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Our Season 2 Finale features a lively discussion with author, sex educator, podcaster, pornographer and, now, queer memoirist, Tristan Taormino. We taped this episode live at the iconic Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood. We talk about Tristan's memoir A Part of the Heart Can't be Eaten which chronicles Tristan's formative relationship with her gay dad, the other queers through her childhood and beyond who shaped her queer identity and put her on her path as a sex writer and THE anal sex expert. We love on the 90s, queer femmes, drag queens, breakthrough lovers, sex workers, and so much more. We quiz an audience member on our season 1 & 2 segments. We field audience questions about moving through sexual trauma and how to transition your mindset from being in control and beholden to your day-to-day expectations to allow yourself to explore submission and kinky power dynamics. At the end of the episode, Tristan puts her podcast host hat on and poses questions to Sarah and Robin.You can purchase Tristan's memoir HERELearn more about Tristan's work and upcoming classes https://tristantaormino.com/Please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast! And follow us @fuckyeahpod on IG & TT, @fyeahpod on YouTube.We will be taking a short break and returning with Season 3 later this fall. Thank you so much for being on this journey with us! Can't wait to return with new guests and episodes soon.

Dirty Lola, of NYC's Sex Ed A Go-Go and Netflix's Principles of Pleasure, schools us on the nuances of polyamory aka open relationships aka ethical non-monogamy (ENM). We get into way more than the semantics. Lola shares about the ways to deprogram from toxic monogamy culture, the tenets (and common pitfalls) of ENM, her personal poly triumphs and learnings, the communication tools she and her wonderfully unique poly fam use to make it all work. We learn about polycules. poly-friendly dating apps and so much more in our conversation with Lola.You can find Lola on social @dirtylola, or online at www.dirtylola.coYou can find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod, Youtube @fyeahpod or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com

This week Safiya Darling joins the pod and brings her uniquely approachable perspective on Kink! We cover the gamut of fetishes from foot worship and farts to balloon popping and baby powder. We talk about the ABCs of kink, how to "pervert" household items and what is was like as a Black queer femme (with a twin) to transplant from the Midwest to a progressive kinky community.Safiya will be teaching an interactive BDSM class (exclusively for QTIBIPOC) with Obsidian on Friday September 29th. Get your tickets here: https://www.obsidian-la.com/events/bdsm-101You can find Safiya on TT & IG @sexpositivesafiyaFind us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod, Youtube @fyeahpod, or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com.

Ever get the feeling that your sexuality was predetermined for you? This week Samantha Fox, Lesbian Curiosity and Sexuality Coach, joins us to unpack compulsory heterosexuality, how to get curious about your sexuality (regardless of your relationship status or identity), and how to get in touch with your true desires and fantasies at any age and stage of life. Samantha is a licensed psychotherapist with a specialization in Internal Family Systems (IFS). She's combined her professional experience with her personal experience of coming out later in life and built a coaching practice supporting women as they navigate breaking out of the confines of who they are "supposed" to be. Samantha uses her work with clients to wake them up to all parts of themself and also to connect them to an amazing community of like-minded women.Resources shared in this week's episode include:Samantha's Late Bloomers Boot CampJane Ward's book The Tragedy of HeterosexualityRichard Schwartz's book No Bad PartsYung Pueblo's book LighterYou can find Samantha on TT @lesbiancuriousitycoachYou can find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod, on YouTube @fyeahpod or email us directly at fyeahpod@gmail.com

CannaSexual, Ashley Manta, joins us on the pod to share the incredible benefits of cannabis for increasing arousal, counteracting perimenopausal symptoms, and even increasing your multi-orgasmic potential. In addition to busting 'cannamyths, Ashley shares helpful tips for integrating cannabis into your sexual routines. We also get into her BodySex work, Betty Dodson's facilitated process for vulva owners to own their sexual power, and how vulva gazing, among other embodied practices, can build confidence and help you claim your sexuality.Ashley Manta is an award-winning sex educator and coach and has become a sought-after authority on mindfully combining sex and cannabis as part of her CannaSexual® brand. She is the author of The CBD Solution: Sex, published in 2020 in conjunction with Merry Jane and Chronicle Books. She completed her certification as a Bodysex® Facilitator after studying with legendary pleasure pioneer Betty Dodson. Ashley is also the creator of the Activating Your Cosmic Pussy sisterhood and a series of online intensives and retreats. She and colleague Dr. Shannon Chavez often collaborate to offer in-person retreats they call Pleasure Camp in Hawaii, California, and other locations around the world. You can find Ashley on social media @cannasexual and on TT @intimacymuseYou can find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod. Email us your fuck yeahs, questions and feedback to fyeahpod@gmail.com

Andrew Gurza, host of Disability After Dark, joins the pod and shares about their experience navigating these times as a severely disabled, queer person. We talk about the power of sex work, Andrew’s coming out journey, the unique challenges of accessing queer spaces as a disabled person and the double edged sword of anti-queer sentiment in disabled spaces. Andrew's approach of giving grace and educating with humor and radical transparency, while actively challenging ableist beliefs and institutionalized erasure of the experience of disabled people is powerful and palpable in everything they do. Our conversation with Andrew is all the things... enlightening, heartening, funny, and queer AF.Andrew Gurza (they/he) is an award winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief Disability Officer and Co-founder of Bump’n, a sex toy company for and by disabled people. He was the subject of an award winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary “Picture This”. He is also the host of Disability After Dark: The Podcast Shining a Bright Light on Disability Stories which won a Canadian Podcast Award in 2021, was a Queerty Award nominee, and was chosen as an Honoree at the 2020 Webby Awards. The show is available on all platforms. Andrew is also the creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot.You can find out more about Andrew by going to www.andrewgurza.comResources mentioned in this episode:Andrew's Podcast Disability After DarkCripping Up SexThe Handi Book of Love, Lust & Disability (Andrew is a Contributor)Find Andrew on IG @andrewguza6Find us on TT & IG @fuckyeahpod, YouTube @fyeahpod or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com!

