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In this week’s episode your favorite guides through vagina land talk alllllll about birth control! We talk about methods, development, some Supreme Court decisions, the social impact and when in the ever living fuck are men going to have reasonable options for birth control outside condoms and vasectomies?

• 03:50: Just in case you don’t believe us, here is the definition from our friends Merriam and Webster.
• 05:10: Okay, so maybe mercury isn’t quite as prevalent in fish as we thought. According to the FDA, nearly all fish and shellfish contain trace amounts of mercury 
• 06:35: This is, quite possibly, one of the best things available on the internet. 
• 09:15: Here is some information on pessaries from The Mayo Clinic. 
• 10:30: Want to know how different this is from abortion right here and now? Listen to our interview with Cait Moldenhaur all about the experience she had having an abortion.
• 12:30: Here is a little more information about Innocent VIII and the witches. 
• 15:00: here is an article from Vice about a guy who has had three vasectomies. 
• 16:30: Graffenburg put a ring in it and you can hear all about it in the intro to our recent episode with Mariah Freya. And then obviously listen to the rest of the episode because Mariah is rad as shit.
• 22:00: Here is a FANTASTIC article from The Guardian all about the NHS, the pill and the Pope.
• 27:30: Article here by Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein called “Contraceptive Justice: Why We Need a Male Pill”  
• 27:45: This is the NPR piece.
• 30:30: Here is the Q&A with Dr. Richard Anderson.
• 36:30: Here is a really interesting history on the relationship between hormonal birth control and depression.

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah get to chat with Mariah Freya, co-founder of beducated.com, all that way from her home in Germany! We learned about tantric sex, her journey through the world of sexual awakening and made a new friend! We also learned a little about where the term “G-spot” came from, how small the world of birth control is AND how mattresses are a total scam. This episode has it all, so get ready!!

• 01:10: Check out this article from The Independent all about Ernst Grafenberg!
• 05:30: Want to know more about this lunchtime procedure, this “G-shot for your G-spot?” You can read this article from HuffPo about the procedure and the MAN WHO INVENTED IT. Excuse us while we roll our eyes so hard we give ourselves headaches.
• 07:30: In case you haven’t traveled back in time recently, you can do it right now! And listen to our inaugural episode, Vulva Shame!
• 09:00: Curious about what Beducated is all about? Check out the website here!
• 12:00: The term “tantra” does not itself refer to sex. The primary meanings of the word are “framework, system,” referring to a system of practice, “doctrine, theory” and “scripture.” From what we found, it basically refers to a scripture that teaches a system of practice. Some people also say it refers to weaving. Who knows.
• 17:00: **Trigger warning on this article.** Sawmi Vivekananda Saraswait has run a school called Agama Yoga on the Thai island of Koh Phangan. As of the publication of this article from the Guardian, 14 women and two men have claimed that the retreat has facilitated sexual assault, rape and misogynistic teachings resulting in hundreds of women being “brainwashed” into have sex with the Swami in an effort to achieve enlightenment.
• 21:00: Betty Dodson is known in certain circles as the “godmother of masturbation,” thanks in part to her 1973 best seller Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving. She has hosted workshops in her apartment since the 80s that teach women about their bodies, loving themselves and achieving orgasm. Super interesting lady.
• 21:43: You can see some of Betty Dodson’s art here. She also puts out paper and art supplies during some of her classes to have women draw their own vulvas. Pretty rad!
• 26:00: In case this bit is a little confusing, you can get some background information on it by listening to our episode FOSTA/SESTA: Change or Disappear.
• 28:30: Doubtful about orgasmic birth? Here is an article about it from Glamour Magazine. It is interesting because it looks at how birth normally occurs in the United States – in the hospital setting – and how the lack of freedom of movement women are afforded doesn’t allow them to have this experience. You can also learn more by watching this documentary called “Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret” directed by doula and orgasmic birth activist and educator Debra Pascali-Bonaro.
• 30:45: Here is a link to the episode of Adam Ruins Everything all about the mattress industry!
• 31:30: So apparently it is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that regulates all things mattress. Unless the mattresses include some sort of medical device at which time they are overseen by the US Food and Drug Administration.

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In this episode, Jessy tells a story about how some lady grabbed her ass and then gaslit her and in doing so reminds us all that it isn’t only men who don’t understand consent! We relearn the ever important lesson to keep your hands to your damn self. And then you favorite guides through the Vagina Dynasty talk all about the word hysteria, its history and why it still plagues women to this day.

• 06:30: Do you like etymology? And where words come from? Well you’re in luck because we did a whole entire episode on the etymology of the word pussy! We weren’t able to come to any real conclusions but hot damn did we have a good time doing it.
• 09:25: Jessy has dated a lot of bros and that’s why she knows what icing is. Rebekah knows because she is friends with Jessy. Don’t know what it is? Check out this handy article all about the phenomenon of icing.
• 09:30: In a very cursory search we were not able to find any evidence that men held women up-side-down by their ankles and shook them to get their wombs to go back to where they belong but we still stand by our belief that this for sure happened. Fight us.
• 10:30: Kindly insert “A Womb of Her Own” joke here.
• 11:10: OMG the uterus is basically like the Puck of the body! Being all mischievous and playing tricks on people and stuff. Shakespeare 100% used the uterus as an inspiration for the character.
• 12:30: Here is a somewhat reliable source that basically confirms Rebekah’s statement that women would have babies and then die before menopause. A rough estimate gleaned from tomb inscriptions that share ages have led scientists to believe that half the Romans who lived to age 15 were dead by 45. So…
• 12:45: Yo this Galen dude has a school of nursing named after him and we are kind of thinking that maybe…he shouldn’t? Well, he did normalize dissections which we guess is pretty important but wouldn’t you think that in the process he would discover that there aren’t septic eggs floating around women’s bodies? Just sayin’
• 13:20: No one is more disappointed about this turn of events than us (and probably Rachel Maines) but here is an article from The Atlantic asserts that there was scant evidence that orgasm was used to treat hysteria and that Maines’ book was not properly peer reviewed before publication. And, if you really want to nerd out, is the scientific paper by Hallie Lieberman and Eric Schatzberg called “A Failure of Academic Quality Control: The Technology of Orgasm.”
• 13:30: Even though now maybe some of what we said isn’t true, you should still listen to Menage a Moi and also our interview with Sarah Quinn. There is a lot of good stuff in both of them.
• 24:30: Check out one of our very favorite episodes, “Don’t Put That in Your Vagina: A Love Letter to Dr. Gunter.”
• 25:30: No but really, check this shit out it is gnarly. And not in a good way.
• 28:45: It is always a good time to watch this video.
• 29:00: Here is a trailer for the movie Hysteria which is only worth watching because it stars Maggie Gyllenhaal! Definitely drink some wine while watching.
• 30:30: Here is part of “On Militant Hysteria” by Sir Almroth Wright if you care to peruse.
• 32:00: DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG TOTALLY DID INVENT CORNFLAKES! He loved cornflakes and circumcision and he HATED masturbation! And that’s why he invented cornflakes! Because of self pleasure! Holy shit we can’t breathe.
• 33:40: Here is the clip of Jason Miller calling Kamala Harris hysterical and then having his ass called the fuck out by Kirsten Powers.
• 37:50: This does not only happen in Canada, it also happens here in the US. Snopes has confirmed that “In 45 states, doctors and medical students are legally allowed to practice pelvic exams on patients who are under anesthesia without being granted explicit consent to do so.” We only have 50 states in this country so you do the math.
• 33:40: We featured Abby Norman’s Ask Me About My Uterus on our Instagram and it appears in our reading list! Highly recommended if you want to learn more about how women’s pain is discounted or if you have some sort of chronic pain and need to feel less alone.
• 40:00: Want to learn about abortion a little? Check out our conversation with our SUPER badass producer Cait!

