Filmmaker Daviel Shy joins us to share about her upcoming project, The Lovers, which serves eroticism and queerness in equal parts. Daviel's creative mindset is akin to an arousal state. In creative flow, she takes in her experiences with heightened awareness and incorporates them into her work. Daviel also integrates the unique lived experiences of her collaborators into her work and allows space for the work to be changed by those both in front of and behind the camera. The Lovers web series is a semi-autobiographical work that integrates the ways Daviel and her collaborators sought connection through the pandemic and how the isolation, separation and strange interconnectedness of the pandemic changed them (and all of us). In revisiting the experience of the pandemic, audiences are able to process and integrate their lingering grief and trauma from living through similar experiences. The series premieres September 21st at the LA Gay and Lesbian Center. Tickets can be reserved at givebutter.com/SsGRph

You can also register for the Shameless Sex Couples Retreat that Sarah has been talking about and will be co-facilitating Nov 12-17.

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As promised, we are following up this week's episode with a segment dedicated to the human giver syndrome as defined in Emily and Amelia Nagoski's book Burnout: Unlocking the Secret to the Stress Cycle. Human giver syndrome offers insight into the unique stressors that come with caregiving or being the nurturer in intimate relationships. Human givers often experience guilt, shame and judgement, in addition to stress, when not acting in service to the human beings in their sphere. This episode is a call to empathy and compassion for all of the human givers - we see you.

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Jet Setting Jasmine is an icon and owns it. As a multihyphenate adult performer, director, mental health professional, and parent Jasmine brings her full personhood to each of her roles and identities. We talk about what it takes to openly and unapologetically embrace your unique greatness, how to parent with authenticity, and how to embody and model your ethics. Jasmine shares ways to initiate conversations with your kids about boundaries, consent, sexuality, and porn that aligns with your ethics and evolves over their lifespan. She gives examples of utilizing media as a connection point and teaching tool in those evolving conversations. We talk about the state of the porn industry, how difficult it can be to define (and find) ethical pornography, and the ways political discourse makes its way into the bedroom.

Jasmine's work centers decolonizing the professional spaces she occupies - porn and mental health - and she models boundary-setting, prioritizing safety, trusting your intuition, and living your values in everything she does. This conversation ranges from teaching your kids the Boundary Song to recognizing how corporate ethics rule your sex life. Tune in to learn why Jasmine is unapologetically iconic!

Jet Setting Jasmine is an award-winning adult film director, entertainer, and master fetish trainer. She is also a licensed psychotherapist and educator who uses her expertise in mental health to advocate for a more inclusive and ethically-sound adult entertainment industry. Jasmine is the co-owner, along with partner King Noire, of Royal Fetish Films, a multi-channel adult-entertainment business that resists the discriminatory tropes common in the art of entertainment and mainstream adult industry. Well-trained to recognize the challenges that face workers in the adult film industry, Jasmine advocates for those who may not be empowered to speak for themselves. She employs cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, and narrative therapy, always with an aim of providing the most therapeutic client-care possible. Follow Jasmine on IG

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We're celebrating Pisces Season with our favorite, resident Pisces - Sarah! Enjoy this throwback to Season 1, Episode 2 when we were just baby podcasters. In this episode, we say “fuck, yeah!” to queer femmes! We learn how Sarah came into her queer identity and how intimately connected her queerness is to her femme identity. Both Sarah and Robin share about the role models shaped their relationship to femininity AND we get deep into sex talk in this episode. Like, real deep. Bonus rant about birth control if you stick around until the end!

Anne Hodder-Shipp of sex ed internet fame joins us again to demystify the misunderstood "P" word - pleasure. Anne and Sarah co-facilitate a course, Pleasure Attitudes, that focuses on re-establishing a joyful connection to pleasure in all of its forms. Robin interviews them and the three break down the difference between pleasure and sexual pleasure (and why they've come to be conflated), the blocks that many of us face when trying to source pleasure in our lives, and what to do about it. Anne and Sarah share how they help Pleasure Attitudes participants establish embodied self support practices and why it's so important to create routines that are personalized to your needs rather than fit the mold of what is packaged and sold to us as "self care." This episode contains a fair amount of pleasure and self care myth-busting as well as our signature permission-giving around getting to know your authentic needs and desires. Sarah closes out the episode with a "This is going to make you fucking mad" segment about the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision granting "personhood" to embryos.

Content warning: Sarah and Robin start the episode talking about the recent death of nonbinary teen, Nex Benedict. If this topic is as heavy to you as it is to us and you need to skip this part of the discussion, skip to 8 min into the episode. If you want to support Nex's family go to www.gofundme.com/f/dagny-benedict

If you or anyone you know are experiencing trauma related to Nex's death Trans Lifeline is available for adults 877 565 8860. The Trevor Project offers youth crisis counseling text "start" to 678-678 or call 866 488 7386.

If you're not familiar with Anne's groundbreaking update to the Love Languages check out our episode in season 1 F*ck Yeah to Inclusive Love Languages and her book Speaking from the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love.

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We are joined today by author and women's intimacy coach, Rena Martine, talking about the ways shame holds us back from the sex, relationships, and lives we want to live and what to do about it. As a former sex crimes Deputy District Attorney, Rena comes at her work as an intimacy coach from a unique perspective. We discuss the ways that sexual shame and stigma can mutate into acts of violence and how seeing the darkest side of human sexuality burnt Rena out of her legal career. Her "aha" moment came during the pandemic when she changed careers and now coaches women on creating The Sex You Want (the title of her newly released book). Rena shares an exercise for getting to know your desires, one for tapping into your inner wisdom and we learn about Rena's first experience with a sex worker! Robin closes the episode with a "Healing Shit" segment - tapping into your inner crone with a crone goals exercise.

