Unscrewed

LISTEN: We'll Hear Arguments

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:00:56 GMT

While Jaclyn's on summer hiatus, check out the brilliant first episode of We'll Hear Arguments, a miniseries about the Roe v. Wade arguments hosted by Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo of Boom! Lawyered. Think Mystery Science Theater 3000 meets the Supreme Court.

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Spare Parts: Marathons and Sprints

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT

An anti-racist check-in, a listener question about endometriosis, sex drive and the NuvaRing, and a call for podcast recommendations, all in under 15 minutes!

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The Absence of Pain is Not Pleasure (Rewind)

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:35:31 GMT

What can the history of Black sexual oppression and resistance in the US teach us about how Black people get all the way free? Dalycia Saah and Rafaella Fiallo of Afrosexology have a vision.

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Spare Parts: Conscious Incompetence

Wed, 13 May 2020 20:59:11 GMT

Jaclyn is in a MOOD in this quickiesode. Click play for rants about Joe Biden and about the new Title IX regulations. Plus, some wisdom about how we all start to work on our implicit bias.

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Under Pressure

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Depressed lately? Anxiety spiking? Is your mental health (or your partner's) fucking with your sex life? JoEllen Notte wrote a book for you, and she's here with Jaclyn to help.

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Spare Parts: Consent in Confinement

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:00:00 GMT

How is COVID-19 confinement impacting your ability to navigate consent and set boundaries? In this special episode recorded for #Open, Jaclyn answers your quarantine questions and conundrums.

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A Pleasure to Serve You

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Why do we so often fixate on whether or not porn performers are having authentic sexual pleasure while they work? Writer, podcaster and sex worker advocate Tina Horn breaks it down with Jaclyn in this conversation about pleasure, labor, entertainment, and what believing sex workers really means.

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Spare Parts: Pay For Your Pandemic Porn

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:29:05 GMT

Some ways to participate in Sexual Assault Awareness/Action Month while social distancing, and some ways to have a spicy sex life without touching your sex partner. It's a self-isolation quickiesode!

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Gossip is an English Word

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

What if women quietly telling each other who to trust and who not to was recognized as a form of justice? Native rights lawyer, professor, and MacArthur Award-winner Sarah Deer joins Jaclyn to discuss.

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Not A Coincidence

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn is joined by activist and author of Unbecoming, Anuradha Bhagwati, to talk about the state of women's relationship to power in the wake of Warren dropping out of the primary. Don't worry, they keep a safe social distance.

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Spare Parts: Backlist and Pleasure-Forward

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn's back from her Believe Me tour! And she wants to hear your all-time fave feminist reads (for a new bookstore opening soon!), share what she's learned about the origins of the idea of "sex trafficking," and encourage you to make pleasure part of your critical hygiene routine.

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Corkscrewed

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Why does it matter that the internet is built by and for men, and how do we survive while we try to remake it in our image? Believe Me contributors Katherine Alejandra Cross, Sady Doyle and Soraya Chemaly join Jaclyn to get into it via Corkscrew Theory, Dungeons and Dragons, and lots more.

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Spare Parts: Like a Polaroid

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMT

It's a #BelieveMe quickiesode, with updates on the high school activists fighting for their right to sex ed in Oregon, insight from Rolling Stone writer Jamil Smith, and how the internet is like a polaroid picture for women trying to be believed.

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Believe Me

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 08:00:00 GMT

What does it mean to believe women? To believe survivors? What would become possible if we had a culture that treated women as both credible and important? Jaclyn is joined by Jessica Valenti to celebrate the publication of their new anthology Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World.

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Feminist Vengeance Squad

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:00:00 GMT

Amber Rollo is one of the three heroes who confronted Harvey Weinstein and his enablers at a comedy event in New York late last year. You're gonna want to hear her story.

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For the UK: An Army of Lovers

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:13:11 GMT

I'm back! And I'm sending love to everyone facing the horrible election results in the UK, in the form of a rerun of the episode I ran right after Trump was elected. It's about why pleasure isn't optional, even in these worst of times - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Rewind)

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The Feeling of Safety

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Sex! Danger! Rebellion! Underground lairs! It's all there and so much more in Safe Sex, the new comic book series from Unscrewed fave Tina Horn. What makes us feel safe, and how does it differ from what actually makes us safer? Why is bureaucracy a disproportionate tax on the poor? What are high heels good for? Go behind the scenes as Jaclyn and Tina get into it.

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All Roads Lead to the Rapist

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:00:00 GMT

It's Part 2 of our live show at the PRX Podcast Garage! If you haven't listened to Part 1, go do that first: it's called When You Share Your Pain. This second half features filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman (Roll Red Roll) talking about why she turns her camera on rapists to pierce rape culture, and a great audience Q&A about how to sustain yourself while doing anti-rape work. Bonus: Jaclyn's been sick, so enjoy her extra-gravely voice in the intro and outro.

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When You Share Your Pain

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 07:00:00 GMT

It's Part One of the Boston live show! Featuring Bernadine Truth and audience-generated lightning round answers, and kicking off a two-part discussion about the perils and possibilities of focusing on perpetrators and enablers in our stories about sexual violence. CONTENT WARNING: contains a brief mention of suicidality.

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Spare Parts: A Witchy Way to Move

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Welcome spooky season with a reflection on crones from Sady Doyle, and then get scary active about our rights to defy sex stereotypes before the SCOTUS rules we can get fired for doing gender wrong. All this and more in a new Spare Parts quickiesode!