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah read a review, Rebekah talks about her hairy, hairy vulvic region and then your favorite hosts sit down and have a chat with their producer Cait Moldenhauer about her experience having an abobo. Or an abortion. Whatever you want to call it. As always, we try to tackle it with a good dash of humor, but in the end, it’s a well-researched and serious conversation about abortion access, care and the experience of one woman who believes that talking openly about her abortion will help undo some of the shame put on women who choose to have one. It’s a good listen. Enjoy!

• 01:16: If you haven’t checked out our body hair episode, what are you waiting for?! Find the link here.
• 06:15: Here is the Science Vs episode Cait references. Give it a listen! It’s super informative.
• 06:46: Here is the trailer for Reversing Roe
• 10:25: Women and low income people found getting a divorce easier starting in the 1960s and it was in the 1970s that no-fault divorces started becoming more popular. But it wasn’t until 2010 that New York state became the last of the 50 states to allow a no-fault divorce even when there was no mutual consent for the divorce. Wow! Who knew?!
• 11:30: Here are some FAQs on the CDC website, including the fact that states are not required to report abortions to any centralized database.
• 14:30: This is an INCREDIBLE article by Kayla Webley Adler for Marie Claire magazine on Dr. Colleen McNicholas entitled “On the Front Lines of the Abortion Wars.” We highly recommend you read this.
• 15:30: Here is the New York Times article about the assassination of George Tiller in his church in Kansas.
• 31:00: Here is some information from NARAL about forced ultrasound laws. They are horrible.
• 41:00: Here is an article from Planned Parenthood all about the abortion pill and how it works. Here is something from the Mayo Clinic. And another one from Smithsonian Magazine that talks about the reasons people use the abortion pill and how some women buy them online because they do not have access nearby. And finally, one from Glamour magazine. These are not all perfect articles but they do give context for some of the issues we get into in the show.
• 42:45: Just as an aside, here is a blog about how women suffering from chronic pain wait longer to receive pain medication. This reflects the disparity in care given to men and women. When viewed through this lens, it is not surprising that women do not receive pain medication when undergoing an incredibly painful experience.
• 43:30: There are abortion doulas! Here is an article written by one. And if you are an abortion doula, we want to talk to you! EMAIL US PLEASE at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com
• 49:00: If you want to check out all the amazing shows on the More Banana roster, follow this link!

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• Check out all the amazing content at More Banana Productions!
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• If you love Cait’s voice as much as we do, listen to her other projects, World Stealers and There Will be Porn!

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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah recount all about how this week was shit and then get into the wild world of masturbation. There are gods, there are doctors, there are doctors who think they are gods, there is a giant vibrator called “The Manipulator” that is coal powered and oh, so much more. Sit back, enjoy, and probably don’t consume liquids while listening because you might spit it out. Special shout out to Dr. Jenn and Dr. Erica, the two gynecologists behind the awesome podcast The V Word!!

• 01:20: Seriously. A restaurant is actually banning women from dining solo at the bar because they might be escorts. So solo women that come in have to move to a table. Give us a BREAK.
• 04:00: God forbid anyone try to help save people in this fucking country, you know?! Like, we get it that people shouldn’t be trespassing on federal land and whatnot, but we live in a country run by a man who is trying to strip a lot of national park land of its protected status so he can open it up to development so this seems a little out of step. Seems to us like maybe the problem is that these women were trying to help immigrants. What do you think?
• 05:30: Here is our episode with Kicy Motly about how borders are actually just a bunch of bullshit. And some other things.
• 07:15: The Global Advisory Board for Sexual Health and Wellbeing is pretty fucking amazing. It was established in 2016 to “advocate for a positive and inclusive approach to sexuality” and has since made it its mission to establish sexual pleasure as a human right!
• 08:00: Check out this interview with Lora Haddack, Founder and CEO of Lora Dicarlo, and Lola Vars, the Technical Director of the company, about the treatement their product received at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
• 09:00: Here is the home page for Lora Dicarlo and Ose which, if you ask us, looks pretty fucking spectacular. This is a great resource to learn more about this amazing tool AND gender bias at the CES!
• 10:45: Here is another great resource. Awesome article by Emily Dreyfuss of Wired that addresses the orgasm gap and all sorts of other things.
• 12:15: Here is a really fantastically rigorous history of masturbation from Psychology Today, written by Martha S. Rosenthal, PhD.
• 12:25: Doctors didn’t call the releases that women experienced orgasms, but instead they called them paroxysms because the going thought of the time was that women were incapable of sexual feelings and so they could not possibly experience orgasms like men. Woah. The patriarchy is real, y’all.
• 13:00: Also from Psychology Today, but this time by Michael Castleman, M.A., is this article on the history of vibrators. Check it out. It is totally wild.
• 13:15: Here is a link to the first chapter of The Technology of Orgasm by Rachel P. Maines.
• 19:00: Here is a link to our episode about things not to put in your vagina! It’s a hoot!
• 19:30: Omg gall wasps are back. And we have discovered that the creepy Etsy guy selling wasp shit for your vagina is actually just Alfred Kinsey reincarnate. Anyway, here is an article about him. Kinsey. Not the Etsy guy. Or is it….?
• 28:30: So they totally were into self-flagellation in Victorian England but, surprise surprise, there was also a kinky side! Check out this article in Salon!
• 28:45: Here is some info about Ben Wa Balls in case you don’t know what they are. They are curiously similar to the shi shi product sold by Goop for $65 called Jade Eggs which we talked aaaaaallllll about on our episode about what not to put in your vagina which is linked here again. Note that the material these things are made from matters.
• 32:30: Here is the article by Ann Friedman about masturbation as the last taboo.  Great read. Highly recommend.
• 40:20: Here is the app HappyPlayTime that aims to eliminate the stigma arounf female masturbation! Wow!

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In this weeks episode Jessy and Rebekah discuss the important role that traveling has played in their lives, they interview Kicy Motley who is starting a bomb ass organization called Movement: Black Youth Abroad and then they regale one another with poop stories. It’s funny, it’s informative and it’ll make you want to get your wallets out to support an amazing opportunity for Black youth in America!

