Explore every episode of the podcast Unscrewed
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| LISTEN: We'll Hear Arguments | 07 Jul 2020 | 00:33:39 | |
While Jaclyn's on summer hiatus, check out the brilliant first episode of We'll Hear Arguments, a miniseries about the Roe v. Wade arguments hosted by Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo of Boom! Lawyered. Think Mystery Science Theater 3000 meets the Supreme Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Marathons and Sprints | 10 Jun 2020 | 00:13:25 | |
An anti-racist check-in, a listener question about endometriosis, sex drive and the NuvaRing, and a call for podcast recommendations, all in under 15 minutes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Absence of Pain is Not Pleasure (Rewind) | 03 Jun 2020 | 00:44:18 | |
What can the history of Black sexual oppression and resistance in the US teach us about how Black people get all the way free? Dalycia Saah and Rafaella Fiallo of Afrosexology have a vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Conscious Incompetence | 13 May 2020 | 00:15:02 | |
Jaclyn is in a MOOD in this quickiesode. Click play for rants about Joe Biden and about the new Title IX regulations. Plus, some wisdom about how we all start to work on our implicit bias. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Under Pressure | 28 Apr 2020 | 00:41:02 | |
Depressed lately? Anxiety spiking? Is your mental health (or your partner's) fucking with your sex life? JoEllen Notte wrote a book for you, and she's here with Jaclyn to help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Consent in Confinement | 21 Apr 2020 | 00:53:14 | |
How is COVID-19 confinement impacting your ability to navigate consent and set boundaries? In this special episode recorded for #Open, Jaclyn answers your quarantine questions and conundrums. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A Pleasure to Serve You | 14 Apr 2020 | 00:32:57 | |
Why do we so often fixate on whether or not porn performers are having authentic sexual pleasure while they work? Writer, podcaster and sex worker advocate Tina Horn breaks it down with Jaclyn in this conversation about pleasure, labor, entertainment, and what believing sex workers really means. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Pay For Your Pandemic Porn | 07 Apr 2020 | 00:16:35 | |
Some ways to participate in Sexual Assault Awareness/Action Month while social distancing, and some ways to have a spicy sex life without touching your sex partner. It's a self-isolation quickiesode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Gossip is an English Word | 31 Mar 2020 | 00:34:32 | |
What if women quietly telling each other who to trust and who not to was recognized as a form of justice? Native rights lawyer, professor, and MacArthur Award-winner Sarah Deer joins Jaclyn to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Not A Coincidence | 18 Mar 2020 | 00:33:10 | |
Jaclyn is joined by activist and author of Unbecoming, Anuradha Bhagwati, to talk about the state of women's relationship to power in the wake of Warren dropping out of the primary. Don't worry, they keep a safe social distance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Backlist and Pleasure-Forward | 11 Mar 2020 | 00:16:14 | |
Jaclyn's back from her Believe Me tour! And she wants to hear your all-time fave feminist reads (for a new bookstore opening soon!), share what she's learned about the origins of the idea of "sex trafficking," and encourage you to make pleasure part of your critical hygiene routine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Corkscrewed | 18 Feb 2020 | 00:42:47 | |
Why does it matter that the internet is built by and for men, and how do we survive while we try to remake it in our image? Believe Me contributors Katherine Alejandra Cross, Sady Doyle and Soraya Chemaly join Jaclyn to get into it via Corkscrew Theory, Dungeons and Dragons, and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Like a Polaroid | 11 Feb 2020 | 00:14:03 | |
It's a #BelieveMe quickiesode, with updates on the high school activists fighting for their right to sex ed in Oregon, insight from Rolling Stone writer Jamil Smith, and how the internet is like a polaroid picture for women trying to be believed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Believe Me | 28 Jan 2020 | 00:39:30 | |
What does it mean to believe women? To believe survivors? What would become possible if we had a culture that treated women as both credible and important? Jaclyn is joined by Jessica Valenti to celebrate the publication of their new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Feminist Vengeance Squad | 08 Jan 2020 | 00:42:34 | |
Amber Rollo is one of the three heroes who confronted Harvey Weinstein and his enablers at a comedy event in New York late last year. You're gonna want to hear her story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| For the UK: An Army of Lovers | 13 Dec 2019 | 00:39:46 | |
I'm back! And I'm sending love to everyone facing the horrible election results in the UK, in the form of a rerun of the episode I ran right after Trump was elected. It's about why pleasure isn't optional, even in these worst of times - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Rewind) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Feeling of Safety | 29 Oct 2019 | 00:39:27 | |
