Sex Power Money with Sara Pascoe – Details, episodes & analysis

Sara speaks to Lucy Whitehouse from Fumble, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan from the School of Sexuality Education (formerly Sexplain UK) & Decolonising Contraception, and Matilda Lawrence-Jubb and Anna Alexander from Split Banana.

This live episode was recorded at the London Podcast Festival, programmed by Deborah Frances-White from The Guilty Feminist.

More information about
Fumble: fumble.org.uk
Sexuality Education: schoolofsexed.org
Decolonising Contraception: decolonisingcontraception.com
Split Banana: splitbanana.co.uk

🍌 Sara's bestselling book Sex Power Money is out now in paperback / audiobook / ebook

Sara talks to Fern Champion, an anti-sexual violence campaigner

Fern is fighting for better funding for rape support services and for real-time improvement to the lives of rape survivors.

Read Fern's article about on the under-funding of Rape Crisis here.

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This week Sara speaks to Niki and Laura from the English Collective of Prostitutes, which campaigns for decriminalisation of sex work, about politicians, the police, and the current laws affecting sex work around the world.

Niki Adams and Laura Watson are spokeswomen for the English Collective of Prostitutes, a national organisation of sex workers working both on the streets and indoors which campaigns for decriminalisation and safety. They oppose austerity cuts and fight for housing and other survival resources so that women can leave prostitution if and when they want and highlight the fact that most sex workers are mothers trying to do the best for their family. The ECP provides daily support to sex workers and has won important legal precedents including cases which have helped establish sex workers’ right to the protection of the law against rape and other violence.   They are frequently called on to provide expert testimony to politicians, the media, and others on decriminalisation and the impact of current laws and policies.

🍌Find out more about the ECP here prostitutescollective.net

🍌And follow them on Twitter at @ProstitutesColl

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This week Sara talks to Joana Nastari about the rights of workers under capitalism, the role of art and the similarities between comedy and stripping.

As always, thank you so much for listening, here is more about my brilliant guest this week, Joana Nastari:

Joana Nastari is a Brazilian-British actor, poet, writer and community organiser. Creator of multi-award winning theatre show “Fuck You Pay Me” a Love letter to strippers. Co-organiser of Big Queer Latin Disco Brazilian Wax, Oval House Associate Artist & Stripper of the Year 2018.
Keep your eyes peeled for Brazilian Wax parties and Fuck You Pay Me tour later in the year, follow here:

🍌 @joananastari  🍌 @fypm.show

More information about the UVW union:
🍌 www.uvwunion.org.uk

🍌 More about Femen here
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This week Sara's guest is Anna Arrowsmith, they discuss Anna's writing and career, feminism and the UK's laws around porn.

Dr Anna Arrowsmith is the author of Rethinking Misogyny: Men's Perceptions of Female Power in Dating Relationships. Formerly, she was the UK's first female porn director, Anna Span since 1998 and continues to be an advocate for those working in the various sex industries worldwide. 

You can find out more about her at her websites: 
🍌 Anna's blog: www.annaarrowsmith.com    🍌 Her film website: www.annaspanfilms.com
🍌 And her sex industry information site: www.weconsent.org