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Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Season Eight, Unscrewed Nation! We're kicking it off with a season-long theme -- Edge Case -- and a deep dive with the genius mind of Sady Doyle, whose new book Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers is all about the women we write off as monsters, and the surprising lessons these ultimate edge cases can teach us about fear, power, rage, and patriarchy.

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Listen: Bad Christian

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Last month, Jaclyn chatted with the guys of Bad Christian about sex ed, protesting ICE, voting, when kids are ready for sex, and so much more. Check it out, and subscribe to the Bad Christian podcast wherever you get your shows. Unscrewed will be back soon with a new season!

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Rewind: An Army of Lovers

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:49:56 GMT

It's time for our annual reminder that pleasure isn't optional - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Rewind)

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Listen: Adult Sex Ed

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:03:25 GMT

Another episode of one of my fave shows to share with you, this time with me on it! While I'm still on summer hiatus, enjoy me talking butt sex (and many other things) along with Myisha Battle on the legendary Call Your Girlfriend. If you dig the episode, subscribe to their entire media empire at callyourgirlfriend.com!

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Listen: Suspect Class

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:36:36 GMT

While Unscrewed is on summer hiatus, Jaclyn is bringing you the most Unscrewy episodes of other people's podcasts! Today: an episode of Rewire.News' Boom! Lawyered, bringing you some great news from the courts that you may have missed last week.

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Spare Parts: Don't Desist

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:59:20 GMT

Last episode of the season! Including a bunch of updates from listeners, an advice question from a woman in a dry spell, new ways to get involved with Unscrewed Nation, a political pep talk - and because I forgot to say it on the show, HAPPY PRIDE TO MY QUEER FAM!!!

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What Kind of Girl Do You Want to Be?

Tue, 21 May 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Right-wing extremists are infiltrating public schools under the guise of "sex education" -- even in liberal school districts. But in Eugene, OR, high school girls are fighting back.

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Spare Parts: Don't Sex Strike

Tue, 14 May 2019 07:00:00 GMT

What to do about draconian abortion laws (hint: it doesn't involve whether or not you fuck), a call for podcast suggestions, and advice for an aspiring sex educator, all in one quickiesode.

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Future Imperfect

Tue, 07 May 2019 07:00:00 GMT

What should the future of anti-rape work look like? Activists Lorena Kourousias and Kalima Young of the Monument Quilt project join Jaclyn to talk art, orgasms, Afrofuturism, and living your future vision now.

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Sex Party!

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Can people who support sexual freedom become a political force to be reckoned with? Fiona Patten, founder of Australia's Reason Party, is proving it.

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Spare Parts: Action Month

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:51:30 GMT

Your dating app wish list, how to turn Sexual Assault Awareness Month into Action Month, a scary bathroom incident involving trans rights that the right-wing won't be crowing about, and a little tease from Jaclyn, all in 15 minutes.

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Appetite for Power

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Black women are often conceived of as the victims of BDSM and pornography, but can they also be sites of Black women's healing, pleasure, liberation or power? Professor Ariane Cruz, author of The Color of Kink, says yes.

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Spare Parts: The Good Guys

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 07:00:00 GMT

On Biden, Dr. Willie Parker, and why the "good guys" hurt us. Plus we hear from listeners who took Jaclyn's advice and wrote in to update us on how they're doing!

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Unbecoming

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 07:00:00 GMT

When she was young, Anuradha Bhagwati chose an unusual way to rebel against her strict immigrant parents; she joined the U.S. Marine Corps. What followed taught her about power, masculinity, double standards, trauma, bravery, activism, and much much more.

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Spare Parts: Pleasure is a Human Right

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Listener sex ed news from Oregon, a new documentary about Steubenville, and some deep thinking about the sexual politics of liberation: all in this one quickiesode.

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The Room Where It Happened

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:00:00 GMT

For the 10th anniversary of Yes Means Yes, Jessica Valenti joins Jaclyn to share behind-the-scenes secrets and reflect on the legacy and future of their landmark book.

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Spare Parts: Bad Enough

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 17:23:23 GMT

Oklahoma tries to make sex ed strides, Jaclyn gives away her audiobook, and a heartaching listener question about who gets to call themselves a survivor.

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The Absence of Pain Is Not Pleasure

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT

What can the history of Black sexual oppression and resistance in the US teach us about how Black people get all the way free? Dalycia Saah and Rafaella Fiallo of Afrosexology have a vision.

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Spare Parts: Super Interactive

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT

Listeners sound off on sex ed and offer their own resources, and Jaclyn asks you to a whole bunch of stuff. Oh, and we take it wayyyy back to before the internet had search engines.

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A Very Specific Mary Poppins

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT

Scarleteen.com, the groundbreaking sex ed website, turns 20 this year! Celebrate with Jaclyn and Scarleteen's founder Heather Corinna, who reflects not just on how the site -- and sex ed -- has evolved in two decades, but how doing the work has evolved them as well.

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Spare Parts: All That Gender Shit

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:58:46 GMT

On the human cost of content moderation, sex ed news in Colorado, and a listener question about a sexual role reversal -- but not the fun kind.

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This Is Why We're Bad At Sex

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:00:00 GMT

In December, Tumblr banned all "adult content" from its site, only the latest salvo on a misguided quest of corporations and politicians to crack down on adult entertainment in the name of protecting the innocent. Elle Chase, who ran Lady Cheeky, one of Tumblr's most popular blogs for women-focused erotic content, and Kate D'Adamo, sex worker rights advocate, join Jaclyn to figure out how we got into this mess, why it matters, and how we can hope to get somewhere better.

