Podcasts about everyday feminism

In this episode, DB chats with Tigress Osborn about her involvement with the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) and their mission to combat size discrimination. Tigress shares her personal journey into fat acceptance and explains the distinction between body positivity and fat liberation. They discuss NAAFA's advocacy work and important legislative efforts on the horizon. Tune in for practical ways to support NAAFA's cause and champion fat liberation! Find more from Tigress Osborn: Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and the Executive Director of NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. NAAFA has worked for over five decades to change perceptions of fat and to end size discrimination. In 2023, Tigress co-launched the Campaign for Size Freedom alongside colleagues at NAAFA and the Fat Legal Rights Advocacy and Education Project (FLARE). Tigress is an intersectional feminist teacher and writer whose fat liberation work has been featured in USA Today and Newsweek, and heard on BBC AntiSocial and ABC News, and seen on Everyday Feminism and NewsNation network. Follow NAAFA @naafaofficial and Tigress @iofthetigress. Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast TikTok: @sexedwithdbTwitter : @sexedwithdbThreads: @sexedwithdbpodcast YouTube: Sex Ed with DB Rep your favorite sex ed podcast with our brand new merch! Sign up for our newsletter with BTS content and exclusive giveaways here. Are you a sexual health professional? Check out DB's workshop: Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand. Want to get in touch with Sex Ed with DB? Email us at sexedwithdb@gmail.com. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 9 is Sponsored by: Lion's Den, Uberlube, Magic Wand, and Plan C. Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here! —— About Sex Ed with DB: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 9 Team: Creator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen Producer and Communications Coordinator: Sadie Lidji Marketing Coordinator: Kate Fiala

The Bate Escape: S**** N Giggles Edition! Here's a special edition of The Bate Escape with my friend Andrew Gurza, "an award winning Disability Awareness Consultant. Andrew uses they/he pronouns and identifies proudly as disabled.  Their work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Daily Xtra, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Everyday Feminism, Mashable, Out.com, and several anthologies.  He was the subject of an award winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary “Picture This”.  Andrew has guested on a number of podcasts including Dan Savage's Savage Love and Cameron Esposito's Queery. He has spoken all over the world on sex, disability and what it means to be a Queer Cripple." In this episode, we play a fun game of "Goon or GO!", talk about pop culture moments in "Make It Make Sense", and share some insight into our dating lives in the segment "BATE/MATE/DATE. You can learn more about Andrew by clicking on the following links: https://twitter.com/andrewgurza6 https://www.instagram.com/andrewgurza6/ https://www.andrewgurza.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/andrewgurza6.bsky.social Andrew's Podcast: Disability After Dark: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disability-after-dark/id1151890990 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebateescape/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebateescape/support

Do you know what the "I" in LGBTQIA+ stands for? In case you don't, Jason and Brett talk to Pidgeon Pagonis (Nobody Needs to Know) about what intersex means and Pidgeon's experience living "in between." They also discuss the best Chicago-style pizza, gush over diners, and debate a controversial A League of Their Own question.  Check out Pidgeon's website: http://pid.ge/Intersex Resources: http://pid.ge/resourcesCheck out Pidgeon's brand, Too Cute to Be Binary: https://toocutetobebinary.com/Pidgeon Pagonis is an activist on behalf of intersex and marginalized people. They have advanced youth advocacy with interACT, launched an intersex YouTube channel, written for Everyday Feminism, cofounded the Intersex Justice Project (IJP) and the #EndIntersexSurgery campaign, and introduced the intersex and nonbinary clothing line Too Cute to Be Binary. They've created two short documentaries, The Son I Never Had, which premiered at Outfest, and A Normal Girl, which screened at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival; appeared on the cover of National Geographic's “Gender Revolution” special issue; and been honored as an LGBT Champion of Change by the Obama White House. They are currently documenting intersex people of color for Physical Record, a new photo series subsidized by Astraea's Intersex Human Rights Fund.**BOOKS!** Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content! Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch! Follow us on Instagram @gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitmanWhat are you reading? Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

“According to the ISSM: If they have questions about sex, they feel comfortable asking, and they are eager to understand more about the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of sexual activity. They understand the importance of safe sex. Safe sex can include ensuring emotional and psychological safety, involving supporting someone with a sexual dysfunction or sexual abuse history. They believe that sex is a natural part of being human and should be enjoyed by those who want to have sex. For sex-positive people, sex can be discussed without shame or awkwardness, and it is not a taboo subject. “They accept others' sexual practices,” or lack thereof, “as long as the participants consent and feel safe, without moral judgment.” Here are some things that sex positivity is NOT: Simply enjoying sex. If that were the case, we would have a lot more sex-positive people in the world! Plenty of people who enjoy sex still place shame and stigma on others who have different sexual practices. Believing that everyone should have sex and enjoy it. The reasons some folks have for not engaging in sex are valid, and should always be respected. Being hypersexual, with no boundaries, and having sex with anyone and everyone all the time. Sexually objectifying others, and ignoring power dynamics and intersectionality. Having an uncomplicated relationship with sex. Lastly, I want to share a quote from Miri Mogilevsky, a Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism. “I want a sex positivity that is here for all the trauma survivors, all the asexual and aromantic folks, all the people who don't love their bodies, everyone who's ever felt ambivalent about sex, and anyone who feels like sex has done them more harm than good.” Okay, now that you (hopefully) have a clearer picture of sex-positivity, let's look at some ways you can develop this perspective within yourself! One facet of being sex-positive is not shaming or judging others for their sexual (or nonsexual) lifestyles. This, of course, means developing a more inclusive and nonjudgmental mindset around sex. You can challenge any prejudice by saying to yourself, “Why do I react negatively when I hear about open relationships? Where does that instinct come from?” This process is called self-awareness and leads to a greater understanding of how we react to things we don't understand or have been taught to judge. Open-mindedness is one way to move toward sex-positivity. Another step needed to adopt a sex-positive approach is to educate yourself. We often judge others simply because we don't know much about that topic, sex included. Read some books or articles on the subject. Make the effort to understand diverse consensual sexual practices. This is the key – you do not need to be interested in participating in those diverse practices in order to be sex-positive! What is odd to you is perhaps perfect for someone else. That is how this works. Sex-positivity requires an ongoing commitment to becoming more and more inclusive and aware. It requires re-training your brain away from the automatic thought of “slut” when you see a woman wearing revealing clothing. You must challenge the stereotypes and labels we have placed others under. It also means speaking up and being brave when others use language that is exclusive and dehumanizing, and asking why that person is using that language to describe others whose sexual practices do not match theirs. Talking about consent is perhaps the most important piece of the pie. Everyone benefits from understanding that the absence of a “no” is not a “yes” when it comes to sex. It is an absolute requirement of being sex-positive to understand consent and its importance in all sexual practices.” -Sara Crowers MSW LCSW --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and the Executive Director of NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. In 2023, Tigress co-launched the Campaign for Size Freedom alongside colleagues at NAAFA and the Fat Legal Rights Advocacy and Education Project (FLARE) with support from Dove. She is also the founder of Full Figure Entertainment and co-founder of PHX Fat Force. She is an intersectional feminist teacher and writer whose professional background as a youth empowerment leader and DEI educator has informed her fat liberation activism since 2008. She has been featured in USA Today and Newsweek, and heard on BBC AntiSocial and ABC News, and seen on Everyday Feminism and NewsNation network. Tigress will be honored with the People's Choice Community Service Award at the 2023 Full Figured Industry Awards!    

