Sluts & Scholars

Nicoletta is joined by Adriana Alejandre- a Latina, Social Impact Entrepreneur and EMDR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). They talk about mental health and sexuality in Latinx communities, resource and resiliency building, being a teen mom, as well as different types of trauma therapy. Also: how to support someone who has just been through a traumatic event.    Sponsored by Uberlube. Use discount code SandS at uberlube.com for 10% off and free shipping!   Latinx Therapy and Podcast: https://latinxtherapy.com/   EMDR Therapy: https://www.emdria.org/page/what_is_emdr_therapy   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

Nicoletta is joined by Joy Hoover of The Cupcake Girls, an organization dedicated to holistic health for sex workers and trafficking victims and survivors. They talk about the differences between helping and proselytizing, cancel culture, pushback and barriers the organization has faced, as well as health care in sex related industries.    The Cupcake Girls:  https://thecupcakegirls.org   Joy’s podcast:  https://humanswhogiveashit.podbean.com/   This episode is sponsored in part by Dipsea! Go to Dipseastories.com/sands for a 30 day free trial!!    FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

This week Nicoletta is joined by founder and director of GayTherapyLA Ken Howard, LCSW. Ken explains why gay men need a therapy specialization, living through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, survivor guilt, minority stress, and appearance privilege. Also featured: when should you tell someone your STI status, Broadway, and PrEP.   Ken Howard: https://gaytherapyla.com/   Ken’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gay-therapy-la-with-ken-howard-lcsw/id1450860786   Info on PREP: https://prepfacts.org/prep/the-basics/   Sponsors Uberlube: Right now, Uberlube is offering listeners a special offer – 10% off and free shipping when you use my code “SandS” at UberLube.com   MyGirlFund: You can join mygirlfund.com for free, and for a limited time you can become a lifetime premium member for less than $5 when you visit mygirlfund.com/sands   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

Can religion and sex positivity coexist? Nicoletta is joined by Christian Sexologist Brittany Broaddus-Smith LSW, MEd to debunk sex myths from the Bible. They cover everything from what it means to be "saved," to scriptures about sexuality, masturbation, shame, abstinence, and the experience of being a Deacon's wife teaching sex ed in a predominantly Black church.  Contact Brittany and the Intimacy Firm: https://www.theintimacyfirm.com/ Sponsor Uberlube!  Remember the more you support sponsors the more it supports the podcast. So get get a special 10% off and free shipping when you use my code “sands” at UberLube.com.    FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

Sex therapist and researcher Dr. Sabitha Pillai-Friedman joins Nicoletta to talk about sexual losses, namely sexuality and cancer. Sexuality and sexual side effects are often overlooked for folks with chronic illnesses. This episode busts misconceptions and goes over everything from self compassion to sexual functioning during chemo.    Sponsor: For listeners of the show, Dipsea is offering a 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/SANDS   Resources: Dr. Pillai: https://rittenhouserelationshiptherapy.com/ Ohnut https://ohnut.co/   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

Big thanks to our guest this week Norma Buster, the client relations manager at the C.A. Goldberg Victims' Rights Law Firm. This is a serious conversation about stalking, legal reform, non-consensual and revenge porn, victimhood, and survivorship. This episode is for my friend and colleague Dr. Amie Harwick; we all miss and love you and will continue to fight for change.   Norma:  https://www.cagoldberglaw.com/about/norma-buster/ https://twitter.com/normabuster   Sponsors and discounts: MyGirlFund: You can join mygirlfund.com for free, and for a limited time you can become a lifetime premium member for less than $5 when you visit mygirlfund.com/sands   Uberlube: Uberlube is offering listeners a special 10% off and free shipping when you use my code “sands” at UberLube.com. That’s 10% off and free shipping! Just use code “sands” at U-B-E-R-LUBE.com. -- Loving Disclaimer: Sluts and Scholars is a sex positive, shame-free, educational podcast where we try to  help you talk smart and fuck smarter. While