Rena Martine is a women's intimacy coach, former Sex Crimes Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County D.A.'s Office, and author of The Sex You Want: A Shameless Journey to Deep Intimacy, Honest Pleasure, and a Life You Love. Find Rena at renamartine.com or on IG.

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In honor of Valentine's Day and our love of love, Sarah's beloved Andrea joins us on the pod! Andrea shares how she approaches a gendered profession (handy work and carpentry) by offering her clients comfort, safety, and the joy of being heard. We break down how Andrea came into her signature swagger. The secret sauce to BDE (big dick energy) will be revealed! Sarah and Andrea share how they got together and how they've crafted a relationship based on mutual support and care. We get to the heart of how a recovering co-dependent caretaker (Sarah) and a hyper-independent, seemingly confirmed bachelor (Andrea) harmonize, set boundaries, treat each other well while taking responsibility for their own “work”, and create loving interdependence in their relationship.

To close out the episode, Robin shares her newest love, "boyfriend asmr" and schools Sarah on the wilds of YouTube erotica. Featuring a snippet from @ZeroASMR Check out her faves: @LivingZombie @NoraASMR @ViolentlySapphic @LeoASMR5555 This is a super sweet episode not to be missed!

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Beck Gee joins FYP to talk about trans joy and struggle. Beck breaks down the ways the DSM-5’s (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) framework and “gender dysphoria” diagnosis creates a restrictive container for gender expansive folks, which compounds the lived experience of trying to fit into a binary world, and how the issues with gender diversity exist in our transphobic and cis-heteronormative culture not within the individuals experiencing a dissonance with the gender they were assigned at birth. Beck shares his personal journey of coming into his trans masculine identity and the joy he finds in his gay, cowboy, leather life. Beck shares ways to challenge yourself, examine your own gender and sexuality as a first step towards showing up as an ally. This episode explores the intersections of mental health, substance use, and gender and sexuality exploration. Robin and Sarah share about their kids' explorations and curiosity about their gender at the end of the episode.

Beck is an accomplished master's level clinician, armed with a profound educational background in Sociology, emphasizing Gender & Sexuality at the undergraduate level, and a master's degree in Addiction Counseling. Beck recently completed his second master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. With over 15 years of dedicated service in the mental health and substance use field, Beck has passionately channeled his expertise towards championing the well-being of the LGBTQ+ community, adolescents, and families. You can learn more about Beck and his work on his site http://www.bgcbridge.com or follow Beck on Instagram

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This week Robin reports back from the Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo (ANME). Join us to learn all about the latest and greatest sex toys to hit the market recently, the classics that we can't live without, and the wonderfully unique people behind the toys that make the sex toy industry such a cool place to hang out. This episode features the classic Magic Wand and their newest release the Magic Wand Micro. Our favorite lubricants Sliquid & Uberlube. The new eco-conscious brand Make Love Not War. Womanizer's newest high tech toy, Next. Oxballs & Tantus’ iconic fan favorite silicone dildos, cockrings, plugs, and more. And COTR, makers of bvibe, le wand and cowgirl. Sarah and Robin share their favorite toys and what they love about working in the pleasure product industry.

This week we're talking about food! No, "Queer Cuisine" is not a euphemism. Chef Kat Mciver of seasonal farm-to-table cafe Wide Eyes Open Palms in Long Beach joins us and we get to ask an expert about our personal (and very different) struggles with food. Kat shares about how the punk scene prepared her for toxic kitchen culture, enlightens us on her cooking philosophy of "waste not, want not" and how to use every part of a plant (think carrot tops, radish greens and pea tendrils). We contemplate the idea that food may mean something special to us as queer people and try to name what makes something "Queer Cuisine." Kat also shares an intuitive eating practice and her approach to shopping at a farmer's market.

If you're interested in visiting Kat's cafe, WEOP was founded on the mission of being the ultimate brunch experience, combining the joys of a perfectly prepared coffee with the nourishment of a fresh, healthy farmers market-sourced meal, and a fresh-baked pastry. We aim to bring all of that into a positive environment focused on inclusivity and celebrating the LGBTQ, women, and POC communities, each and every day. Give them a follow HERE.

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F*ck Yeah is 50 (episodes)! To celebrate we reflect on some of our favorite and most influential moments on the pod. What do we feel about our discussions from Season 1? What were the key lessons from Season 2? What are the most fun moments we've had on the pod? If you're a new listener, this is a great way to experience past guests you may not have heard yet. If you've been with us from the beginning, enjoy this nostalgic discussions. Featured guests in this episode include: Kristen Tribby (Sex Positive Parenting), Andrew Gurza (Queer Sexuality & Disability), Dr. Vanessa Carlisle (Somatic Practices), Susan Bratton (Biohacking), Sydney Rogers aka Miss Barbie Q (Artivism), and Witch Wilde (Sex Magix).. Come with us on our metaphorical walk down memory lane.

