Podcasts about female sexual power

353. How We'll Save Abortion: A Must-Listen with Jessica Valenti Amanda, Glennon and Abby sit down with award-winning writer and activist Jessica Valenti to discuss the state of abortion rights in the United States.  Discover:  -The staggering statistic revealing overwhelming public support for abortion in America -Why the anti-choice movement is desperate to keep abortion off the ballot -Why abortion is a litmus test for the future of democracy in America -The exodus of doctors from anti-choice states and the rise in maternal mortality rates.  More on Jessica:  Jessica Valenti is an award-winning author and activist. She's the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller Sex Object: A Memoir. Her groundbreaking anthology, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, paved the way for legislation of the same name, setting what's now considered the gold standard for sexual consent. Jessica has also been credited with sparking feminism's online wave by founding the trailblazing blog Feministing. She's been a columnist for The Guardian and The Nation, and her writing has been published everywhere from The New York Times and The Atlantic to Bitch magazine and The Toast. After the demise of Roe, Jessica founded Abortion, Every Day, an urgent synthesis of anything and everything happening with abortion rights in the United States. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter. More about Jessica's Work:  -https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/772254/abortion-by-jessica-valenti/ -https://jessica.substack.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Jill Filipovic is a Brooklyn-based journalist, lawyer, and author of OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind and The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. A weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. Her work has appeared in Time, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Foreign Policy, Politico, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many others. She contributed essays to the anthologies Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America and Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Jill was a 2019 International Women's Media Foundation fellow, and her Politico story on reproductive rights in Honduras was shortlisted for a One World Media Award. She is also a winner of a 2014 Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for her global health reporting, two Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for political commentary, and a Maggie award for reproductive health reporting. She was 2018 European Journalism Center grantee, a UN Foundation Fellow in Malawi and Indonesia, and an International Reporting Project fellow in Brazil and India. Subscribe to her substack jill.substack.com Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @JillFilipovic Listen to her new podcast Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art

Welcome to my new Series "can you talk real quick?" This is a short, efficiently produced conversation with someone who knows stuff about things that are happening and who will let me record a quick chat to help us all better understand an issue in the news or our lives as well as connect with each other around something that might be unfolding in real time.  Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls   I WAS WRONG ABOUT TRIGGER WARNINGS Has the national obsession with trauma done real damage to teen girls? Jill Filipovic is a Brooklyn-based journalist, lawyer, and author of OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind and The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. A weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. Her work has appeared in Time, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Foreign Policy, Politico, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many others. She contributed essays to the anthologies Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America and Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Jill was a 2019 International Women's Media Foundation fellow, and her Politico story on reproductive rights in Honduras was shortlisted for a One World Media Award. She is also a winner of a 2014 Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for her global health reporting, two Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for political commentary, and a Maggie award for reproductive health reporting. She was 2018 European Journalism Center grantee, a UN Foundation Fellow in Malawi and Indonesia, and an International Reporting Project fellow in Brazil and India. Subscribe to her substack jill.substack.com Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @JillFilipovic Listen to her new podcast Pete on YouTube Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

April is Sexual Assault Awareness month. This topic can be traumatic, uncomfortable, and even triggering for some listeners. We hope to bring education, awareness, hope, and healing to our audience, in addition to several helpful resources. Resources https://www.rainn.org/ https://denimday.org/15-ways-to-end-rape Book Yes, Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power & A World Without Rape By Joclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto By Tricia Hersey Connect with Dr. Cherie: https://www.instagram.com/drcherie_holisticcoach/  www.instagram.com/passionatestewardshippodcast https://lcconsultingandcoaching.com/  Free 30-minute Radical Self-Care Audit https://calendly.com/clindsay-chapman-1/radical-self-care-audit

On today's episode, we have researcher and professor Alan Mckee (HeHim) join us for a conversation all about the effects of pornography after 50 years of academic research! Together we talk about the contradictory data about pornography use, informed consent, and life-long sexual learning. If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! And if you feel like you have benefited from this podcast, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384 50% of all patreon pledges will be used to support a mutual aid fund. For the month of July, the Modern Anarchy Patreon Family will be supporting the National Network of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/ Modern Anarchy Community: Patreon Instagram Facebook Alan's Community: What Do We Know About the Effects of Pornography After Fifty Years of Academic Research? Resources to Learn More: Vibrator Nation The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction Positionality & Research: How our Identities Shape Inquiry Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape Black Lace books Mills & Boon 30 Safe Words For When Things Get Spicy With Your SO Crash Pad Porn Sex School Make Love Not Porn