Sex! Danger! Rebellion! Underground lairs! It's all there and so much more in Safe Sex, the new comic book series from Unscrewed fave Tina Horn. What makes us feel safe, and how does it differ from what actually makes us safer? Why is bureaucracy a disproportionate tax on the poor? What are high heels good for? Go behind the scenes as Jaclyn and Tina get into it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| All Roads Lead to the Rapist | 10 Oct 2019 | 00:39:38 | |
It's Part 2 of our live show at the PRX Podcast Garage! If you haven't listened to Part 1, go do that first: it's called When You Share Your Pain. This second half features filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman (Roll Red Roll) talking about why she turns her camera on rapists to pierce rape culture, and a great audience Q&A about how to sustain yourself while doing anti-rape work. Bonus: Jaclyn's been sick, so enjoy her extra-gravely voice in the intro and outro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| When You Share Your Pain | 02 Oct 2019 | 00:31:44 | |
It's Part One of the Boston live show! Featuring Bernadine Truth and audience-generated lightning round answers, and kicking off a two-part discussion about the perils and possibilities of focusing on perpetrators and enablers in our stories about sexual violence. CONTENT WARNING: contains a brief mention of suicidality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: A Witchy Way to Move | 24 Sep 2019 | 00:14:38 | |
Welcome spooky season with a reflection on crones from Sady Doyle, and then get scary active about our rights to defy sex stereotypes before the SCOTUS rules we can get fired for doing gender wrong. All this and more in a new Spare Parts quickiesode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers | 17 Sep 2019 | 00:36:40 | |
Welcome to Season Eight, Unscrewed Nation! We're kicking it off with a season-long theme -- Edge Case -- and a deep dive with the genius mind of Sady Doyle, whose new book Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers is all about the women we write off as monsters, and the surprising lessons these ultimate edge cases can teach us about fear, power, rage, and patriarchy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Listen: Bad Christian | 04 Sep 2019 | 01:18:24 | |
Last month, Jaclyn chatted with the guys of Bad Christian about sex ed, protesting ICE, voting, when kids are ready for sex, and so much more. Check it out, and subscribe to the Bad Christian podcast wherever you get your shows. Unscrewed will be back soon with a new season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Rewind: An Army of Lovers | 23 Aug 2019 | 00:37:00 | |
It's time for our annual reminder that pleasure isn't optional - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Rewind) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Listen: Adult Sex Ed | 23 Jul 2019 | 00:47:49 | |
Another episode of one of my fave shows to share with you, this time with me on it! While I'm still on summer hiatus, enjoy me talking butt sex (and many other things) along with Myisha Battle on the legendary Call Your Girlfriend. If you dig the episode, subscribe to their entire media empire at callyourgirlfriend.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Listen: Suspect Class | 25 Jun 2019 | 00:31:47 | |
While Unscrewed is on summer hiatus, Jaclyn is bringing you the most Unscrewy episodes of other people's podcasts! Today: an episode of Rewire.News' Boom! Lawyered, bringing you some great news from the courts that you may have missed last week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Don't Desist | 06 Jun 2019 | 00:16:43 | |
Last episode of the season! Including a bunch of updates from listeners, an advice question from a woman in a dry spell, new ways to get involved with Unscrewed Nation, a political pep talk - and because I forgot to say it on the show, HAPPY PRIDE TO MY QUEER FAM!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What Kind of Girl Do You Want to Be? | 21 May 2019 | 00:42:19 | |
Right-wing extremists are infiltrating public schools under the guise of "sex education" -- even in liberal school districts. But in Eugene, OR, high school girls are fighting back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Don't Sex Strike | 14 May 2019 | 00:16:16 | |
What to do about draconian abortion laws (hint: it doesn't involve whether or not you fuck), a call for podcast suggestions, and advice for an aspiring sex educator, all in one quickiesode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Future Imperfect | 07 May 2019 | 00:35:19 | |
What should the future of anti-rape work look like? Activists Lorena Kourousias and Kalima Young of the Monument Quilt project join Jaclyn to talk art, orgasms, Afrofuturism, and living your future vision now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Sex Party! | 23 Apr 2019 | 00:35:50 | |
Can people who support sexual freedom become a political force to be reckoned with? Fiona Patten, founder of Australia's Reason Party, is proving it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Action Month | 16 Apr 2019 | 00:14:46 | |
Your dating app wish list, how to turn Sexual Assault Awareness Month into Action Month, a scary bathroom incident involving trans rights that the right-wing won't be crowing about, and a little tease from Jaclyn, all in 15 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Appetite for Power | 09 Apr 2019 | 00:37:42 | |