• 01:20: Here is a really awesome interview with Marta from Forbes!
• 01:30: Follow us on Instagram, god damnit! We are posting some really fun stuff. And soon we will be posting some stuff about sports!
• 09:10: Here is the website for Movement: Black Youth Abroad. Check it out! And make sure to sign up for their mailing list! You can find the link right there on their homepage.
• 11:30: Here is a little bit of information about Birthright Israel.
• 13:10: We weren’t lying. Jessy really DID fist bump a monkey and here is proof! (Also, make sure you follow her travel Insta, @waywardh0.)
• 20:00: Willing Workers on Organic Farms, or WOOFing, is an organization that connects people who want to learn about organic farming to people who want to share their lifestyles and are looking for volunteer help! It’s a really cool project. You can travel, stay places in exchange for labor, and learn all about farming techniques all around the world. Swoon.
• 26:50: James W. Loewen wrote an entire book about this called “Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism.” Here is a review of the book by America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
• 27:00: Just to remind people that Black people’s movement is still heavily restricted, in 2017 the NAACP issued a statewide travel advisory for the state of Missouri. The organization basically informed POC to travel through the state at their own risk due to a law that was passed that the NAACP says allows for legal discrimination. Read more about it here.
• 35:00: DONATE MONEY HERE

Here is all the info for Movement: Black Youth Abroad

• You can find all the information you want, and sign up for their newsletter, HERE.
• Here are some ways for you to GET INVOLVED.
• Don’t forget to GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY. This is a 501C3, so that makes it tax deductible for those of you who keep track of those things.
• Here is the organization on Facebook
• And Instagram
• And Twitter!

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In this episode of Welcome to My Vagina, Jessy and Rebekah talk holidays, sit down and dish with the cohosts of Frau Pow, an awesome podcast on the More Banana network and then highlight a few awesome women in sports! It’s thought-provoking, informative and full of that brand of holiday cheer that you only get by being called a commie bitch by your uncle. Strap in, it’s quite a ride!

• 01:30: This is a serious question for our listeners. What do you do when someone in your family says something you disagree with? Or, worse, says something that is racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, transphobic, etc.? And what if you are the only one who disagrees? What is the best course of action, taking into consideration your own emotional and mental safety and the fact that this is your family? We would love to hear from you. Email us at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com
• 03:11: For those of you who don’t know, “guinea plank” refers to the Verrazzano Bridge which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. According to the ultimate resource Urban Dictionary, the term is “derived from the stereotype that Italians, escaping from Brooklyn, use this bridge to get to the one neighborhood they can escape to.” Who knew.
• 09:30: PLEASE REVIEW US!
• 10:00: Go to www.welcometomyvagina.com to sign up for our newsletter! It comes out on the opposite Tuesday from the podcast so you can have us in your ears and your inboxes every single week. Do it.
• 10:30: Check out Frau Pow!
• 11:00: We are really working on getting microaggressions out of our vocabulary and it is very, very hard.
• 24:00: Follow us on Instagram! We’re sort of killing it over there. Find us at @welcometomyvagina
• 24:13: Here is an excerpt from Kathrine Switzer’s memoir, Marathon Woman.
• 24:45: As promised, here’s the video of Switzer’s boyfriend pushing that motherfucker off Kathrine when he tried to take her race bib!
• 25:30: Here is the official trailer for “Battle of the Sexes!” Check it out!
• 26:30: Here is the article that Serena Williams wrote for CNN following the birth of her daughter. You all should give it a read.
• 29:00: The New York Times has been working on belatedly running the obituaries of incredible women who they didn’t write about at the time of their death because of misogyny. And Jackie Mitchell is among them. Read her obit here.
• 32:00: Here is Misty Copeland dancing on Prince’s piano! So badass.

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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah have the absolute pleasure of talking to Zoe Bean. She is a tattooer, she is a business owner and she is an all-around fucking badass. She tells us stories about being a woman tattooing back when women were less common in the industry, how the tattoo industry is going through its own me too movement, a little about medical tattooing, her biggest pet peeves and so much more. Seriously, don’t miss this one. And if you are interested in checking out her studio, you can find it on Instagram @thenewmoonstudio or you can find Zoe her at @zoebeantattoo. Don’t forget to look for her awesome partner Drew Linden, @drewlinden.

• 01:00: Zoe starts out by telling us how it is impossible to earn a living on a teacher’s salary these days because our country doesn’t value education enough to actually pay the people who provide it
• 02:00: And then she tells us basically the most romantic love story of all times. Oh, and also how tattooing, at least when she started out, is governed by the same misogynist rules as the ones that govern the rest of the world. Sigh.
• 08:45: Here is a link to The Sweet Feminist Instagram account which is amazing. Also, we are trying to get her on the show and haven’t been having much luck. Does anyone know her? Help ya girls out!
• 09:00: And here is the cake she made following Louis C.K.’s standing ovation which still makes us want to scream.
• 09:30: Drew Linden is fucking incredible. Here is her Instagram account where you can look at all her INCREDIBLE work and just generally support a badass tattoo artist.
• 21:10: Zoe’s shop is called The New Moon Studio. It is located in Dumbo and you should all go there. Well, like, make an appointment first obviously but, go.
• 28:30: Paramedical tattooing is really amazing. Here is an article from The Guardian featuring a few women talking about their post mastectomy tattoos.
• 29:15: Here is Jessie Fora’s Instagram account if you want to check out her work.
• 37:20: If you haven’t listened to our episode on body hair yet, what are you waiting for?! Here it is!

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On this week’s episode, Jessy and Rebekah discuss Matt Whitaker, Jeff Sessions’ replacement as Attorney General. Now, Jeff Sessions was for sure a racist so we’re not sad to see him go. But Whitaker? He’s something else. You’re favorite hosts then move on to FOSTA/SESTA, a bill signed into law that seriously restricts expression on the internet all under the guise of trying to disrupt sex trafficking. There have already been a lot of serious implications, including some ways in which we personally have been effected. It’s sort of a serious episode but don’t you worry, we wrap that shit up with a few well placed dad jokes so fasten your seatbelts and get ready to laugh (and maybe fill with dread) until you queef.

• 01:30: According to the Des Moines Register, during the Iowa Family Leader debate  back in 2014, in reference to potential judges Whitaker went on the record as saying, “I’d like to see things like their world view, what informs them. Are they people of faith? Do they have a biblical view of justice?… I’m a New Testament. And what I know is as long as they have that world view, that they’ll be a good judge.” Religion should not be involved in the law, but this quote directly rejects both Judaism and the Muslim faith which predate the New Testament.
• 02:00: Here is an article about the Ten Commandments and The Supreme Court!
• 02:30: If you read nothing else that we post in the notes, PLEASE read this. Here is an article from Playboy. About Whitaker’s big dick toilets. You’re welcome.
• 07:00: If you missed it, here is the totally awesome Camel Toe video. Watch at your own risk since apparently this is censorship worthy. (Insert eye roll here.)
• 11:30: Here is a link to the organization Survivors Against SESTA. There is a lot of information and A TON of resources for people who want to get involved in this fight. This is super, super important.
• 11:35: Here is a link to the American Sex Podcast episode on FOSTA/SESTA. Give it a listen it is incredibly informative.
• 12:45: This is Jonathan Corbett’s blog post. It goes into a lot of the ways in which this new legislation is effecting all of us I our day-to-day lives in ways we never could have expected.
• 14:45: IT’S LIKE FOSTA/SESTA FIGHT CLUB!
• 16:30: Here is a link to Freedom Network USA. Check them out.
• 18:45: This is a link to the study entitled “Craigslist’s Effect on Violence Against Women” which was put out by Gregory DeAngelo from West Virginia University along with Scott Cunningham and John Tripp of Baylor University.
• 22:00: TITS AND SASS!!!!
• 23:00: And here is a link to a Wiki page about John Schools, which are apparently way more prevalent than either of us knew. But they are just as ineffective as we imagined. Shocker.
• 26:00: Here is a link to information about the Communications Decency Act.
• 31:30: Check out our conversation with Olivia and Maya, two totally rad students from Wesleyan University who go to high schools to teach sex ed!
• 33:30: You can learn all about Kitty Striker here!
• 38:00: We’re famous! WE’RE FAMOUS! It’s really happening! We were talked about in an article by  the Electronic Frontier Foundation!