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Spare Parts: The Real Scandal

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:00:00 GMT

Fake nude selfies, a really amazing pop culture recommendation, and advice for a listener who's not getting what she needs.

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Dystopia Buddies

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:00:00 GMT

Now that Kennedy is out and Kavanaugh is in, how bad are things going to get for people who need abortions? Robin Marty joins Jaclyn to talk about her new book Handbook for a Post-Roe America, and some surprising ideas on how to fight back with everything we've got.

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Sex While Trans

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 08:00:00 GMT

Why is it so hard to find good sex advice for trans women? Educator, performer and activist Rebecca Kling joins Jaclyn to talk it out on the meta level, and to help out two very specific listeners who are going through changes as they transition.

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The Robots are Coming

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:00:00 GMT

Sex robots are here. Now what? Jaclyn catches up with cultural critic Katherine Cross to talk robot brothels, dudebros, Ex Machina, and why you should be excited for the robot uprising.

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Spare Parts: Look Alive

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:38:33 GMT

Trump may be banning the phrase "sexual health," plus listener questions about breaking into activism and good books for girls growing up in hostile territory.

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Why Does Patriarchy Persist?

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:00:00 GMT

We've been fighting patriarchy so long. Why are we still drowning in it? Carol Gilligan, the mother of feminist psychology, and NYU researcher Naomi Snider think they know.

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A Family Heirloom

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMT

How does fatness affect our sense of our own sexuality, our own gender, our own race? Sonalee Rashatwar, AKA The Fat Sex Therapist, joins Jaclyn to dig deep.

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Spare Parts: Edge Case

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:30:06 GMT

Hillary Clinton, Dan Savage and comprehensive pleasure-based sex education. It's a quickiesode!

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An Army of Lovers

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Pleasure isn't optional - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Rewind)

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Spare Parts: Shattered

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:31:09 GMT

Things are not great. Neither is Jaclyn.

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Ain't Real Sexy

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Feeling ground down? Paralyzed? We've got a brass-tacks activism episode that'll plant a little green shoot of hope in even the weariest heart. Featuring Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE.

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Spare Parts: Closet Vibrator

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:25:24 GMT

Kavanaugh feelings, secret masturbation and the secret power women have had all along, all in one 15-minute quickiesode.

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Rage Becomes You

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:00:38 GMT

Unscrewed is back and we're starting the new season with some cleansing anger as Jaclyn catches up with Soraya Chemaly about her brand-new book Rage Becomes Her.

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The Life and Death of Elle Peril (Rewind)

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Can you heal the trauma of revenge porn by deliberately becoming a nude art model? Lena Chen, one of the first known women to have private nude photos of her nonconsensually shared across the internet, moved to Berlin and tried it. What she learned along the way may surprise you.

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Fun Famine (Rewind)

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Could your food cravings be telling you you have a pleasure deficit? Body Kindness author Rebecca Scritchfield joins Jaclyn to explore the connections between body image, diet culture, health and sexuality

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Resistance Is A Stage (Rewind)

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn catches up with Pamela Merritt, co-founder and co-director of Reproaction, who gets real about what it takes to unscrew the sexual culture in more conservative or otherwise untapped communities.

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Shame is the Boner Killer

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:00:00 GMT

In part two of our conversation about sex and mental health, Jaclyn talks with therapist Shadeen Francis about destigmatizing, deshaming, and decolonizing our mental wellness, both in and out of the bedroom. Also there are donuts.

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Spare Parts: Body Sommeliers

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:19:47 GMT

Last quickiesode of the season brings fake fake lesbians, body sommeliers and more.

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A Really Small Awkward Surprise Party

Tue, 29 May 2018 07:00:00 GMT

What's the relationship between depression and sexuality? It's more complicated (and hopeful! and fun!) than you might think, as sexual and mental health advocate JoEllen Notte explains.

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If Feminism Was Vampirism

Tue, 22 May 2018 19:42:52 GMT

How to make friends with your anger, why tender feelings are contrary to capitalism, and Jaclyn's feminist origin story, all in one jam-packed quickiesode.

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They Don't Even Love Me

Tue, 15 May 2018 07:00:00 GMT

The news about men's aggrieved entitlement to women's bodies is a LOT lately. Jaclyn processes and gets productive (and downright tenderhearted) with sexuality and emotional health educator Karen BK Chan.

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Spare Parts: Hot Butches

Tue, 08 May 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Schneiderman, Diaz & Khaled get what they deserve. A history of "girl power." And at last, courtesy of a listener, Jaclyn gets her Hot Butches in Pop Culture. All in one jam-packed quickiesode!

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Brigadoon Sex

Wed, 02 May 2018 07:00:00 GMT

We needed a break from reality this week, so pull up a chair and listen in while Jaclyn talks with Redheadedgirl about the sexual politics of romance novels. Don't worry: we left in the naughty bits.

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Spare Parts: Treat Fuckbois Like Fuckbois

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT

New old visions for survivors, some blunt dating advice, and a little butt action, all in one quickiesode!

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Anti Trafficking Means What

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT

With the passage of SESTA/FOSTA, we've entered a time of unprecedented danger for sex workers and for sexual expression in general. Criminologist Claudia Cojocaru to figure out how we got here, how we can get out, and what real anti-trafficking work actually looks like.