This week's episode features award winning adult filmmaker Bree Mills. Bree shares her opinions on the next era of socially conscious porn and the shifting state and gaze of porn today. Bree also gives insight into her creative process and how to balance sex and story as a female filmmaker.    This episode is sponsored in part by We-Vibe and UberLube We-Vibe: This Valentine’s Day, WeVibe is offering our listeners a special 5% discount on any product at we-vibe.com. Just use promo code SandS https://we-vibe.com/?utm_source=Pleasure%20Podcasts&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Sluts%20and%20Scholars%20Valentine's%20Day&utm_content=Sluts%20and%20Scholars%20Valentine's%20Day   Uberlube: Right now, they’re offering Sluts & Scholars listeners a special offer – 10% off and free shipping when you use the code SandS at UberLube.com.   To check out Bree's work: - Adult Time: Adulttime.com - Bree Mills: https://twitter.com/thebreemills   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments,

Welcome back slutty scholars to another season! For all newcomers, this episode reflects a real example of the whole reason this podcast was started. It features Mistress Snow, PhD- a professor and scholar who also happens to be a dominatrix. Tune in to hear a tale of slut shaming. Don’t worry, it also ends with a fun little twist about ball busting.    The original article, which may require a subscription:  I Told My Mentor I Was a Dominatrix - The Chronicle of Higher Educationhttps://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20191205-Snow-SexAdjunct   Mistres snow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MistressSnowPhD FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

This month we’re going to be sharing some of our favorite and most meaningful episodes with you! Please enjoy and share liberally. Dr. Laurie Mintz, a scholar of sex, joins the women to expose the major reasons for the orgasm gap between men and women. They DESTROY the myth of penetration, address the orgasm “hierarchy” and talk about how there are a MILLION ways to masturbate and come -- and they’ll give you tips for how to figure out what yours are. Don’t worry, men, cliteracy is good for you too! Note: In this episode, Simone says that labiaplasty was the most common cosmetic surgery, but she misspoke. It’s the fastest-growing cosmetic surgery. FOLLOW DR. MINTZ WEBSITE - http://drlauriemintz.com/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/DrLaurieMintz/ TWITTER - https://twitter.com/drlauriemintz INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/drlauriemintz/ FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and schol

This month we’re going to be sharing some of our favorite and most meaningful episodes with you! Please enjoy and share liberally. The scholars interview the glamour and beauty burlesque queen, Dita Von Teese. Tune in for a rare opportunity to hear from Dita about how she got into Burlesque, her glamour evangelism, and her views on fetishism, ageism, and feminism. Also, cervical orgasms. It’s the Renaissance woman behind the martini glass! FOLLOW DITA http://www.dita.net/ https://twitter.com/ditavonteese https://www.instagram.com/ditavonteese FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

Stephanie Lumsden and Cutcha Risling Baldy joined us last year to talk to us about Hoopa Valley tribe coming of age menarche ceremonies and flower dances, what menstrual huts really are, settler colonialism, period taboos, gender, and more. We are so grateful to be able to share this with you again.  This month we’re going to be sharing some of our favorite and most meaningful episodes with you! Please enjoy and share liberally.   To contact our guests: https://www.stephanielumsden.com/ https://www.cutcharislingbaldy.com/   Shirts discussed in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/mercilessfeministsavages/   Book reccomendations:  https://www.amazon.com/Are-Dancing-Revitalization-Coming-Age/dp/0295743441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531181942&sr=8-1&keywords=we+are+dancing+for+you   https://www.amazon.com/Me-Sexy-Drew-Hayden-Taylor/dp/1553652762   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts and Scholars is a production of