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. Jill Filipovic is a Brooklyn-based journalist, lawyer, and author of OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind and The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. A weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. Her work has appeared in Time, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Foreign Policy, Politico, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many others. She contributed essays to the anthologies Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America and Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Jill was a 2019 International Women's Media Foundation fellow, and her Politico story on reproductive rights in Honduras was shortlisted for a One World Media Award. She is also a winner of a 2014 Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for her global health reporting, two Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for political commentary, and a Maggie award for reproductive health reporting. She was 2018 European Journalism Center grantee, a UN Foundation Fellow in Malawi and Indonesia, and an International Reporting Project fellow in Brazil and India. Subscribe to her substack jill.substack.com Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @JillFilipovic Listen to her new podcast rom David Roberts website Volts.wtf : I have been reading, writing, and thinking pretty intensely about this subject matter for over 15 years now. Most recently, from 2015 to 2020, I was with Vox, a news and culture publication for which I still occasionally write. Before that, I was with Grist, a publication focused on environmental news, where I was hired in 2004. Over those 15+ years I've written for other publications (like Outside) and appeared on a variety of TV shows, radio programs, and podcasts, like All In with Chris Hayes and On the Media and Pod Save America and Why Is This Happening? I've been quoted or cited by all kinds of fancy-pants people, from Al Gore to several US senators to pundits like Michelle Goldberg and Paul Krugman and Jon Favreau and Tom Friedman to media analysts like Margaret Sullivan and Jay Rosen to climate writers like Elizabeth Kolbert and Bill McKibben and David Wallace-Wells. As for my pre-professional life, here it is in one paragraph: I grew up in a small town in Tennessee, went to a small liberal arts college in another small town in Tennessee, and then, when I graduated, lit out west. I spent a while in Montana getting an MA in Philosophy (with a minor in snowboarding), then went to work on a PhD at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton (three hours north of Calgary, which is three hours north of the border). Edmonton was too cold and academic philosophy was too bleak, so in 1999 I bailed and lit out to Seattle. After a period of professional drift but personal joy (including a wife and a child), I stumbled into the Grist job by sheer luck in 2004. (I happened to see it the first time I ever visited Craigslist.) Been writing ever since. Now I live in Seattle with my wife, two teens, two dogs, and two cats.  Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

In this episode, Lady Petra and Saffermaster chat with feminist writer, certified sex educator and sex/love coach Suzannah Weiss about female sexual power over a Spring Afternoon.The Kinky Cocktail Hour is brought to you by Motorbunny, the worlds most powerful saddle style sex machine. Save $50 using this link http://motorbunny.com/?ref=KINKYSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/LadyPetrasPlayground?fan_landing=true)

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. Jill Filipovic is a Brooklyn-based journalist, lawyer, and author of OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind and The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. A weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. Her work has appeared in Time, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Foreign Policy, Politico, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many others. She contributed essays to the anthologies Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America and Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Jill was a 2019 International Women's Media Foundation fellow, and her Politico story on reproductive rights in Honduras was shortlisted for a One World Media Award. She is also a winner of a 2014 Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for her global health reporting, two Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for political commentary, and a Maggie award for reproductive health reporting. She was 2018 European Journalism Center grantee, a UN Foundation Fellow in Malawi and Indonesia, and an International Reporting Project fellow in Brazil and India. Subscribe to her substack jill.substack.com Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @jillfilipovic. At age 18, Jon Carroll was a founding member of Starland Vocal Band, recording the #1 Pop hit “AFTERNOON DELIGHT”.  The group went on to be nominated for 5 Grammy Awards, winning  2: for Best New Artist & Best Arrangement for Voices (One of Jon's roles in the group).  Since then, he's has not slowed down as a performer, composer, arranger, producer, songwriter and musician. His works have appeared in films, commercials and episodic dramas and comedies, and he is highly sought after studio session performer appearing on many recordings. His songs have been covered by artists such as Linda Ronstadt (Her 80's hit “Want Love? Get Closer!), Tom Jones and Kenny Rogers, and he's the long-time keyboardist/vocalist band member with Mary Chapin Carpenter, with touring stints for countless others including Rodney Crowell, Dixie Chicks, Peter Wolf and Eric Lindell.  His work has been recognized repeatedly over the course of many years by the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA), which over the years has awarded him over 20 "Wammies" for Vocalist, Instrumentalist, Songwriter and Song of Year. As a songwriter, Carroll has been likened to artists as disparate as John Prine and E. Annie Proulx, with songs as insightful as they are rhythmic and soulful. He's an in-demand hired hand, and performs as well with his own band, but to hear Jon perform solo in an intimate setting is an all too rare treat!  BUY (You Gotta) Stand Up! Jon Carroll YouTube Jon Carroll Recordings Jon Carroll Artist Page On Spotify JC's Spotify Playlist for the Pete & The SUPD Gang Jon Carroll Website Jon Carroll on Twitter Jon Carroll on Instagram Jon Carroll Blog Blather Jon Carroll on Facebook Jon Carroll Music & Shows on FB   Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

THE TIME HAS COME! That's right, the 2021 Summer Short Series is among us!! We'll be kicking off our summer shorts with a steamy intro into the ~erotic~ with the amazing trans masc and non-binary comics anthology, Ambrosia! Within the pages lie 16 wonderful tales of pleasure, sexual exploration, self-actualization, and magic and we are beyond excited to discuss!  Intro/Icebreaker Question*: 1:59 - 24:06 Plot Summary/Discussion: 24:36 - 59:50 Wanna stay afloat on all our latest episodes? You can find the links to our Twitter (@TheColoredPages), Instagram (@TheseColoredPages), Website (thesecoloredpages.com), and Reading List here: linktr.ee/thecoloredpages .You can also reach us directly by emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com .Come say hi!!  *Lastly, for your reference, here are all of the sex-positive works referenced during the icebreaker question: Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power Risk! Podcast Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Afrosexology

