Sex Gets Real 186: Technology meets sex ed with O.School founder Andrea Barrica

First up, I am so excited to announce the Explore More Summit: Bodies Edition. It kicks off December 4th and it’s totally free. We’ll spend 5 days going super deep into body politics, self acceptance, fat activism, diet culture, weight stigma, and shedding body shame so we can center our pleasure. To see the line-up and to enroll, pop over …

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 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 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 …

Sex Gets Real 175: Sensual BDSM porn, inconsistent sex, & inorgasmic partners

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. Let’s dive in. Ariyanna wrote in …

Sex Gets Real 174: The Sex Myth with Rachel Hills and Jennie Runk

  I wanted to open this week’s episode with a note about racism and white supremacy in light of the Charlottesville crap that’s recently unfolded. I mentioned a bunch of places where you can donate money to help fight racism and support the folks on the ground doing the work. Find them here and here. On to this week’s episode… …