Welcome back! Episode 7 is the third in a series of conversations with invited guests This conversation uses the Pleasure episode as a starting point. If you haven’t listened to the episode 6 - Pleasure, we’d suggest doing that as we reference it here.
In this episode, Josie chats with invited guests Selina Thompson (www.selinathompson.co.uk @SelinaTLtd) and Sreena Pluck.
Here are some of the people, materials and cultural references they mention: Audrey Lorde speaking about the Power of The Erotic, Toni-Dee Paul, Angela Carter, Fan Fiction and Erotic Fan Fiction, Lois Weaver, Frottage: Frictions of Intimacy Across the Black Diaspora by Keguro Macharia, Sex in the City, Peg the Patriarchy Met Gala T-Shirt, Oh Joy Sex Toy, Aorace In The Dungeon, omgyes.com, Oblivion Eggs.
In this sub-episode, we explore themes of gender, sexuality, bodies, pleasure, relationships and boundaries. This sub-episode is mostly centred around pleasure. We talk about play parties and BDSM. We reference vaginal discharge, antidepressants, alcohol and drinking. We talk about trauma and the body as a site of trauma. Specifically, we talk about vaginismus. We talk about sexual assault. We talk about different forms of oppression, particularly racism and misogyny. We mention the effects of menopause on sex. We mention homophobia and some homophobic language is used. We mention Tubal ligation. We talk about ‘phases in sexuality’. We mention sex work and porn. We talk about different attitudes towards sex, particularly culutral differences and how that can effect your own identity and place within certain communities. These sub episodes are conversations. They do not offer solid answers. Sometimes opinions are offered, but they are not necessarily finished. We invite you to keep questioning what is said, to discover what feels right for you, and what doesn’t. This is your conversation as much as it is ours. If you’d like to listen, please do in a way that feels comfortable for you.
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