Pidgeon Pagonis is an activist on behalf of intersex and marginalized people. They have advanced youth advocacy with interACT, launched an intersex YouTube channel, written for Everyday Feminism, cofounded the Intersex Justice Project (IJP) and the #EndIntersexSurgery campaign, and introduced the intersex and nonbinary clothing line Too Cute to Be Binary. They've created two short documentaries, The Son I Never Had, which premiered at Outfest, and A Normal Girl, which screened at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival; appeared on the cover of National Geographic's “Gender Revolution” special issue; and been honored as an LGBT Champion of Change by the Obama White House. They are currently documenting intersex people of color for Physical Record, a new photo series subsidized by Astraea's Intersex Human Rights Fund. NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW  is their first book. For more information visit www.pid.ge. Support the showTwitter: GenderStoriesInstagram: GenderStoriesHosted by Alex IantaffiMusic by Maxwell von RavenLogo by Lior Effinger-Weintraub

Maggie Greene and Ruby Gertz are back to continue the conversation about dress codes. This episode is part 2 of 3.  This week we will be tackling the concept of "professionalism" and how that ties into dress codes. We will do a deep dive into the different categories of professional dress. And we will get to the bottom of how/why these dress codes are enforced, despite the language within these policies being very subjective and unmeasurable.  This episode also includes thoughts/stories from Pat, Jenny, and Carla.We recommend reading Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History by Richard Thompson Ford.Also check out "You Call It Professionalism; I Call It Oppression in a Three-Piece Suit," by Carmen Rios for Everyday Feminism.Find this episode's transcript (and so much more) at clotheshorsepodcast.comWant to support Amanda's work on Clotheshorse? Learn more at patreon.com/clotheshorsepodcastIf you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it's a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.worldCheck out Amanda's other podcast, The Department.Clotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles and ceramics! We also carry a curated assortment of  sustainable/natural locally made goods. Thumbprint is a great gift destination for both the special people in your life and for yourself! Browse our online store at thumbprintdetroit.com and find us on instagram @thumbprintdetroit.Gentle Vibes:  We are purveyors of polyester and psychedelic relics! We encourage experimentation and play not only in your wardrobe, but in your home, too. We have thousands of killer vintage pieces ready for their next adventure! Picnicwear:  a slow fashion brand, ethically made by hand from vintage and deadstock materials - most notably, vintage towels! Founder, Dani, has worked in the industry as a fashion designer for over 10 years, but started Picnicwear in response to her dissatisfaction with the industry's shortcomings. Picnicwear recently moved to rural North Carolina where all their clothing and accessories are now designed and cut, but the majority of their sewing is done by skilled garment workers in NYC. Their customers take comfort in knowing that all their sewists are paid well above NYC minimum wage. Picnicwear offers minimal waste and maximum authenticity: Future Vintage over future garbage.Shift Clothing, out of beautiful Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on natural fibers, simple hardworking designs, and putting fat people first.  Discover more at shiftwheeler.com​High Energy Vintage is a fun and funky vintage shop located in Somerville, MA, just a few minutes away from downtown Boston. They offer a highly curated selection of bright and colorful clothing and accessories from the 1940s-1990s for people of all genders. Husband-and-wife duo Wiley & Jessamy handpick each piece for quality and style, with a focus on pieces that transcend trends and will find a home in your closet for many years to come! In addition to clothing, the shop also features a large selection of vintage vinyl and old school video games. Find them on instagram @ highenergyvintage, online at highenergyvintage.com, and at markets in and around Boston.St. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month.  New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.Deco Denim is a startup based out of San Francisco, selling clothing and accessories that are sustainable, gender fluid, size inclusive and high quality--made to last for years to come. Deco Denim is trying to change the way you think about buying clothes. Founder Sarah Mattes wants to empower people to ask important questions like, “Where was this made? Was this garment made ethically? Is this fabric made of plastic? Can this garment be upcycled and if not, can it be recycled?” Signup at decodenim.com to receive $20 off your first purchase. They promise not to spam you and send out no more than 3 emails a month, with 2 of them surrounding education or a personal note from the Founder. Find them on Instagram as @deco.denim.The Pewter Thimble Is there a little bit of Italy in your soul? Are you an enthusiast of pre-loved decor and accessories? Bring vintage Italian style — and history — into your space with The Pewter Thimble (@thepewterthimble). We source useful and beautiful things, and mend them where needed. We also find gorgeous illustrations, and make them print-worthy. Tarot cards, tea towels and handpicked treasures, available to you from the comfort of your own home. Responsibly sourced from across Rome, lovingly renewed by fairly paid artists and artisans, with something for every budget. Discover more at thepewterthimble.comBlank Cass, or Blanket Coats by Cass, is focused on restoring, renewing, and reviving the history held within vintage and heirloom textiles. By embodying and transferring the love, craft, and energy that is original to each vintage textile into a new garment, I hope we can reteach ourselves to care for and mend what we have and make it last. Blank Cass lives on Instagram @blank_cass and a website will be launched soon at blankcass.com.Gabriela Antonas is a visual artist, an upcycler, and a fashion designer, but Gabriela Antonas is also a feminist micro business with radical ideals. She's the one woman band, trying to help you understand, why slow fashion is what the earth needs. If you find your self in New Orleans, LA, you may buy her ready-to-wear upcycled garments in person at the store “Slow Down” (2855 Magazine St). Slow Down Nola only sells vintage and slow fashion from local designers. Gabriela's garments are guaranteed to be in stock in person, but they also have a website so you may support this women owned and run business from wherever you are! If you are interested in Gabriela making a one of a kind garment for you DM her on Instagram at @slowfashiongabriela to book a consultation.Vagabond Vintage DTLV is a vintage clothing, accessories & decor reselling business based in Downtown Las Vegas. Not only do we sell in Las Vegas, but we are also located throughout resale markets in San Francisco as well as at a curated boutique called Lux and Ivy located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jessica, the founder & owner of Vagabond Vintage DTLV, recently opened the first IRL location located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas on August 5th. The shop has a strong emphasis on 60s & 70s garments, single stitch tee shirts & dreamy loungewear. Follow them on instagram, @vagabondvintage.dtlv and keep an eye out for their website coming fall of 2022.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Located in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetunderground.comSelina Sanders, a social impact brand that specializes in up-cycled clothing, using only reclaimed, vintage or thrifted materials: from tea towels, linens, blankets and quilts.  Sustainably crafted in Los Angeles, each piece is designed to last in one's closet for generations to come.  Maximum Style; Minimal Carbon Footprint.Salt Hats:  purveyors of truly sustainable hats. Hand blocked, sewn and embellished in Detroit, Michigan.Republica Unicornia Yarns: Hand-Dyed Yarn and notions for the color-obsessed. Made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia by Head Yarn Wench Kathleen. Get ready for rainbows with a side of Giving A Damn! Republica Unicornia is all about making your own magic using small-batch, responsibly sourced, hand-dyed yarns and thoughtfully made notions. Slow fashion all the way down and discover the joy of creating your very own beautiful hand knit, crocheted, or woven pieces. Find us on Instagram @republica_unicornia_yarns and at www.republicaunicornia.com.Cute Little Ruin is an online shop dedicated to providing quality vintage and secondhand clothing, vinyl, and home items in a wide range of styles and price points.  If it's ethical and legal, we try to find a new home for it!  Vintage style with progressive values.  Find us on Instagram at @CuteLittleRuin.