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Party promoter extraordinaire, Celesbian, and friend of the pod, Vanessa Craig, joins us to talk queer parties. What makes for a memorable party? How does queer night life make us feel seen and give us a sense of belonging? Why are parties especially needed with all that’s going on in the world? You know we also indulge in some nostalgia for the 90s LA lesbian scene! Tea is served. Robin tells Sarah all about an epic Peter Berlin inspired performance she took part in at a party Vanessa produced for OUTFEST in a “fucking slay” segment to close the episode.

Vanessa can be found at her monthly Sunday party, Magiq Hour, on the patio of Little Joy in LA. The next event, Collage and Cry, will be Sunday Jan 7th 3-8 pm. Admission is free. Check out @magiq_hour on IG. To find Vanessa (or more info about her “The World is Watching” shirt featuring Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad) give her a follow @VanessaCraigslist

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Sarah and Robin explore the feminine tropes that shape cultures expectations of women - the damsel in distress, the vamp, the mother/good wife and more recently the trope that they are both loving - the childless cat lady. Robin shares the history of the vamp, which was initiated by silent film star Theda Bara, who Robin pays tribute to with a new prayer candle. Sarah shares about a recent caregiving experience that kicked up the human giver in her (in a surprisingly good way).

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The creator of F*ck Yeah's theme song, She/Her/Sir, joins the pod to break down her songwriting process and journey back to her southern, Cajun roots. Recently She/Her/Sir released a new music video, Howling, which is influenced in equal parts by her queer and Louisiana heritage - parts of herself that were at odds for many years. We listen to a couple new songs from the upcoming album and share stories about the role music plays in each of our lives.

Ro Rose, aka Queerly Fluid, shares their touch work and sacred intimacy practices on today's Solstice episode. Ro is a queer and erotic steward who works with clients to unlock their erotic selves and access to pleasure through somatic gendering work, scar care, pleasure mapping and more. We learn about how Ro defines erotic stewardship and the container of consent they create with clients to protect both the client's and their own personal borders and boundaries. Ro shares their loving curiosity with us as well as rituals for aligning and centering. There are self support gems in this episode for care workers and human givers.

Robin ends the episode by sharing with Sarah about the corner of TikTok she calls home.

CW: This episode contains mention of sexual assault and rape. Please take care of yourself while listening.

Powerhouse Christine Soyong Harley, President of SIECUS - Sex Ed for Social Change, joins us this week to talk all things sex ed. Sex ed sits at the nexus of multiple social justice issues including public health equity, gender disparities, sexual diversity, racial justice, abortion access and more. Sex ed can benefit young people in a myriad of ways (spoiler alert it doesn't just reduce rates of teen pregnancy and stis!) and Chris schools us on the range of benefits and why, as a result, it challenges conservative power structures aiming to restrict personal liberties and the growing power of the global majority. While it can feel hard these days to be hopeful in the face of harmful, restrictive policies and a moral panic that leverages fear to attack the rights and bodies of women, people of color, queer and trans people; Chris' perspective and work, informed by SIECUS' impressive 60 year track record, is a glimpse of light in the darkness. Chris also shares about SIECUS' new initiative targeting adults, Sex Ed Futurism! Don't miss this enlightening, informative, and empowering conversation!. Sarah closes out the episode walking Robin through sex ed standards and what we mean we talk about sex ed in schools. If you're looking for some good talking points at your family or holiday gatherings - this episode is for you!

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This week we're in conversation with Eli Lawliet, Ph.D., a practicing gender doula, who is also helping to develop the field of doulas with a specialization in supporting clients who are transitioning or exploring their gender. Eli is also a witch with a toolkit of spiritual service and tools including breathwork, ritual work, tarot and more. We get it into all of it - the inherent queerness of spiritual practices, the history of moral panics that follow increased visibility of queer and trans people, and the various ways doulas can support anyone going through a transformative experience or navigating systems of care that cause trauma. Eli shares their favorite tarot card and Sarah pulls a card for Robin from the Dirt Gems plant oracle deck to close out the episode.

Resources and practitioners mentioned in this episode include: Erica Livingston, Lindsay Mack, Julia Inglis, Fifth Spirit Tarot

Eli Lawliet, Ph.D., (he/him) is The Gender Doula - offering full-spectrum support to folks who are transitioning, questioning, or exploring their gender. He also uses his broad training to create workshops, classes, and resources to help gender expansive folks thrive. The scope of his work is broad, but the foundation is deeply rooted in transness as a spiritual practice. Eli lives in Los Angeles (Gabrieliño-Tongva, Chumash, & Kizh land) with his partner, three cats, a dog, and four snakes. You can find Eli's work at www.thegenderdoula.com

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Leo Aquino, of Queer and Trans Wealth, joins us to rethink personal finances, debt and wealth creation through an anti-capitalist lens. Leo, who got their start as a sex and pleasure writer, began writing about the trauma of credit card and student loan debt. Since Leo has become a financial coach and offers services that specifically target queer and trans clients. Leo shares his past/present/future approach to financial planning and budgeting, how to stay regulated enough to make financial decisions or deal with debt, and ways to reduce harm with your personal spending. Robin ends the episode with a “might make you mad” segment on maternal mortality rates in the US.

Leo Aquino (he/they) is a poet, screenwriter, financial coach, and award-winning journalist covering anti-capitalist personal finance. Leo is also the founder of Queer & Trans Wealth, an organization dedicated to the financial education, economic empowerment, and collective liberation of queer & trans communities.