Do you require scientific validation of your desire? Author, Speaker, Podcaster and Consent Advocate Jaclyn Friedman wants to study her orgasm, but she’s getting first date jitters. What is sexual concordance, and why is it so difficult for this overachiever to get it up when someone is studying their sex data? Plus Bawdy’s musical muse, Rachel Lark, performs a song she wrote especially for our Nerdgasm show. Lube up, cause knowledge has never been so arousing! #OrgasmDenial #IcebergClit #Fencesitter Hosted by Sexual Folklorist Dixie De La Tour Opening Music: 8 Miles Wide by Storm Large About the storyteller:   Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, educator and activist, and creator of four books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (which was one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009), What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All, and her latest, Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World.  Her podcast, also called Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. Learn more at https://www.jaclynfriedman.com/ Song: ‘Flowers Fuck’ (Rachel Lark) Learn more about her work at https://www.rachellark.com/ Become a member of Lark’s Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/rachellark   Episode Links Our next Bawdy Livestream will be this Saturday, April 17th at 7 PM PST. This time, our show features GirlyJuice blogger/Dildork’s podcast host Kate Sloan, standup comedian Jimmy Sorrentino, Award-winning storyteller Janelle Codianni and all new songs by Bawdy’s musical sidekick Jefferson Bergey. Bawdy’s live shows bring you phenomenal #stories #community #connection #DanceParty #Prizes and more Livestream Tickets at https://bit.ly/BawdyAprilLS RSVP on Facebook at https://fb.me/e/12ibc8TrG & on Fetlife at https://fetlife.com/events/985418   Then, Share the ticket link on Twitter, Facebook, Fetlife and Instagram. Social media is restricting everything that relates to seggsexual pleasure these days (YES, they will shut us down if we spell it correctly, eeek). We need your help to keep doing what we do, so please spread the word about our livestreams!   Patreon: Wanna be connected to other Bawdy fans, and get great rewards? Our Patreon have brand new patron tiers like the #BPC, the Confidante, the Concierge & more. Our Hookup ($10/month) & up supporters receive free tickets to special events, Free tickets to our Livestream shows, access to the livestream replay, ad-free episodes of the podcast & more. Patreon has become our Everything during COVID; A global pandemic, quarantine and economic devastation all at the same time? While other entertainment is fading out, Patreon (and you) can help us continue to produce the the podcast & the livestreams until we can get back to live shows. We can ride this thing out, with your help; Become a Member Now at https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy   Or you can support Bawdy by sending your one-time donation to: Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling Paypal: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com (& Thank You in advance for your financial help during these challenging times)   Dipsea: Dipsea is an audio app full of short, sexy stories designed to turn you on! Dipsea also has wellness sessions, bedtime stories and soundscapes to help you relax … just because you’re grown up, doesn’t mean you’ve outgrown bedtime stories. Whether you want a story to turn you on or to wind you down for better sleep, Dipsea helps you get in touch with yourself for some extra sweet dreams.  And for listeners of the Bawdy Storytelling podcast, Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to https://www.dipseastories.com/ and use the promo code DIXIE.  Dipsea release new stories every week, so there’s always more to explore - no matter who you’re into or what turns you on.  Download the app right now, and get a 30 day free trial when you go to https://www.dipseastories.com/Dixie   Uberlube: Are you making plans for all the sex, when the world returns?  I hear so many people talk about how we’re gonna enter the Roaring 20’s when it’s safe to be out there again. If you’re starting to think about a rich, active sex life, you need Uberlube. 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There’s also (scented or unscented) creamy Bawdy Butter, Hair & Bawdy Oil, lube & more. Bawdy Merchandise means you smell great while supporting a podcast that you love. Get yours today at https://bawdystorytelling.com/merchandise   Ready to tell your story, and change your life? I’m offering Storytelling for Self-Discovery, and I’d love to help you find your story. Anxious about navigating what’s next? Are you writing a book, or working on your Business’ brand storytelling?  No matter what you’re up against, I can help you communicate with calmness & clarity. Email me at dixie@BawdyStorytelling.com for more info - we can book a short discovery call, I’m happy to answer any questions.   Check out our Bawdy Storytelling Fiends and Fans group on Facebook - it’s a place to discuss the podcast’s stories with the storytellers, share thoughts with your fellow listeners, & help Dixie make the podcast even better. 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consenso: principio per cui un rapporto sessuale (e non) richieda l'esplicito consenso di tutte le persone coinvolte. l'alcol influenza la tua capacità di poter dare il consenso? inviare foto esplicite senza chiederlo è questione di consenso? e tirare via il preservativo senza informare il partner durante un anno sessuale lo è? di questo e di altro parliamo con Matilde e Elena di Frammenti, collettivo transfemminista queer. // Trovate Elena e Matilde e il resto del collettivo Frammenti sul loro sito, su facebook o su instagram. Scorretta la trovate su instagram, tiktok e su tutte le piattaforme per podcast. // Le fonti che abbiamo usato per questo episodio: - Il consenso e il té - How Does Alcohol Consumption Affect Perceptions of One's Own and a Drinking Partner's Ability to Consent to Sexual Activity - M. Drouin, K. N. Jozkowski, J. Davis & G. Newsham - "Cocktails vs Consent" da Science of Sex in cui Michelle Drouin presenta la sua ricerca - The Curse of the Twitter Reply Guy - Chloe Bryan - Reply Guys, Sliding into the DMs, and the Intensification of Parasocial Relationships - s.e. smith Per Approfondire: - Il Consenso in Ambito Medico - Frammenti (l'intervista con un medico di cui parlavano Elena e Matilde!) - La Violenza Sessuale e il Consenso - Giulia Siviero (panoramica sulle leggi che regolano il consenso) - Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape - J. Friedman e J. Valenti (libro pionieristico sul consenso e la cultura dello stupro che ha reso comune l'uso della frase "yes means yes", oltre a contribuire alla creazione di una legge sul consenso dallo stesso nome in California) - Consent is Actually Sexy with Jaclyn Friedman - The Sexually Liberated Woman by Ev-Yan Whitney (ascolta Jaclyn, attivista e autrice del libro Yes Means Yes, parlare di cosa vuol dire mettere in pratica il consenso) - La serie I May Destroy You di Michaela Coel (e anche un articolo al riguardo di Nicole Froio su Bitch Media non è male - ma leggetelo dopo aver guardato la serie;) ) - Il podcast About Consent - Te La sei Cercata - Louise O' Neill // cerco sempre di fornire fonti, spunti di approfondimento o idee in italiano, ma spesso il materiale che reperisco non è tradotto. questo fa' parte del motivo per cui parliamo così poco di temi importanti: cambiamo le cose insieme, iniziamo conversazioni al riguardo! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scorretta/support

