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Your dating app wish list, how to turn Sexual Assault Awareness Month into Action Month, a scary bathroom incident involving trans rights that the right-wing won't be crowing about, and a little tease from Jaclyn, all in 15 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Black women are often conceived of as the victims of BDSM and pornography, but can they also be sites of Black women's healing, pleasure, liberation or power? Professor Ariane Cruz, author of The Color of Kink, says yes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Biden, Dr. Willie Parker, and why the "good guys" hurt us. Plus we hear from listeners who took Jaclyn's advice and wrote in to update us on how they're doing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When she was young, Anuradha Bhagwati chose an unusual way to rebel against her strict immigrant parents; she joined the U.S. Marine Corps. What followed taught her about power, masculinity, double standards, trauma, bravery, activism, and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Listener sex ed news from Oregon, a new documentary about Steubenville, and some deep thinking about the sexual politics of liberation: all in this one quickiesode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
For the 10th anniversary of Yes Means Yes, Jessica Valenti joins Jaclyn to share behind-the-scenes secrets and reflect on the legacy and future of their landmark book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oklahoma tries to make sex ed strides, Jaclyn gives away her audiobook, and a heartaching listener question about who gets to call themselves a survivor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What can the history of Black sexual oppression and resistance in the US teach us about how Black people get all the way free? Dalycia Saah and Rafaella Fiallo of Afrosexology have a vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Listeners sound off on sex ed and offer their own resources, and Jaclyn asks you to a whole bunch of stuff. Oh, and we take it wayyyy back to before the internet had search engines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scarleteen.com, the groundbreaking sex ed website, turns 20 this year! Celebrate with Jaclyn and Scarleteen's founder Heather Corinna, who reflects not just on how the site -- and sex ed -- has evolved in two decades, but how doing the work has evolved them as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the human cost of content moderation, sex ed news in Colorado, and a listener question about a sexual role reversal -- but not the fun kind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In December, Tumblr banned all "adult content" from its site, only the latest salvo on a misguided quest of corporations and politicians to crack down on adult entertainment in the name of protecting the innocent. Elle Chase, who ran Lady Cheeky, one of Tumblr's most popular blogs for women-focused erotic content, and Kate D'Adamo, sex worker rights advocate, join Jaclyn to figure out how we got into this mess, why it matters, and how we can hope to get somewhere better. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Fake nude selfies, a really amazing pop culture recommendation, and advice for a listener who's not getting what she needs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Now that Kennedy is out and Kavanaugh is in, how bad are things going to get for people who need abortions? Robin Marty joins Jaclyn to talk about her new book Handbook for a Post-Roe America, and some surprising ideas on how to fight back with everything we've got. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why is it so hard to find good sex advice for trans women? Educator, performer and activist Rebecca Kling joins Jaclyn to talk it out on the meta level, and to help out two very specific listeners who are going through changes as they transition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sex robots are here. Now what? Jaclyn catches up with cultural critic Katherine Cross to talk robot brothels, dudebros, Ex Machina, and why you should be excited for the robot uprising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump may be banning the phrase "sexual health," plus listener questions about breaking into activism and good books for girls growing up in hostile territory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We've been fighting patriarchy so long. Why are we still drowning in it? Carol Gilligan, the mother of feminist psychology, and NYU researcher Naomi Snider think they know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How does fatness affect our sense of our own sexuality, our own gender, our own race? Sonalee Rashatwar, AKA The Fat Sex Therapist, joins Jaclyn to dig deep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hillary Clinton, Dan Savage and comprehensive pleasure-based sex education. It's a quickiesode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pleasure isn't optional - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Rewind) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Things are not great. Neither is Jaclyn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feeling ground down? Paralyzed? We've got a brass-tacks activism episode that'll plant a little green shoot of hope in even the weariest heart. Featuring Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kavanaugh feelings, secret masturbation and the secret power women have had all along, all in one 15-minute quickiesode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unscrewed is back and we're starting the new season with some cleansing anger as Jaclyn catches up with Soraya Chemaly about her brand-new book Rage Becomes Her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can you heal the trauma of revenge porn by deliberately becoming a nude art model? Lena Chen, one of the first known women to have private nude photos of her nonconsensually shared across the internet, moved to Berlin and tried it. What she learned along the way may surprise you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Could your food cravings be telling you you have a pleasure deficit? Body Kindness author Rebecca Scritchfield joins Jaclyn to explore the connections between body image, diet culture, health and sexuality Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jaclyn catches up with Pamela Merritt, co-founder and co-director of Reproaction, who gets real about what it takes to unscrew the sexual culture in more conservative or otherwise untapped communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In part two of our conversation about sex and mental health, Jaclyn talks with therapist Shadeen Francis about destigmatizing, deshaming, and decolonizing our mental wellness, both in and out of the bedroom. Also there are donuts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Last quickiesode of the season brings fake fake lesbians, body sommeliers and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