“I am going to write today about what it means to be sex-positive, and some things you can try to become more sex-positive. The International Society for Sex Medicine (ISSM) defines sex-positivity in different ways. Here are some traits of sex-positive people according to the ISSM: If they have questions about sex, they feel comfortable asking, and they are eager to understand more about the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of sexual activity. They understand the importance of safe sex. Safe sex can include ensuring emotional and psychological safety, involving supporting someone with a sexual dysfunction or sexual abuse history. They believe that sex is a natural part of being human and should be enjoyed by those who want to have sex. For sex-positive people, sex can be discussed without shame or awkwardness, and it is not a taboo subject. “They accept others' sexual practices,” or lack thereof, “as long as the participants consent and feel safe, without moral judgment.” Here are some things that sex positivity is NOT: Simply enjoying sex. If that were the case, we would have a lot more sex-positive people in the world! Plenty of people who enjoy sex still place shame and stigma on others who have different sexual practices. Believing that everyone should have sex and enjoy it. The reasons some folks have for not engaging in sex are valid, and should always be respected. Being hypersexual, with no boundaries, and having sex with anyone and everyone all the time. Sexually objectifying others, and ignoring power dynamics and intersectionality. Having an uncomplicated relationship with sex. Lastly, I want to share a quote from Miri Mogilevsky, a Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism. “I want a sex positivity that is here for all the trauma survivors, all the asexual and aromantic folks, all the people who don't love their bodies, everyone who's ever felt ambivalent about sex, and anyone who feels like sex has done them more harm than good.” I am open to experience wholesome people in reference to the entire human diversity of adults in moderation. I am open to cuckolding, cuckqueaning, hotwifing, and hot husbanding in moderation with the full, enthusiastic, consensual permission of all parties involved especially the life partners and the spouses. I have sex in patches (in moderate quantities, in moderate amounts, within reasonable limits, within sensible limits, within limits, within bounds, within due limits, moderately, up to a point, and occasionally rather than all of the time.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

Jeremy sits down with Dan Mahle to discuss Wholehearted Masculinity and an engaging conversation about manhood, mentors, and maturity. They discuss the powers working against healthy masculinity in our society, including pornography, algorithms, and binary thinking. https://linktr.ee/plowline Dan Mahle is an ICF-certified coach and experiential group facilitator who is skillful at partnering with purpose-driven leaders to build more thriving and inclusive cultures. A systems-oriented leader with a passion for building humanizing relationships, Dan supports teams to collaborate more effectively by removing barriers to innovation, authenticity, and trust. Dan helps leaders connect to their authentic power in accountable ways by exploring and expressing vital parts of themselves that are often undervalued in business environments. Dan is the founder of Wholehearted Masculine, a center for the exploration and development of wholehearted masculinities. There, Dan engages in gender-based social advocacy and leads programs for people who seek to co-create and participate in healthier cultures of masculinity. An experienced DEI practitioner, Dan specializes in engaging men as meaningful partners in diversity, equity, and inclusion work. He often speaks and presents on the topic of masculinity and gender in the workplace, bringing a radically inclusive, holistic, and humanizing approach to some of the most divisive issues of our time. As a writer and frequent podcast guest, Dan has been featured in Everyday Feminism, The Good Men Project, The ManKind Podcast, YES! Magazine, and Crosscut, among others. Dan holds a B.A. in Peace & Global Studies from Earlham College. He can often be found hiking in the foothills near his home in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, daughter, and puppy.

In Quicky #8, I chat with Harris O'Malley, a dating coach who provides geek dating advice at Paging Dr. NerdLove, as well as on Kotaku and elsewhere. He and his work has been featured on Nightline, Vice, The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Wired, Sex Nerd Sandra, Daily Life, Slate, The Austin-American Statesman, Austin Monthly, Geek and Sundry, Boing Boing, Everyday Feminism, Buzzfeed, The BBC, The New Yorker, The New York Post, The Daily Dot, The Washington Post, Kotaku, Lifehacker, NeilStrauss.com, The Good Man Project, MTV's Guy Code, The Harvard Business Journal, and many others.

Mitakuye Oyasin is a Lakota philosophy that roughly translates to "we are all related" or "all my relations." It recognizes one's relationship and responsibility to all living things and reminds us to always consider how our behaviors and actions impact the life around us. Unsurprisingly, this philosophy is at odds with colonialism and the capitalist notions of "me" over "we." This discussion will review the universal and practical applications of Mitakuye Oyasin and how humans can cultivate kinship with the life, space, and time around them in ways that reject Western bootstrap/individualistic theories and acknowledge and affirm Indigenous people, values, and practices. Taté Walker is a Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. They are an award-winning Two Spirit storyteller for outlets like "The Nation," "Everyday Feminism," "Native Peoples," "Indian Country Today," "Apartment Therapy," and "ANMLY." They are also featured in several anthologies, including "FIERCE: Essays by and about Dauntless Women," "South Dakota in Poems," W.W. Norton's "Everyone's an Author," and "The Languages of Our Love: An Indigenous Love and Sex Anthology" (forthcoming Summer 2022). Taté recently released their first full-length, illustrated poetry book, "The Trickster Riots" (Abalone Mountain Press, 2022). Learn more at jtatewalker.com.Taté and ONE have also collaborated to get "The Trickster Riots" out to Lakota youth through The Cheyenne River Youth Project.  You can contribute here through October 30th.  Link: https://www.pledge.to/getting-the-trickster-riots-out-to-lakota-youth-9078 or Text TRICKSTER to 707070 to donateSupport the show

in this conversation with Akilah Richards, we just feel our way through 5 different phrases. episodes of this podcast are never scripted, but this one is particularly vulnerable and off the cuff. i am so grateful for the time and space shared, and hope this conversation will help folks get a sense of what Akilah means when she talks about Raising Free People via unschooling and what our responsibilities are to the people around us. Connect with me- Theunschoolfiles.com @theunschoolfiles on Instagram drop a me a coffee or buy someone a zine on Venmo @iamsilenth -Subscribe to the UNSCHOOL FILES ZINE! https://www.patreon.com/theunschoolfiles Akilah's podcast Fare of the free Child Podcast ​​https://soundcloud.com/radicalselfie/sets/fare-of-the-free-child Akilah's Website https://raisingfreepeople.com Please become a patron of Akilah's! https://www.patreon.com/akilah Akilah's writing for Everyday Feminism https://everydayfeminism.com/author/akilahr/

Author, activist, and all-around badass, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, founder of @latinarebels, joins us to talk about the power of righteous anger and her commitment to combining theology, intersectional feminism, and storytelling. The bulk of her work is around making accessible, through storytelling and curating content, the theories and heavy material that is oftentimes only taught in the racist/classist institutions known as academia. To date, she has participated in the Young Adult anthology "Nevertheless, We Persisted." Recently Prisca also participated in an anthology edited by Lynda Lopez titled, "The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."She started the platform Latina Rebels in 2013, and currently, it boasts over 300k organic followers online. She has been featured in Telemundo, Univision, Mitú, Huffington Post Latino Voices, Guerrilla Feminism, Latina Mag, Cosmopolitan, Everyday Feminism, and was invited to the White House in the Fall of 2016. She is unapologetic, angry and uncompromising about protecting and upholding the stories of Latinx communities. Que viva la gente!Currently, her first full-length book with Seal Press a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, is out everywhere books are sold! Buy your copy here!

