
Modern Anarchy
Liberate your pleasure with psychedelic sex therapist, Nicole. As a leading theorist on non-monogamy and sexuality, Nicole bridges academic research with embodied, pleasure-centered strategies to help you navigate intimacy, desire, and the politics of connection. Tune in each Wednesday for conversations on sex, relationships, and liberation with pleasure activists from around the world. Are you ready to dive in?
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Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 45min
76. Polyamory Is an Equally Bad Decision: Kink, Intersecting Identities, and Power Dynamics with Tien
On today's episode, Tien (They\Them) joins us for a conversation about the beautiful, gorgeous, and complicated ways our identities intersect. Together we talk about their history of 13 years within the kink community, when non-monogamy is not intuitive, and navigating Dom Sub power dynamics in non-monogamy.
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Resources to Learn More:
Hump Film Festival
Jessie Sparkles
A Guide To Cuckolding
Cuckquean
Munch (BDSM)
What Is Generational Trauma?
And Just What Is A Leather Family?
138 - Conscious Monogamy
Ambiamorous

Sep 21, 2022 • 1h 8min
75. Erotic Creativity: Surrogate Partner Therapy, Slowing Down Sex, and Relationship Anarchy with Carlene Ostedgaard
On today's episode, sex and intimacy coach Carlene Ostedgaard (She\Her) joins us for a conversation all about unlocking your erotic creativity. Together we talk about your birthright to sexual expression, going from zero to penetration, and rethinking intimacy in our relationships.
RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY RESEARCH : https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/relationshipanarchy
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PLEASURE REVOLUTION COACHING
Resources to Learn More:
What Is Sexual Surrogacy?
What Is Sensate Focus and How Does It Work?
6 Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health
The secret to mindful travel? A walk in the woods
EcoSexuality: 7 Things You Need To Know About This Sexual Identity
6-WEEK COMPASSION IMMERSION

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 5min
74. Sex Work Was The Beginning of My True Healing Journey with Cassie Porter
On today's episode we have somatic sex educator and sexological body worker, Cassie Porter (She\Her), join us for a conversation about moving towards pleasure through sex work. Together we talk about destigmatizing sex work, exploring our kinks, and my fears of a monogamous sex life.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
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Resources to Learn More:
What Is Somatic Sex Education?
THE WHEEL OF CONSENT
The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment
Women, more than men, tend to feel stultified by long-term exclusivity

Sep 7, 2022 • 1h 10min
73. The Feminist Sex Wars: Suzie Jones Who Takes a Sexy Selfie is a Slut with Emma Phillips
On today's episode, we have researcher and professional photographer Emma Phillips (she\her) join us for a conversation all about the aesthetics of sexualization. Together we talk about middle class disgust, respectable femininity, and letting go of the male gaze.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
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Resources to Learn More:
Ariel Levy - Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
The History of the Sex Wars
What Is The Orgasm Gap?
Cardi B Won't Let Kulture Hear 'WAP'
How to talk to your kids about sex: An age-by-age guide
You Don't Have to Freak Out if Your Toddler Masturbates
Shadowbanning: Instagram’s Sexual Content Policy Endangers Sex Education
HOW RIHANNA IS CHANGING MATERNITY FASHION FOR THE BETTER
Male Suicide Rates

Aug 31, 2022 • 56min
72. Contradictions: Pansexuality, Intersecting Identities, and Shadow Sides with Evelyn Kim
On today's episode, Evelyn Kim (she\her) joins us for a conversation about the journey to embracing her expansive queer identity and the intersection of her Korean-American Identity. Together we talk about the shadow side of the LGBTQIA+ and social justice movements, contradictions in cultural identities, and letting people have their own experience of us.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
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Resources to Learn More:
5 common misconceptions about pansexuality
The Korean War (1950–53)
Activism fatigue is killing social justice.
Don't Worry, No One Cares
A Reason Not to Worry What Others Think