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Spare Parts: Porn for Science

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT

In this quickiesode: An update on the crackdowns against sex workers and your right to sexual expression, advice for a man with a surprising ethical double-standard, and a story about the time Jaclyn watched porn for science.

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Woke or Scared?

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn catches up with writer and activist Soraya Chemaly to talk about the past, present and future of #metoo.

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Spare Parts: A Feminist and a Slut

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:00:00 GMT

Stop SESTA, have some advice from the Sugars, and find out what nutritionist mean girls are like.

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Fun Famine

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:00:00 GMT

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Spare Parts: Amateur

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:00:00 GMT

In this quickiesode: bad Christians, surprising advice about orgies and parenting, and Tina Horn weighs in on who is (and is not) a porn star.

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Porn Stars Are People

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:00:00 GMT

From Stormy Daniels to the New York Times, there's been a lot talk about porn in the news. Tina Horn of Why Are People Into That joins Jaclyn to break down where the conversation is breaking down, how we could build it better, and why it matters how we talk about porn.

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Spare Parts: Flag Your Values

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:00:00 GMT

We're back from hiatus and talking porn stigma, self-care, Valentine's, and social circles.

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Resistance is a Stage

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Last full episode of the season! (More Spare Parts to come, no worries.) We put it to good use catching up with Pameal Merrit, co-founder and co-director of Reproaction, who gets real about what it takes to unscrew the sexual culture in more conservative or otherwise untapped communities.

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Spare Parts: We Don't Know Where the Blood's Going

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:57:00 GMT

In this quickiesode, Jaclyn watches porn for science, helps out a listener whose boyfriend may be crossing a line between fantasy and exploitation, and talks with Tina Horn about the delights of consensual nonconsent.

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Psychic Cock

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT

It's Unscrewed Live! Jaclyn and Tina Horn of Why Are People Into That? talk Ted Cruz, porn v erotica, taboo fetishes, and the transformative political power of pleasure in this episode which was recorded in front of a live audience at the Sex Expo in Brooklyn in September.

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Spare Parts: Don't Suffer For the Cause

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT

A YouTube recommendation, a question about asexuality, a peek into how a book tour gets planned, and Jaclyn's femme origin story: all in one quickiesode.

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The Metaphorical Lipstick

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

In which we discuss the politics of femme identity and how to match your lipstick to your nipple in the same episode. Which is the point.

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Spare Parts: Vulva Tattoo

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Some self-care thoughts post-Weinstein, listener advice about tattoos & how to be a good ally, and a very special invite for Unscrewed listeners! It's a Spare Parts quickiesode.

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The Life and Death of Elle Peril

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

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Spare Parts: Open Secret

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn confesses to some surprising thoughts about Harvey Weinstein. Plus deep thoughts about courage and consent.

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Feminasty

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

How brave are you feeling these days? Samhita Mukhopadyay and Kate Harding, editors of Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America, join Jaclyn to talk about the meaning of courage, when it's actually better to say "fuck that" to being strong, and how making their new book got them through Trump's First 100 Days.

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Spare Parts: Avoid Some Eyerolls

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Let's talk sex on TV, talk about sex with teens, and talk some more about the history of feminist bookstores and sex shops, all in under 15 minutes. It's a quickiesode!

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Vibrator Nation

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Let's talk sex shops! Lynn Comella, author of Vibrator Nation, joins Jaclyn to tell the fascinating history of how feminist sex shops came to be, why they matter, what their future looks like, and to explore the uneasy relationship between sexual liberation and capitalism.

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Spare Parts: In the Goddamn Streets

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:00:00 GMT

An attempt at a pep talk about campus rape activism, wise words from Zoe Quinn about how not to fight Trumpism, and some bracing advice for a woman unhappy after a threesome. It's all here wrapped up in one quickiesode!

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The Internet Is Soylent Green

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:00:00 GMT

We're back from hiatus! To celebrate, Jaclyn sits down with game developer and crusader against online abuse Zoe Quinn to get into it about how her ex's attempt to slut shame her helped bring us the Trump administration, whether or not you should dox Nazis, the live action video game she's developing with Chuck Tingle, and so much more.

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Promiscuous Bisexual Freak Show (Rewind)

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Don't look away: it's the Trainwreck episode. You know the type: Britney Spears shaving her head. Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack” Amy Winehouse dying in front of millions. Jaclyn catches up with Sady Doyle, whose new book is all about women who behave "badly" and why we so love to hate them.

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Innocent in the Face (Rewind)

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Tatiana Maslany is getting Unscrewed! Settle in with the star of Orphan Black for a vulnerable and revealing conversation about internalized femmephobia, clones in pussy hats, on-set sexism, rape plotlines, bell hooks, following your fear, and the liberatory power of a queer 90s dance party.

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Spare Parts: Woman Up (Rewind)

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Musical theater! Bawdy dames! Dirty swear words! Literary criticism! Realtalk about slavery and consent! Super-personal talk about rape! A great pickup line! This classic Spare Parts quickiesode has it all.

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#BlackChurchSex (rewind)

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Can a single woman in the Black Church get some and also get to Heaven? That's the question Dr. Brittney Cooper set out to answer for herself a few years ago. What she found -- and what she wrote about it -- has sparked a national conversation at the intersection of sex, shame and Sunday sermons. (Originally aired 5/24/16)

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Spare Parts: Orgasm Adventuring

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn peeps back in from hiatus for a quickiesode to help out some listeners with questions about cross dressing, coming out inside a marriage, and how to build a better orgasm.