"People should be willing to learn and grow from each other with humility and gratitude whether they share the same backgrounds or not. I am not too much or too little in all areas of my life, I am just right in all areas of my life. I hope to have as much ethical, humane, holistic, enthusiastic, mutually informed sex with as many ethical, human, holistic, enthusiastic, mutually informed sex partners as possible." - Antonio Myers "Okay, now that you (hopefully) have a clearer picture of sex-positivity, let's look at some ways you can develop this perspective within yourself! One facet of being sex-positive is not shaming or judging others for their sexual (or nonsexual) lifestyles. This, of course, means developing a more inclusive and nonjudgmental mindset around sex. You can challenge any prejudice by saying to yourself, “Why do I react negatively when I hear about open relationships? Where does that instinct come from?” This process is called self-awareness and leads to a greater understanding of how we react to things we don't understand or have been taught to judge. Open-mindedness is one way to move toward sex-positivity. Another step needed to adopt a sex-positive approach is to educate yourself. We often judge others simply because we don't know much about that topic, sex included. Read some books or articles on the subject. Make the effort to understand diverse consensual sexual practices. This is the key – you do not need to be interested in participating in those diverse practices in order to be sex-positive! What is odd to you is perhaps perfect for someone else. That is how this works. Sex-positivity requires an ongoing commitment to becoming more and more inclusive and aware. It requires re-training your brain away from the automatic thought of “slut” when you see a woman wearing revealing clothing. You must challenge the stereotypes and labels we have placed others under. It also means speaking up and being brave when others use language that is exclusive and dehumanizing, and asking why that person is using that language to describe others whose sexual practices do not match theirs. Talking about consent is perhaps the most important piece of the pie. Everyone benefits from understanding that the absence of a “no” is not a “yes” when it comes to sex. It is an absolute requirement of being sex-positive to understand consent and its importance in all sexual practices. Sex-positivity is a way we can celebrate our humanness, the one common thread connecting everyone. Here are some things that sex positivity is NOT: Simply enjoying sex. If that were the case, we would have a lot more sex-positive people in the world! Plenty of people who enjoy sex still place shame and stigma on others who have different sexual practices. Believing that everyone should have sex and enjoy it. The reasons some folks have for not engaging in sex are valid, and should always be respected. Being hypersexual, with no boundaries, and having sex with anyone and everyone all the time. Sexually objectifying others, and ignoring power dynamics and intersectionality. Having an uncomplicated relationship with sex. Lastly, I want to share a quote from Miri Mogilevsky, a Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism. “I want a sex positivity that is here for all the trauma survivors, all the asexual and aromantic folks, all the people who don't love their bodies, everyone who's ever felt ambivalent about sex, and anyone who feels like sex has done them more harm than good.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

Andrew Gurza is an award-winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief Disability Officer and Co-founder of Bump'n, a sex toy company for and by disabled people. Andrew uses they/he pronouns and identifies proudly as disabled. Their work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Daily Xtra, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Everyday Feminism, Mashable, Out.com, and several anthologies. They were the subject of an award-winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary “Picture This”. Andrew has guested on a number of podcasts including Dan Savage's Savage Love and Cameron Esposito's Queery. They have spoken all over the world on sex, disability and what it means to be a Queer Cripple. They are also the host of Disability After Dark: The Podcast Shining a Bright Light on Disability Stories which won a Canadian Podcast Award in 2021, a Queerty Award, and was chosen as an Honoree at the 2020 Webby Awards. The show is available on all platforms. Andrew is also the creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot. You can find out more about Andrew by going to www.andrewgurza.com and connecting via social media @itsgurza. Resources mentioned in the episode:  Andrew's podcast, Disability After Dark, their Website, and Instagram Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex by Kaleigh Trace  Purchase or financially support The Joystick: The World's First Accessible Sex Toy by Get Bump'n  Download a link to this episode's transcript.

Andrew Gurza is an award winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief Disability Officer and Co-founder of Bump'n, a sex toy company for and by disabled people. Andrew uses they/he pronouns and identifies proudly as disabled. Their work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Daily Xtra, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Everyday Feminism, Mashable, Out.com, and several anthologies. He was the subject of an award-winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary, Picture This. Andrew has guested on a number of podcasts, including Dan Savage's Savage Love and Cameron Esposito's Queery. He has spoken all over the world on sex, disability and what it means to be a Queer Cripple. He is also the host of Disability After Dark: The Podcast Shining a Bright Light on Disability Stories, which won a Canadian Podcast Award in 2021, was a Queerty Award nominee, and was chosen as an Honoree at the 2020 Webby Awards. The show is available on all platforms. Andrew  is also the creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot. You can find out more about Andrew by going to www.andrewgurza.com and connecting via social media @andrewgurza_. Tune in as Andrew shares: how they were diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) at the age of one and a half their more recent diagnosis of IBS, and how it has presented its own challenges how COVID has affected their sex life, and why they hire sex workers where they can see room for disability discourse to grow how they emotionally process ableism from day-to-day the nuances of caregiving, and how bad management can lead to dehumanizing experiences for patients how care management can be improved from the top-down how they have cultivated their mindset — and how their #1 advocate, their mom, was key in encouraging them to develop a thick skin and a sense of humor a nuanced conversation about accessibility — and why it's more difficult for disabled creators to create accessible content, even if we'd like to how we can work to get out of the public health crisis of bias in healthcare: by hiring those of us who are historically excluded to positions of power, to reshape the system from the top-down why and how they were inspired to create Bump'n — the world's first disability-driven sex toy

Chris sits down for a one-on-one with Reagan Myers, author of Afterwards (Button Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, poetry... and YA lit! Reagan Myers Instagram @reagancmyers | Facebook @reagancmyers | Twitter @reagancmyers Reagan is the youngest Grand Slam champion to ever come out of Nebraska, and was the first woman to hold the title in seven years. She's been to two National Poetry Slams as a member of the Omaha team, founded and represented the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational for two years, and was the Woman of the World Poetry Slam Nebraska rep for 2016, in addition to being a member of different teams for regional competitions. You can see her work on Button Poetry, which has accumulated over 2.5 million views, and has also been written about in The Huffington Post, Bustle, and Everyday Feminism. She is currently working on her Masters degree in composition and rhetoric at the University of Nebraska. Check out The Poetry Question --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the HeyDreamer! Podcast by Jessie Medina (@jessiemedinaofficial). This podcast is for dreamers who dream big and take aligned action! If you want to feel inspired and learn about how others are living their dream life, this is the place for you. On this episode, I had the honor to chat with Prisca Dorcas, author of For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges & Tender Hearts. On this interview she shares her journey from Nicaragua to the U.S. and why she started Latina Rebels and how she became a best-selling author. Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez was born in Managua, Nicaragua but calls Nashville, Tennessee home. She got her Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University in the Spring of 2015. The bulk of her work is around making accessible, through storytelling and curating content, the theories and heavy material that is oftentimes only taught in the racist/classist institutions known as academia. To date she has participated in the Young Adult anthology "Nevertheless, We Persisted." Recently Prisca also participated in an anthology edited by Lynda Lopez titled, "The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." She started the platform Latina Rebels in 2013, and currently it boasts over 300k organic followers online. She has been featured in Telemundo, Univision, Mitú, Huffington Post Latino Voices, Guerrilla Feminism, Latina Mag, Cosmopolitan, Everyday Feminism, and was invited to the White House in the Fall of 2016. She is unapologetic, angry, and uncompromising about protecting and upholding the stories of Latinx communities. Que viva la gente! Currently, her first full length book with Seal Press a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, is out everywhere books are sold! You can follow Prisca on IG @priscadorcas and @latinarebels. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heydreamer/message

