Politics of Pleasure – Details, episodes & analysis

If there were ever an occasion to talk about Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic” it’s now. In a highly political episode, we address the recent leaked Supreme Court opinion that threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade. This moment in history reminds us that our access to pleasure is intimately linked to the way that the State regulates our bodies. Audre Lorde shows us that erotic power is a source for change, and at a time when we’re searching for the energy to fight for liberation, her wisdom is power.

Resources

Roe v. Wade explained: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-is-roe-v-wade

Read Handbook for a Post-Roe America by Robin Marty

Donate to a local abortion fund in your state: https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html

Read Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, which contains “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power”

Listen to Audre Lorde read “Uses of the Erotic”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmq9gw4Rq0

Follow @empressonyxx on TikTok

Follow @allie_202_ on TikTok

Pleasure Center: 1:38:11

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We continue our conversation on sex and talk about the foundation for our sexual selves: masturbation. We also discuss the first Amazon union, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and Tufts University’s new Black Maternal Health Research Center.

Resources

Interview with the organizers of the Amazon Union: https://jacobinmag.com/2022/04/amazon-union-staten-island-alu-chris-smalls-bernie-sanders-interview

Tufts Black Maternal Health Research Center: https://now.tufts.edu/2022/04/08/tufts-launches-center-black-maternal-health-and-reproductive-justice

Who to Follow: @kahlilgreene on TikTok

Pleasure Center

Starts: 1:21:07

Pleasure Mapping by Dr. Sakshi Tickoo:  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sexloveandot.com/amp/pleasure-mapping

Learn more about Niki Franco (@venusroots): https://www.venusroots.com/

Erotic Blue Print Quiz: https://missjaiya.com/

Pleasure Activism: https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html

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Make love, make music. We’re talking about what music we’re bumping when we’re ready to get in the mood. We also get into how music shapes our ideas of sex as we discuss Jazmine Sullivan’s Heaux Tales, vibrators powered by music, and sacred sexuality.

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Find us on Twitter: @pleasurepolitic

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References and Resources

More on Better Help: https://jezebel.com/the-spooky-loosely-regulated-world-of-online-therapy-1841791137

Listen to the “Sacred Sexy” episode of All My Relations podcast

Follow @annatheaverage on TikTok for more data collecting vibrator knowledge

Take a look at the women changing the sex tech industry: https://www.buzzfeed.com/claratsacwang/sex-tech-founders-are-changing-the-world-of-sex

Anyone else tired of white mediocrity? We’re talking about how we like to get nasty, featuring the original Nasty Girl, Janet Jackson. We also get into the white nonsense at the AMAs, Black female sexuality in the media, how we like to f*ck as Black femmes, and more.

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References and Resources

Take the Erotic Blueprint quiz: https://missjaiya.com/

Listen to Marsha’s Plate podcast and follow them on IG @marshasplate

Follow Diamond Stylz on IG @diamondstylz

Kat Blaque’s reaction to Dave Chappelle’s The Closer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voiivxS3X3I

Responsive vs. Spontaneous desire: https://getcoral.app/journal/3932/spontaneous-versus-responsive-desire/

On dopamine loops and the brain: https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/

Where do our impressions of love come from? What are our models for loving? We take a look at current representations of love in television and film across genres, keeping bell hooks’ definition of love in mind.

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References and Resources

To learn more about Better Help and the AstroWorld scandal take a look at @therpyden on TikTok

More on the James Webb Space Telescope: ​​https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59201590

The 100 Best Shows of 21st Century: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20211015-the-100-greatest-tv-series-of-the-21st-century

More on homonormativity: http://www.jprstudies.org/2016/07/first-comes-love-then-comes-marriage-homonormalizing-romance-on-american-televisionby-bridget-kies/

Follow @honeydewedhideaway on TikTok

This week we talk about accountability, community, capitalism, and living with love at the center of our lives. Listen as we unpack bell hooks’ All About Love in conversation with current news regarding the Facebook whistleblower, PornHub, Dave Chapelle’s comedy special, and more.

PS - We faked ya'll out, apparently every episode is going to be the length of an Avengers movie. 

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References and Resources

Read All About Love by bell hooks: https://wtf.tw/ref/hooks.pdf

On PornHub’s recent lobbying efforts: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/22/porn-industry-lobbying-513487

Take the Erotic Blueprint Quiz: https://missjaiya.com/

Follow @ashleighchubbybunny on IG

Welcome to season two! We’re switching things up with a new co-host, a fresh brand, and a different vibe. Get to know the new and improved Politics of Pleasure, and get to know our new co-host Des Jaha in the process.

P.S. - We promise every episode won’t be the length of an Avengers movie, stick with us.

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References and Resources

Follow @tara.raani2 on TikTok

Follow @ajamonet and her project @visforvoices on Instagram

Listen to Code Switch’s episode on BBL’s: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-switch/id1112190608?i=1000536999286

Over here we don’t bump uglies, we bump energies. We’re breaking down how our culture defines sex. What is it? How do we name it? And how do our articulations of sex affect the type of sex we have? We also talk about the infamous Oscar slap, Jerrod Carmichael’s “Rothaniel” special, and the newest season of Atlanta.

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Resources

Watch the Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais, Seinfield, Louis C.K. clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1sgQUtYs8

Follow along with the Gender Unicorn: https://www.transhealthsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/The-Gender-Unicorn.pdf

Follow Basit on IG: @basitcom

Follow Basit’s production collective Legacy on IG: @legacy.bqpc

Donate to Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER): ​​https://transstudent.org/donate/

Adrienne Maree Brown’s Spell Casting Exercise (Irresistible Podcast ): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FTEtK7u98pRsQPc0FlSzd?si=2d10ab8c644142fd

Pleasure Center

Starts at: 1:27:55

It’s Spring Break! This mini-episode is a loving reminder to slow down. You are deserving of rest.

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We’re talking about non-monogamy and polyamory this week! It’s time to decolonize our relationships and start thinking outside the box of monogamy created by Western imperialism. We reference the brilliant work of Indigenous scholar Dr. Kim TallBear to guide our conversation. There’s also a lot going on in the political world this week sooo…*sucks teeth, rolls eyes* we have to address the crusty white men that run our planet or whatever, but don’t worry we still get some good laughs in.

Pleasure Center Starts at 1:34:34

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Resources

Listen to the Decolonizing Sex episode of the All My Relations podcast, found wherever you listen to podcasts.

Read more of Dr. Kim TallBear’s work: http://www.criticalpolyamorist.com/

Follow @bygabriellesmith on IG for more on ethical non-monogamy

Follow @chasestrangio on Twitter for updates on anti-trans legislation

Follow @abbiesr on IG for more on TikTok misinformation

Follow the creator of the iconic Earth is Ghetto theme song on IG @nikkialiah

Read Maslow’s Whitewashing of Indigenous Knowledge: https://shanesafir.com/2020/12/before-maslows-hierarchy-the-whitewashing-of-indigenous-knowledge/