What does your body liberation have to do with voting this year? Everything. Everything is on the line this election, up and down the ballot. Jaclyn Friedman, author of Unscrewed, helps me link body kindness to climate change, economic justice, healthcare, and more. Don’t settle for fauxpowerment. In this lively episode chat, Jaclyn shares many ways anyone can get fired up to vote or help others get fired up... with joy and connection. Follow her 3 steps to positive well-being this election season: Look after yourself and make sure you’re safe and secure. Look out for each other. (Your post-it people) Look for opportunities for fun. And also... if you can do more, do it. Register to vote. Fill out your mail in ballot. Get it in the drop off box ASAP. Check in on friends. Reach out to people you know with texts, emails, or postcards. Offer to help. --- Links Mentioned: How to contact your U.S. Senator Learn about progressive candidates Jaclyn recommends @jaclynf on Twitter - her DMs are open if you have any questions about getting out the vote. Body Kindness Episode 142 – Believe Me: Why trusting women is essential for collective well-being with Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti Body Kindness Episode 57: Get ‘Unscrewed’ in this #MeToo world with Jaclyn Friedman activist and author of Unscrewed --- About Jaclyn Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, educator and activist, and creator of four books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009), What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All, and her latest, Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Her podcast, also called Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast | Patreon --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick up your copy today! Order signed copies and bulk discounts here! --- Donate to support the show Thanks to our generous supporters! We're working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- Get started with Body Kindness Sign up to get started for free and stay up to date on the latest offerings --- Become a client Check out BodyKindnessBook.com/breakthrough for the latest groups and individual support sessions --- Subscribe to the podcastWe're on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! Have a show idea or guest recommendation? E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. --- Join the Facebook groupContinue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners on the Body Kindness Facebook group. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

Jill Filipovic is a Brooklyn-based journalist, lawyer, and author of The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. A weekly columnist for CNN and a 2019 New America Future of War fellow, she is also a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and a former columnist for The Guardian. Her work has appeared in Time, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and the anthologies Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America and Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

tl;dr Jaclyn Friedman on believing women, what happens when we disclose our trauma, and why our PERCEPTION of who is a victim impacts how we view all victims. We're talking about her new book with Jessica Valenti, "Believe Me". Explore More Summit is happening NEXT WEEK. Grab your free ticket by registering today for this free, entirely online conference that happens April 20-29th featuring 28 delicious, timely, intimate talks. Head to exploremoresummit.com now! Finally, Patrons who support at $3 and above, this week you get to hear a bonus chat between Jaclyn Friedman and I on Tina Horn's fantastic essay speaking to why pleasure should not be the measure for sex work and porn performers. It's SOOOO good and super important for folks who truly want to support those in the field. Hear it at patreon.com/sgrpodcast. I love every time I get to be in conversation with Jaclyn, and this was no different. We explore the difference between what it means to believe women versus what it means to believe ALL women, and why that distinction is important. We dive into what it means that women, femmes, and feminized folks often have a different set of memories than cis men. The ways survivors are retraumatized by courts, lawyers, and our "justice" system. So much of "Believe Me" demonstrates the ways we would all move closer to liberation if we centered Black women and trans women, and we explore all the ways so many of us are only trusted if we disclose the gory details of our trauma but in doing so we are also seen as discredited and no longer experts in anything except our trauma. Jaclyn shares what social researchers have long demonstrated: that collectively we not only hold women to much higher standards, but as a woman's credibility goes up, we like her less for it and actively punish her for that growing credibility. So what can we do about it? Where do we go? It's such an important discussion about a very important book, and I hope you'll get yourself a copy. Be sure to send in your questions! I would love to hear from you. Use the contact form at dawnserra.com. Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook and Dawn is on Instagram. About Jaclyn Friedman: Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, educator and activist, and creator of four books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009), What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All, and her latest, Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Her podcast, also called Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. As an undergraduate, Jaclyn thought she was too smart to become a victim of sexual assault – until another student proved her wrong. That experience eventually led her to become a student and instructor of IMPACT safety training. At IMPACT, she helped bring safety skills to the communities which most need them, including gang-involved high school students and women transitioning out of abusive relationships. Friedman’s work has popularized the “yes means yes” standard of sexual consent that is quickly becoming law on many US campuses. In her book, Unscrewed, she calls on the movement for women’s sexual liberation to move past individualistic “empowerment” messages (for which she coined the term “fauxpowerment”) to focus on collectively transforming the systems and institutions invested in keeping women sexually servile. Kirkus called it “a potent, convincing manifesto,” and Kate Tuttle, president of the National Book Critics Circle, called it “the book we need right now.” Friedman is a popular speaker on campuses and at conferences across the US and beyond. She has been a guest on the Today Show, Nightline, PBS News Hour, Call Your Girlfriend, and numerous other audio and TV shows, and her commentary has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, Vox, Refinery 29, The Washington Post, Glamour, and The Guardian. Friedman is a founder and the former executive director of Women, Action & the Media, where she led the successful #FBrape campaign to apply Facebook’s hate-speech ban to content that promotes gender-based violence. More recently, she has been active in the Jews Against ICE movement, with whom she was arrested at a protest this summer.  Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Stream it on Spotify Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous) Episode Transcript Visit dawnserra.com/ep300 for the transcript