Adult content. Andrew Gurza is an award winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief Disability Officer and Co-founder of Handi, a sex toy company that puts pleasure within reach for disabled people.  Andrew uses they/he pronouns and identifies proudly as disabled.  Their work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Daily Xtra, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Everyday Feminism, Mashable, Out.com, and several anthologies.  He was the subject of an award winning National Film Board of Canada documentary, “Picture This." Andrew has been a guest on a number of podcasts, including Dan Savage's Savage Love and Cameron Esposito's Queery. He has spoken all over the world on the topic of sex, disability, and what it means to be a Queer Cripple. He is host of Disability After Dark: The Podcast Shining a Bright Light on Disability Stories,  which won a Canadian Podcast Award in 2021, a Queerty Award, and was chosen as an Honoree at the 2020 Webby Awards. Andrew  is the creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot.Links:AndrewGurza.comTwitter @AndrewGurza_Instagram @AndrewGurza_Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sexualheroes)

Listeners, we're back this week with Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez.Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez was born in Managua, Nicaragua but calls Nashville, Tennessee home. She got her Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University in the Spring of 2015. The bulk of her work is around making accessible, through storytelling and curating content, the theories and heavy material that is oftentimes only taught in the racist/classist institutions known as academia. To date she has published over 200 articles online and participated in the Young Adult anthology "Nevertheless, We Persisted." Recently Prisca also participated in an anthology edited by Lynda Lopez titled, "The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."She started the platform Latina Rebels in 2013, and currently it boasts over 300k organic followers online. She has been featured in Telemundo, Univision, Mitú, Huffington Post Latino Voices, Guerrilla Feminism, Latina Mag, Cosmopolitan, Everyday Feminism, and was invited to the White House in the Fall of 2016. She is unapologetic, angry, and uncompromising about protecting and upholding the stories of Latinx communities. Que viva la gente!Currently Prisca is writing her first full length book with Seal Press a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, and due to be out September 7, 2021.During our conversation, we talked about:The process of writing her bookAn unpublished interview  that never aired at Cafe con PamHer experience of living in TennesseeHer college experienceImpostor syndromeStarting Latina RebelsAnd moreThis  episode is brought to you by JustGYVGYV is about more than just giving, it is more than a verb, more than an acronym.|The sophistication and strength of the Mesoamerican culture are infused into every luxurious fragrance and personal care product designed by GYV Mesoamerican Beauty. JustGYV's mission is to celebrate the rich history of the land, spanning from Central America to Mexico, by showcasing the voices, scents, flavors, and places of this historic region. Mesoamerica is the cradle of civilization in the Americas, and the rich culture continues to flourish in the 21st century. The deeply rooted knowledge of the ingredients that define Mesoamerica has flourished for centuries, and GYV is here to share that beautiful story with the rest of the world through our diverse line of proprietary formulas.Follow Prisca on all things social:InstagramLatina Rebels InstagramWebsite Follow Cafe con Pam on all things socialInstagramFacebookhttp://cafeconpam.com/Join the FREE Cafe con Pam Challenge If you are a business owner, join us for Aligned MastermindJoin PowerSisters!  PowerSisters.ClubSubscribe, rate, review, and share this episode with someone you love!And don't ever forget to Stay Shining!

Karen Kleiman joins host Dr. Carla Marie Manly to discuss What About Us: A New Parents Guide to Safeguarding Your Over-Anxious, Over-Extended, Sleep-Deprived Relationship, which will be available everywhere books are sold on 9/14/2021, and is available for pre-order now. https://www.familius.com/book/what-about-us/ ABOUT THE BOOK: "Karen Kleiman's wisdom about not only taking care of the mother and her well-being, but also her partner and their whole system at large, helps us all stay connected to our partners and loved ones during a tumultuous, life-changing, and potentially relationship-taxing time. . . . God bless Karen for her support in helping us all integrate every relationship within our 'new normal' as parents. Her humor, experience, wisdom, and insight are like a port in the most heart-spinning of storms." -Alanis Morissette The demands of a new baby can test a couple's relationship like nothing else! When we factor in sleep deprivation, hormonal changes, depression and anxiety, and different personalities, life with a newborn can feel a bit CRAZY. Couples tend to misinterpret this rough patch as a sign that something is wrong with the relationship, but when couples take steps toward open communication and safeguard their relationship, they can face everything new parenthood throws at them together. From the team behind the bestselling Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts comes a new guidebook of short essays, comics, and quick journal prompts about the stressful newborn stage, the struggles that so many new parents face, and the skills you need to tap into your strength as a couple. ABOUT KAREN: Karen Kleiman is a well-known international maternal mental-health expert with over thirty-five years of experience as a psychotherapist, teacher, and writer. As an advocate and author of several groundbreaking books on postpartum depression and anxiety, her pioneering work has influenced personal and professional populations within the perinatal mental health community for decades. In 1988, Karen founded The Postpartum Stress Center, a treatment and training facility for prenatal and postpartum depression/anxiety disorders where she treats individuals and couples. ABOUT Illustrator Molly McIntyre: Molly McIntyre is an artist, illustrator, and animator living in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Her work has been featured in the upcoming Netflix series Worn Stories, the book Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts (Karen Kleiman, Familius), Bitch magazine, Everyday Feminism, Scary Mommy, and Psychology Today, and shown in exhibitions throughout the US and in Japan.   

Sociology professor, writer, and performer Kimberly Dark returns to the podcast to discuss her latest book, Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old; why appearance is a form of privilege; how ageism intersects with other oppressions; how diet culture has influenced our ideas about self-improvement; why women are often penalized for not wearing makeup; and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how alcohol consumption fits into intuitive eating. (This episode originally aired on February 10, 2020.) Kimberly Dark is a writer, professor and raconteur, working to reveal the hidden architecture of everyday life so that we can reclaim our power as social creators. She's the author of Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old, The Daddies, and Love and Errors. Her essays, stories and poetry are widely published in academic and popular publications alike (Ms, Ravishly, Everyday Feminism). Since the 1990s, Kimberly has been facilitating discovery-based learning internationally -- in person, as well as in writing. She hosts retreats, and travels to teach workshops and offer keynote presentations. Her work uses storytelling in lectures and performances themed to help audiences discover the contours of privilege and oppression and use their own complex wisdom about the world. Kimberly teaches sociology at Cal State San Marcos and writing/arts courses at Cal State Summer Arts. Learn more at KimberlyDark.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, Food Psych Weekly, to keep getting new weekly Q&As and other new content while the podcast is on hiatus! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. You'll get all your questions answered in an exclusive monthly podcast, plus ongoing support in our private community forum and dozens of hours of other great content. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions.

Adiba Nelson is the author of the popular children's book about inclusion, "Meet ClaraBelle Blue", and the voice of “The Word”, contributing original essays on race, parenting, and disability, on the NPR radio show "Arizona Spotlight". She has bylines with The Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Lily, Everyday Feminism, Parents Magazine and others. She is currently penning her memoir, Ain't That A Mother (due Spring 2022), and developing a television show about her life as a Black mother, woman, and daughter.You can find out more about Adiba by watching the Emmy Award winning documentary - The Full Nelson. Join us on todays conversation as we drop some truth bombs on the reality of motherhood, how media influences how we see ourselves, Inclusivity and Ability of all bodies and how we can show up as powerful mothers to break cycles of behavior and pave the way for our daughters.