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah interview Natalie Wall of Awkward Sex and the City fame. It’s a stand-up show AND a podcast in the MoreBanana family and you should all give it a listen. As soon as you’re done listening to this episode, of course. We start out with a rousing game of “Would You Rather” sent to us by Rebekah’s friend Noelle. Thanks, Noelle!

• 02:00: We play a game of “would you rather” during which we basically solve all the  quandaries plaguing society.
• 03:00: Botox is, in fact, used to treat people with chronic migraines! Science is great!
• 04:35: Gwen Stefani is actually 49 years old and she looks DAMN good. Also, she’s 5’6”. For some reason we thought she was a lot shorter than that.
• 06:30: Check out Natalie’s AMAZING podcast here! Binge it! It’s great!
• 10:00: The Anita who Natalie is referring to is none other than Anita Flores of the MoreBanana produced podcast “I’m Listening: A Frasier Podcast with Anita Flores.” It’s badass!
• 11:00: “Sex and the City” premiered on June 6^th, 1998.
• 22:45: Oh my god here is a story about *69 from The Washington Post that was published on July 5, 1996. It is called “NOW, ANYONE’S GOT YOUR NUMBER,” and yes the title is written in all caps.
• 25:14: The quote that Jessy read is from Ernest Becker’s book The Denial of Death.
• 27:44: It isn’t a crane, it’s a stork. Although it would be really funny to think about cranes used at construction sites being the means by which babies are delivered in big cities…
• 28:00: If you haven’t listened to our episode with Leigh, what are you waiting for?! It is so good. So informative. And you can find it by following this link!
• 39:00: It is confirmed: Natalie and Rebekah actually have the same dad.
• 41:15: Here is a link to Natalie’s article about semen.
• 43:30: It is a Callery Pear, or Pyrus calleryana if you prefer the Latin, that smells like semen. It’s really common throughout North America.

Here’s where you can find Natalie!

• Instagram: @gnataliee and @awkwardsexandthecity
• Twitter: @awkwardsexcity

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In this episode, Rebekah introduces everyone to her new dog, Goose. Then your two favorite hosts in Vaginaland get into the nitty gritty of the women’s hygiene market. They tell you all about what you should, and what you should not, stick in your vagina. Stuck something weird in your vagina and want to know if it’s okay? Well, short answer is it probably isn’t but listen to find out! Or send us an email at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com for any specific questions. And, in true WTMV fashion, Jessy and Rebekah finish off with something a little lighter – this week it’s weird state laws. Wow! Give it a listen! And, as always, C U Next Tuesday!

• 00:30: Jessy and Rebekah propose changing the way we talk about voting and rather than calling it Election Day, it should be Voters Day! Because it is our day goddamnit!
• 01:00: Rebekah got a dog!
• 05:15: Here is our first episode, Vulva Shame! You can learn so much! And also see how much we have learned about podcasting. We have all come so far. Go team.
• 06:15: The inventor of the douche was indeed a man. We know, SHOCKING. His name was Anthony E. Magoris and was awarded a patent for what he called the “combined syringe and speculum” on March 29^th, 1892. He also held the patent on the tampon which he was granted on May 18^th, 1901. Figures.
• 07:00: This article from The Guardian, “The Vagina is self-cleaning – so why does the ‘feminine hygiene’ industry exist?” is well worth the read.
• 07:30: Here is our hero and yours Dr. Jennifer Gunter taking down the Teen Vogue article on her website. It’s informative. And also fucking hilarious.
• 10:30: Here is a whole history on douching. It is SUPER interesting.
• 11:30: If you haven’t listened to our episode on body hair, well, what are you waiting for?! We do a deep dive into the capitalist roots of hair removal! It’s totally fucked. But also entirely predictable.
• 14:30: If you want to follow Dr. Jennifer Gunter (and why in the world wouldn’t you?!) you can find her here, @DrJenGunter. Seriously, she is an ocean of vaginal knowledge.
• 17:30: Here is an entire article from Forbes, called “The Mystery Behind Ancient Vaginal Jade Eggs Has Been Cracked,” that tells you everything you didn’t realize you needed to know about jade eggs and how dangerous they are.
• 25:45: And again, here is the link to Body Hair Don’t Care! It’s good and funny and informative and you should listen. Okay bye.
• 26:30: Here is an article that runs through the history of glitter bombing. It is magnificent.
• 29:30: Here is our girl Jen Gunter telling you not to put a wasp nest in your vagina. Here is Women’s Health Magazine telling you not to put a wasp next in your vagina. And here is Forbes. FORBES!! Forbes is also telling you not to put a wasp nest in your vagina.

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On this week’s episode of Welcome to My Vagina, basically almost the most famous podcast in all the land, Jessy and Rebekah interviewed Sarah Quinn who struggles with endometriosis. One in 10 women are affected by this disease and yet the general population, not to mention a lot of doctors, don’t really know anything about it. But that is about to change because Sarah is VERY informative. You’re gonna learn so much. And if you want to learn more head on over to welcometomyvagina.com/blog and check out Sarah’s blog posts about endo. You won’t regret it!

• 04:00: OMG. Sarah Quinn wrote a letter to Elizabeth Warren about her endometriosis and Warren read it on the floor! And it was covered on C-SPAN! Here is a link!
• 04:45: FYI for those of you who suck at TV like Rebekah, Leslie Knope is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation.” She is played by Amy Poehler.
• 07:00: And again, here is the link to Senator Warren reading Sarah’s letter on C-SPAN. C-SPAN!!!!! So exciting.
• 08:00: Here is a link to the EndoWhat organization. They are doing a lot of really amazing work and have a TON of information about endometriosis. Their goal is to educate and empower people who have endometriosis and also informing health care providers and policy makers about the disease to ensure that medical knowledge moves forward and proper legislation gets passed to help those who suffer.
• 09:15: An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg attaches somewhere outside of your uterus – usually in your fallopian tube. These pregnancies are extremely rare but very serious and must be treated.
• 15:45: Shannon Cohn is the director and producer of the movie Endo What? You can find a link to the webpage here and a link to the Ted Talk that Jessy referenced here.
• 18:00: Crohn’s Disease is “a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.” It has symptoms such as fever, loss of appetite fatigue, night sweats and loss of a menstrual cycle. It can cause things like rectal bleeding, persistent diarrhea, constipation and abdominal cramps. Overall is it not fun. AT ALL.
• 19:00: Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the ingestion of gluten leads to damage of the small intestine.
• 20:20: This isn’t the same article that Jessy referenced but it does address the issue she spoke about, citing the same data. It’s called “Women and Pain: Disparities in experience and treatment” and it is well worth the read.
• 20:30: For reference, here is an article by Serena Williams about her near-fatal experience giving birth to her child. It is HORRIFYING.
• 30:00: Here is an article about the study Rebekah referenced. I mean, come the fuck on people!
• 36:45: Here is some more information about the Department of Defense funding for endometriosis.

