting for one. But let's be honest, you don't need it. You're the woman who gives herself permission, it's time to remember that and act accordingly.    Inside this episode you'll hear… The real-time moment I caught myself playing small—sitting on an idea I knew was mine—and the exact shift that moved me from hesitation into "fuck it, I'm doing this now"  Why the things that feel wrong (like you'll get in trouble), edgy, or too bold are often the exact indicators you're on the edge of your next level genius The subtle ways you're playing small, even as a powerful, experienced woman, and how it's costing you your next expansion How to stop waiting—for permission, perfection, certainty—and start moving from power instead The difference between moving from scarcity vs. moving from desire (and how to actually feel that in your body) A behind-the-scenes look at what it really looks like to play a bigger game in business, money, and leadership without diluting your edge Ready for more? If something in this episode lit a fire under your ass…don't just sit on it. This is your moment to decide: are you going to keep circling your next level, or are you actually going to step into it? There are a few ways to move with me right now: The Woman Who Commands: a free Telegram experience to shift you out of waiting for permission and into your power to command from eros, ease, and pleasure The opt-in page for this drops this week. Edge of Power: a one-month LIVE group Telegram container to activate your next level of power, leadership, money, and embodiment through Domme/sub dynamics, erotic energy, pleasure codes...which you can snag at an insane first-access price for a limited time only HERE.

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There's a reason some women seem to live richer, fuller, more electric, turned the fuck on lives. It's not just money or success that's the secret. And it's definitely not doing everything alone…so what's the secret? It's other women. Women who celebrate you, seduce you, sharpen you, grieve and rage with you. Women who see your power and call you deeper into it. When your life centers men, approval, or competition with other women, your life stays smaller than it needs to be. But when you center, circle with, collaborate with, and prioritize the women in your life—their genius, their friendship, your shared and different desires, values, a deep bond, their influence—life gets bigger. Hotter. More alive. Magnetic. Fulfilling.  In this episode, I talk about why sisterhood isn't just emotionally nourishing (it's a missing vitamin and nutrient we didn't know we were craving). It's one of the most powerful and underrated upgrades you can make to your quality of life, leadership, and sense of pleasure, your desires, your fulfillment. When women truly see each other, support each other, and build lives alongside each other…and especially commune in eros and see each other's forbidden sides through the female gaze of reverence… Everything changes. Inside this episode we reveal… Why women who center other women tend to live richer, more expansive, juicier lives How sisterhood amplifies eros, ambition, desire, and creativity The difference between surface-level female friendship and true power sisterhood (your ride-or-die inner circle women) Why competition between women keeps our lives smaller than they need to be The unexpected ways powerful women elevate each other's lives, leadership, desires, and success Why building women-centered spaces like The Sanctum has become the most important work of my career Ready for more? If this conversation resonates with you, there are two ways to step deeper into my world right now. The Sanctum is my mastermind for powerful women who want to be surrounded by other ambitious, eros-led women who are expanding their power, wealth, leadership, and influence. We begin March 13th! With an exclusive bonus if you claim your spot by midnight EST tonight! And in honor of International Women's Day, my VIP Sale Room is currently open— an exclusive sale where you can step into several of my most potent programs and experiences at special pricing. I've put a few of my courses on sale…House of the Courtesan, Relaxed Woman, Fucked Open to Money… And a brand spanking new 1-month Telegram group experience called Edge of Power, which you'll be able to snag at an insane first-access price for a limited time only.

From preschool teacher to high-end legal courtesan, Miss Nicole Brooke shares her story on this episode of The Love Lab Podcast. She shares how she went from a preschool teacher with a Master's in education to a legal courtesan in Nevada and now a sex educator. She also discusses what she learned about herself, her clients, men, intimacy, love, sex, and more, including finding Christ. Buckle up, because this is quite a story. To Find Out More About Miss Nicole Brooke, Click The Link Below: https://beacons.ai/missnicolebrooke