I'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti editors of a new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. We discuss why we need a book about believing women’s experiences are as credible and reliable as men. Believing women starts with believing ourselves and caring for our personal well-being. Samantha Irby contributes an essay about her chronic illness which you can read on Elle.  Anuradha Bhagwati, author of the memoir Unbecoming, writes about the disbelief of her disability from countless others. Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her, writes about the lack of C-level women in technology jobs and how it leaves us more vulnerable to online harassment. --- About JaclynJaclyn Friedman is an educator, activist, and the force behind four hit books: Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009), What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power & How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All, and the forthcoming anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Her podcast, also called Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the best sex podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. Friedman is a popular speaker on campuses and at conferences across the US and beyond. She has been a guest on the Today Show, Nightline, PBS News Hour, Call Your Girlfriend, and numerous other audio and TV shows, and her commentary has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, Vox, Refinery 29, The Washington Post, Glamour, and The Guardian. Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast About JessicaJessica Valenti - called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world - is a columnist for Medium and a feminist author. Her most recent book, Sex Object: A Memoir, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2004, Jessica founded the award winning blog Feministing.com, which Columbia Journalism Review called “head and shoulders above almost any writing on women’s issues in mainstream media.” Jessica’s articles have topped the most-read lists at The New York Times, The Atlantic, the Guardian, and The Washington Post. She's also written for Salon, Bitch, Ms. Magazine and The Toast. Jessica has been interviewed on The Colbert Report, profiled in The New York Times magazine, and is a widely-sought after speaker. Website | Instagram | Twitter --- Get the Body Kindness book It's available wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Read reviews on Amazon and pick up your copy today! Order signed copies and bulk discounts here! --- Donate to support the show Thanks to our generous supporters! We're working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- Get started with Body Kindness Sign up to get started for free and stay up to date on the latest offerings --- Become a client Check out BodyKindnessBook.com/breakthrough for the latest groups and individual support sessions --- Subscribe to the podcastWe're on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! Have a show idea or guest recommendation? E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. --- Join the Facebook groupContinue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners on the Body Kindness Facebook group. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

How Do We Build A Culture Of Consent? (Or: Have You Ever Had Sex In A Haunted House?)   #WhatsGoodMan @tony_the_scribe @elguante transcripts and more available at www.wgmpod.com   "How Do We Build A Culture Of Consent" Zine: https://guante.info/2018/10/08/how-do-we-build-a-culture-of-consent-new-zine/   "Consent at 10,000 Feet" Video: https://guante.info/2015/04/27/guante-consent-at-10000-feet-new-video-plus-links/   A few organizations building a culture of consent (among many): National Sexual Violence Resource Center PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment) Know Your IX A Call to Men Local organizations! Especially if you’re looking to donate, go local. To use Minneapolis as an example: The Sexual Violence Center MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault (other states also have “CASA” organizations) The Aurora Center Suggested readings: “Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape” (Friedman and Valenti) “Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture” (ed. Gay) “Ask: Building Consent Culture” (ed. Stryker) “Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement” (ed. Patterson) “The Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses” (Documentary and Book) “The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America” (Deer) “Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture–and What We Can Do about It” (Harding) “Not On My Watch: A Handbook for the Prevention of Sexual Violence” (Rotman) “Know My Name” (Miller) Poems, links, and other resources: https://guante.info/2017/11/10/poems-links-and-resources-re-metoo-consent-and-rape-culture/

On this episode of The Powerful Creator Show, I speak with Lauren Herrera about reclaiming your sacred, feminine, sexual power. Lauren schools us about how to claim our sexual power, how to love your body and love yourself in the process.This video DOES contain adult content so you may want headphones if you have sensitive ears around.You can find Lauren online:https://www.laurenherrera.com/https://www.facebook.com/herrera.lauren laurenmichelleherrera 

In this fifth episode of Sex Ed with DB, Season 3, we talk about consent and what it could and should look like in different environments. First on the podcast we have Jaclyn Freidman. Jaclyn is a writer, educator and activist, and creator of four books including Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape and her latest, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. We also have on Daniel Saynt. Daniel is the Chief Conspirator of the movement brand New Society for Wellness aka NSFW, a members-only club and a creative agency for sexual wellness and cannabis brands. --- Sex Ed with DB, Season 3 Team: Creator, Producer, and Host: Danielle Bezalel (DB) Assistant Producer: Cathren Cohen Graphic Illustrator: Alanna Rance Sound Engineer: Oliver Divone Fundraising Co-Coordinator: Jamie Cooper Fundraising Co-Coordinator/Content Assistant: Cally Cochran Website: Alex Morton  --- Sex Ed with DB is Sponsored by: Milli, Imperium Illustrations, Babeland, and Sweet Vibrations --- Love Sex Ed with DB? Email us at Sexedwithdb@gmail.com for comments and questions about what's coming up this season. --- About the podcast: Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through intersectional and unique storytelling. We discuss topics such as birth control, abortion, sex ed in politics, sex toys, queer sex ed, consent, HIV, sex in entertainment, and more. --- Follow Sex Ed with DB on: Website: www.sexedwithdb.com Twitter: @sexedwithdb Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast Facebook: @edwithdb ---