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah talk to Rebecca Pronsky – the folk singer turned singing political fundraiser.

• 00:00:45: Here is a New York Times article that breaks down seven different ways that Alabama has made it harder for people to vote. But also, check out Carol Anderson’s new book, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying our Democracy. She was interviewed by Trevor Noah on The Daily Show so you can find her interview there as well.
• 03:11: Here is a link to buy Rebecca’s album!
• 03:20: Here is a link to buy tickets to see Rebecca’s show, Hillary Clinton’ Song Cycle: Witness! It will be at the New York International Fringe Festival on October 13, 14, 17, 20 and 21 and at the Charm City Fringe Festival on November 8, 9, 10 and 11!
• 06:00: Here is a photo from the magical day we met Rebecca.
• 07:00: Here is a link to Liuba Gretchen Shirley’s campaign website where you can donate to her campaign and read about where she stands on the issues (pro-choice, equal pay for women and POC, common sense gun reform, etc.) . She is running against Peter King who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is anti-choice and supported Trump’s travel ban.
• 07:15: And here is Alessandra Biaggi’s website. She is for single payer health care, wants to help New York’s elderly and is pro-choice.
• 07:40: Here is a New York Times article about the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC). This group consisted of a group of 8 rogue state senators who broke with their party and collaborated with the Republicans. We voted 6 of the 8 out in the primaries.
• 09:15: And finally, Zellnor Myrie!
• 11:30: Rebekah’s brain is made of swiss cheese. She was trying to think of John Edwards who ran in 2004 and 2008. He was John Kerry’s running mate in 2004. And the big scandal? An affair. His wife was dying of cancer at the time (she passed in 2010) and he went on trial for violating campaign contribution laws when he tried to cover up his affair. It certainly wasn’t great, but this is like peanuts compared to the shit people let Trump get away with. Oh, how things have changed.
• 13:00: Here is an article about the abortion issue.
• 19:15: We are sorry for any loss of life but we were not sorry that Scalia could not serve on the Supreme Court post mortem. Sorry not sorry.
• 24:00: Here is a link to Motivote! In the interest of full disclosure, they are on Shine Registry, which More Banana (our production company) is now partnering with! The fact that Rebecca Pronsky knows them is actually a total coincidence.
• 25:00: Here again is a link to buy tickets to see Rebecca’s show, Hillary Clinton’ Song Cycle: Witness! It will be at the New York International Fringe Festival on October 13, 14, 17, 20 and 21 and at the Charm City Fringe Festival on November 8, 9, 10 and 11!
• 25:30: You can find Rebecca
  • On Instagram @rebeccapronsky
  • On Facebook
  • And on Twitter: @rebeccapronsky
• 27:40: Here is the list we read of all the MALE judiciary members for the GOP:
  • Chuck Grassley of Iowa is up in 2022
  • Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is up in 2020
  • John Cornyn of Texas is up in 2020
  • Mike Lee of Utah is up in 2022
  • Ted Cruz of Texas is up this year
  • Ben Sasse of Nebraska is up in 2020
  • Mike Crapo of Idaho is up in 2022
  • Thom Tillis of North Carolina is up in 2020
  • John Kennedy Louisiana is up in 2022
  • Orrin Hatch of Utah and Jeff Flake of Arizona are both retiring at the end of their terms
• 29:15: Here is an interview with Jeff Flake and Jake Tapper after Flake’s announcement that he will retire at the end of this term.
• 30:00: Here is Beto’s campaign site. You can donate to him! And learn about his politics. Here is the viral video where he supports NFL players right to protest.
• 32:00: Here is our episode about Larry Nassar  and the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal.
• 34:30: Here is a link to Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight
• 34:46: Here is Paula Jean Swearengin’s wiki! Give that a go.
• 41:00: Here’s that CrowdPac site in case you wanna throw some of your money in that race.
• 43:40: Rebekah said the House, she meant the Senate.

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah welcome a guest into their vagina. Introducing (drum roll please!) Leigh!!!! Here is a little bit about Leigh, in their own words:

At the intersection of sex education and creativity is where you will find multiracial pansexual genderqueer professional dominant, Mistress/Master Leigh. They are an international LGBTQIAP and sex worker rights’ advocate/organizer, community-based sex researcher/educator, filmmaker/performer, martial artist/fetish wrestler, an alternative sex media consultant, and a professional dominant who does fetish work as both male and female. Leigh specializes in multiplayer scenes, LGBTQAP, and physically disabled persons. This will be their 3rd DomCon teaching for the industry-only classes. You can regularly find Leigh’s entitled ass trying to submit you on a Jiu Jitsu mat or just attempting to stay woke.

This is a very fun and informative episode so listen up. We learned a ton and we think you will too.

• 02:00: We play Fuck, Marry, Kill: the Putin/Pence/Kellyanne Conway edition!
• 05:00: Leigh introduces themself, and we can assure you that despite what they might say they are not boring AT ALL.
• 06:15: Here is an article – and accompanying video from Vice – with some information about fetish wrestling. And here is a really cool piece from The Mirror that gives a great overview of the consent involved and what the motivations behind fetish wrestling are.
• 09:45: Here is the Time article by Samantha Cooney in which Leigh is quoted as saying, “sex workers are experts at negotiating consent. When you have a monetary transaction, there have to be very clear boundaries about what is going to transpire because it is an issue of money.”
• 10:30: Here is the Buzzfeed article by Melissa Broudo that Leigh references as the source of their comment on sex workers and consent. It is an INCREDIBLE read.
• 10:45: Here is a link to Melissa Broudo’s organization, The Sharmus Outlaw Advocacy and Rights Institute, AKA  Soar Institute, which works to “shift minds, hearts, and skills of service providers, communities, and policy makers to benefit those involved in the sex industry, trafficked individuals, and related communities.”
• 13:30: This Medium article is by no means a full analysis on radical feminism, but it is somewhat useful in gaining familiarity with the term. There are a lot of huge problems with radical feminism which include, but are not limited to, it’s tendency to discriminate against the trans community as well as its insistence that sex work is inherently exploitative of those who perform it.
• 21:30: You should listen to Leigh on Semi-Woo Podcast, Season 2 Episode 8, “All in a Day’s (Sex) Work.”
• 28:30: Here is our episode on Incels if you missed it which you wouldn’t if you were subscribed to our podcast! Which you totally should be because we are awesome.
• 29:00: You should for sure check out Jessy’s YouTube Channel! And here is a link specifically to the episode she did on Incels.
• 33:00 “If you watch porn you’re part of the sex industry. Welcome.”
• 36:00: Here is a Dazed Digital article that explains the reasons Gizelle Marie started the NY Stripper Strike. You can watch Gizelle’s journey, and get way more information, by checking out her Instagram page.
• 42:00: Leigh talks about legislation called SESTA FOSTA which was intended to interrupt sex trafficking but the language of the legislation is extremely loose and leaves a lot of room for interpretation; and a lot of room for it to impact all of our lives as well as the lives of sex workers. Check out this episode #119 of Reply All: No More Safe Harbor for more information on the history of this law as well as its far-reaching effects.
• 56:00: BREATH
• 1:04:00: Here are the organizations Leigh recommends looking into:
  • Soar Institute
  • Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society
  • Global Network of Sex Work Projects
  • Sex Workers Outreach Project

Here is where you can follow Leigh:

• Website:  LeighEntertainment.com
• Twitter:  @Ms_tress_Leigh
• Instagram: @dominartrix
• Fetlife: Ms_tress_Leigh

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah welcome Eliza Simpson, Lauren Nordvig and their 3-year-old project baby, The Mother Line Story Project! It’s an amazing project that highlights stories that explore each performers mother line – their mothers, maternal grandmothers, maternal great-grandmothers, etc. It’s a fantastic project and guess what?! Our very own Vagina Jessy Caron is performing at the show this coming Wednesday! She’s going to be telling a story from the perspective of her mother! So come on down to the Town Stages this Wednesday, September 12^th at 7pm to hear for yourself. You won’t be sorry.