Mark Hanson and Justin Decloux discuss THE MOST RECENT NOTABLE BLU-RAYS AND DVDS from Bay Street Video, a brick-and-mortar video store in Toronto, Canada. THIS WEEK THEY DISCUSS: PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (Criterion) UNDER SIEGE (Arrow) PERFECT BLUE (Shout/GKids) TROLL 2 (Vinegar Syndrome) THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE (Vinegar Syndrome) THE STENDHAL SYNDROME (Vinegar Syndrome) BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR (Mitchell Brothers Film Group) HARDCORE POISONED EYES (Saturn's Core) SPECTER'S ROCK (Saturn's Core) TWIN CHEEKS (VHShitfest) ASYLUM OF DARKNESS (Wild Eye) THE MIKE DIANA FILM COLLECTION (Factory 25) COURTESANS & CRIMINALS: THE UNDERWORLD OF HIDEO GOSHA (Film Movement) GIRLS TOWN (Film Movement) THE GODS OF TIMES SQUARE (The Film Desk) O.C. AND STIGGS (Radiance) THE PINK PANTHER (Kino) BABE (Kino) BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (Kino) NACHO LIBRE (Kino) CLOUD ATLAS (Shout) LAKE MUNGO (Umbrella) G.I. JANE (Imprint) MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (Disney) ANACONDA (1997) (Sony) IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (VVS) THE BLACK PHONE 2 (Universal) PRIMITIVE WAR (Samuel Goldwyn) TIN SOLDIER (Samuel Goldwyn) THE SENIOR (Angel)

OMG, you guys—this throwback from 2023 episode is pure fire!

Today's NPC Prompts were: Fantasy Setting, Elf, Oracle who can't tell the future, Courtesan, True Neutral,   Instead of telling you which way to go to get your desired prize, will inform you what would have happened if you chose the other choice after its to late to change your mind. - Submitted by Chris MoodyThere is no fear of missing out if you seek the guidance of the oracle Del. Young for an elf, not even a century old, he can often be found hanging upside down from the trapeze ropes with one green eye in the present and one white eye in the aether. Don't linger too long on the crossroad you've already passed. He's taken the journey for you. It doesn't do to dwell too long on what could have been. The consequences might be more than you bargain for.​Want to make a suggestion?Submit a form here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/oSMMhMWpvZcLdGPK7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resonantmoon.com/npc-matchmaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This project is for the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dog Days of Advent 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Music is "Air Prelude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's NPC Prompts were:Western Setting, Kobold, Gladiator, Courtesan, True Neutral, Creative, Perfectionist, Collects BugsThere isn't much to do in town during the long months of winter, except for the Gladiator Games. Spritzy has been built for this role, as the lean and wiry Kobold of Madame Rose's Pleasure House. They've been known to rock the world of many a weary customer who simply wanted to be tossed around. Now they get to do so and keep their clothes on. If you can best them in 3 rounds of brawling, they will gift you with a prize. Don't be surprised if it is a new pet. Scorpions are their favorite critter to collect and raise. Want to make a suggestion? Submit a form here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/oSMMhMWpvZcLdGPK7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resonantmoon.com/npc-matchmaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This project is for the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dog Days of Advent 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Music is "Air Prelude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Zoro gambles away his savings and teams up with the oddball Tonoyasu, Sanji runs a wildly popular soup stand, mostly serving women, and effortlessly swats away Kyoshiro's men. Franky discovers his work was for nothing, Robin gains access to Orochi's chambers, and we finally meet the thumb-shaped Shogun himself alongside Komurasaki, the mysterious Oiran who charms and ruins men with ease.⁠⁠PandaSightings.com⁠⁠⁠ Audio Engineer -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mixed.by.neal⁠⁠⁠⁠Production Assistant - @TRGabrielGFExecutive Producer - @PabloShoeFranky finally getting some love~

You quit sex work to try real love with someone half your age. She's sweet but chaotic and rushing to move in. What could go wrong on Feedback Friday?And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1244On This Week's Feedback Friday:As detailed on episode 1162, you transitioned from sex work, opened yourself to genuine vulnerability, and started dating a much younger Chinese grad student in Japan. She seemed perfect at first — loving, accepting, kind — but red flags started appearing. How did this experiment in radical vulnerability turn out?Your new boss is an award-winning academic genius who's destroying your workplace with delusional AI schemes, forcing everyone back to the office, and trying to rebrand 9/11. For some reason, he "likes" you enough to put you on all his committees. How do you work with a narcissistic visionary who won't listen to reason?You're great at connecting with people but keep hiding your true feelings until relationships fall apart. You just broke up with someone after two years because of dealbreakers you discussed but never enforced. When's the right time to speak up about what really matters to you?Recommendation of the Week: Cotopaxi Allpa Hip PackHow do you distill your life experience, knowledge, and wisdom into advice your surly, hormonal teenaged son can absorb (and overcome the dread of messing it all up)?Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi and Instagram @gabrielmizrahi.And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here — even one sentence helps! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: Quiltmind: Email jordanaudience@quiltmind.com to get started or visit quiltmind.com for more infoDeleteMe: 20% off: joindeleteme.com/jordan, code JORDANSimpliSafe Home Security: 50% off + 1st month free: simplisafe.com/jordanHomes.com: Find your home: homes.comLand Rover Defender: Enter the Defender Trophy competition until November 30th, 2025: landroverusa.com/trophySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