You can find Leo's org at queerandtranswealth.org or on IG @queerandtranswealth. You can also read Leo's work at www.leo-aquino.com

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Sarah and Robin revel in their shared love for the queer phenomenon, Our Flag Means Death. Proceed with caution if you do not want spoilers! We spill all of the beans. To kick the episode off Robin shares the punk history of pirates which includes disrupting the trans Atlantic slave trade, worker’s collectives, gay marriages, bi polycules and more. She sets the queer context for the world of the show. Then, Sarah and Robin dive into their favorite gay moments and some bts tidbits. While many straight critics may have missed the magic of season 2, Sarah and Robin relish in each delicious queer morsel this show offers.

Reference Sources:

Wikipedia, Kaz Rowe queer feminist history youtube.com/@KazRowe, https://shipwrecks.hist.sites.carleton.edu/queen-annes-revenge/queen-annes-revenge-p-1/

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Harsh-Life-Aboard-Navy-Sailing-Ships

https://allthatsinteresting.com/matelotage

Whatever you choose to do on this third Thursday in November - feast with family or fast in protest - we hope that our love for this queer love story touches your heart and gives you some of the comfort the show has given us.

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The legendary Sheree Rose, also know to listeners as Robin's kink root, joins us for an enlightening conversation about her Kink legacy. We discuss her Sadomasochistic musings that intertwine art, power dynamics, and pain. From her monogamous marriage, to her partnership with Bob Flanagan starting in 1980 until his death in 1996, to her more recent 12 year collaboration with Martin O-Brien, Sheree approaches kink as art and kinky art as commentary on oppressive systems. We learn about her and Bob's early exhibitions at the New Museum of NY and Santa Monica Museum, the Society of Janice, the women's group, Leather and Lace, and the inspiration Sheree pulls from the Goddess Kali. This conversation is rich with queer, feminist and kink history.

CW: this episode explores heavy BDSM, cock and ball torture, and cystic fibrosis. Take cate while listening.

We close out the episode with Sarah introducing Robin to one of Bob Flanagan's pieces, "Why," that she uses when training professionals about Kink dynamics. The piece was featured in the documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) Dir. Kirby Dick. You can watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtgdnuNiKQ

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We are so excited to be back (and curious as ever) with Season 3! We're kicking off this new season with a deep dive into our Astrological birth charts. Sarah and Robin have different relationships to astrology - Sarah is a true believer and Robin is a skeptic. Santos, the integrative healer behind Santos & The Crystal Visions, joins the pod and holds space for Sarah's overenthusiasm and Robin's questions. He walks us through the many alignments we share and what they mean for our partnership, the astrology of the podcast itself, and how you can work with astrology to sync up with your calling. If you've ever been curious about astrology, Santos brings a number of modalities to his work to hold space for the complex emotional journey of getting to know yourself and become the person you want to be, including shadow work, guided plant medicine journeys, archetypal astrology and coaching.

Danny Santos (@santoscrystalvisions) guides clients through shamanic plant medicine journeys, astrological sessions for integration, and spiritual life coaching programs. Danny’s approach is kind, compassionate, playful, and filled with the magic of his shamanic training. After studying Ayahuasca Shamanism for the last four years under a teacher in Oakland, California, Danny finally went to Peru this past summer to receive the blessing from the indigenous Shipibo Tribe to begin serving Ayahuasca. Danny is a certified breath work instructor, sound healer, reiki practitioner, and tarot reader, and has been studying astrology since 2004.

Danny is the host of the Astro Daddy Podcast (@astrodaddypodcast) where he discusses astrology, shamanism, plant medicine, and other spiritual topics with guests. Danny has been featured for his work on BuzzFeed and Goodful, as well as podcasts such as Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman (the dating coach for The Drew Barrymore Show), Broke Girl Therapy, and The Double Teamed Podcast, to name a few. Danny is a fervent advocate for mental health and has been featured and works with The National Alliance on Mental Illness as well as Pineapple Support, a non-profit organization that specializes in bringing mental health support to the people of the adult entertainment industry. Danny is currently preparing to work with veterans, survivors of human trafficking, and people with PTSD. In his free time, Danny writes music and sings. You can hear his first single, “Poppies For Edwin,” on Spotify.

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This is our last week on break and we're bringing you the very moving and informative re-release of our interview with Sex Nerd Sandra. Like do many, we are deeply troubled by the horrific conflict in Gaza. This episode starts with an acknowledgment of what is happening in Gaza. If you're unsure of how to help, please visit https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ for actionable ways to demand a cease fire.

From Season 1… Sex Nerd Sandra joins us for this week's dive into pelvic floors, mental health, and staying true to yourself. We learn about Sandra's path away from podcasting & sex education to becoming a Pelvic floor PT (we're definitely doing our kegel exercises incorrectly btw). From witchy rituals and pregnancy to memory lapses and fisting, we cover the gamut in this episode. If you're like us and you miss Sex Nerd Sandra's hilarious, nerdy, and sex pos podcast, you've got to check out this week's episode. Nuts to guts, y’all!

Resources referenced in this episode...Erotic Blueprint - Missjaiya.comPetra Zebroff – Erotic initiation stylesKegel routines – rubycup.com, vaginacoach.com

This week we're mashing up past segments about a common thread that comes up in our conversations - containers! What is the benefit of creating a safe container for sex, kink or intimacy? We answer this question in compiled segments from Season 2 Episode 14 F*ck Yeah to Shameless Sex with Amy Baldwin followed by a clip from our appearance on the Shameless Sex podcast. We apply a famous playground study to kink play, explore an intimate eye-gazing exercise from renowned tantra educator, Barbara Carellas, and Sarah reports back on trying Amy Baldwin's inner beast exercise.