• 00:44: Come to the Mother Line Story Project’s Third Anniversary PARTAY! It is at 7pm Wednesday, September 12^th at the Town Stages.  You can buy tickets here! Jessy will be telling a  story on stage in a new dress and you won’t want to miss it!
• 02:00: We introduce our lovely guests! This week we welcomed Eliza Simpson, Founder and Executive Director of the Mother Line Story Project, alongside the organization’s Director of Education and Development Lauren Nordvig. You can read all about them here!
• 03:00: Oh my god the Florida Gators are so good. Here is a link to Alex McMurtry crushing it on floor with a back injury. Swoon.
• 07:15: Eliza talks us through the root of this project, about the pagan concept of a womb-to-womb connection and tells a story about her own mother line.
• 13:00: Eliza talks about the project and how it is used as a tool for story tellers to explore, and define, their own connections to their Mother Line.
• 14:30: Krista Tippet and the On Being Project is really awesome and you all should check it out!
• 15:00: Lauren talks about her experience as a story teller with The Mother Line Project and how her own mother reacted to seeing Lauren’s performance.
• 20:00: Here is a really interesting article from Discover Magazine all about the inheritance of genes and how we carry traces of the experiences of our ancestors! So cool.
• 22:00: Jessy talks about her experience being part of The Mother Line Project. Don’t forget, she will be performing her first story on Wednesday, September 12^th live and in a new dress!!! Don’t miss it!
• 27:00: Lauren and Eliza tell us about the reactions that some men have had about the project after seeing a show. It is somewhat predictable but also, good. We all have a really good conversation about the importance of being an active supporter through listening.
• 31:00: The Mother Line went to Egypt!!!! You can (and should) watch the performance here.
• 35:00: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHERLINE!!!!!
• 36:00: For those of you who missed it here are the deets:
  • The Mother Line Project is Turning 3!
  • You can see the show on Wednesday, September 12^th. Doors at 7pm, stories start at 8pm at The Town Stages in Manhattan! Again, get your tickets here!
• Follow the Mother Line project on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and visit their website!

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In this episode, Jessy and Rebekah talk body hair! To start off, your favorite cohosts talk about how they tried to have friend time and how they were interrupted. Constantly. By men. And then, they move into body hair. They take you on an adventure of body hair removal, through the millennial and then discuss their own hairy battles. Do you have a horror story to share? Send it along to welcometomyvagina@gmail.com with the subject heading “body hair horror story” and we will read it on one of our upcoming episodes! We can’t wait to hear from you!

• 0:45: Jessy and Rebekah went out to a bar and got interrupted by every single man on this side of the Mississippi.
• 01:55: It wasn’t Rebecca Traister. It was the other awesome feminist Rebecca, Rebecca Solnit. So, here is Rebecca Solnit’s essay, “Men Explain Things to Me,” which recounts the story the Rebekah alluded to on the podcast. And for good measure, here’s a link to a female physicist who had her own theories explained to her on a panel she appeared on.
• 04:45: This article is REALLY interesting. It summarizes a scientific study that basically says that human hair is essentially an alarm system to let us know when bugs, or other yuckies, are walking across our skin. In a study with bed bugs (vomit), researchers found that it took volunteers about twice as long to detect the movement of a bug when it was moving on shaved skin than when it was on an unshaved area presumably because of the movement of the hair! Wow!
• 5:30: Here is the game that Jessy was talking about. It was launched onto the toy market in 1955.
• 06:30: According to this article, we started developing thicker head hair to protect our growing brains from the heat!
• 07:00: Here is some really cool information about the apocrine sweat glands which is something we didn’t even know existed until we researched for this episode!
• 07:15: MOIST!
• 08:00: This is Rachel Lubitz’s article for Mic called “The Unusual and Deeply Sexist History of Women Removing their Body Hair.” There were some things about it that we didn’t love, but the historical overview was really helpful for this episode.
• 08:15: And here is the blog History Undressed which is pretty cool.
• 08:30: Rebekah was right! History has proven that beards do actually prevent frostbite! A 2012 study conducted in China compared the skin of the upper lips of 100 mustached men to the skin of those same men’s upper (hairless) cheeks. They found that the men’s lips were, on average, 1 degree warmer than the cheeks. It has also been floated that facial hair makes men too warm, allowing for the potential for their brains to overheat. The possible offset for that? Male pattern baldness!
• 10:15: Here is a photo of a pair of “volsellas” to which we say NOPE.
• 11:00: Quicklime, AKA calcium oxide (CaO) is a widely used chemical compound that “neutralizes (some) acidic oxides to produce a basic molten slag.” We do not care to figure out what the means but what we do know is that in 80BC the Roman general Sertorius used clouds of quicklime powder to defeat Characitani of Hispania who was hiding in a cave. Basically, it is used as a choking cloud like pepper spray. And women used to remove their hair with it. Cool.
• 12:42: There is not information that we could find about why this idea of using cat poop to remove hair was originally floated but the Atlantic says that cats make you crazy so there’s that.
• 13:45: Here it is! The Milady Decollete by Gillete which helped marketers create an industry for women’s razors.
• 14:00: And here is an excerpt from Christine Hope’s book!
• 15:00: And here is Betty Grable wearing a Navy cap displaying her shaven, un-nyloned legs. (We are not hating on her at all. She was, in some ways, a tool of the patriarchy.)
• 16:00: Sarah Hildebrandt’s book, The EmBodyment of American Culture, is really good but we could only find excerpts online. We imagine the entire book is worth the read. You can probably find it at your local library!
• 17:15: We can confirm that the Barely Legal series was, in fact, Larry Flynt.
• 19:50: Hair removal is so damn expensive!
• 20:45: Yup, that’s right. We said back, sack and crack waxing technique.
• 22:45: Oh my god this Heather Widdows article is EVERYTHING. Read it!!!
• 27:00: This article from the Independent talks about trends in pubic hair and about a start-up that began thinking of pubic hair in a different way. Instead of focusing on removal, it focuses on caring for the hair and the skin as we would in different areas of our bodies. All that being said, the article does say that men overwhelmingly do not like untended hedges. But whatever. Do you, girl.
• 27:30: Here is that super popular episode where Jessy talks about using a pillow as a pad. It is so funny.
• 31:45: Definitely give this article from The Guardian by Mona Chalabi a read. She is also amazing on Instagram! Find her @monachalabi
• 33:30: This Reddit thread is insane. Generally we say don’t read the comments. But this time is different. You should FOR SURE read the comments.