COURTESAN MASTERY TRAINING - WEBINARLauren and I talk about our expanded Courtesan Mastery Training, and our upcoming Dominatrix Training, Level I in Tulum, December 8-14.CONVERSATION TOPICS:Expanding from Dominatrix Training towards a fuller COURTESAN MASTERY curriculum.Dark Eros is one aspect of a Courtesan's mastery.The Courtesan Archetype is one of the most ancient and elegant feminine archetypes through history.The Courtesan as Muse, as Consort, as Influencer.Self-activation is a necessary cornerstone for a Courtesan's embodiment of her mastery.How much Permission we have for pleasure is a big determinant regarding how much pleasure we feel or allow ourselves to feel.Skills in Somatic Mastery are going to be in high demand through the AI job demolishment apocalypse of the next 5  - 10 years.Testimonials from Priestess graduates.Erotic expansion as an aspect of Spiritual growth.People often let their Dom see them more deeply than they allow their therapist to see them.The Dom holds space for whatever comes out of a submissive during a scene.Please reach out if you have any questions.  Lauren and I are happy to get on a zoom call to answer your questions and concerns.COURTESAN MASTERY CURRICULUM : https://omrupani.org/#/modern-priestess-of-eros/PRIESTESS OF DARK EROS, LEVEL I : https://omrupani.org/the-priestess-of-dark-erosEROS IN HER HANDS : https://omrupani.org/eros-in-her-handswww.OmRupani.org

On the Shelf for November 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 327 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Setting up context for this month's fiction episode Additions to the website Progress on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project book Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Pelliccia, Hayden. 1995. “Ambiguity against Ambiguity: Anacreon 13 Again” in Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 20: 23-34. Davidson, J.F. 1987. “Anacreon, Homer and the Young Woman from Lesbos” in Mnemosyne, Fourth Series, Vol. 40, Fasc. 1/2: 132-137. Petropoulos, J.C.B. 1993. “Sappho the Sorceress: Another Look at fr. 1 (LP)” in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 97: 43-56. Devereux, George. 1970. “The Nature of Sappho's Seizure in Fr. 31 LP as Evidence of Her Inversion” in The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1: 17-31. Lardinois, André. 1994. “Subject and Circumstance in Sappho's Poetry” in Transactions of the American Philological Association, Vol. 124: 57-84. Most, Glenn W. 1995. “Reflecting Sappho” in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Vol. 40: 15-38. Skinner, M.B. 1989. “Sapphic Nossis” in Arethusa 22:5-18. Blondell, Ruby and Sandra Boehringer. 2014. “Revenge of the Hetairistria: The Reception of Plato's Symposium in Lucian's Fifth DIalogue of the Courtesans.” Arethusa 47: 231-64. Book Shopping The A to Z of Charles II's London 1682 The Whitehall Palace Plan of 1670 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction No Love for an Outlaw by Kerri Reeves Twin Flames of Namwon: The Reimagined Love Story of Chunhyang and Cheong by Velis Aenora Neon Nights by William Ellison Raised for the Sword by Aimée The Salvage by Anbara Salam A Lady for a Highwayman (from Lovers and Liaisons) by Dani Collins My Mother's Spear by Ishtar Watson Phoenix (Intertwined Souls #9) by Mary Dee Ophelia by S.M. Namkoong Between Two Silences by Shanon O'Brien The Secret War (Hattie James #3) by Stacy Lynn Miller The Duke by Anna Cowan My Darling Clementine (Clementine #1) by Genta Sebastian Where There's Room for Us by Hayley Kiyoko Other Titles of Interest The Fault Mirror by Catherine Fearns As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel What I've been reading Angel Maker by Elizabeth Bear A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher Murderbot Series (various titles) by Martha Wells Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones Call for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details. This month we interview Anbara Salam and talk about: What grounds a story in a specific place and time? Isolation, claustrophobia, and “things that should be gone but aren't” as the essence of gothics Researching queer sexuality in the mid-20th century Exploring sapphic longing The importance of not making the central conflict about queerness The Salvage by Anbara Salam Belladona by Anbara Salam A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Anbara Salam Online Website: anbarasalam.com Instagram: @anbarasalam

WEBINAR—COURTESAN TRAINING FOR PERSONAL EXPANSIONLauren and I have designed our COURTESAN MASTERY CURRICULUM to be a robust enough training to create superlative practitioners.  But this is also a training that can be tremendously valuable to women simply for their own activation and expansion.  A good 30%-40% of women who have done our training have done it simply for their own benefit.In this conversation, we focus on these personal aspects that each of our course modules can serve for women.COURTESAN MASTERY CURRICULUM : https://omrupani.org/#/modern-priestess-of-eros/—  Om Rupaniwww.OmRupani.org