Amy Baldwin joins F*ck Yeah this week to get into somatic sex practices with Sarah and Robin. We're covering it all - eye gazing, finding the wild sexual beast that lives within you, energetic sex, and more. Amy shares about owning the skin you're in, creating an intimate container for sexual healing, and ways to transform sex into a spiritual experience. Amy's work is informed by multiple certifications, client coaching, and six years of hosting her hit sexuality podcast, Shameless Sex, with April Lampert. Inspired by Amy's work with Barbara Carrellas, Sarah and Robin walk through an exercise from Barbara's book Urban Tantra.Amy Baldwin is a sex and relationship coach trained in both the Somatica® and Hakomi Methods, certified sex educator, lead educator for Uberlube, co-owner of a mother-daughter owned online pleasure boutique called Pure Pleasure Shop, as well as co-host of the Shameless Sex podcast. Amy has a passion for promoting shame-free, pleasure-focused sexuality education while emphasizing the deep emotional and energetic forces behind great sex and intimate connection. To learn more, or to pre-order Shameless Sex's upcoming book Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path to Unlock the Sex Life You’ve Been Waiting For, visit shamelesssex.com

This week, Sarah and Robin are joined by Susan Bratton, intimacy expert to millions. This episode is overflowing with education, from pleasure anatomy and clitoral stroking to orgasmic cross training and yoni massage techniques, Susan drops sex ed knowledge from her 20 years of studying, writing, and coaching on expansive sexual practices. In addition, Susan shares her secrets for conditioning your body for pleasure and introduces Sarah and Robin to the world of sexual biohacking. Susan hasn't just written the book on it; she has written 44 how-to guides for getting the best sex of your life. This high energy, orgasmic-packed episode is one not to be missed!Resources mentioned in this week's episode:Sheri Winston's Women's Anatomy of ArousalJamie McCartney's Vulva WallSusan Bratton is a champion and advocate for all those who desire intimacy and passion their whole life long. She’s created hundreds of techniques that transform “having sex” into making love and is the world’s most well-respected sexual biohacker. A best-selling author and publisher of 44 books and programs including Sexual Soulmates, Relationship Magic, Revive Her Drive, Ravish Him, Steamy Sex Ed™, The Passion Patch, Hormone Balancing, and Hot To Trot. Susan frequently appears on ABC, CBS, The CW, and NBC as well as being the #1 downloaded episode guest on myriad podcasts.You can find The Susan Bratton Show® at BetterLover.com, her personal shares on Instagram @susanbratton, and her lust-for-life supplements, FLOW and DESIRE at The20store.com.Don't forget to subscribe and follow us on IG & TT @fuckyeahpod.Email us your questions, "fuck yeahs" and suggestions to fyeahpod@gmail.com

In this week's episode we wade into the complicated waters of Barbie. The mega summer blockbuster just set records as the first film by a female director to gross $1 billion dollars and we're here for it. Because we loved it so much, we also hold it to high standards as a feminist piece of work.In this week's episode, Sarah and Robin explore Barbie's impact on them as young girls. They also discuss the delightful campiness of the Barbie film (and the breathtaking pink extravaganza that is Greta Gerwig's Barbieland) and dissect the film's feminist message. Ultimately, they may end up on opposite sides of the "Is Barbie a feminist movie?" debate! There are so many spoilers in this episode, so if you haven't seen it yet - first off, how dare you? - beware!

In this past season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars the final three queens, Jimbo, Kandy Muse, and Jessica Wild introduce the miracle of drag to three queer women by making them over and performing on the main stage with their lesbian sisters. Spoiler alerts ahead, proceed with caution...One of these contestants was our dear friend Angie Evans! She also happened to be on the winning team. In this episode, we get all the T about what it's like to be on Drag Race, wear heels for the first time, and put a drag performance together in two days. We learn more about Angie's experience dressing and performing in drag as a butch woman. We get into the weeds about gender as performance, the smoking hotness of female masculinity, and Angie's new following of "pangiesexuals."Robin shares about her new favorite documentary, ElDorado, and Sarah gets deep about butches. Before she was the owner of her own specialty coffee shop, (Wide Eyes Open Palms, in Long Beach), Angie Evans was better known as a soulful musician, feminist activist and the resident spanker for Dyke Day LA. As a tough and unapologetically butch woman, Angie brings her grounded, sex-positive and sexy as hell perspective to the conversations around gender identity and politics. A classic Taurus, she enjoys all the finer things in life, such as craft beer, her newly built camper van and a gnarly bodysurfing session. Though she doesn't perform music anymore, you can catch Angie serving up her brand of butch swagger as a barista behind the bar of her cafe or on the latest season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Angie appears in a makeover episode where Drag Race favorite Kandy Muse transforms her into Kookie Muse, Kandy's drag sister. Follow her @angieevansbutch to keep up with all the butch style, culture and commentary that she's serving up!Follow us on IG & TT @fuckyeahpod, or email us feedback, questions, suggestions at fyeahpod@gmail.com