Dec. 1st is World AIDS Day, so learn your serostatus! Today is an opportunity to raise awareness about what it means to live with HIV, destigmatize folks who are seropositive and increase testing. We’re highlighting our conversation with Kelly Gluckman, an HIV-AIDS activist and recent UCLA grad (with a degree in arts-activism), who sat down with us in 2018 to chat about living and dating with HIV. This month we’re going to be sharing our favorite and most meaningful episodes with you! Please enjoy and share liberally.   ABOUT KELLY Twitter @kellygluckman Some of Kelly’s work: http://www.hivequal.org/featured-stories/a-poz-girl-s-guide-to-dating-hello-i-m-kelly  UCLA sex squad: http://artglobalhealth.org/amp/uclasexsquad/ FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

You may have heard Simone beaming in a few episodes about her amazing experience with the Lioness at an event called Mothership (where she proudly won “Vag of Steel”). Now, Sluts and Scholars proudly welcomes creator of the Lioness: Liz Klinger. They talk about women in sex tech, measuring orgasms and pleasure, and different types of pelvic contractions. Random fact: neon bending is just what it sounds like.    Lioness:  https://lioness.io   This episode is sponsored by Dipsea. Tune in for a discount code!  https://www.dipseastories.com   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook

This is a teaser for part two with Robin Wilson Beattie. The full episode will be available to our patrons only on patreon.com/slutsandscholars. We will be back next week with a regular episode for all! If you can't financially join us on Patreon, a free rate and review wherever you listen to your podcasts is always helpful!    FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook

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This week Nicoletta and Simone welcome disability and sexuality health educator Robin Wilson-Beattie. Do you know what a devotee is? Neither did we. Tune in to hear about fetishes (including amputees), spinal cord injuries, sex as a quadriplegic, and reproductive rights at intersection of fatness, blackness, and disability.   To find Robin https://www.sexabledwithrobinwb.com/v1/   This episode is sponsored by Native Deodorant; tune in for 20% off! nativedeodorant.com   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com

This week Simone chats with former sex worker, mother, activist, and professor Juniper Fitzgerald. Get ready for a conversation that is scarier than Halloween about real life sex work stigma. Also included: balancing identities and how to talk to your kids about sex work and gender expansion.   Juniper’s TED talk: https://youtu.be/-Lk4G1dna7s   Juniper’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Mamas-Love-Their-Babies/dp/1936932008   SWOP: Sex Workers Outreach Project | Sex Workers Outreach Project   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com

This week we are joined by sex therapist Dr. Amie Harwick to talk all things spooky just in time for Halloween. While October is not the only time to experiment, why not start now with a conversation about blood play, the fear response, haunted houses,  burying someone alive, and clowns in black lipstick. Also covered: Pineapple Support - the mental health resource for the adult industry.    Amie;  https://instagram.com/dramieharwick?igshid=1olxcwq9d5b70   Pineapple Support:  https://pineapplesupport.org   Sponsor:  https://www.dipseastories.com/sands   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com

This is a 15 minute teaser of our episode with Dirty Lola. Simone and Lola talk about nerdy smut, erotica, power play, free labor, and divorce. The full episode can be found for Patrons only at patreon.com/slutsandscholars. Remember that this podcast is a labor of love and we want to sustain this show! Please consider supporting us today; if you can’t afford it, leaving a review, especially on iTunes, is helpful and free! We'll be back with a regular episode for everyone next week.    FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com

This is a crucial episode about whiteness in sex education and how to "pass the mic." Cameron helps Nicoletta and Simone break down tokenization versus racial justice and sexual liberation. Also discussed: desirability politics and tribbing!    Resources discussed:  - Cameron https://www.cameronglover.com - Wildflower medium article: https://medium.com/@evyan.whitney/dildont-disrespect-black-femmes-our-personal-experiences-with-wild-flower-sex-shop-c8d06ce7695f   - Consent and cookies: http://yanatallonhicks.com/workshops/for-adults/consent-in-practice/   - Pleasure activism book  https://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Activism-Politics-Emergent-Strategy/dp/1849353263   - SX Noir https://sxnoir.com/   FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com   Sluts And Scholars is a production of Sluts and Scholars Media.