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An Army of Lovers

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:00:00 GMT

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Spare Parts: Penis of Damocles

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Listener advice for a woman who feels unfuckable, a call to action to save health care, the most optimistic take you've heard yet about the 2016 US election, and OMG JACLYN'S NEW BOOK.

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An IUD and a Pony

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT

What would the United States be like if our policies, laws and institutions were built to encourage women's happiness? That's the provocative premise of Jill Filipovic's new book, The H-Spot, and she joins Jaclyn to talk about remaking marriage, embracing sexual risks, and how women's pleasure can change the world.

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Spare Parts: None of Your Fucking Business

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT

A quickiesode on Mayim Bialik's bad advice, making fun of cis white guys, and the resurgence of abstinence-only ed under a shiny new name.

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Fill That Hole

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT

We've talked a lot recently about the politics of porn -- now Jaclyn catches up with producer/director Shine Louise Houston to hear what it's like to make it.

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Spare Parts: Hair Vanities

Tue, 30 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT

What's the difference between making fun of Trump's hands and mocking his hair? Could a casual hookup be healing after trauma? How do you talk with your partner about body hair expectations? Jaclyn tackles a trifecta of listener questions on this week's quickiesode!

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100% More Chill

Tue, 23 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Ever have a conversation that you think is one thing, but turns out to be another? That's this week's episode. What started out as an exploration on masculinity in the age of Trump became a meditation on gender dynamics in Black Lives Matter, emotional labor in service of change, and the nature of movements. Come along for the ride.

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Spare Parts: Have Sex With Yourself

Tue, 16 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT

An urgent call to action, a porn recommendation, and a listener advice question about partnered sex that's secretly about masturbation: it's all here in this week's quickiesode.

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Hot Girls Exploited

Tue, 09 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT

What's all the fuss lately about Hot Girls Wanted? What's a greater threat to women: sex work, or other women who want to rescue sex workers? What does (and doesn't) make porn feminist? We get into all this and more with Siouxsie Q, host of The Whorecast and Director of Policy & Industry Relations for the Free Speech Coalition.

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Spare Parts: F*ck Stealthing

Tue, 02 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT

In this quickiesode Jaclyn answers listener questions about "stealthing" (SPOILER IT'S SEXUAL ASSAULT) and about how to tell a new partner you need them to step it up in bed.

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New Trans Erotic

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Can erotica save lives? It can in the hands of Tobi Hill-Meyer, editor of Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic, who joins Jaclyn to get us wayyyy past bathroom bills and Trans 101.

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Spare Parts: Have Bush

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:00:00 GMT

In this quickiesode, we talk adoption myths, victim blaming and why "awareness" should never be a goal. Then a listener asks YOU a question about your sex life, and we help out a listener who wants to know if she should be ashamed of her ladygarden.

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Shouting Things They Used to Whisper

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 07:00:00 GMT

After learning about Mike Pence's rules for (not) eating with women, Jaclyn called up journalist and author Kathryn Joyce to ask what other ways might the Christian Right's radical sexual agenda be quietly constraining the lives of even nonbelievers. And trust us: you really won't believe it.

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Spare Parts: Woo Woo Woo

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Survival sex, senior friskiness, Tom Hiddleston, and some surprising advice about how to lose your virginity, all in under 13 minutes. Go!

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First Hump

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Let's talk virginity, Unscrewed Nation! Jaclyn is joined by Therese Shechter, whose film How To Lose Your Virginity explores the Big V from every angle, to talk about what the word even means, what it could mean, and what to do if you're uncomfortable with your relationship to it is uncomfortable or worse.

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Spare Parts: DTMFA

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMT

In this quickiesode, the rundown on the man who was denied entry to the US for being gay, how you can refuse to abandon trans students the way Trump has, and why it's important to remember Canada isn't perfect. Plus, Tatiana Maslany gives one listener a loving reality check.

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Innocent in the Face

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Tatiana Maslany is getting Unscrewed! Come for a tease about the fifth season of Orphan Black, stay for a vulnerable and revealing conversation about internalized femmephobia, clones in pussy hats, on-set sexism, rape plotlines, bell hooks, following your fear, and the liberatory power of a queer 90s dance party.

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Spare Parts: 50 Shades of Over It

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:48:45 GMT

We celebrate VDay with a quickiesode covering resistance-themed sci fi erotica, why 50 Shades is anti-kink, and the gender politics of the philosophy of love. Oh, and Jaclyn threatens to punch a dead man in the face.

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A Little Ineffable

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMT

With Valentine's Day breathing down our necks, Jaclyn takes some time to dig deep into the meaning and implications of romantic love with philosopher Carrie Jenkins. Does talking about love kill the magic? Can a pill make you stay in love, or fall out of it? What do queer people teach us about the biology of love? Can one person's love change the world?

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Spare Parts: On the Hook

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:08:20 GMT

A quickiesode in which we discuss whiteness & feminism, warn you about a potential new law that threatens queers, sluts, and people of color, and give you solid advice about when to keep your mouth shut about assholes in your dating apps. All in 15 minutes!

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What You Think You Look Like

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Let's get it ON. Smut peddler and embodiment activist Elle Chase joins Jaclyn to talk about sex positions for curvy girls and people of different abilities, the joys of farting in bed, and what to do when you just can't find a way to love your body but want to have great sex anyhow.