In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Latoya Peterson about racial justice, diversity, and inclusion. New to Tranquility du Jour? Learn more here. Join our bi-weekly Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures. Upcoming Events Pigs, Pugs & Pinot: April 28, 3-5pm Yoga + the Animals: June 8 at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary TDJ Soirée: June 9 in DC [only half of tickets remain] TDJ Live: June 23 at 8pm [Free, online] Tranquility in Tuscany: July 13-20 in Italy [4 spots] Luna Yoga Advanced Teacher Training: September 21 and 22 in Montreal, Canada Guest A certified media junkie, Latoya Peterson provides a hip-hop feminist and anti-racist view on pop culture with a special focus on video games, film, television, and music.   One of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 rising stars in media for 2013, she is best known for the award winning blog Racialicious.com- the intersection of race and pop culture. She is currently the Deputy Editor, Digital Innovation for ESPN's The Undefeated. Previously, she was an Editor-at-Large at Fusion, the Senior Digital Producer for The Stream, a social media driven news show on Al Jazeera America and a John S. Knight Journalism 2012-2013 Fellow at Stanford University focusing on mobile technology and digital access. She produced a YouTube series on Girl Gamers and is currently working on virtual and augmented reality projects.   Her work has been published in ESPN Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Essence, Spin, Vibe, Marie Claire, The American Prospect, the Guardian and many other outlets. She was a contributor to Jezebel.com. Her essay, "The Not Rape Epidemic" was published in the anthology Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (Seal Press, 2008). She also contributed "The Feminist Existential Crisis (Dark Children Remix)" to the anthology Feminism for Real: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism (CCPA, 2011).   As a digital media consultant, Latoya Peterson has worked with brands like NPR, Wikipedia, and Weber-Shandwick to provide demographic analysis, ideas on improving user experience, and specialized outreach. She was also a guest host for WEAA’s Michael Eric Dyson Show and a contributor/substitute digital producer for Al-Jazeera International's version of The Stream.   She was also a Harvard Berkman Center Affiliate, a Poynter Institute Sensemaking Fellow, and one of the inaugural Public Media Corps fellows. Savvy Sources     Find Latoya Website Twitter Writing Speaking Mentioned in the podcast Racialicious Podcast interview with authors of Manifesta TDJ Eat Plants Tranquility du Jour Online NEW Book: Year of Tranquility(comes with FIVE bonuses) Eye candy on Instagram Follow along on Facebook Watch YouTube More Tranquility Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT Browsemy 6 Books Tranquility-filled E-courses Download theTranquility du JourPodcast App: iPhoneand Android Read about my passion for animals Favor Pen a review on iTunes and/or share this podcast via social media. Pen a review of my books on Amazonor Goodreads. Techy To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click hereto listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click hereand subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jourappsto download the podcast "automagically" on iOS or Android  

In this episode, Michaela Boehm offers a live Q&A excerpt from her recent Wild Woman's Way® Intensive in Ojai California. Topics include: • My partner doesn't satisfy me sexually • Growing together and apart in a relationship • How to elicit darkness in your partner • How to give a strong bodily ‘yes' • When your karma runs over your dogma • Bodily invitation and conditional surrender • Active vs passive invitation • Expansion and snapback • Being led by a man into new areas of pleasure • The absolute foundations of women's practice • Using your full bodily capacity • Feeling and embodied processing • Decoding your body's wisdom • Fine distinctions as a gateway to intuition • How to personalize your practice • A menu of practices and results • Consent and embodiment • Crazy Wisdom Mastery • What it takes to achieve mastery • Hard work vs burnout • The challenging truth of being a woman • The limitations of tantric ideology • The bubble of the tantric guru • What makes a good relationship • The mechanics of erotic friction • The poison of resentment • Strategies to uproot resentment • Sexless relationships • The power of female sexuality • Removing guilt and accessing pleasure • Devotion and the erotic • Sexual energy and vitality ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Through our work we are often asked to provide recommendations about books and resources so survivors can practice self-empowerment in learning more about how to heal and cope with their experience. We hope to dedicate one episode in each season to making some suggestions. Casey, Jessica, and Marie will each share some of their favorite resources.Resources mentioned in the show:Yes Mean Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power edited by Jacklyn Friedman and Jessica ValentiThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der KolkSpeak by Laurie Hals Anderson“Body Sovereignty and Kids: How we cultivate a culture of consent” by Monica Rivera“A queer vision of Love and Marriage” by Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin MilanWe love feedback! Please reach out to us and let us know what you think about the podcast. Our email is wgac@colostate.edu. For more of our content check out our website at www.wgac.colostate.edu. And if you need to talk to an advocate please call our VAT Hotline (24/7) at (970) 492-4242.

Through our work we are often asked to provide recommendations about books and resources so survivors can practice self-empowerment in learning more about how to heal and cope with their experience. We hope to dedicate one episode in each season to making some suggestions. Casey, Jessica, and Marie will each share some of their favorite resources.Resources mentioned in the show:Yes Mean Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power edited by Jacklyn Friedman and Jessica ValentiThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der KolkSpeak by Laurie Hals Anderson“Body Sovereignty and Kids: How we cultivate a culture of consent” by Monica Rivera“A queer vision of Love and Marriage” by Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin MilanWe love feedback! Please reach out to us and let us know what you think about the podcast. Our email is wgac@colostate.edu. For more of our content check out our website at www.wgac.colostate.edu. And if you need to talk to an advocate please call our VAT Hotline (24/7) at (970) 492-4242.