Enjoy this fun cross over bonus episode with our friends Amy Baldwin and April Lampert of Shameless Sex. We shamelessly discuss everything from what we've learned from past relationships, moving on after breakups and divorce (and cheating/affairs), our latest and hottest sexual revelations, non-monogamy, and so much more. Not only is this episode extra special as it was recorded by four badass podcasters poolside while sipping wine in bathing suits, but also because we all had to share one mic! Enjoy!

We are still on break, planning to return with Season 3 on November 9th. In the meantime, make sure to check out Shameless Sex where ever you get your pod on! Also, Amy and April's new book, Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path, is available for Pre-Order. Shameless Sex invites you to embrace your desires with confidence and embark on your own unique path to cultivating the sex life of your dreams.

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Re-Release from November 10, 2022. Season 1 Episode 7:

This week Midori, the Fairy God-Auntie of Kink, joins Sarah and Robin for a conversation that challenges conventions. Midori shares about reconciling the shadow side of our desires, the impact of misogyny on shaping sexuality, power and dominance, and how to get comfortable with being vulnerable. We get into Midori’s art and the alchemy of kink, writing, teaching, and creative practice that is Midori’s unique offering to the world. In her nerdy, contemplative, creative glory Learn which Star Wars character Midori would be and get ready for some serious nerding out and fan girling! Robin shares one of her favorite BJ tips to round out the episode.

Trailblazing educator, sexologist, artist, and irritant to banality, Midori founded Rope Dojo and ForteFemme: Women's Dominance Intensive. She penned the first English instruction book on Shibari, "Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage" in 2001, paving the way to the popularity of rope. Dan Savage calls her the "Super Nova of Kink," while others affectionately call her Auntie Midori for her cool, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, reality-based teaching.

Midori is the Co-Director of Curriculum for Kink Informed Certification, part of Sexual Health Alliance, training therapists and helping professional to provide safe, compassionate, and inclusive service to their clients. She is the recipient of the 2022 Humanitarian Award from the American Association of Sex Educators Therapists & Counselors (AASECT) and 2022 Effing Foundation Grant, along with having honored with a Sainthood by the Sisters of Perpetual indulgence.

She is also the author of "Wild Side Sex," "Master Han's Daughter," and "Silk Threads.”

Learn, laugh, and enjoy her special online classes, events, and art at www.patreon.com/PlanetMidori

Our Season 2 Finale features a lively discussion with author, sex educator, podcaster, pornographer and, now, queer memoirist, Tristan Taormino. We taped this episode live at the iconic Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood. We talk about Tristan's memoir A Part of the Heart Can't be Eaten which chronicles Tristan's formative relationship with her gay dad, the other queers through her childhood and beyond who shaped her queer identity and put her on her path as a sex writer and THE anal sex expert. We love on the 90s, queer femmes, drag queens, breakthrough lovers, sex workers, and so much more. We quiz an audience member on our season 1 & 2 segments. We field audience questions about moving through sexual trauma and how to transition your mindset from being in control and beholden to your day-to-day expectations to allow yourself to explore submission and kinky power dynamics. At the end of the episode, Tristan puts her podcast host hat on and poses questions to Sarah and Robin.

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We will be taking a short break and returning with Season 3 later this fall. Thank you so much for being on this journey with us! Can't wait to return with new guests and episodes soon.

Dirty Lola, of NYC's Sex Ed A Go-Go and Netflix's Principles of Pleasure, schools us on the nuances of polyamory aka open relationships aka ethical non-monogamy (ENM). We get into way more than the semantics. Lola shares about the ways to deprogram from toxic monogamy culture, the tenets (and common pitfalls) of ENM, her personal poly triumphs and learnings, the communication tools she and her wonderfully unique poly fam use to make it all work. We learn about polycules. poly-friendly dating apps and so much more in our conversation with Lola.You can find Lola on social @dirtylola, or online at www.dirtylola.coYou can find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod, Youtube @fyeahpod or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com

This week Safiya Darling joins the pod and brings her uniquely approachable perspective on Kink! We cover the gamut of fetishes from foot worship and farts to balloon popping and baby powder. We talk about the ABCs of kink, how to "pervert" household items and what is was like as a Black queer femme (with a twin) to transplant from the Midwest to a progressive kinky community.

Safiya will be teaching an interactive BDSM class (exclusively for QTIBIPOC) with Obsidian on Friday September 29th. Get your tickets here: https://www.obsidian-la.com/events/bdsm-101

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Ever get the feeling that your sexuality was predetermined for you? This week Samantha Fox, Lesbian Curiosity and Sexuality Coach, joins us to unpack compulsory heterosexuality, how to get curious about your sexuality (regardless of your relationship status or identity), and how to get in touch with your true desires and fantasies at any age and stage of life. Samantha is a licensed psychotherapist with a specialization in Internal Family Systems (IFS). She's combined her professional experience with her personal experience of coming out later in life and built a coaching practice supporting women as they navigate breaking out of the confines of who they are "supposed" to be. Samantha uses her work with clients to wake them up to all parts of themself and also to connect them to an amazing community of like-minded women.