Italian Politics, Journalist Attack, and the History of St. Augustine in Pavia. Lorenzo Fiori discusses how Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was rudely defined as a "courtesan" by a prominent union leader following her diplomatic presence at the Gaza ceasefire signing. Journalist Ranucci, known for investigating politics and mafia-related business, survived a car bomb attack; he has been under guard since 2021. St. Augustine's remains are located in Pavia (south of Milan), moved there due to the LoMBARDY'S king's connection to Milan's Saint Ambrose. 1910 MILAN

It's October, which means we're thinking about fall, which comes with spice, heat and hanging out under the blankets! Today, our Fall 2025 romance novel preview, guaranteed to fill your TBR pile. There's something here for everyone — historicals, contemporaries, a splash of magic, princesses, superheroes, time-travel, widows, F1 drivers...a real ideal dinner party roster.If you'd like more romance chat in your life, please consider joining our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! There, magnificent firebirds hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com. BooksSeptember ReleasesFaster by Andie J. ChristopherThe Earl That Got Away by Diana QuincyResisting the Forbidden Widow by Maggie WestonThe Scot's Seduction Megan FramptonThe Dreamer and the Deep Space Warrior by TK TuckerOctober ReleasesHell's Heresies by Kat D. CoffinFemale Fantasy by Iman Hariri-KiaWrecking Caine by Amelia SheaA Scar in the Bone by Sophie JordanCowboy, It's Cold Outside by Maisey YatesStrings Attached by Noel BaileyA Pack for Winter by Eliana LeeIsn't It Obvious by Rachel Runya KatzLondon Calling by Rita GordonBackslide by Nora DahliaPlay You For It by Samantha SaldivarThe Devil She Knows by Alexandria BellefleurAll of us Murderers by KJ CharlesOnly Rakes Need Apply by Kate PearceJulia Song Is Undateable by Susan LeeSome Kind of Famous by Ava WilderA Star Is Scorned by Maureen Lee LenkerBlue Collar Billionaire by Amy AndrewsOnce Upon a Courtesan by Jess MichaelsClaiming the Princess by Charis...

COURTESAN MASTERY CURRICULUM Lauren and I are very excited to have expanded our very successful THE MODERN PRIESTESS OF EROS into a wider COURTESAN MASTERY CURRICULUM.This new curriculum contains 6 Modules.  Each Module will be taught as an independent week-long retreat.Here's more information about the curriculum : https://omrupani.org/#/modern-priestess-of-eros/Please reach out if you have any questions.Omwww.OmRupani.org

This week on Eros Money Power, I'm sharing the raw truth about the seismic shifts and changes happening in my life, my leadership, my offer suite and my legacy. It's the end of an erotic era, and I'm burning down everything that no longer turns me on so I can step fully into my million-dollar movement. From retiring nearly all of my offerings for the past decade to raising my standards to penthouse suite heights, this is the behind-the-scenes of letting go of “good girl” business and claiming my erotic genius. In this episode I dive into: The deeply personal decision to retire most of my programs and seal them in The Erotic Vault. Why clinging to what's familiar was costing me money, pleasure and power. The role of erotic genius in creating a movement and legacy that seduces the right women into my world. How the House of the Courtesan launch became an unexpected catalyst and initiation into sharper boundaries, higher pricing and more exclusive offerings. Letting go of “accessible to everyone” business models and stepping into a more private, in-house, high-caliber way of leading. Your next step? For a short time you can enter the Erotic Vault.​

A deadly shooting at London's extravagant Savoy Hotel in 1923 prompted a murder trial that pitted East against West. Was the tragedy the result of a pharaoh's curse or merely the consequence of a lover's quarrel?Sources:Bland, Lucy.  “Mme Fahmy's Vindication: Orientalism, miscegenation fears, and female fantasy,” in Modern Women on Trial: Sexual Transgression in the Age of the Flapper (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013). Pp. 132-175Leake, Natasha. “How a beguiling French courtesan captured the heart of a young British prince, in a love affair that scandalised the Royal Family.” The Tatler. 19 February 2023. https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-harrys-memoir-love-affair-edward-viii-and-french-courtesanRose, Andrew. The Woman Before Wallis: Prince Edward, the Parisian Courtesan, and the Perfect Murder (New York: Picador, 2013).“The Perfect Murder.” Royalty Magazine. Vol. 23/01. https://www.royalty-magazine.com/books-film/the-perfect-murder-2.htmlVerdict Press. Crimes of Passion (London: Verdict Press, 1975).Music: Credits to Holizna, Fesilyan Studios & Virginia ListonFor more information, visit www.oldbloodpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode, Lady Petra and Saffermaster discuss the conclusion of the Courtesan section discussing how a courtesan negotiates for her services over a Moscow Mule The Kinky cocktail Hour is brought to you by Motorbunny, the best saddle style vibrator on the market today. Save $40 on your Motorbunny purchase with the code LADYPETRAPLAYGROUND at Motorbunny.com You can order the TechRing, "Where health meets pleasure" at http://myfirmtech.com using the code "KINKY" to save 15%. Put a ring on it!Support the showListen on Podurama https://podurama.com