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Spare Parts: Dick Is Abundant And Low Value

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Is urine really sterile? Do men have the upper-hand on Tinder? How "traditional" is monogamous dating, anyhow? These questions and more answered in this week's Spare Parts quickiesode.

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American Hookup

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT

All the moral panic about "hookup culture" on college campuses does a lot more harm than good. But that doesn't mean hookup culture isn't doing some damage of its own. Sociologist Lisa Wade joins Jaclyn to break down what she's found about sex, holding hands, being tough, catching feelings, and why colleges benefit from the screwed up status quo.

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I'm Not Mother Theresa

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:49:00 GMT

Some of the best Unscrewed moments of 2016.

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A leetle announcement

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT

Book deadlines are real.

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An Army of Lovers

Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT

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Spare Parts: Pleasure is Not a Luxury

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT

We lick our wounds. We tend to each other. We figure out how to move forward. We fight.

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Dicks Everywhere

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT

WE NEED TO PROCESS THIS ELECTION. Jaclyn is joined by writer and activist Soraya Chemaly to talk about our collective trauma, how to take on the institutions that made Trump possible, talking rape at the dinner table, the five stages of post-election grief, and how we think about healing from here. Whatever happens at the polls today, we'll get through it together, Unscrewed Nation.

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Spare Parts: Your First Hurrah

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Men write Jaclyn letters -- and they're good! Plus advice for a listener who hates being called a "late bloomer," and repro rights rockstar Renee Bracey Sherman helps us look past November 8 to the abortion & birth control fights we need to be ready for next year and beyond. All in one jam-packed quickiesode.

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Your Body's On the Ballot

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Attention all nasty women: just because you've heard enough from the orange fascist doesn't mean you're ready to vote. There's a lot at stake up and down the ballot for sexual and reproductive freedom, so Jaclyn caught up with repro rights rockstar Renee Bracey Sherman to shed some light on some key fights involving sex ed, abortion access, condoms, porn, the minimum wage and more.

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Spare Parts: Taking and Receiving

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Advice about making meaning out of a dumpster fire full of flaming poop, and advice about learning to love using a vibrator during partnered sex! Featuring the return of the Reality Bytes dynamic duo, Stephanie Beatriz and Courtney Kocak.

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Don't Fake Your Orgasms Ever

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Don't freak out, but Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine Nine's Rosa Diaz) and her bestie Courtney Kocak (writer on Amazon's Danger & Eggs) are Jaclyn's guests on a show about everything: when size actually does matter, why they love and loathe the same things about dating in the age of Tinder, the importance of the female gaze to a rape scene, plus some gratuitous plugs for their favorite places to eat in LA. It's all to celebrate the launch of their sexy and smart new podcast, Reality Bytes.

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Spare Parts: Rich People Eat Cheetos

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 07:00:00 GMT

What do people mean when they say "bisexual"? What are the class implications of shaming trainwrecks? What does Trump not realize he told you about himself? It's all in this Spare Parts quickiesode, along with some advice for a listener whose partner is being way too careful with her in bed.

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Promiscuous Bisexual Freak Show

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:00:00 GMT

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What Does a Woman Feel Like?

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Like, what do words mean anyhow when it comes to sex and gender? Transgender artist and educator and all around delightful person Rebecca Kling joins Jaclyn to answer a listener’s thorny question about how any of us know what it feels like to be a woman, what sexuality & gender ideas we wish there was better language for and which words we love the most, That’s What She Said jokes, pudding, and more.

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Feminists with Rape Fantasies

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:00:00 GMT

No, that's not an oxymoron. Jaclyn's joined by legendary sex educator and feminist pornographer Tristan Taormino to talk about what's in their own personal spank bank, why the policing of women's fantasies won't die, the fine line between breaking the taboo on rape fantasies and promoting rape, and what happens when you ask a panel of porn producers, performers and scholars what they watch to get off. Oh, and we get a little meta.

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The Indiana Jones of Sex Education

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:00:00 GMT

United Nations trainer and MTV host Francisco Ramirez travels the globe making the world safer for sexual pleasure, then (once he explains the numerous dildos in his bag to customs) dispenses free sex advice in NYC’s parks and streets.In this rewind episode, Jaclyn talks with him about making the impossible possible, misinterpreting the hanky code, how he became the hero he needed, and the deep magic of being vulnerable with strangers.

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Naked Politics (rewind)

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:00:00 GMT

From cartoons depicting Sanders spanking Clinton to the slut-shaming of Melania Trump, this election cycle is Exhibit A in the ways women in the political eye are sexualized in the service of electoral leverage. Jaclyn is joined by writer and media critic Soraya Chemaly, and they get into everything, from the revealing political preferences of PornHub users, to the real-world electoral impact of Who's Nailin' Paylin, to the shock of Michelle Obama's sleevelessness.

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Spare Parts: Kindergarten Bacchanal

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:00:00 GMT

How young is too young to masturbate? Scarleteen's Heather Corinna helps a listener and in the process pulls back the curtain on what really happens at naptime. Plus, inspired by feedback on last week's All The Parts Are Good Parts episode, Jaclyn shares resources for adults who want to teach the young people in their lives well about sex. And: we're going on a summer vacation!

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All The Parts Are Good Parts

Tue, 05 Jul 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Won't someone think of the children? Heather Corinna will. The founder and proprietor of Scarleteen.com joins Jaclyn to talk about the good kind of entitlement, how we should be thinking about sex ed for 6 year olds (and every age), the time when sex saved their life, and what's new in the new edition of their book, S.E.X.: the all-you-need-to-know sexuality guide to get you through your teens and twenties.