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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah had a fucking fantastic conversation with the one and only Joanna Cifredo. She does stand-up, she’s a trans activist, she cohosts a podcast called the Trans Specific Partnership Podcast, she has gotten within 4 feet of Michelle Obama on more than one occasion and she wants to start a summer camp for Puerto Rican children to teach them the real history of PR. She’s a goddamn angel and an all-around badass and she was kind enough to come over to Kill Room Studios and chat with us about her life, her experience and her opinions. We talked about all kinds of things and, of course, finished it off with our favorite game: would you rather. Find her on Instagram and Twitter with the handle @joannacifredo and check out her standup! She will be performing this coming Saturday at Dangerfield’s! You won’t want to miss it.

• 00:36: We welcome Joanna Cifredo to our vagina! Or she welcomes us to her vagina. No, no, no we all welcome each other to each other’s vaginas.
• 02:15: The term “dead name” is used within the trans community to refer to the name assigned to a person at birth, a name that is no longer in use. When people transition, they choose a name that more accurately reflects their identity, their gender. Given the dangers faced by the trans community because of transphobia and homophobia, dead naming someone is not only incredibly disrespectful but it can put their lives at risk. And it is incredibly irresponsible for an institution tasked with providing safety to put already vulnerable populations at greater risk of harm.
• 02:40: Here is a link to the National Center for Transgender Equality. This organization provides tons of resources and information for the trans community and allies as well, including ways to take action against Brett Kavanaugh – a garbage nominee to the Supreme Court – as well as information about health care and ways to protect and update legal documentation!
• 03:00: Sorry Florida but you are, for sure, the worst. We said it and we stand by it.
• 05:45: Everyone seriously SEE NANETTE! It is so fucking good. Here is a link to the trailer. The full show is on Netflix. See it. If you don’t have Netflix, get someone’s password. Worth it.
• 07:55: You can see Joanna at Dangerfield’s in NYC this coming Saturday, August 18^th. And then on August 29^th at 7pm at the Kraine Theater for her all women stand-up show!
• 08:20: SNL, we know you’re listening. Call Joanna Cifredo. And if you can’t get in touch with her, we will give you her info.
• 09:00: Okay so the actual sign reads “We Should’ve Passed Gun Reform After Selena.” Here is a photo of Joanna and her sign…and while you’re at it, follow her @joannacifredo. And find her and Rebecca Kling’s awesome podcast, the Trans Specific Partnership Podcast, and subscribe! It’s incredible.
• 11:20: Here is a link to episode 4 from the Trans Specific Partnership Podcast called “Pretty Privilege.”
• 11:40: Here is a piece by Mila Madison from her blog Transgender Universe about the pink cloud.
• 12:45: According to the National Women’s Law Center, on average Latina women make 54 cents for every dollar made by a white, non-Hispanic man. You can see the numbers state-by-state here.
• 13:00: Here is an article from the Washington Post about Jennicet Gutierrez. Here is a great one from Slate that falls definitively on her side. This is an incredibly interesting and important story because Guitierrez was an undocumented trans immigrant, making her especially vulnerable. Shortly after she spoke out, the administration made a change of policy and stated that trans people being held in detention would be held along with those who share their gender identity, not the gender they were assigned at birth. Whether or not it was connected to her comments, it was still a very important move that not only made trans people safer but made it clear that the trans population was on the radar of the Obama administration.
• 14:15: Here is some info on Raffi Freedman-Gurspan who is totally awesome!
• 18:30: Joanna is basically THE definition of inspirational in this segment. I’m pretty sure we both got misty eyed listening to her in person say this but we definitely felt it when playing it back. It is easy to forget sometimes that there are a lot of wonderful things about this country and they are worth fighting for, even though sometimes we get bogged down with everything that is going on.
• 22:42: Here is a link to the trailer for “The Florida Project.” We highly recommend giving the full movie a watch. Keep tissues handy.
• 26:30: Here is an article from the Huffington Post about how the rise of the Internet has specifically helped the LGBTQ community because it has expanded each individual’s geographic reach beyond their immediate surroundings.
• 28:30: Seriously, FUCK BRETT KAVANAUGH! And actually, while we’re at it, FUCK MITCH MCCONNELL and all of his stupid pals. They all suck. Ugh.
• 32:00: Here is some information about Camp Aranu’tiq. It is a summer camp that was established specifically for transgender and gender-variant/gender-nonconforming youth. Camp Aranu-tiq’s mission is to “build confidence, resilience and community for transgender and gender-variant youth and their families” and they provide scholarships because they want to be sure to not turn away any potential campers who could use their services. So awesome.
• 33:00: Here is an article from 2016 about the migration from Puerto Rico to the United States. The rate of people leaving the island picked up significantly following Hurricane Maria last summer.
• 33:30: Here is a brief biography of Don Pedro Albizu Campos. He was pretty damn amazing.
• 35:30: Read this book! Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride. And watch this show! FX Pose!
• 39:00: Go ahead, Google shmegma. You know you want to.

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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah thank Cole and Michael for being the first two emailers! We are so excited to hear from you so please, keep in touch with us! The girls also announce their first giveaway – clay vaginas made for us by @bettieblowup! Review us and get yourself one! Your favorite hosts in Vaginaland then tackle more issues surrounding sex education, or the lack thereof, in our school systems. Jessy comes at you with lots of incredibly interesting, and upsetting, facts that let us all know where we’re at in this country. Spoiler alert: on average we fucking suck at providing sex education. But listen to find out details because some of this will blow your mind. There’s some good news in there, too. And then, to wrap it all up, Jessy and Rebekah discuss all sorts of interesting facts that they never knew, like stuff about the deadly boomslang snake, an animal which is not to be confused with your boo-thang.