What if rejection wasn't a sign to shut down, collapse or abandon your deepest desires, but an invitation to deepen into your erotic power, seductively refine your strategy and get even more turned on by what's next? In this episode, I share a recent “no” that sent me spiraling until I remembered what the courtesan would do. Spoiler alert: she doesn't crumble. She gets off. If you've ever felt crushed by rejection, ghosted by a client or shut down after making a vulnerable ask, this episode of the Eros Money Power Podcast is your permission slip to seduce power out of every perceived setback. This is where collapse becomes foreplay. And where you rise from the ashes of rejection dripping in eros, not defeat. What We Cover in This Episode: How to turn rejection, disappointment and collapse into erotic energy that fuels your turn on and next move Why you keep asking for crumbs when your soul wants the whole damn cookie jar (and how to stop settling) The #1 mistake women make when they put their desires on one person or option (and how to shift into sourcing from your power instead) A real case study of a client who used seven “no's” to land a 6-figure YES...by getting kinky with rejection The courtesan's secret: how to alchemize rejection into magnetism and make the universe beg for an encore of you If you're ready to reclaim your influence, power and pleasure on your terms...doors to House of the Courtesan are open. https://www.theamberrenee.com/house-of-the-courtesan/ Sign up for my FREE 3-Day Telegram pop-up salon here: https://www.theamberrenee.com/courtesan-pop-up-salon/ Let's get social, sexy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theamberrenee/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theamberrenee Threads: https://www.threads.net/@theamberrenee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAmberRenee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16E3eSNDNM/?mibextid=wwXIfr

In this episode of the Eros Money Power podcast, I'm reminding you that your erotic power isn't just an energy reserved for the bedroom or a luxury, it's leverage. It's strategy. It's a living, breathing current of influence that changes how you move, how you're received and what you allow into your life. This is the power courtesans mastered and what modern women are reclaiming. When you learn to wield it, the world doesn't just notice…it responds.  Here's what you'll hear inside: Why erotic energy is not just about sex, but your most potent life-force and strategic edge as a woman The secret behind how courtesans used their erotic energy to create wealth, power and influence, without begging, burning out or bending yourself like a pretzel  How the world shifts around you when you're turned on: clients pay faster, rooms respond differently and money flows with ease Why prioritizing pleasure is a radical political and spiritual act...one that liberates not just you, but everyone you touch If you're ready to reclaim your influence, power and pleasure on your terms...doors to House of the Courtesan are open. This is your invitation. Your initiation. Your return to the legacy, lineage and inheritance of the courtesan that every woman carries within her. This is not just history, it's your inheritance. Enter the House of the Courtesan to reclaim it.

