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It is friendsgiving over at here at Fuck Yeah Pod. Sarah and Robin share their complicated feelings about the holiday and how they try to reclaim the season. They get into how food can reflect our families' values, and brainstorm survival strategies for family dynamics.This episode was recorded before the tragedy at Club Q this weekend. In light of recent events, we want to acknowledge how difficult this season can be for our queer loved ones. We hope that this is a place where you can feel seen and supported. If you find yourself in need of additional support resources, please know the National Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline is available 24/7 at 888-843-4564

This week Anne Hodder-Shipp joins us to educate us on her groundbreaking and expansive approach to Love Languages. We talk self-love, queer love, platonic love, romantic love, but most importantly how be in relationship with "love" in a way that does not make it feel in short supply. At the end of the episode, Sarah and Robin try an exercise that Anne recommends for working with her book Speaking from the Heart: 18 Modern Love languages and all kinds of gushy expressions of mutual love and respect ensues.If you haven't followed Anne's sex ed reels & Tik Toks, find her online @theannehodder. Anne is an award-winning certified sex and relationship educator dedicated to providing accurate, expansive, and compassionate care. They are the founder and lead educator at Everyone Deserves Sex Ed, a sex ed and professional development organization. Most recently, Anne wrote Speaking from the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love, and its accompanying guide, The Speaking from the Heart Workbook: A Practical Guide to the Modern Love Languages.

Sarah and Robin are joined by Certified Sexuality Educator, badass boss, parent, and good friend of the podcast Kristen Tribby of Fun Factory. We talk sex-positive parenting, processing our own trauma through parenting, parenting as a queer person, kids' bodily functions, and why the "no means no" approach does not work. We share a lot of laughs in this episode as we learn that a sense of humor and self-compassion are the ways we each are surviving parenting. Sidebars include Robin and Sarah’s birthing experiences, the books What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg and the Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk,and holding space for the hard conversations with your kids (and yourself).Kristen Tribby is Head of Marketing at our favorite vibrator and dildo makers Fun Factory

This week Midori, the Fairy God-Auntie of Kink, joins Sarah and Robin for a conversation that challenges conventions. Midori shares about reconciling the shadow side of our desires, the impact of misogyny on shaping sexuality, power and dominance, and how to get comfortable with being vulnerable. We get into Midori’s art and the alchemy of kink, writing, teaching, and creative practice that is Midori’s unique offering to the world. In her nerdy, contemplative, creative glory Learn which Star Wars character Midori would be and get ready for some serious nerding out and fan girling! Robin shares one of her favorite BJ tips to round out the episode.Trailblazing educator, sexologist, artist, and irritant to banality, Midori founded Rope Dojo and ForteFemme: Women's Dominance Intensive. She penned the first English instruction book on Shibari, "Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage" in 2001, paving the way to the popularity of rope. Dan Savage calls her the "Super Nova of Kink," while others affectionately call her Auntie Midori for her cool, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, reality-based teaching.Midori is the Co-Director of Curriculum for Kink Informed Certification, part of Sexual Health Alliance, training therapists and helping professional to provide safe, compassionate, and inclusive service to their clients. She is the recipient of the 2022 Humanitarian Award from the American Association of Sex Educators Therapists & Counselors (AASECT) and 2022 Effing Foundation Grant, along with having honored with a Sainthood by the Sisters of Perpetual indulgence.She is also the author of "Wild Side Sex," "Master Han's Daughter," and "Silk Threads.”Learn, laugh, and enjoy her special online classes, events, and art at www.patreon.com/PlanetMidori

If you’re curious about doing online sex work, building a following, navigating censorship OR interested in consuming porn ethically, this episode is for you!Sarah and Robin sit down with Carly S, also known as the Queen of Wands, of award-winning sex toy blog dildoordildont.com to talk about her work as a pleasure educator and porn star and how she integrates the two in her work. Sarah and Robin get into the fucked-up-ed-ness of the algorithm, code switching as a means of resistance, and the puritanical and oppressive systems baked into current censorship standards.Sarah shares a "Is it just me?!?" with Robin about an issue she's having peeing. Listen until the end of the episode if you want a good laugh.Carly S is a model, blogger of Dildo or Dildon't, and a bad bitch from the Bronx. She’s managed and been the featured educator of some of NYC’s award-winning sex toy stores is currently the buyer for Spectrum Boutique. Find her on social media @makeupandsin on all platforms.

In episode 5, Sarah and Robin get together to celebrate the launch of the podcast and check in on how it's going for each of them personally. This naturally turns into a robust discussion about self-parenting, self-expression, and the anxiety that comes with putting yourself out there. Buster Keaton, David Bowie and cuddly alpacas make an appearance in this episode. Robin wraps the episode up with a "Wait, What?!" and educates Sarah on "Pick Me Girls" and the multiple layers of misogyny that show up in the recent TikTok trend.

Our favorite Leather Daddy, Pony Lee Musgrave, joins us for conversation about leather families, mustaches, leather competitions, masculine privilege, Annie Sprinkle, and carving out your spot in a world that isn't made for you, Plus, don't miss Robin's Fuck Yeah about a healthier relationship with weed and Sarah's Wait, What?!! on Eco-Sexuality and Eco-Feminism (inspired by Pony's Annie Sprinkle anecdote)!Links for this episode:https://salonfolklore.com/https://anniesprinkle.org/https://sprinklestephens.ucsc.edu/

Sex Nerd Sandra joins us for this week's dive into pelvic floors, mental health, and staying true to yourself. We learn about Sandra's path away from podcasting & sex education to becoming a Pelvic floor PT (we're definitely doing our kegel exercises incorrectly btw). From witchy rituals and pregnancy to memory lapses and fisting, we cover the gamut in this episode. If you're like us and you miss Sex Nerd Sandra's hilarious, nerdy, and sex pos podcast, you've got to check out this week's episode. Nuts to guts, y’all!Resources referenced in this episode...Erotic Blueprint - Missjaiya.comPetra Zebroff – Erotic initiation stylesKegel routines – rubycup.com, vaginacoach.com

In episode two, we say “fuck, yeah!” to queer femmes. Meet co-host Sarah Tomchesson. We learn how she came into her queer identity and how intimately connected her queerness is to her femme identity. Both Sarah and Robin share about the role models shaped their relationship to femininity. AND we get deep into sex talk in this episode. Like, real deep. Bonus rant about birth control if you stick around until the end!

In episode 1, we say “fuck, yeah!” to Chasing the FeelingF**ck Yeah kicks off with a deep dive into co-host Robin Jenning’s (aka Mistress Mary) journey to find her most authentic, kinky, empowered self. We explore costumery, role play, finding your partner, solicited dick pics, the bygone days of craigslist and playing pool as a power move. Deanie joins for a segment of “Wait, What?!” to introduce Sarah to Orgasm Denial porn.Listener note, as this is our first episode we are experimenting with our set up and discovered that Robin makes Sarah laugh a lot and this cannot be done too close to the mic. Apologies in advance for those of you who are sound sensitive – we promise we’re working out a set up that allows for all of the laughter and Sarah’s loud talking.Learn and laugh along with us in our inaugural episode.