17 snips
Aug 24, 2022 • 1h 13min
71. Community Building: Masking, Polysecure, and Boundaries as an Act of Love with Jesse Holzman
On today's episode, we have PhD candidate in Sociology Jesse Holzman (they\them) join us for a conversation all about community building and accessibility. Together we talk about living with the lens of autism, being entitled to take up space, and the beautiful rabbit hole of questioning the status quo.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
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Resources to Learn More:
A Brief History of Japanese Rope Bondage
What to Know About Shibari, the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage
What Is Autism?
Stimming: What It Is and Why People Do It
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
Does Your Self Exist?
Self-in-Relation
Marriage Is an Inherently Unfeminist Institution
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 7min
70. Understanding Sex Within Culture: Condoms, Circumcision, and Capitalistic Competition with Amber Mallery
On today's episode, we have certified sex educator Amber Mallery (She\Her) join us for a conversation all about understanding sex within culture. Together we talk about the assumption that all people with penises are aggressive, navigating the use of de-gendered language, and what it means to be a woman.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
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Resources to Learn More:
How old do you have to be to buy condoms?
Circumcision by Country 2022
Comprehensive Sex Education Reduces Teen Pregnancies
The average number of sexual partners for men and women in the United States is 7.2
Inside Rwanda’s labia stretching ritual - Gukuna
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women
Feminist Thought and Transcending the Gender Binary

Aug 10, 2022 • 50min
69. Guided Masturbation Meditation #2: Solo-Date Night
On today's episode, Nicole leads us on a guided masturbation meditation for people with vulvas to slow down and connect with pleasure. Set aside some intentional time to dive into sensation and deepen your embodiment practice through this act of self-love and self-care! Let's dive in together..
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
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Wearing Socks During Sex Makes You More Likely To Have A Satisfying Orgasm
Why sex therapists swear by sensate focus: The mindful touching technique that enhances your sex life
Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance
Porn: Bellesa
Lube: Water Based
Lube: Coconut Oil
Pom FLEXIBLE VIBRATOR
Satisfyer Pro 2 Air-Pulse Clitoris Stimulator
Satisfyer Mono Flex Rabbit Vibrator
Magic Wand Massager

Aug 3, 2022 • 56min
68. Independent Sexuality for Women: Relationship Therapy, Navigating Jealousy, and a Look Into the Life of Non-Monogamy with Arushi
On today's episode, we have Arushi (She\Her) join us for a conversation all about navigating the patriarchal construction of monogamy to challenge the status quo. Together we talk about differing from your family value systems, the history of monogamy for women, and navigating non-monogamous relationships.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
And if you want to connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy Family, then join the movement by becoming a part of the conscious objectors patreon. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Let's continue to challenge our assumptions and grow together. Join the community here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384
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Resources to Learn More:
The Pleasure Project
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems: 5 Forces Impacting Our Lives
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Are Women Neurologically Less Suited for Monogamy than Men?
Human sexual desire: Is monogamy natural?
Monogamous Marriage throughout History: A Female Perspective
Women as Legal Property
Not Your Mother's Playground
What is a schema? Cognitive Developmental Psychology
Come As You Are

Jul 27, 2022 • 44min
67. PORN, PORN, PORN: Masturbation, BDSM, and Safe Words with Alan Mckee
On today's episode, we have researcher and professor Alan Mckee (He\Him) join us for a conversation all about the effects of pornography after 50 years of academic research! Together we talk about the contradictory data about pornography use, informed consent, and life-long sexual learning.
If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend!
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What Do We Know About the Effects of Pornography After Fifty Years of Academic Research?
Resources to Learn More:
Vibrator Nation
The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction
Positionality & Research: How our Identities Shape Inquiry
Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Black Lace books
Mills & Boon
30 Safe Words For When Things Get Spicy With Your SO
Crash Pad Porn
Sex School
Make Love Not Porn