Resources shared in this week's episode include:

Samantha's Late Bloomers Boot Camp

Jane Ward's book The Tragedy of Heterosexuality

Richard Schwartz's book No Bad Parts

Yung Pueblo's book Lighter

You can find Samantha on TT @lesbiancuriousitycoach

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CannaSexual, Ashley Manta, joins us on the pod to share the incredible benefits of cannabis for increasing arousal, counteracting perimenopausal symptoms, and even increasing your multi-orgasmic potential. In addition to busting 'cannamyths, Ashley shares helpful tips for integrating cannabis into your sexual routines. We also get into her BodySex work, Betty Dodson's facilitated process for vulva owners to own their sexual power, and how vulva gazing, among other embodied practices, can build confidence and help you claim your sexuality.Ashley Manta is an award-winning sex educator and coach and has become a sought-after authority on mindfully combining sex and cannabis as part of her CannaSexual® brand. She is the author of The CBD Solution: Sex, published in 2020 in conjunction with Merry Jane and Chronicle Books. She completed her certification as a Bodysex® Facilitator after studying with legendary pleasure pioneer Betty Dodson. Ashley is also the creator of the Activating Your Cosmic Pussy sisterhood and a series of online intensives and retreats. She and colleague Dr. Shannon Chavez often collaborate to offer in-person retreats they call Pleasure Camp in Hawaii, California, and other locations around the world. You can find Ashley on social media @cannasexual and on TT @intimacymuseYou can find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod. Email us your fuck yeahs, questions and feedback to fyeahpod@gmail.com

Andrew Gurza, host of Disability After Dark, joins the pod and shares about their experience navigating these times as a severely disabled, queer person. We talk about the power of sex work, Andrew’s coming out journey, the unique challenges of accessing queer spaces as a disabled person and the double edged sword of anti-queer sentiment in disabled spaces. Andrew's approach of giving grace and educating with humor and radical transparency, while actively challenging ableist beliefs and institutionalized erasure of the experience of disabled people is powerful and palpable in everything they do. Our conversation with Andrew is all the things... enlightening, heartening, funny, and queer AF.

Andrew Gurza (they/he) 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. He was the subject of an award winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary “Picture This”. 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

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Andrew's Podcast Disability After Dark

Cripping Up Sex

The Handi Book of Love, Lust & Disability (Andrew is a Contributor)

Find Andrew on IG @andrewguza6

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This week, Sarah and Robin are joined by Susan Bratton, intimacy expert to millions. This episode is overflowing with education, from pleasure anatomy and clitoral stroking to orgasmic cross training and yoni massage techniques, Susan drops sex ed knowledge from her 20 years of studying, writing, and coaching on expansive sexual practices. In addition, Susan shares her secrets for conditioning your body for pleasure and introduces Sarah and Robin to the world of sexual biohacking. Susan hasn't just written the book on it; she has written 44 how-to guides for getting the best sex of your life. This high energy, orgasmic-packed episode is one not to be missed!

Resources mentioned in this week's episode:

Sheri Winston's Women's Anatomy of Arousal

Jamie McCartney's Vulva Wall

Susan Bratton is a champion and advocate for all those who desire intimacy and passion their whole life long. She’s created hundreds of techniques that transform “having sex” into making love and is the world’s most well-respected sexual biohacker. A best-selling author and publisher of 44 books and programs including Sexual Soulmates, Relationship Magic, Revive Her Drive, Ravish Him, Steamy Sex Ed™, The Passion Patch, Hormone Balancing, and Hot To Trot. Susan frequently appears on ABC, CBS, The CW, and NBC as well as being the #1 downloaded episode guest on myriad podcasts.

You can find The Susan Bratton Show® at BetterLover.com, her personal shares on Instagram @susanbratton, and her lust-for-life supplements, FLOW and DESIRE at The20store.com.

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Sarah and Robin catch about seeing RuPaul's Drag Race All Star's live show for Robin's birthday - the amazing performances, the hostess with the most Shanell, the unbelievable costumes, the political nature of the show, and the cringe commercials woven into the spectacle. Sarah gets curious about Robin's friendly approach to kink and how she weaves kink play into her friendships. Robin shares her tools for approaching kink as a platonic container.

Check out our IG and TT to see the iconic drag race-inspired costume Robin put together for her birthday outing.

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In this week's episode we wade into the complicated waters of Barbie. The mega summer blockbuster just set records as the first film by a female director to gross $1 billion dollars and we're here for it. Because we loved it so much, we also hold it to high standards as a feminist piece of work.

In this week's episode, Sarah and Robin explore Barbie's impact on them as young girls. They also discuss the delightful campiness of the Barbie film (and the breathtaking pink extravaganza that is Greta Gerwig's Barbieland) and dissect the film's feminist message. Ultimately, they may end up on opposite sides of the "Is Barbie a feminist movie?" debate! There are so many spoilers in this episode, so if you haven't seen it yet - first off, how dare you? - beware!

