Not Your Mother's Sex Ed – Details, episodes & analysis

Guest: Oyindamola Alaka

Episode description: Activist and community organizer Oyinda (she/her) joints Cierra (she/her) and Kwene (she/her) to discuss her critical community work, how to decolonize Western notion of gender and sexuality, challenges in educating traditional cultures and why the historical context needs more focus in the current sex education curriculum!

Follow Oyinda: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/alaka.oyindamola, Instagram - @OyindamolaAlaka, LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oyindamolaoalaka, Twitter - @OyindamolaAlaka

Resources recommended by Oyinda:
She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan and Rafeeat Aliyu: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/product/9781911115595-item.html?s_campaign=Google_BookSearch_organic

Akwaeke Emezi, Writer and Artist: https://www.akwaeke.com/

A Nasty Boy magazine: https://www.instagram.com/anastyboy_/

Zikoko magazine: https://www.zikoko.com/

Guest: Jeneka Jool, The Nomadic Nympho

Episode description: Sex educator and self-love advocate Jeneka (she/her) joins Lili (she/her) and Kwene (she/her) to discuss boundary creation, what makes a happy vagina, fostering a sense of home within oneself, and the patriarchy’s war against pleasure!

Follow Jeneka: Instagram and Twitter  handle - @jenekajool; Website - thenomadicnympho.com; Youtube - The Nomadic Nympho

Resources recommended by Jeneka:
She Comes First: The thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman by Ian Kerner: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/she-comes-first-ian-kerner?variant=32207941861410

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/come-as-you-are-the/9781476762098-item.html

Podcast recommended by Jeneka:
Strategic Slut hosted by Courtney Croucher

Guest: J Fielder (they/them) from SERC 

Episode description: Jules (they/them) and Alden/Al (they/them) spoke with J about services offered at SERC, definitions about gender identity, and sex ed in Manitoba. The discussion also covered what gender inclusion looks like, the importance of respecting pronouns, a holistic definition of sexuality, and how education around gender and sex ed is more impactful when paired with discussions of power.

Resources:  www.serc.my.ca 

Guest Speaker: Sophie Hough-Martin (she/her) from Students for Consent Culture Canada

Episode Description: How can you tell if a relationship is unhealthy? Why should teachers literally never hit on their students? What should you do if you see predatory behaviour? On this episode of Not Your Mother’s Sex Ed, Lili and Allyn talk with Sophie from Students for Consent Culture about consent on college campuses, how power dynamics affect relationships, and SFCC’s OurTurn National Action Plan

Personal Instagram: @so.hough

Resources: https://www.sfcccanada.org/sfcc-team