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Spare Parts: To Pee Or Not To Pee

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Jaclyn explains why banning rape porn is wrong, weighs in on whether or not you should pee before sex, shares some thoughts about Jewish hair, beauty, politics and romance, and then slips you a hilarious outtake from the Sex Object episode. All in a 15 minute quickiesode!

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Spare Parts: Look For The Helpers

Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:00:00 GMT

How do we get through tragedy and horror? Jaclyn takes Mr. Rogers' advice and looks for the helpers in Orlando and the Stanford rape case, in order to find some hope. Then she's joined by Tristan Taormino to help out a listener whose friends are definitely not helping when it comes to her polyamorous relationship.

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Sex Object

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 07:00:00 GMT

What does it mean to live every day as a woman in a world that hates and objectifies women? That's the question at the heart of Jessica Valenti's brave, raw new memoir, Sex Object, and it's the subject of this intimate conversation between Valenti and our host, Jaclyn Friedman.

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Spare Parts: Believe Them The First Time

Tue, 31 May 2016 08:00:00 GMT

Should you ever work for your rapist? What if you already are? Dr. Brittney Cooper's on hand to help out a listener with that question. Plus all the bloody details on period sex, and a call for your Unscrewed book recommendations — all in another jam-packed quickiesode.

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#BlackChurchSex

Tue, 24 May 2016 07:00:00 GMT

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Spare Parts: Track the Tingle

Tue, 17 May 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Vibrator reviews, advice on how to reclaim masturbation as "real" sex, and a media criticism mea culpa, all in this Spare Parts quickiesode. Plus: find out what reduced Dr. Joycelyn Elders to tears on her first day of college...

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Listen To Your Elders

Tue, 10 May 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Why is masturbation still considered taboo or less-than-sex more than 20 years after Dr. Joycelyn Elders was forced to step down as Bill Clinton's Surgeon General after suggesting we should tell young people that solo sex was a great way to be sexual without getting or giving HIV? Jaclyn asks the legendary woman herself that very question, and lots more. Dr. Elders' answers will surprise you, make you laugh, and make you angry, in all the right ways. Plus there's watermelon.

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Spare Parts: Sex Buckets

Tue, 03 May 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Asexuality, open relationships and mismatched libidos collide in this week's listener advice question. Plus a defense of Sex and the City that didn't make last week's Sex and the Single Ladies episode, and some Purple prose: all in the quickiesode we call Spare Parts!

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Sex and the Single Ladies

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:00:00 GMT

Should you stock up on birth control and beer for the coming feminist backlash? Is there a modern-day conspiracy to force women into marriage? Should you make sure to pee before you have sex? All this and more revealed as Rebecca Traister, the bestselling author of "All the Single Ladies," joins Jaclyn for a romp through the sexual politics of female singlehood.

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Spare Parts: Woman Up

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Musical theater! Bawdy dames! Dirty swear words! Literary criticism! Realtalk about slavery and consent! Super-personal talk about rape! A great pickup line! This Spare Parts quickiesode has it all.

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Fun For Whom?

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:00:00 GMT

It's a Special Crossover Event! Jaclyn talks with League of Awkward Unicorns host Deanna Zandt about Anita Hill, the power of truth-telling, sexual harassment then and now, and Shine Squad, the project she co-founded to address the unchecked sexual harassment in social justice workplaces. Then Thursday, catch Jaclyn getting vulnerable about recovering from rape and building a new sexuality, on The League of Awkward Unicorns, the irreverent show about mental health and emotional wellness that Deanna hosts with Alice Bradley. Unscrewed Awkward Unicorns 4 eva!

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Spare Parts: You're The Tits!

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Can a man call someone "The Tits" as a compliment? What's the matter with, "It Just Happened Sex?" Can we all get a little more nuanced about porn? All these answers and more are revealed in this week's Spare Parts quickiesode.

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Naked Politics

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:00:00 GMT

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Spare Parts: A Kink in the Law

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Did a U.S. court just outlaw BDSM? Jaclyn gets to the bottom of the panic with lawyer and kinkster Thomas MacAulay Millar in this quickiesode. Plus: a new entry in our ongoing dirty slang project, and help for a nervous anal newbie.

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The Body Politic

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Think you know what "the personal is political" means? This conversation takes it to a new level. Jaclyn goes deep with Jenna Torres, Program Coordinator at The Red Umbrella Project, a peer-led org championing sex worker rights. Torres gets real about they ways our battles over abortion play out on sex worker's bodies, and the power of storytelling to turn things around.

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Spare Parts: How Does Lady Gaga feel?

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 08:00:00 GMT

In this quickiesode, Jaclyn catches up with one of the survivors who shared a stage with Gaga at the Academy Awards, encourages you to start saying "cervix-thumper," "suck my stiletto," and other slang suggested by listeners, and shares last week's Cunning Linguist Jonathon Green's origin story, as well as a want ad for his replacement. Could it be you?

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The Cunning Linguist

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:57:40 GMT

Ever notice that our foul language is pretty fucked up when it comes to sex and gender? Jaclyn talks with slang lexicographer Jonathon Green about man-made language, how to make lady slang take hold, and why the penis is always dressed in camo. Then things get pretty cunty with a surprise guest!