Today I'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman! From her website: She is a writer, speaker and activist, and creator of the hit books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009, and #11 on Ms. Magazine’s Top 100 Feminist Nonfiction of All Time list) and What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety. Her podcast, Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. Check out these articles she has written, in particular: Vox Article on Aziz Ansari; New York Times Opinion on Consent Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point! Support the show at seriouspod.com/support! Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email thomas@seriouspod.com   Direct Download

Politics, Hollywood, and your neighborhood. Sexual abuse is happening everywhere and people are speaking up. And finally we’re believing them. If you’re shaking your head at Charlie Rose, Roy Moore, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey (and others) you’re probably wondering what you can do about it. There’s a new book out by author and activist Jaclyn Friedman, Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. She's my guest on the show today. About Jaclyn: Jaclyn Friendman’s work has redefined the concept of “healthy sexuality” and popularized the “yes means yes” standard of sexual consent that is quickly becoming law on many U.S. campuses. She is a popular speaker and opinion writer and the creator of three books: Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety, and her latest book Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All. Friedman hosts Unscrewed, a critically acclaimed podcast exploring paths to sexual liberation. Follow Jaclyn: Website | Podcast | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Jaclyn's new book, Unscrewed --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.  

Don't forget, the Explore More Summit: Bodies Edition kicks off December 4th and it's totally free. We'll spend 5 days going super deep into body politics, self acceptance, fat activism, diet culture, weight stigma, and shedding body shame so we can center our pleasure. To see the line-up and to enroll, pop over to exploremoresummit.com. This week, Jaclyn Friedman is here to talk all about her new book, "Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power, and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All." It is a powerful, comprehensive examination of all the ways our ideas about sex intersect with things like media, racism, justice, toxic masculinity, patriarchy. Basically, all my favorite topics wrapped up into one. We geek out about why sexual olympics and hedonism will NOT set everyone free. What it means to have "fauxpowerment" around our sexuality and why individualistic solutions aren't going to heal the world. We talk about Hugh Hefner (ugh), the ways doctors fail us, Jaclyn's visit to a sex research lab and what the vagina REALLY is. Seriously, that last bit blew my mind. We also talk about what we can do to actually start changing the world, how we can confront things like toxic masculinity and patriarchy, and why it all matters. You can pre-order the book here (it comes out November 14th, 2017). Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Jaclyn Friedman: Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, speaker and activist, and creator of the hit books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009, and #11 on Ms. Magazine’s Top 100 Feminist Nonfiction of All Time list) and What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety. Her podcast, Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. Stay in touch with Jaclyn on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @jaclynf. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

Patreons who support with just $3 per month and above get exclusive weekly bonus content, too. Literally, every pledge sends me into an excited squeal of delight. patreon.com/sgrpodcast I am constantly on the lookout for people who are doing amazing, inspiring, fun things in the world of sex and relationships. So, you just know I had to reach out to Feminist Press when I saw they were publishing a children's book with the title, "Tell Me About Sex, Grandma." And what better time to celebrate kids and parenting and sex and divorce and healing than Mother's Day? Anastasia Higginbotham is the author of a series of books called Ordinary Terrible Things aimed at helping kids to understand and find words for things like sex, divorce, death, racism, and queerness. Anastasia's books are about centering kids' wisdom and giving them space to have a full range of feelings and permission to be who they are. But the magic of these books is also in their healing power for grown-ups. If you were raped or molested, "Tell Me About Sex, Grandma" will offer a balm to your young self about what happened. If your parents split when you were young, "Divorce is the Worst" gives you permission to sit in those big feelings you may have tried to hide years ago. This is the kind of stuff that overturns patriarchy and helps young people realize that they actually hold a tremendous amount of wisdom and power. Also, at the end of this week's episode is a sneak peek of next week's incredible episode on abortion. Please do stay tuned. Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. Resources discussed in this episode You can pre-order "Tell Me About Sex, Grandma" and purchase "Death is Stupid" and "Divorce is the Worst" from Feminist Press, and you know I love supporting feminist, independent sources, so please do buy from them over Amazon or a big box retailer. About Anastasia Higginbotham Anastasia Higginbotham is a writer and artist who created the children’s book series Ordinary Terrible Things, published by the Feminist Press. The series includes Divorce Is the Worst (2015), Death Is Stupid (2016), and Tell Me About Sex, Grandma (2017). It’s been embraced by children and adults for empowering and trusting kids as the authority on their own lives. Higginbotham makes the books in collage on brown grocery bag paper with clippings from magazines and catalogs, and bits of fabric and jewelry that have special meaning. Higginbotham’s series is informed by more than 20 years as a speechwriter for New York City nonprofits that combat all kinds of injustice. For 10 years, Higginbotham taught full impact self-defense to kids and adults with Prepare Inc., coaching students ages 6 and up to breathe, talk, and fight their way through confrontation and attack scenarios. Her essays have appeared in Huffington Post, Ms., Bitch, The Sun, Women’s Media Center, and The Women’s Review of Books. She’s featured in the anthologies, Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation, 30 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women’s History, and Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. She is a 2015 Hedgebrook Fellow. You can stay in touch with Anastasia on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @ahigginbooks. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