LOW-KEY BEST WES ANDERSON?? The Grand Budapest Hotel Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   With The Phoenician Scheme in Theatres NOW, Andrew & Roxy reunite for The Grand Budapest Hotel Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review!! Visit https://www.liquidiv.com & use Promo Code: REJECTS to get 20% off your first order. Join Andrew Gordon & Roxy Striar as they step into the pastel-hued halls of Wes Anderson's 2014 masterwork The Grand Budapest Hotel. When legendary concierge M. Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is framed for the murder of dowager Madame D. (Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton, Snowpiercer), young lobby boy Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori, Dope, The French Dispatch) embarks on a whirlwind quest across the snowy Republic of Zubrowka to clear his mentor's name. Along the way, they're aided by pastry-chef Agatha (Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird, Little Women), who crafts the iconic Courtesan au Chocolat, and pursued by the vengeful heir Dmitri (Adrien Brody, The Pianist, Midnight in Paris). The stellar ensemble also features F. Murray Abraham (Yuri, Amadeus, Scarface) as the ruthless jailer who leads the prison break; Willem Dafoe (Jopling, Spider-Man, The Lighthouse) as the cold-blooded henchman; Jeff Goldblum (Deputy Kovacs, Jurassic Park, Thor: Ragnarok) as the skeptical prosecutor; Jude Law (The Author, Sherlock Holmes, Fantastic Beasts) as the narrating novelist; and cameos from Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Lea Seydoux, and Owen Wilson. Aaron & Roxy break down every meticulously framed moment—from the snowy Alpine ski chase and the thrilling jail break to the decadent Mendl's pastry montage and the bittersweet final framing device. Don't miss their take on why The Grand Budapest Hotel remains one of the most highly searched and endlessly rewatchable films of the 2010s! Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Follow Roxy Striar YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhirlGirls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/roxystriar Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Eros Money Power podcast, we dive into the seductive brilliance and strategy of the courtesan. How she didn't burn the patriarchy down (though we're here for that in 2025)… she played it like a masterful game of power, strategy, influence and pleasure.  Here's what you'll hear inside: How the courtesan used her sexuality, erotic intelligence and influence as leverage to rise in a man's world Why reclaiming your erotic power is the antidote to good girl conditioning and financial dependence What modern women can learn from courtesans about flipping survival into seduction and scarcity into strategy The real reason courtesans were feared, envied AND worshipped by kings, popes and powerful men alike How to use your erotic intelligence to influence reality and create freedom in a system built to control you Why manipulation, seduction and influence are deeply inherent powers we've been taught to fear as women How to take resources the Patriarchy never wanted you to have...money, land, a voice, power...and make it ALL yours in 2025 The courtesan didn't wait to be chosen. She chose herself. She played the game, seduced the kings, built her wealth and became unforgettable. If you're ready to reclaim your influence, power and pleasure on your terms...doors to House of the Courtesan are open. This is your invitation. Your initiation. Your return to the legacy, lineage and inheritance of the courtesan that every woman carries within her. This is not just history, it's your inheritance. Enter the House of the Courtesan to reclaim it.

Machiavelli guides your relationships, sex work funds your freedom, but loneliness looms. Can calculating hearts learn to love? Welcome to Feedback Friday!And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com. Now let's dive in!Jordan's must reads (including books from this episode): AcceleratEdFull show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1162On This Week's Feedback Friday:Shiatsu on my shoulder makes me happy.What makes the difference between a storyteller and a snoreyteller?You're a trans woman with Machiavellian traits who craves intimacy but views relationships as cost-benefit transactions. After escaping an unhappy marriage, you're working at a brothel while running a business in rural Asia. Can someone who treats people like "toys" ever find genuine connection?Remember that emotional affair with your coworker Bob while you had a boyfriend in episode 1037? Well, life just served up a delicious plot twist: you landed your dream job only to discover you're now working directly with Bob's girlfriend. She wants to be best friends. What could possibly go wrong?You're a federal power plant operator facing potential job cuts under the new administration. They're offering a resignation package with continued pay through September, but there's a job opportunity in NYC. Do you hedge your bets or roll the dice on government stability? [Thanks to federal employment lawyer Justin Schnitzer for helping us with this one!]Recommendation of the Week: WayfindersGabe attended a two-day dance workshop involving forced vulnerability exercises, portal-walking declarations, and receiving roses for sharing your "truth." He proclaimed "I am available" and felt like he failed at emotional openness. Did the workshop miss the mark, or was he too defended to benefit?Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.Connect with Gabriel on Twitter at @GabeMizrahi and Instagram @gabrielmizrahi.And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here — even one sentence helps! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors:DeleteMe: 20% off: joindeleteme.com/jordan, code JORDANOura Ring: 10% off: ouraring.com/jordanShopify: 3 months @ $1/month (select plans): shopify.com/jordanNordVPN: Exclusive deal: nordvpn.com/jordanharbingerLand Rover Defender: landroverusa.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the shadowy past of Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery, tracing its origins from a lone Douglas fir on a stretch of farmland to the sprawling pioneer burial ground it is today. Along the way, he uncovers tales of unsolved murders, forgotten asylum patients, and spectral figures glimpsed in the ever present fog. Listeners will hear how environmental quirks and historical tragedies intertwine to create a site rife with eerie encounters.  

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the shadowy past of Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery, tracing its origins from a lone Douglas fir on a stretch of farmland to the sprawling pioneer burial ground it is today. Along the way, he uncovers tales of unsolved murders, forgotten asylum patients, and spectral figures glimpsed in the ever present fog. Listeners will hear how environmental quirks and historical tragedies intertwine to create a site rife with eerie encounters.   