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Thank you so much for listening – to find out more about Sophie Mathisen you can watch some of her media appearances if you pop her name in google videos and keep an eye out for her documentary about Seeking Arrangement.
🍌 The website Sophie has been researching and using is this one.
🍌 We mentioned ‘Being Jane Doe’ which is actually ‘I am Jane Doe’ and you can find out more here.
🍌 The Reply All Episode mentioned is called No More Safe Harbour and is number 119 on their feed. It’s a really balanced examination of Fosta and Sesta.
🍌 Lust Horizons is by Ellen Willis and can be found here.
🍌 The film Sixteen Candles Sophie mentions is on Netflix and Amazon. 
🍌 Melissa Gira Grant's great book is called Playing the Whore and can be found on Amazon here.
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 🚨 Bonus Episode 🚨
In an special episode to celebrate the publication of Sex Power Money listen to an exclusive extract of the audiobook read by Sara Pascoe.
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Hello and thank you so much for listening. This weeks guests were Sophie Duker and Dr Annabel Sowemimo here are the bios of the fantastic work they are doing and where to find out more: 
🍌 Sophie Duker is @sophiedukebox on Twitter and Instagram
Sophie’s show Venus has been selling out  and getting incredible reviews at The Edinburgh Fringe- be sure to check it out when it comes back to London and goes on tour as it explores the fetishisation and sexualisation of black women.  You can also catch Sophie at her regular gig Wacky Racists.   "Laugh-out loud funny" - The Telegraph. "A sparky proposition" - The Independent. 
As seen on BBC2 (Mock The Week, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order), Channel 4 (Riot Girls), E4 (8 Out of 10 Cats), BBC Three and Comedy Central. 
🍌 Annabel Sowemimo
Dr Annabel Sowemimo is a Community Sexual & Reproductive Health doctor having completed an MSc in Sexual & Reproductive Health Research & undergraduate study in Medical Anthropology. At medical school, Annabel assisted in developing training for medical students on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and continues to offer teaching on FGM & other Gender Based Violence. She is a contributor for online platforms including Black Ballad and gal-dem.com writing on a range of health, social justice and cultural issues. Annabel is founder of Decolonising Contraception a community interest company aimed at addressing the unethical history in sexual and reproductive health particularly experimentation on people of colour. Decolonising contraception is about understanding how culture and history impact these populations and effect how they experience sexual reproductive health care. Decolonising Contraception are currently crowdfunding to create the first sexual health & well-being festival for people of colour in the UK. Annabel firmly believes that healthcare should be about empowering people with knowledge to make informed choices about their bodies. She spends her spare time campaigning on reproductive justice, NHS cuts and improving healthcare of marginalised groups. When she is not in scrubs or in clinic; she can be found at a protest with a placard!

The links to find out more are here: 
www.decolonisingcontraception.com www.crowdfunder.co.uk/decolonising-contraception-the-sex-fest
🍌 In the episode we mention Lust Cinema which can be found here.
🍌 And the awful treatment of Sarah Baartman, you can get an overview of that here.
🍌 There was also discussion of the horrid history of the invention of the speculum which you can read about here.
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Thank you so much for listening and thank you to the fantastic Hallie Rubenhold. Here is a bit more information on the author:
🍌 Hallie Rubenhold is a social historian and an authority on women's lives of the past. She has worked as a curator for the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her books include Lady Worsley's Whim, dramatised by the BBC as The Scandalous Lady W, and Covent Garden Ladies: The Extraordinary Story of Harris's List, which inspired the ITV series Harlots. She lives in London with her husband.   You can find out more at her website: hallierubenhold.com
And Hallie is on Twitter @HallieRubenhold
🍌 Her book is genuinely amazing and you can grab it here.
We also mention the work of William Stead – his book about the children being sold for sex in London is available for free here.
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🍌 Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to my guests: 
Charlotte Rose  @_Charlie_rose on Twitter 
A Multi award-winning sex worker, sexual trainer, political activist, broadcaster, presenter, mother and a wine drinker at the weekends. She’s been involved in adult industry for over 20 years putting her knowledge and experience into training other in ‘how to’ when it comes to sex. She fights for rights of personal liberties for all and her personal goal is to awaken the world to get more sexy and sensual on a day to day basis.
Eliza Harper
Eliza Harper became a sex worker after her disabilities caused her to end her corporate career. Eliza has petitioned local and national government in support of the decriminalisation of sex work. In her spare time she writes and enjoys dressmaking.  
🍌 We mention the Holbrook managed area in Leeds find out more about that here.
🍌  A brilliant reference for many of the issues discussed is Revolting Prostitutes which you can find on Amazon here.
🍌 My book Sex Power Money is out now in hardback / audiobook / ebook