It's our first official episode! Sarah D Lawson is a DC-based queer writer whose poems are rooted in self, exploring themes of body, love, sexuality and gender. Her work has been featured on Button Poetry and Everyday Feminism, and published by Write Bloody Publishing, FreezeRay Press, and Drunk In A Midnight Choir. She is the founder of the Beltway Poetry Slam in Washington, DC and served as the slam master from 2010-2015. She represented DC on the 2012 Treat Yo Self team at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, competed at the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, and was the coach of the Madeira High School Louder Than A Bomb team from 2012-2015. Sarah joins host Dwayne Lawson-Brown to kickoff Pride Month, share poetry, and discuss the need for connection and relaxation. Follow Sarah Lawson on various social media outlets: @SlawSpeaks Follow Dwayne Lawson-Brown on various social media outlets: @CrochetKingpin This podcast is supported by the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, as well as CrochetKingpin.com

Welcome to The Fourth U Dimension, the official podcast of The Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York. This podcast is managed by the Religious Education team, and exists to help dive deeper into the important questions of our moment. Today's podcast features Nora Samaran and a discussion of nurture, culture, and making change. Naava Smolash, who sometimes writes under the pen name Nora Samaran, is a community organizer based in Vancouver and Montreal, and teaches in the English department at Douglas College. Her writing appears in academic and popular publications including Lit Hub, Everyday Feminism, Room Magazine, Briarpatch, West Coast Line, English Studies in Canada, Studies in Canadian Literature, Dwutigodnik, and the University of Toronto Quarterly. Her essay “The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture” went viral in 2016 and grew into the book Turn This World Inside Out: the Emergence of Nurturance Culture (AK Press, 2019). She is currently working on a speculative fiction novel tentatively titled We Live at the River. Further reading list here: https://norasamaran.com/2016/03/28/resources-for-dealing-with-conflict-and-harm/ Her book is at: https://bookshop.org/a/17191/9781849353588 The nurturance essay is at: https://norasamaran.com/2016/02/11/the-opposite-of-rape-culture-is-nurturance-culture-2/ Her most recent piece, Coercive Persuasion and the Alignment of the Everyday, is at: https://norasamaran.com/2021/01/14/new-post-in-progress/

Sometimes called “The Manosphere,” a network of sexist, racist online communities are taking advantage of algorithms to indoctrinate young men into extreme ideology. Everyday Feminism creator Laura Bates researched these spaces for her book Men Who Hate: From Incels to Pickup Artists, the Truth about Extreme Misogyny and how it Affects Us All. Check out Laura’s book: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/976379494/manosphere-world-of-incels-exposed-in-laura-bates-book-men-who-hate-women

Join hosts Chibbi and Aris Kion as we welcome FreeQuency to the Words and Sh*t stage! Streaming Live on The Blah Poetry Spot's page, tune in to get to know the person behind the poetry! Storyteller, speaker, workshop leader, and performance artist, FreeQuency is a Black migrant non-binary humanoid, who self identifies as masculine off-center, femme adjacent, an AunTea, and/or a prettyboi. FreeQuency's work interrogates and occupies the in-between spaces of gender & geography while exploring the mundane nuances and stark contradictions of everyday existence. They have been featured in or written for The Independent, the New York Times, OkayAfrica, Upworthy, TEDx, For Harriet, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, & other outlets, and gave a TED talk with nearly 1million views that almost didn't get released.

Domestic violence is an issue that impacts all types of people, regardless of background, education, or status. Aysha Qamar is a writer, poet, and advocate based in the tri-state area, with experience addressing issues of violence against women, language access, and Islamophobia. In this episode she shares how people - especially immigrants - end up becoming trapped in domestic violence situations. Aysha offers a top-down perspective on the severity and variety of issues that South Asian and other communities need to be aware of such as finance, immigration laws, family dynamics, limited resources, and more. It is due to these issues that not just women but men face violence as well. Perhaps most surprisingly, we learn why education isn't always the solution to domestic violence situations As a poet and freelance writer, Aysha has been published in various publications including: Brown Girl Magazine, the Huffington Post, The Muslim Observer, Everyday Feminism, The Teal Mango, The Tempest, the New York Post's Decider, and elsewhere. Common themes in her work include advocating for immigration reform, gender parity, feminism, xenophobia and cultural competency. Visit tdcpodcast.com to learn more about what we can do to help. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-desi-condition/support

Check out this 8-minute introductory bonus clip to get to know a little more about us (a couple of degree-wielding, social-justice-advocating, sex-positive humans) and the purpose of the podcast (entertainment and a little adult sex ed)!Highlights include sex robots, aol chat rooms, and orgasms over loud speakers.Not sure what sex positive means? Check out this blog post from Pervocacy (https://pervocracy.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-i-mean-when-i-say-im-sex-positive.html) sharing their take, and this post from Everyday Feminism on what it is not https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/08/10-things-sex-positivity-is-not/

In this episode, it kind of felt like we were chatting next to a fire pit, and that is due to the warmth that my next guest exudes.  In this conversation we talk about trust with a capital T, they explain what folk healing, conjure and hoodoo is, and they teach us how to use doubt as an ally.  I think you will feel like I did, that this special soul holds a space that is soothing, deeply nourishing, and peaceful but don't take my word for it, experience it for yourself, so grab some tea and sit down with Richael Faithful, this week's confident healer. Richael Faithful is a writer, Black multi-disciplinary folk healing artist, healing justice strategist, complex conversation facilitator, community lawyer and, a visionary creative who calls DC and Virginia home.  Their writing has been nationally featured in The Root, Everyday Feminism, Huffpost and has contributed to several anthologies, notably Lambda Literary award nominee, Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity, and Justice: Re-Imagining Land, Food and the Commons. Their work also appears in the Black Trans Prayer Book an anthology that was released this past June. Contact Richael Faithful: www.richaelfaithful.com FB:www.facebook.com/faithfulfolkhealer IG: @richael_faithful_folk_healer Youtube: Richael Faithful http://bitly.ws/ax4f (Richael has uploaded new meditations!) Music: New Day by Tokyo Music Walker Stream & Download : https://fanlink.to/tmw_new_day​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0, Tokyo Music Walker: https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 , Produced and Edited by Sharmila Mali

TW: Contains discussions of miscarriage, stillbirth, foetal/fetal demise and abortion from 40:00 - 43:30Welcome to our fourth episode where we open up the densely packed topic of what the Patriarchy is and how it impacts us all on a daily basis. We discuss how it is believed the Patriarchy came into being, how it now translates into the world around you and who it impacts (spoiler alert: everyone). We unpack toxic masculinity as a symptom of the Patriarchy and how it influences society's perception of gender as well as discussing how the Patriarchy's modus operandi of "command and control" has a deeply deleterious impact on women's autonomy, specifically reproductive rights. - Historical information on the Patriarchy taken from "The Creation of the Patriarchy" by Dr. Gerda Lerner- Data on patriarchal design in society & representational gender differences taken from Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez (as usual)- Limitations on women's employment globally taken from the World Economic Forum's May 2018 article "Why Gender Equality Starts With a Change in the Law"- Information on Toxic Masculinity taken from the Psychology Today August 2017 article "Why Patriarchy is Not About Men"- Information on the Patriarchy's impact in the workplace and on relationships taken from the Everyday Feminism article "Patriarchy and How it Shows Up for Everyone"- Further information on the Patriarchy's impact on the workplace from a global perspective taken from the Telegraph India October 2018 article "Patriarchy in the Workplace"- Additional statistics and information taken from the Harvard Business Review June 2018 article "What Most People Get Wrong About Men and Women"- Please check out our "Feminism 101" suggested reading list here if you're at a loose end for a great read from an incredible female author!