Patreons who support with just $3 per month and above get exclusive weekly bonus content, too. Literally, every pledge sends me into an excited squeal of delight. patreon.com/sgrpodcast This week Jaclyn Friedman is here. Known for her incredible work around sexual assault, sexual violence, consent, and sex education, it is a really intense discussion that I can't wait for you to hear. We talk about sexual liberation and why sex positivity must include conversations around sexual violence if it hopes to achieve it's aim. We dive into stealthing and why removing a condom without consent is rape. Jaclyn explores the ways that stealthing is dehumanizing and why this power move is about erasing the humanity of the person you're sleeping with. She also talks about what centering humanity in sex has meant for her - being able to relax into her truth by getting off the sexual Olympics train. Plus, why all this buzz about hook-up culture on college campuses is actually a myth and the impact that myth is having on students. Then we go deep into victim-centering justice, needing community to step in and hold sexually violent people accountable, why transformative justice is not the answer, and she even challenges me on being too generous around people who commit acts of sexual violence. We may not have answers, but we certainly have a lot of feelings and even bigger questions. So strap in and prepare yourself. Don't forget to send in your sex confessions about May's theme of FOOD! I created a guidelines page for you. Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Jaclyn Friedman Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, speaker and activist, and creator of the hit books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one of Publishers’ Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009, and #11 on Ms. Magazine’s Top 100 Feminist Nonfiction of All Time list) and What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex & Safety. Her podcast, Unscrewed, is paving new paths to sexual liberation, and was named one of the Best Sex Podcasts by both Marie Claire and Esquire. Friedman’s work has popularized the “yes means yes” standard of sexual consent that is quickly becoming law on many US campuses. Her insistence that authentic sexual liberation is a necessary condition to end the systemic sexualization and violation of women led Lyn Mikel Brown (Co-founder of SPARK and Professor of Education and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Colby College) to call her “this generation’s version of Dr. Ruth.” Friedman is a popular speaker on campuses and at conferences across the U.S. and beyond. She has been a guest on the Today Show, Nightline, PBS News Hour, the Melissa Harris-Perry Show, and numerous other radio and television shows, and her commentary has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, Vox, Time, The Washington Post, Glamour and The Guardian. Friedman is a founder and the former Executive Director of Women, Action & the Media, where she led the successful #FBrape campaign to apply Facebook’s hate-speech ban to content that promotes gender-based violence. Friedman also holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. You can stay in touch with Jaclyn at jaclynfriedman.com, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @jaclynf. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

Jessica Valenti, author of SEX OBJECT, discusses her new memoir with Rachel Hills, author of THE SEX MYTH, followed by a dialogue between Kate Layte and Katie Eelman on the book.  Jessica Valenti - called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world - is a columnist for theGuardian US and the author of four books on feminism, politics and culture. Her third book, The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women, won the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award and was made into a documentary by the Media Education Foundation. She is also editor of the anthology Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, which was named one of Publishers Weekly’s Top 100 Books of 2009.  She founded Feministing.com, which Columbia Journalism Review called “head and shoulders above almost any writing on women’s issues in mainstream media.” Her writing has appeared inThe New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Guardian (UK), The American Prospect, Ms. magazine, Salon and Bitch magazine. She has won an IBIS Reproductive Health Evidence in Activism Award, a Choice USA Generation award and the 2011 Hillman Journalism Prize for her work with Feministing.   Rachel Hills has written about feminism and politics for ABC’s The Drum, The Age, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Daily Life, Elle, Girlfriend, Glamour, Grazia, Jezebel, The Monthly, The New Inquiry, New Matilda, The New Republic, NYMag.com, Russh, The Spectator, Stylist, Sunday Life, The Sydney Morning Herald, TIME, Vogue, The Walkley Magazine, YEN and more. She is also the author of a book called The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality, which published in North America, Australia, New Zealand and the UK in August 2015. 

Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in Nairobi and New York City. Formerly Cosmopolitan.com's senior political writer and a columnist for the Guardian, her work on law, politics, gender, global health and foreign affairs has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, TIME Magazine, Al Jazeera America, Foreign Policy, Marie Claire, and others. A non-practicing attorney, she was also an editor at NYU Law's Journal of Law and Social Change, and a contributor to the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism and the anthology Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, named one of the best books of the year by Publisher's Weekly. A winner of a 2015 Sigma Chi Delta Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and a 2014 Newswoman's Club of New York Front Page Award, she was also a UN Foundation Fellow in Malawi in 2013 and Indonesia in 2015, and an International Reporting Project fellow in Brazil in 2014 and India in 2015. She is currently working on a book about women, politics and pleasure. Ms. Filipovic fits into post’s programming needs by providing practical advice and skills development to emerging women journalists. Her work has often centered on women’s rights, reproductive rights, sexual harassment and cyber bullying, themes which resonate with young Nepali women. She has also built a career balancing freelance and online work with stints in traditional media, a possible way forward for young women whose careers have stalled out in traditional media houses.

AND WE ARE BACK! After a long hiatus the CDC Podcast has returned with a force-music and an icon. This week we talk about under privileged voices in games, specifically women in games, where all your questions will be answered and the issue will finally be put to "rest." Of course I am joking but please come continue the discussion in IRC. We have moved to the irc.quakenet.org server, the room as always is #GBConfab. For those wondering why this hasn't been updated on iTunes yet, we changed hosts for the podcast and the RSS is still in the process of updating. CAST: Alex Raymond: Iris Network Olivia Luna: Cerise Magazine Regina Buenaobra: Acid for Blood Simon Ferrari: Chunking Espresso SHOW NOTES: Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape Brainy Gamer - OMG, Girls in Trouble DoveArrow's Blog - Oh Goddess, My Goddess Tracy John of Mtv Mutiplayer Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study Women in Games: The Gamasutra 20