In this past season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars the final three queens, Jimbo, Kandy Muse, and Jessica Wild introduce the miracle of drag to three queer women by making them over and performing on the main stage with their lesbian sisters. Spoiler alerts ahead, proceed with caution...One of these contestants was our dear friend Angie Evans! She also happened to be on the winning team. In this episode, we get all the T about what it's like to be on Drag Race, wear heels for the first time, and put a drag performance together in two days. We learn more about Angie's experience dressing and performing in drag as a butch woman. We get into the weeds about gender as performance, the smoking hotness of female masculinity, and Angie's new following of "pangiesexuals."Robin shares about her new favorite documentary, ElDorado, and Sarah gets deep about butches. Before she was the owner of her own specialty coffee shop, (Wide Eyes Open Palms, in Long Beach), Angie Evans was better known as a soulful musician, feminist activist and the resident spanker for Dyke Day LA. As a tough and unapologetically butch woman, Angie brings her grounded, sex-positive and sexy as hell perspective to the conversations around gender identity and politics. A classic Taurus, she enjoys all the finer things in life, such as craft beer, her newly built camper van and a gnarly bodysurfing session. Though she doesn't perform music anymore, you can catch Angie serving up her brand of butch swagger as a barista behind the bar of her cafe or on the latest season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Angie appears in a makeover episode where Drag Race favorite Kandy Muse transforms her into Kookie Muse, Kandy's drag sister. Follow her @angieevansbutch to keep up with all the butch style, culture and commentary that she's serving up!Follow us on IG & TT @fuckyeahpod, or email us feedback, questions, suggestions at fyeahpod@gmail.com

We've hit the midway point of Season 21! Robin and Sarah catch up on YOUR questions and with each other. From our fave outfits and ADHD survival tools to must-follow TikTok creators and the parenting tips we've learned Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers) we have a good old fashioned bitch sesh. Don't miss out on an epic feminist Hyena rant and the ways this season is teaching us to slowing down, notice and invite more pleasure in.

JP Craft Captain, illustrator, puppeteer, art director, professional crafter and reverend, joins Sarah and Robin to talk all things queer weddings - what makes for an awesome wedding, and the life affirming power of a couple coming together and sharing their love with their loved ones through ceremony. JP has officiated dozens of queer weddings, art weddings, funky weddings, and sees it as her service to the community. JP has witnessed countless nuptials, and in some cases the dissolution of those partnerships. JP has also gone through a painful rebirth through her own divorce. We talk about the deeply destabilizing effects of divorce and how to overcome the feelings of shame or isolation that often accompany it and JP's journey of a daily art practice that got her out of her darkest days. Of course, we love on CraftNight, which is held every Wednesday night at the iconic Silverlake bar, Akbar.

We also, somehow, talk a lot about underwear! Stick around until the end for a segment on the history of women's underwear, or the lack thereof as it turns out. Bonus: If you’ve attended CraftNight at Akbar over the years you can nerd out on a quick, sweet history of the iconic happening.

Find JP's amazing works of illustration and other art projects at julianaparr.com or find JP on IG @jparr.Find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod, or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com.

Sex Therapist, relationship coach, and educator Dr. Shannon Chavez joins the pod to share about current relationship trends (we're headed in a good direction, y'all!), how to differentiate what you should bring up with your partner versus the stuff that's "yours" to work out, and some delicious tips for prioritizing your sexuality and pleasure. We also get into the differences between therapy and coaching and ask some questions about our own relationships. Shannon is a ray of light that is infectious and this conversation is not only insightful and informative, it is FUN! At the end of the episode Sarah and Robin walk through Bryon Katie's 4 questions, known as "The Work," in response to one of Robin's limiting beliefs. Shannon Chavez Qureshi, PsyD, CST is a nationally recognized expert, therapist, and educator specializing in “all things sexuality.” She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in California (PSY26924) with a private practice in Beverly Hills, California (SHAPE Center) where she works with individuals and couples (of all genders and orientations) to address sexual concerns and build sexual awareness through therapy, coaching, and education. You can learn more about how to work with Dr. Shannon at her site https://drshannonchavez.com/

Sarah mentions a study about the wok place disparities between moms and dads in this episode. Here’s an article highlighting the findings…

Motherhood Penalty vs. Fatherhood Bonus Article

Dr. Vanessa Carlisle, co-host and producer of Body Politics: Sex, Love and Liberation on KPFK 90.7FM, is a multidisciplinary somatic practitioner, writer, death doula, and advocate. Vanessa shares their journey with somatic self-support practices and gives listeners an exercise for connecting with and staying in your body. Vanessa brings a grounded gentleness to their work. Rather than joy seeking and searching for the next peak experience, Vanessa’s approach integrates simple pleasures for a more embodied experience and open presence, even in the darkest moments of fear and grief. Vanessa’s philosophical orientation towards community care and transformative healing is powerful. In our conversation, we not only discover the interesting links between Vanessa’s self defense work, sex work, and death doula services we also get the honor of experiencing Vanessa’s healing presence firsthand. Join us!

Vanessa's work combats stigma and improves conditions for queer and sex working communities, including trauma-supportive self-defense classes, sex worker advocacy, and culturally attuned death care. Learn more at www.vanessacarlisle.com

Twitter @VCarlisle

IG @vanessacarlisle

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This week we continue our conversation with queer doula, Ryan, founder of World of Difference Doula. We get deeper into the nuances of adoption as a for profit industry and the impacts on adoptees and birthing parents. Ryan shares more about their family constellation and the struggles and triumphs of their personal adoption journey as birthing parent, a trans gender birthing parent and a full spectrum doula supporting birthing parents who are separating from their children. Sarah and Robin also close out Pride month with some fun, queer facts about the animal kingdom and the science that proves queerness is in fact natural. The recent “You’re Wrong About” podcast episode titled Lesbian Seagulls is to thank for this side bar!You can find Ryan at www.worldofdifferencedoula.comYou can find us on IG and TT @fuckyeahpod or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.comCheck out the YWA episode, Lesbian Seagulls, wherever you get your podcasts or HERE

Ryan DiMartino, founder of World of Difference Doula, joins Robin and Sarah to share their birthing and adoption journey. We covered so much ground in our conversation with Ryan that we have broken it into two parts. In today’s episode, we dive into Ryan’s pregnancy, after doctors told them testosterone would cause them to become infertile. Ryan’s experience navigating the health care system as a 21 year old, trans pregnant person speaks volumes about the disparity in care and systematic scrutiny folks receive based on their perceived identity. Ryan’s birthing experience, their subsequent surrogacy, and their role in an open adoption with their children have given them an uniquely insightful perspective on adoption, reproductive care, and the like. Sarah and Robin also share about their own, much different, birthing stories.

