Sex Gets Real 185: Hookups with herpes, chastity belt fantasies, & raising sex positive kids

Your questions have been pouring in. And of course, if you want to practice being the sexpert, folks who support the show on Patreon at $5 get to offer their advice for the show, too. Or, support at $3 per month for weekly bonus content – it’s a steal! So, where are we going this week? Emma has been seeing …

Sex Gets Real 184: Afrosexology on Black pleasure, masturbation, & radical twerking

Love the show? Now you can support it on Patreon. For $3 per month, you’ll get weekly bonus content and for $5 per month you can help me answer listener questions! I am absolutely in love with this week’s chat with Dalychia and Rafaella from Afrosexology. We talk about their mission to bring sexual liberation and agency to the Black …

Sex Gets Real 183: Housework & resentment, chronic cheating, & Rare Bird Lit

Welcome to this week’s show! We’re talking books, housework & resentment, and cheating. Oh, and I just started watching Big Mouth on Netflix which is an absurd, bizarre cartoon all about going through puberty. You might want to check it out. Cadessa wrote in about her non-existent sex life and how listening to the show changed everything. Sarah has a …

Sex Gets Real 182: Masochism, virginity, low self-esteem, & permission slips

Hello, from New Orleans! Hurricane Nate meant I was stuck in Louisiana for an extra day, but it also meant more time at SisterSong’s “Let’s Talk About Sex” conference. I share a little about what that conference brought up for me and then…it’s your questions and my answers. You can see some of the videos from the conference at the …

Sex Gets Real 181: Erotic art and photography with Maggie West

An updated Patreon you say? Why yes. Yes it is. Check out the sweet new rewards. For the past few months, one of my favorite things on Instagram has been Maggie West’s gorgeous nude photo series for Amber Rose’s Slut Walk. The colors, the confidence, the variety of bodies. So, of course, I had to invite her on because her …

Sex Gets Real 180: Fisting, platonic kink, sex labs & more with Bex Caputo

An updated Patreon you say? Why yes. Yes it is. Check out the sweet new rewards (that I can actually deliver). What happens when two sex educators get together and geek out? You get this spanking new episode featuring Bex Caputo from the Dildorks podcast. If ever there was an episode that covered all the things, it’s this one. We …

Sex Gets Real 179: Flogging & spanking, a marriage-ruining boot fetish, & loneliness

Guess what? LOLA is sponsoring this week’s episode. You can get pads, tampons, and liners delivered to you, via their rad subscription service, at 60% off your first order when you subscribe. Just use promo code SGR when you visit mylola.com and get started. This week it’s you and me and all your emails. But before I answer your questions, …

Sex Gets Real 178: Yes, I have herpes with Dr. Sheila Loanzon

What happens when you get a herpes diagnosis? And more importantly, what happens if you begin hiding that you have herpes? Dr. Sheila Loanzon, an OBGYN who gives amazing PAP smears, is here to talk about her very personal story and new book, “Yes, I Have Herpes.” From advice on how to deal to details about what herpes really is, …

Sex Gets Real 177: Thriving in sex work with Lola Davina

How can you thrive as a sex worker, navigating the fact that you have no real safety while also performing erotic fantasies and sex at the same time? How can you care for yourself as clients bring in their pain, shame, and fear and expect you to heal them? Lola Davina is here to help us answer those questions and …

Sex Gets Real 176: Christopher Zeischegg (Danny Wylde) on writing, monogamy, the future of porn

Guess what? Christopher Zeischegg is here this week. You may know him as porn performer Danny Wylde. I had a chance to read his book, “The Wolves that Live in Skin and Space,” and we talk all about his writing, the horror genre, leaving porn, bi-phobia within the porn world, why he’s grateful to be in a monogamous relationship, how …