• Check out GLESN, an amazing organization founded in 1990 by a group of teachers who wanted to “improve an education system that too frequently allows its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students to be bullied, discriminated against, or fall through the cracks.” A lot of our information came from this organization and it is a very important resource for students, educators and everyone else.
• 00:35: WE GOT EMAILS!! Thank you for writing to us, Cole and Michael! Now where are the rest of you slackers?! We’re ready for ya!
• 01:35: We are developing a feminist reading list! Have a piece we should put on there? Send us an email at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com with the subject line “READING LIST”
• 01:45: Introducing….OUR MAILING LIST! Go to www.welcometomyvagina.com scroll to the middle of the page and sign yourself up! Keep up to date with all the haps. First email will be sent next week and you won’t wanna miss it!
• 03:10: GIVE AWAY ALERT! The first three people who give us (positive or constructive) reviews where ever you listen to our podcast will receive a clay vagina, made for us by @bettieblowup  find her on Instagram, she’s rad. Leave us a review and all the stars and then send us your contact information to welcometomyvagina@gmail.com and await your vagina!
• 04:40: Listen to part one of our sex ed series here where we talked to two awesome young women from Wesleyan University about their experience teaching sex ed to high school students all around Connecticut!
• 07:45: Here is an interesting article in Vox about consent culture by a sexual consent educator, Jaclyn Friedman. It uses the conversation around Aziz Ansari as the framework but we think it is more widely relevant.
• 08:30: Check out our episode on Incels here. And make sure to watch Jessy’s video here!
• 08:40: As Jessy said, there are no national standards for teaching sex education in schools, although the Trump administration did announce that the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP) – a grant program created under Obama that works to reduce teen pregnancy rates in the US – will only provide funding to organizations that promote abstinence-only approaches. Read about this, and specific state approaches to sex education, in this article from the Center for American Progress.
• 09:10: Here is a Snopes article that definitely says that soda (Coke in this case but I think we can extend that to include Dr. Pepper and Pepsi #science) is not an effective spermicide. Do not shoot soda up your vag.
• 10:15: Here is an article from The Atlantic that talks specifics about sex ed and how it includes, or excludes, the LGBTQ+ population. Well worth the read.
• 11:00: Check out uppercaseCHASE1 here. He is doing incredible work in providing a safe space for the trans community as well as educating family members and allies. We really recommend his 12-episode Trans 101 series that covers all different topics and is very informative.
• 12:20: Here is GLESN on “no promo homo laws,” what they are, where they are in effect and the ways in which these laws negatively impact students.
• 13:45: Three cheers for Washington State!! Here is information from the state government on the Healthy Youth Act!
• 16:35: For those of you in the back, here again is a link to our previous episode on sex ed. Listen! You won’t regret it.
• 16:55: Pam Stenzel is an awful woman. She made female students cry during a high school assembly by calling sexually active students impure and saying that she could “look at any one of you in the eyes right now and tell if you’re going to be promiscuous.”
• 19:05: Shelly Donahue is also an awful woman.
• 22:10: Here is the article from the Journal of Adolescent Health entitled “Abstinence-Only-Until Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impacts.”
• 24:15: Yale did the right thing here by banning the frat for 5 years, but is that enough? Does banning a frat actually deal with the offensive behavior expressed by its members? Just some food for thought.
• 27:30: Send us your horror stories, and your “nah my school did it right” stories! We want to hear them! Send them to welcometomyvagina@gmail.com
• 31:45: We never want to meet a boomslang. And neither do you. You’re welcome.

Contact us:

• Email us at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com
  • Send us sex education stories!
  • Also, we are looking for writers! Send us some sample writing please!
• Find us on Twitter @welcometomyvag
• Follow us on Instagram @welcometomyvagina
• Watch Jessy’s YouTube videos right here and don’t forget to subscribe!
• Read Rebekah’s blog and subscribe to get all the new content when it is written
• Check out the website, AKA Welcome To My Vagina HQ
• Check out all the other great podcasts coming your way from More Banana Productions
  • World Stealers
  • There Will Be Porn
  • I’m Listening with Anita Flores
  • Awkward Sex in the City with Natalie Wall

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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah speak with a couple of special guests! The ladies welcomed Olivia Samios (@olivia_ky) and Maya Layne (@mayalayne) into Kill Room Studios to talk about the work that they do with a group called Adolescent Sexual Health Awareness (ASHA) at their college, Wesleyan University. Take away? The kids are alright. Then Rebekah and Jessy talk about their own high school sex education, or lack thereof. And then your favorite hosts have the first of many conversations about the state of sex education in our country. Friends, it is bleak as fuck. This is going to be a recurring theme here on the WTMV Almost Famous Podcast so be sure to tune in and shoot us any questions you may have so we can address your concerns!

• 01:30: Meet Olivia and Maya! The two ladies fill us in on themselves, their own experience with sex education growing up and why they got involved with ASHA! As per this article in the Wesleyan Argus, ASHA is a student group that educates youth on sexual health, consent and communication. The group’s primary focus is teaching their curriculum to high school students around Connecticut, but they also recently started conducting workshops on campus, specifically focused on sports teams, Greek organizations and first-year students.
• 07:15: Oh my god ASHA teaches their high school students communication phrases to help make them feel more comfortable in sexual situations and to help them express what they want to express. SWOON.
• 07:40: Jessy brings up a really good point: it is, of course, so very important to teach people how to express what they want and don’t want, but how about teaching people to read and understand enthusiastic consent. We have read a lot of comments and articles in which men state that in this post #metoo movement they are afraid to even be alone with women (eyeroll), but what we have taken away from that is that there has for a long time been a breakdown in communication between the sexes about what consent is and how it’s expressed. Olivia breaks it down for us: if you think maybe you should ask, you should just ask.
• 11:00: If anyone knows where ASHA’s wooden dildos are, please email us at welcometomyvagina@gmail.com or you can email the organization directly (with us cc’ed because we’re so curious) at asha.wesleyan@gmail.com
• 13:00: Maya talks about how ASHA teaches high school students about building all kinds of relationships, not just romantic ones. Friendships are complicated, too, and it’s important to learn how to build a healthy partnership with all the people in your life.
• 13:20: Take the love language quiz here! Learn how you express, and prefer to receive, care!
• 18:22: Rebekah asks Maya and Olivia about violence in same sex relationships. This is something that is not often discussed since partner abuse is generally framed as a heterosexual issue, and specifically as one in which men abuse women. Here is an article from The Atlantic from 2013, one from The Washington Post from 2016 and another one from The Guardian from 2017 that discuss intimate partner violence (physical, sexual, emotional) within same sex relationships.
• 21:00: Here is some information from RAINN on bystander intervention.
• 23:00: Curriculum ideas? Information about the missing dildos? Send it all to asha.wesleyan@gmail.com
• 24:00: “The Crowning,” a WTMV production starring Jessy Caron and Rebekah Frank coming to theaters near you.
• 28:55: It’s not just pigs and dolphins that enjoy having sex! Also bonobos and Japanese macaques! Oral sex occurs between primates, spotted hyenas, goats, sheep and short-nosed fruit bats! There is also a study of two captive brown bears in Croatia who were observed engaging in 28 acts of oral sex. Animals have sex for fun, too!
• 29:15: Here is activist mommy. She uses her platform to confront the “lies of abortion, feminism, Islam, and the homosexual agenda with wit and snark like only she can.” AKA she is garbage. Enter her site at your own peril.
• 33:00: Here is a brief history of Planned Parenthood from their website and another one from Business Insider that, among other things, talks about Margaret Sanger’s insistence that biologists develop a birth control pill. And here is a screenshot of a relevant page from the Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America which we didn’t even know was a thing but now MUST HAVE.
• 33:23: Most of us know The John Birch Society as, in the words of John Savage in Politico, “that far-right group founded in the thick of the Cold War to fight communists and preach small government.” But this (unfortunately still active) group is not just about small government! Oh no! They also organized around keeping sex ed out of schools. Cool.
• 33:50: According to a report in the September, 2017 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, abstinence-only education is ineffective and unethical. Read about the report here.
• 34:00: According to this fact sheet from the Guttmacher Institute, at the middle-school level 50% of schools taught that abstinence is the most effective method to avoid pregnancy, HIV and STDs. Only 26% taught about contraceptive efficacy and 10% taught students how to correctly use a condom.
• 35:00: Here is the current iteration of the Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program.
• 36:00: And here is some info on why it is that women are generally more effected by STIs than men.
• 38:00: Reagan was a dick. But Clinton, who was a dick in his own way but maybe less so than Reagan?, mostly defunded the Adolescent Family Life Act.