Hey Gorgeous!Are you worried about making other women jealous? I get it! I tend to always trigger women and have had my fair share of sisterhood wounds. The women who were not afraid to make others jealous or trigger other women were the COURTESANS. This energy and archetype is one that i have mastered and is my deepest transmission. Which is why to celebrate my birthday I have put together 3 different Courtesan options!Embody your own inner Courtesan: https://themagneticwoman.com/courtesanAnd if you want to meet me in Greece for a full day intensive you can save 50% : https://themagneticwoman.com/greece

Yes, Sarah has a longtime fantasy of being on the lam, but let's be honest, she'd be caught reading a book in the nearest diner as soon as anyone got serious about looking for her. This week, we're talking about books in which characters are much more serious about being on the run! We break the category into people on the move and people in hiding, but also talk about secrets, about lies, and about how love really is about telling something all the truths you've got. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com.Our next read along is Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry, which you can get in print, ebook, audiobook or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Find it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books. The Books The Master by Kresley ColeRun Posy Run by Cate WellsClaiming the Courtesan by Anna CampbellBurn Down the Night by M. O'KeefeDragon Bound by Thea HarrisonTycoon by Joanna ShupeSomething Wilder by Christina LaurenIf I Told You, I'd Have to Kiss You by Mae MarvelHunter by Emmy ChandlerStranded by Jennifer D. BokalThe Harpy and the Dragon by Marie LiscombWyoming Double Jeopardy by Juno RushdanBourbon and Lies by Victoria WilderHunted Through Italy by Delaney DiamondDalliances & Devotion by Felicia GrossmanKiss the Girl by Zoraida CordovaUnder Her Skin by Adriana AndersWhiteout by Adriana...

Roy enjoys the courtesans at Sheri's ranch for the past four years and he called in to talk all about It. Tune in to hear all the details including how and why he goes to started going to Sheet's ranch, how believes paying for the courtesans and how and why that works best for him right now, how he picks the courtesans he wants to hook up with, why he thinks it better to go to the bar at the ranch then do a “line up”, how he lost his virginity and his history dating women, the brief stint he had dating and hooking up with guys, how far he went with them,  how and why he decided to stop, how important safe sex is for him and how that is dealt with at the ranch, how he tried a matchmaker at some point and why that didn't work out for him, how going to the ranch became an outlet for him and what he really gets out of going,  what he recommends as the first time experience and how his first experience went down, the type of courtesans he digs when he's there, the specific girls he has been with and what he thought about each one of them, how and why he doesn't have a regular thing with one girl and prefers a variety, the type of things he has tried with the girls, how many times a year he goes to the ranch, how going to the ranch can help others and how and why going shouldn't be stigmatized plus a whole lot more. **To see pics of and my female guests + gain access to my PRIVATE Discord channel where people get super XX naughty + hear anonymous confessions + get all the episodes early and AD FREE, join my Patreon! It's only $7 a month and you can cancel at any time. You can sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/StrictlyAnonymousPodcast MY BOOK IS NOW OUT FOR PRE-ORDER!!!! Strictly Anonymous Confessions: Secret Sex Lives of Total Strangers. A bunch of short, super sexy, TRUE stories. GET YOUR COPY NOW: https://amzn.to/4i7hBCd To Join SDC and get a FREE Trial! click here: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=37712 or go to SDC.com and use my code 37712 Want to be on the show? Email me at strictlyanonymouspodcast@gmail.com or go to http://www.strictlyanonymouspodcast.com and click on "Be on the Show" Have something quick you want to confess while remaining anonymous? Call the CONFESSIONS hotline at 347-420-3579. You can call 24/7. All voices are changed. Sponsors:  https://butterwellness.com/ For 20% off your Butter Wellness perineum massager use code STRICTLY https://bluechew.com Get your first month of the new Blewchew Max FREE! use code: STRICTLYANON https://viia.co/STRICTLYANON Try VIIA and use code STRICTLYANON for great SEX and sleep https://www.dipseastories.com/strictlyanon Hear the hottest stories on Dipsea and get a 30-day FREE trial https://beducate.me/march2025 Use code anonymous to get an additional 10% off the campaign's current discount - that's 60% off Follow me! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/strictanonymous/ Twitter https://twitter.com/strictanonymous?lang=en Website http://www.strictlyanonymouspodcast.com/ Everything else https://linktr.ee/Strictlyanonymouspodcas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Hinduism? For centuries, that question was particularly thorny, both for local Indians and for colonial outsiders. People inside and outside the country tried to define what Hinduism was. Missionaries grappled with Hindu practices, finding both similarities and dangerous differences with their own Christian faith. The East India Company adopted several Hindu rituals to keep the peace, much to the chagrin of officials back in London. And, increasingly, Indians began to define what Hinduism meant as part of a broader political awakening. Manu Pillai tells that story in his latest book Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity (Allen Lane: 2024) Manu Pillai is the author of the critically acclaimed The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore (HarperCollins: 2016), Rebels Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji (Juggernaut: 2018), The Courtesan, the Mahatma, and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History (Context: 2019) and False Allies: India's Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma (Juggernaut: 2021). Former chief of staff to Shashi Tharoor MP, Pillai is also a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2017) and holds a PhD in history from King's College London. His essays and writings on history have appeared in various national and international publications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Welcome Alice Little, one of our favorite guests who has returned for a second episode on the pod! Alice is one of America's most successful courtesans and an intimate companionship expert. She is also a fierce advocate for the adult industry, and as a 4 foot 8 redhead, she lives up to her name! Since the pandemic, Alice's life has pivoted to a wholesome goat farm vibe and working at The Chicken Ranch – we get a juicy inside scoop on this Nevada brothel! Alice also discusses challenges faced by sex workers, concerns stemming from the election, and how moms want their sons to just get laid! Happy holidays, folks! And remember, always verify social accounts before sending money!! BlueChew is a unique online service that delivers the same active ingredients as Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra -- but in CHEWABLE tablets and at a fraction of the cost! Try BlueChew for FREE, just pay $5 in shipping when you use code HOLLY at https://bluechew.com/ Our Sponsor, FLESHLIGHT, can help you reach new heights with your self-pleasure. FLESHLIGHT is the #1 selling male sex toy in the world. Fleshlight Code: HOLLY Fleshlight URL: fleshlight.sjv.io/HollyRandallUnfiltered  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Want more from this podcast? Get access to tons of perks by joining my Patreon! We have exclusive bonus content such as live streams of our interviews, early releases, exclusive Q&As, access to my fine art photography and video, plus so much more! Join our community now at http://Patreon.com/hollyrandallunfiltered Connect with Alice online: https://www.thealicelittle.com/ Adult Industry Mental Health Support: https://pineapplesupport.org/ Visit my Official Podcast site: https://www.hollyrandallunfiltered.com/ Follow Holly on all the platforms: https://link.me/hollyrandall Sign up for Patreon Access!! https://www.patreon.com/hollyrandallunfiltered To make a one time donation: https://www.paypal.me/hollyrandall78 Fan mail: 26500 Agoura Road, Suite 102-838, Calabasas CA 91302 