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Spare Parts: Frogs On Every Level

Tue, 23 Feb 2016 08:00:00 GMT

Can the Sorting Hat improve your romantic relationships? What's the best dating app for a feminist who wants to hook up, maybe fall in love, and protect her privacy at the same time? Those answers and more in this week's Spare Parts quickiesode.

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(Don't) Burn It To The Ground

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 06:31:19 GMT

We all know that awkward feeling when our favorite celeb does something... problematic. From David Bowie to Woody Allen, Tina Fey, and Bill Cosby, how do we decide who's forsaken and who's forgivable? Host Jaclyn Friedman talks with Aida Manduley about how to deal when our faves fail our ideals.

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Spare Parts: Blue Clit Blues

Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:00:00 GMT

Advice for a listener who can't get no satisfaction, the Spice Girls do brunch, and some advice for surviving Valentine's: it's all here in the quickiesode we call Spare Parts.

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For A Good Time

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:00:00 GMT

Is casual sex damaging, delightful, or something different all together? Sex and gender Swiss Army knife S. Bear Bergman joins Jaclyn to tackle the age-old question.

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S. Bear Bergman — Sneak Peek

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:06:08 GMT

Author, activist, and dogged elucidator on the intersection of sex, gender, and culture, Bear joins Jaclyn to tackle the age-old question: is casual sex damaging, delightful, or something different all together?

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Unscrewed Sneak Peek

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Unscrewed, the show that knows that real liberation includes sexual liberation. Our first episode launches February 2, but we couldn't wait to give you a sneak peek of what's in store...Let's get Unscrewed.

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Abortion Road Trip: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 73

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:00:22 GMT

Many people form their opinions about abortion based, at least in part, on what they see in TV and at the movies. So what are we learning? Researcher Gretchen Sisson watched every on-screen abortion plotline she could get her hands on, and she’s joining Jaclyn to talk about Dirty Dancing, Shonda Rhimes, moms who abort, [...]

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Jessica Jones vs. the MRAs: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 72

Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:20:32 GMT

Jaclyn was a guest on the Jonesing for Jessica podcast last week, talking all things Jessica Jones, including lots of talk of Luke & Jessica, which movie Kilgrave thinks he’s in, and what makes him basically an MRA with actual power. Check out a clip on this week’s podcast, or listen to the whole show [...]

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The Indiana Jones of Sex Education: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 64

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:55:49 GMT

United Nations trainer and MTV host Francisco Ramirez travels the globe making the world safer for sexual pleasure, then (once he explains the numerous dildos in his bag to customs) dispenses free sex advice in NYC’s parks and streets.Jaclyn talks with him about making the impossible possible, misinterpreting the hanky code, how he became the hero [...]

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How Would Jesus Fuck?: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 51

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:48:28 GMT

What would Jesus say about your sex life? The answer might surprise you. On this episode of FWF, Jaclyn catches up with the Reverend Beverly Dale, founder of the Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith, who will totally rearrange your understanding of the relationship between Christianity and sexuality.Click here to listen! And don’t forget to [...]

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IT’S A SEX PANIC!: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 71

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:22:15 GMT

Did you hear? Young people are doing sex things with their newfangled technology. EVERYBODY FREAK OUT!!!! Jaclyn is joined by Tina Horn, writer, educator and host of Why Are People Into That?! to talk about the latest youth sexting “scandal” to hit the bigtime, the very real perils of moral panic, and the name of

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All-Options Means All Options: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 70

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:38:02 GMT

What would it look like if Crisis Pregnancy Centers actually gave families all the support and information they need to make their own decisions? And what does that have to do with Bible Bucks, diaper packs and a breast milk bank? Shelly Dodson, head of the brand-new All-Options Pregnancy Center is here to fill us [...]

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The Sex Myth: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 69

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:03:43 GMT

Jaclyn talks with Rachel Hills about The Sex Myth detailed in her new book – the pervasive belief that everyone is doing it more and better than you. We get into the pitfalls of rebellion, the impermanence of sexual identity, and what it would look like if we could create our own sexual vision instead [...]

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This Podcast Is Asking For It: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 68

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:18:41 GMT

The brilliant Kate Harding turns her incisive snark on rape culture in her new book Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture — and What We Can Do About It, and she joins Jaclyn for a surprisingly hilarious chat about it, including false rape allegations, early consent education, the recent outbreak of high-profile [...]

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Let’s Talk About (Gay) Sex: Yes Means Yes Episode 67

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:47:39 GMT

Now that marriage rights are settled, what should the LGBT movement(s) be focusing on? Jaclyn put that question to Janson Wu, Executive Director of GLAD, the legal nonprofit that brought the Obergefell case all the way to the Supremes. Find out what Wu thinks of the marriage promotion rhetoric in the landmark ruling, how and [...]

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Reproaction: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 66

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:04:56 GMT

What would happen if we stopped playing defense on abortion rights and started playing hardball instead? Jaclyn’s guests Pamela Merritt & Erin Matson are determined to find out, which is why they’ve launched Reproaction, a new direct action group formed to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. Tune in for a sneak preview of [...]

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Should Buying Sex Be A Crime?: The Yes Means Yes Show Episode 65

Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:00:11 GMT

Right now, Amnesty International is voting on whether it supports the decriminalization of sex work. That proposed shift in policy has a lot of people cheering, and others confused and upset. Jaclyn talks with Pye Jakobsson, founder of the Rose Alliance in Sweden and President of the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, about the brouhaha, [...]

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