Join us next week to hear more about the adoption industry and the experience of birthing parents and adopted children in that system. Find Ryan at worldofdifferencedoula.com

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Dr. Lucie Fielding joins us again! This episode is like a warm embrace. Lucie shares ways to soften, offer yourself compassion, and navigate collective trauma. Lucie takes Sarah through a de-armoring exercise for listening to and allying with your body’s protective responses. Lucie’s wealth of knowledge and generosity shines through (as well as her new love of latex)! Sarah tells Robin about the human giver syndrome at the end of the episode and shares a passage from Emily and Amelia Nagoski’s book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Additional resources and practitioners shared in this episode include: Gayle Rubin’s essay Thinking Sex, Amber Hollibaugh, Douglas Crimp’s essay How to be Promiscuous in a Pandemic, Kati Spiterothe, and Vanessa Carlisle’s radio show on KPFK, BODY POLITICS.

Multi-disciplined artist and advocate Sydney Rogers has been performing as Miss Barbie Q for over three decades. From drag queen story to social justice drag, Sydney has coined their work “artivism.” They share with Robin and Sarah how their daily work as a clinical social worker in training and advocate for trans employment rights and leadership development intersects with their stage persona and how they weave the two worlds together. Sydney speaks to carrying the responsibility of being the first Black trans person to break into many spaces and the self care practices that sustain them. Our expansive conversation touches on fashion, the power of performance, book bans, navigating fear, how to be an trans ally in this moment and so much more.

You can support MissBarbieQ directly thru venmo: MissBarbieQLA. Make sure to also catch Miss Barbie Q at their monthly residency at Melody Wine Bar or online at https://www.missbarbieq.com/

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Robin and Sarah's hot mom summer antics continue this week as they steer away from politics to the personal. Robin shares about her kinky escapades with friends and how nourishing the kink container has been as her life is going through massive changes. Sarah has been immersed in an embodied intimacy coaching program, diving deeper into consent, and how to locate empowered choice in the body. On hiatus both Sarah and Robin spent more time in their bodies, not just their heads. Tune in to hear about it!

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In this epic episode, Sarah and Robin are joined by Benjamin Violet, the creative mastermind behind Pelvis Wrestley and Gender Fluesday on TikTok (a series Robin and Sarah are absolutely obsessed with). Our delightful conversation covers home school vibes as a turn on, the rom com sections of the Bible, gender musings, queer pop-infused Country, coalition building, surviving the hateful laws in Texas, and Benjamin’s prolific art practices. Benjamin breaks down fashion, feminism and the duality of the identities we inhabit with precision, wit and empathy in equal parts. It is a conversation not to be missed!

At the end of the episode, Robin introduces Sarah to kinky drones/droning.

Listen to Pelvis Wrestley’s new album Vortexas Vorever on Bandcamp.

https://pelviswrestley.bandcamp.com/album/vortexas-vorever

Pelvis Wrestley's Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@pelviswrestley?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Learn more about Drones https://www.dailydot.com/irl/dronification-kink/

Episode art photo by Jackson Montgomert Schwartz @jxnart

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Robin and Sarah kick off season 2 with a round of updates both global and personal. Sarah shares her recent experience moving off the mompound and Robin shares about receiving an adhd diagnosis at 43. They learn about each other's moon astrology (thanks to Sarah Faith Gottesdiener's Moonbeaming class) and share what's ahead in season 2. The season wraps up with an ode to Masturbation May when Sarah tests Robin's knowledge of the health benefits of self pleasure.

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For our season finale, we are joined by Witch Wilde, who introduces us to Sex Magix theories. She shares how to direct sexual energy towards manifesting your desires, increasing your vitality and connecting with the cosmos. She also guides us in an incredible grounding/energy harnessing exercise that you are going to want in on. The conversation spans the many modalities that have influenced Wilde's practice: alchemy, tantra, taoism, toning, sigils, breathwork, visualization. If you are intrigued by taking your sexual practices out of the mundane - this episode is for you.

Witch Wilde can be found on IG @witch.wilde. You can find us @fuckyeahpod on IG and TikTok or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com.

We will be taking a hiatus to recharge and regroup and will return in the spring!

Resources from this episode include:

Esther Perel's Mating in Captivity

Barbara Carellas' Urban Tantra

Margot Anand's The Art of Sexual Ecstasy

Annie Dieu-Le-Veut's The Sacred Sex Rites of Ishtar

Mantak Chia's writing on Taoism

Annie Sprinkle's Sluts & Goddessess

Remember when slimline vibrators and stashed Hustler mags were all you could get your hands on?? Sarah and Robin take a walk down memory lane with Robin’s teenage journals! We tease and love hard on our younger selves while unpacking the challenges of coming into one’s self as an adolescent girl and all of the ways mysogynistic scripts shapes our sexuality. Join us showing some love, kindness and advice to our teenage selves.