Today we're talking about Megillus, a trans-masculine character in the 2nd-century text Dialogues of the Courtesans. Tune in for three separate queer characters, the complexities of discussing transness in the ancient world, and a whole host of mythological examples of ways to be queer. If you want to listen to the episode on Roman women for some background, you can check it out here.  If you want to read the dialogue we're discussing, you can find it here.  Check out our website, where you can find our sources, as well as everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Instagram, Tumblr and Bluesky. [Image: text in Greek from the Dialogues of the Courtesans, centering on the name 'Megillus'.

Happy anniversary, Firebirds! Seven years ago this week, we launched Fated Mates with our first Episode, "A Wolf Without a Foot," in which we planned a tight 18 episode series, here and gone before you'd know it. Seven years later, we're still here, and we're celebrating by doing the obvious: Talking about Sin! We've taken the seven deadly sins and assigned a great romance novel to each one, and we've dug deep into the dark recesses of our minds, our bookshelves and our psyches to do it. This is a long one (obviously), and full of some real "abandon all hope, ye who enter here" vibes. Thanks for being with us new listeners and longstanding ones...we love you! If you want more romance content, maybe you want to join our Patreon, where you get another episode from us each month, and access to the incredible readers and listeners and brilliant people on the Fated Mates discord! Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon. Also! We stay phonebanking! Join us this Saturday and next to phonebank with fellow romance lovers. Jen & Sarah are joined by special guests who will knock your socks off! Learn more and register at fatedmates.net/fatedstates. If phonebanking isn't your thing, we're also raising money for downticket house and senate races, because state legislatures may not be sexy, but they sure hold all the power. Learn more, and give what you can at fatedmates.net/givingcircle. The BooksEnvyBarbarian's Taming by Ruby DixonSin and Ink by Naima SimoneStaying in Vegas by Sam MarianoThe Earl Takes All by Lorraine HeathLustUncivilized by Sawyer BennettBass-Ackwards by Eris AdderlyStolen Desire by Robin LovettGluttonyFury on Fire by Sophie JordanCajun Hot by Nikita BlackBeautiful Stranger by Christina LaurenGreedClaiming the Courtesan by Anna CampbellWelcome to Temptation by Jennifer CrusieOne and Done by Cynthia SaxSlothHook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa BaileyFan Service by Rosie DananDon't Let Your Dukes Grow Up to be Scoundrels by Louisa DarlingScandalous Desires by Elizabeth HoytWrath