Have you guys ever read any of these articles on everydayfeminism.com ? They're absolutely insane...let's talk about it. bHappy!

This week Florence and Reed chat to NEVE, choreographer, performance artist and disability rights activist based in Seattle. They are a 2020 Pina Bausch Fellow, and one of the first two Americans to receive the award. NEVE’s work has appeared in the anthology Coming Out Like a Porn Star edited by Jiz Lee, Everyday Feminism, Harlot Magazine (now dissolved), Plenitude Magazine, ModelViewCulture, and The Black Scholar, among others!'F**ks Given' with Come Curious presents an honest and candid exploration of their guests’ sexual histories, from the first f**k to the best f**k and even the bad, average and comical ones in between. Each episode is an uncensored look at what’s gone on beneath the sheets with a variety of coveted guests in a bid to break the stigma around sexual histories and specifically the ‘number’ taboo. Presented by Come Curious, change-makers in the sex and body positivity space, 'F**ks Given' aims to open up the conversation around our sexual past, asking us to celebrate all the f**ks you gave because they’re the ones that made you who you are. You can follow Come Curious on Instagram / Twitter / Youtube This is a Studio71 production.Producer - Jack ClaramuntAssistant Producer - Winnie SimonExec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody SmithProduction Support - Phie McKenzie & Rebecca Dowell Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author, screenwriter, performer, disability rights advocate, and most recently, subject of the Emmy winning documentary, The Full Nelson. Often referred to as ‘inspirational', Adiba Nelson wrote and self-published her first children's book in 2013,  after not being able to find a children's book that adequately and appropriately represented her daughter (African American, with special needs). Since then she has led numerous workshops/given keynote addresses around the country for parents, educators and education professionals/paraprofessionals, focusing on disability inclusion and empowerment.  Adiba has also penned several articles for Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The Lily, Ravishly, and Everyday Feminism, focusing on issues around race, parenting, disability and womanhood. In 2017she gave her first TEDx talk (Skating Downhill: The Art of Claiming Your Life), and joined the NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media as a regular contributor on Arizona Spotlight.

Taté Walker is Mniconjou Lakota and a citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. They are an award-winning Two Spirit storyteller for outlets like “The Nation,” “Everyday Feminism," and “Indian Country Today.” Their work appears in the award-winning FIERCE: Essays by and About Dauntless Women (Nauset Press, 2018), and their first full-length book, Thunder Thighs & Trickster Vibes, is forthcoming from Mango Publishing. Learn more at www.jtatewalker.com.

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/birthhour! Jen McLellan is a published author and founder of Plus Size Birth and the Plus Mommy blog. She helps people navigate the world of plus size pregnancy, shares tips for embracing your body, and laughs her way through the adventures of parenthood. Her work has been featured in major publications such as Yahoo Shine, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and International Doula. She authored My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide and co-wrote the Amazon bestseller, The Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms. Jen is also a childbirth educator, skilled patient advocate, professional speaker, wife, and mother.

This episode is the introduction episode of the Let's Talk Feminism And Politics Podcast. It is about feminism/sexism in everyday life, why it matters, and why the job is not done. This podcast is not about being the perfect feminist, but speaking up and addressing issues anyways. The motto is: Ther personal is political.

In this episode I chat with Harris O'Malley, a dating coach who provides geek dating advice at Paging Dr. NerdLove, as well as on Kotaku and elsewhere. He and his work has been featured on Nightline, Vice, The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Wired, Sex Nerd Sandra, Daily Life, Slate, The Austin-American Statesman, Austin Monthly, Geek and Sundry, Boing Boing, Everyday Feminism, Buzzfeed, The BBC, The New Yorker, The New York Post, The Daily Dot, The Washington Post, Kotaku, Lifehacker, NeilStrauss.com, The Good Man Project, MTV's Guy Code, The Harvard Business Journal, and many others. Key Points: - Harris' journey from pick up artist to dating coach - Unlearning pick up artistry bullshit - The positive sides of the pick up artist community - Real dating advice for men - Having a healthy casual sex life - Models of masculinity - More practical advice Relevant Links: - Harris' Twitter: @DrNerdLove - Harris' Instagram: @DrNerdLove - Harris' Facebook: facebook.com/groups/DrNerdLove

Inspired by the Erica Cordea's presentation at She Podcasts Live, in this episode I'm reflecting on how you can use the inspiration, intention, and action framework to embrace Imperfect Allyship and the work of dismantling racism. Read the full show notes on the website. Sign up for the newsletter to receive these episodes in your inbox each week. Here are the actions I will take (to begin): 1. Show up in "imperfect ally-ship" Learn more about this from Erica Cordea at Pause on the Play  or tune into Erica on Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy podcast.  2. Keep working, and doing the work, while acknowledging that "The line of progress is never straight." You can read more about this, which is in Martin Luther King, Jr's "Where do we go from here?" 3. Be mindful of intent AND Impact Jamie Utt talks about this on Everyday Feminism  4. Provide feedback to other allies in a way that the person can hear it. When sharing feedback with other white allies; insight from Kathryn Britton in Positive Psychology News.  5. Honor that "the hidden work is the heart work is the hard work." Doing the work doesn't need to be done real-time or publicly. Doing the work means I will share learnings and resources. Read about this quote from Ashlee Eiland on Instagram. Resources mentioned in this episode Erica Cordea Pause on the Play Rachel Cargle The Great Unlearn Patreon Trudi LeBron  Nicole Cardoza's Anti-Racism Daily Newsletter Layla Saad: Good Ancestor Podcast and Me and White Supremacy  

 Rachel Wiley is a poet, performer and body positive activist from Columbus, Ohio. She has competed in multiple National Poetry Slam Competitions and was a finalist twice in 2011. She has toured nationally performing at slam venues, colleges, and festivals. Her work has appeared on Upworthy, The Huffington Post, The Militant Baker, and Everyday Feminism.    Join us on this episode as we discuss how she got into poetry, her choice to be Childfree and to hear Rachel teach me about body positivity and fat-shaming, among other subjects. Rachel also opens up about her journey of acceptance and, oh, the lessons she leaves with her words are priceless.    You can follow Rachel here for updates on her next performances:  https://www.instagram.com/dangerouslyinchub/  https://www.facebook.com/RachelWileyPoetry/    If you want to grab a copy of her books, find them on Amazon by clicking these links:  Fat Girl Finishing School: https://www.amazon.com/dp/098900922X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ltsvEbJJE56S5  Nothing Is Okay: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1943735301/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_9tsvEbXP94EAH    This is the link to The Pink Door Writing Retreat: https://www.pinkdoorretreat.com/ (Please donate!)    And here are the links to a couple of Rachel's AWESOME poems (including Paper Babies):  https://www.facebook.com/RachelWileyPoetry/videos/2354551144648772/  https://www.facebook.com/RachelWileyPoetry/videos/2312530158804516/  Happy listening!

Awesome partner Jenny asked us "I was wondering if you could discuss the gender spectrum a bit and what it means to be gender questioning. My partner doesn't really know how they feel but they know that they don't feel entirely their assigned gender. As a straight cis woman, I am having a really hard time understanding these feelings and what to do, if anything, to support them in helping them figure out what makes them most comfortable." We discuss how labels can be both helpful and unhelpful, the kinds of questions necessary, what societal strictures should be ignored, and the frustrations Jenny's partner may encounter. There's a great guide to figuring out a non-binary identity from Micah at Everyday Feminism. Support us on Patreon to help us keep making great content, and to get some cool rewards! Check out our website for our latest episodes!   Follow us on twitter for all our shower thoughts and other musings @TheGenderRebels  Like us on  FaceBook so we can haunt your feed.