Black women are often conceived of as the victims of BDSM and pornography, but can they also be sites of Black women's healing, pleasure, liberation or power? Professor Ariane Cruz, author of The Color of Kink, says yes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: The Good Guys | 03 Apr 2019 | 00:15:40 | |
On Biden, Dr. Willie Parker, and why the "good guys" hurt us. Plus we hear from listeners who took Jaclyn's advice and wrote in to update us on how they're doing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Unbecoming | 26 Mar 2019 | 00:43:31 | |
When she was young, Anuradha Bhagwati chose an unusual way to rebel against her strict immigrant parents; she joined the U.S. Marine Corps. What followed taught her about power, masculinity, double standards, trauma, bravery, activism, and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Pleasure is a Human Right | 19 Mar 2019 | 00:14:21 | |
Listener sex ed news from Oregon, a new documentary about Steubenville, and some deep thinking about the sexual politics of liberation: all in this one quickiesode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Room Where It Happened | 12 Mar 2019 | 00:34:43 | |
For the 10th anniversary of Yes Means Yes, Jessica Valenti joins Jaclyn to share behind-the-scenes secrets and reflect on the legacy and future of their landmark book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Bad Enough | 05 Mar 2019 | 00:16:05 | |
Oklahoma tries to make sex ed strides, Jaclyn gives away her audiobook, and a heartaching listener question about who gets to call themselves a survivor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Absence of Pain Is Not Pleasure | 26 Feb 2019 | 00:41:43 | |
What can the history of Black sexual oppression and resistance in the US teach us about how Black people get all the way free? Dalycia Saah and Rafaella Fiallo of Afrosexology have a vision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Super Interactive | 20 Feb 2019 | 00:12:50 | |
Listeners sound off on sex ed and offer their own resources, and Jaclyn asks you to a whole bunch of stuff. Oh, and we take it wayyyy back to before the internet had search engines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A Very Specific Mary Poppins | 12 Feb 2019 | 00:40:23 | |
Scarleteen.com, the groundbreaking sex ed website, turns 20 this year! Celebrate with Jaclyn and Scarleteen's founder Heather Corinna, who reflects not just on how the site -- and sex ed -- has evolved in two decades, but how doing the work has evolved them as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: All That Gender Shit | 05 Feb 2019 | 00:14:27 | |
On the human cost of content moderation, sex ed news in Colorado, and a listener question about a sexual role reversal -- but not the fun kind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| This Is Why We're Bad At Sex | 29 Jan 2019 | 00:38:44 | |
In December, Tumblr banned all "adult content" from its site, only the latest salvo on a misguided quest of corporations and politicians to crack down on adult entertainment in the name of protecting the innocent. Elle Chase, who ran Lady Cheeky, one of Tumblr's most popular blogs for women-focused erotic content, and Kate D'Adamo, sex worker rights advocate, join Jaclyn to figure out how we got into this mess, why it matters, and how we can hope to get somewhere better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: The Real Scandal | 22 Jan 2019 | 00:15:34 | |
Fake nude selfies, a really amazing pop culture recommendation, and advice for a listener who's not getting what she needs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dystopia Buddies | 15 Jan 2019 | 00:43:44 | |
Now that Kennedy is out and Kavanaugh is in, how bad are things going to get for people who need abortions? Robin Marty joins Jaclyn to talk about her new book Handbook for a Post-Roe America, and some surprising ideas on how to fight back with everything we've got. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Sex While Trans | 19 Dec 2018 | 00:45:04 | |
Why is it so hard to find good sex advice for trans women? Educator, performer and activist Rebecca Kling joins Jaclyn to talk it out on the meta level, and to help out two very specific listeners who are going through changes as they transition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Robots are Coming | 20 Nov 2018 | 00:36:09 | |
Sex robots are here. Now what? Jaclyn catches up with cultural critic Katherine Cross to talk robot brothels, dudebros, Ex Machina, and why you should be excited for the robot uprising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Look Alive | 15 Nov 2018 | 00:12:41 | |
Trump may be banning the phrase "sexual health," plus listener questions about breaking into activism and good books for girls growing up in hostile territory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Why Does Patriarchy Persist? | 06 Nov 2018 | 00:46:04 | |
We've been fighting patriarchy so long. Why are we still drowning in it? Carol Gilligan, the mother of feminist psychology, and NYU researcher Naomi Snider think they know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A Family Heirloom | 23 Oct 2018 | 00:40:06 | |
How does fatness affect our sense of our own sexuality, our own gender, our own race? Sonalee Rashatwar, AKA The Fat Sex Therapist, joins Jaclyn to dig deep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spare Parts: Edge Case | 16 Oct 2018 | 00:12:51 | |
Hillary Clinton, Dan Savage and comprehensive pleasure-based sex education. It's a quickiesode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||