Why is faking orgasms more complex than a few moans and eye rolling for a little while? Why are people faking orgasms? Why did Tiff snitch on herself about faking? Does Manda's vag*na twerk? And Manda has faked COUNTLESS orgasms with men. Where does Leon keep going whilst in we the stu? Tiff and Panda were trying to turn it up in the studio to New Jack Swing *it's a party* Links to check: The Real Reasons women are faking orgasms - EveryDay Feminism https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/05/women-fake-orgasms/ What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm' Statistic Says About Gender Bias - https://medium.com/the-establishment/what-a-fake-female-orgasm-statistic-says-about-gender-bias-591985f8d68c

Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a feminist educator whose work focuses on body politics, beauty culture, and eating disorders. She holds a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies from Widener University, where her research focuses on how women with eating disorders make meaning of their sexual experiences. Previously, Melissa worked as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, Continue Reading…

In April of 2011, Jen McLellan launched the Plus Size Mommy Memoirs (now called Plus Mommy) blog, housed within the Plus Size Birthwebsite. This award-winning blog, which has received over 4 million pageviews, focused on topics ranging from plus size pregnancy to birth, body positivity to motherhood. A Facebook page and exploded overnight and brought together thousands of plus size women of all walks of life. After blogging for seven years Jen felt a desire to try something new and deeper explore topics surrounding motherhood and body image. The Plus Size Birth website is now focused on conception, pregnancy and postpartum for plus size people. Whereas the Plus Mommy website and podcast hones in on motherhood and body love, while still sharing stories and resources around plus size Pregnancy. Jen McLellan is a published author, founder of [Plus Size Birth](https://plussizebirth.com/) and host of the Plus Mommy Podcast. She helps people navigate the world of plus size pregnancy, shares tips for embracing your body and laughs her way through the adventures of parenthood. Jen has grown a community of over 177,000 via the [Plus Mommy Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/plusmommyblog/)page. Her work has been featured in major publications such as Yahoo Shine, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and International Doula. She authored the [My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide](https://plussizebirth.com/my-plus-size-pregnancy-guide/)and co-wrote the Amazon bestseller, [The Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms](http://amzn.to/2uIQcBN). She has an essay in Jes Baker's book [Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls.](https://plusmommy.com/body-positive-book-club/) As a public speaker, Jen has spoken at numerous events including presenting at the National Institutes of Health. Jen is also a certified childbirth educator, wife, and mother to a charismatic eight-year-old. It was an absolute delight talking to Jen and I am so pleased that she is part of the [Virtual Midwife family](http://hevirtualmidwife.com)  Please join me in my Facebook group [The Virtual Midwife Cafe](https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevirtualmidwifecafe) where I do weekly live mini workshops and share information and resources for pregnancy.

It's amazing to transition, but is everything always perfect afterward? This week we answer a listener question from Nora. She asks "Is there anything about being a cis male that you miss? Please don't misconstrue this as 'do you regret transitioning?'  That question would be rude, inconsiderate, and non of my business. And it's not a sociological question such as 'Don't you wish women earned as much as men?'  I'm just wondering about day-to-day stuff  where there's a (generalized) difference between the way women and men do things, or the way they act. As we discuss in the episode, check out this article on Everyday Feminism about women's secondary status in public places.     Support us on Patreon to help us keep making great content, and to get some cool rewards—like drinks with us at Stonewall Inn! Check out our website for our latest episodes!  And watch the brand new Gender Rebels TV Youtube Channel!    Follow us on twitter for all our shower thoughts and other musings @TheGenderRebels    Like us on  FaceBook so we can haunt your feed.    Faith's book, American Transgirl, available now!     Music by one of our favorite bands, the super cool, all-female punk band Jasper the Colossal. Download their new album "Take Your Time" and all their tracks on iTunes. 

Jen McLellan is a published author and founder of Plus Size Birth and the Plus Mommy blog. She helps women navigate the world of plus size pregnancy, shares tips for embracing your body, and laughs her way through the adventures of motherhood. Jen has grown a community of over 178,000 via the Plus Mommy Facebook page. Her work has been featured in major publications such as Yahoo Shine, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and International Doula. She authored My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide and co-wrote the Amazon bestseller, The Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms. Jen is also a childbirth educator, skilled patient advocate, professional speaker, wife, and mother to a charismatic 7-year-old. Find her at :  https://plussizebirth.com https://plusmommy.com https://www.facebook.com/plusmommyblog https://www.instagram.com/plusmommy/ https://www.pinterest.com/plusmommy/ https://twitter.com/plusmommy https://plussizebirth.com/my-plus-size-pregnancy-bundle/ Want to continue the conversation? Join us over at the Nurtured Mama Community on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurturedmamacommunity/ Learn more about The Nurtured Mama at www.thenurturedmama.club  

Sex positivity sounds like a wonderful thing, but do you really know what it is? As a social movement, it's older than you might think. It can be traced back through the Free Love movement. No, not the one in the 1960s: the Victorian Free Love movement. In its more modern incarnation, sex positivity has been associated with LGBTQ liberation and the battles within feminism over pornography and sex work. It's also closely tied to movements to destigmatize kink and polyamory. With all these associations, perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that not everyone agrees about what sex positivity is and what it looks like in practice. Sex positivity fills different roles for lots of people. And while, at its heart, sex positivity is an intellectual tradition, not everyone relates to it on an intellectual level. Miri Mogilevsky is a licensed therapist, a writer, and a long-time provider of sex education for adults. With articles having appeared in xoJane, Salon, and Everyday Feminism, she's a recognized resource on mental health, feminism, and consent. In recent years, she's offered a workshop at secular movement conferences titled, "Getting It On at the Con: How to Get Lucky Consensually". She's recently written about some of the common misperceptions about sex positivity, and she joins us this week to clear the air. One note: This is a show about sex. While it doesn't get graphic, it may still be inappropriate for work for other reasons, such as the swearing.

“If I had to choose one thing that's my job or that pays my bills that's being a poet.” Kyle Tran Myhre aka Guante is an MC, two-time National Poetry Slam champion, activist, educator and writer. He and/or his work has appeared on Upworthy, MSNBC, Welcome to Night Vale, Racialicious, Feministing, MPR, Everyday Feminism, the Progressive, City Pages' “Artists of the Year” list and URB Magazine's “Next 1000” list, and he has performed everywhere from the United Nations to the Soundset hip hop festival to hundreds of colleges, clubs, and theaters across the country. In this episode of the podcast, Kyle talks about having a High School nickname become his public face. He also talks about using different names in different contexts and the strengths and weaknesses of being known by different names. Kyle talks about making the bulk of his living traveling to colleges and high schools to work as a poet and teaching artist and how he can leverage being brought in as a poet and then create space for dialogue on the content of his work. Kyle talks opens about race, gender, identity, positionality, power and activism and the role all of these things play in his work. He also talks about completing graduate school and being a thoughtful media activist.

Best of Shows replaying interviews with Melissa Fabello, Managing Editor of "Everyday Feminism", on what it means to be a feminist. Designer Nik Kacy, who identifies as gender-fluid, queer and trans, on his line of gender-neutral shoes.

Melissa Fabello, Managing Editor of "Everyday Feminism", on what it means to be a feminist. Designer Nik Kacy, who identifies as gender-fluid, queer and trans, on his line of gender-neutral shoes.