Monthly Archives: January 2017

Sex Gets Real 146: Female genital mutilation by Mariya Karimjee

Sometimes, you luck into an incredible opportunity. That happened to me when I heard Mariya Karimjee’s story on The Heart or This American Life. It’s about her experience with female genital mutilation and having part of her clitoris removed when she was a young girl. I reached out to Mariya and invited her on the […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 29, 2017

Sex Gets Real 145: Erotic filmmaking and pornography with visionary Erika Lust

This week there are two listener confessions – one at the beginning of the episode and another at the end after the interview. And who am I chatting with this week? The incredible Erika Lust about being an erotic filmmaker, the porn industry, evoking powerful performances from her actors, and her new non-profit helping parents […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 22, 2017

Sex Gets Real 144: Virginity and first time sex with Amber Keyser

As you know, January’s theme this year for confessions is FIRSTS. It felt wonderful to be able to have Amber Keyser, author of The V-Word, join in the fun this week as her book is an anthology of 17 stories all about first time sexual experiences. But what does first time sex mean? The V-Word explores that […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 15, 2017

Sex Gets Real 143: Sarah Pappalardo from Reductress on satire, media, & feminism

This week, we have our first listener confession from CK all about the first time she ended a relationship. Heads’ up that it contains themes of abuse within BDSM. Then, Sarah Pappalardo from Reductress is here! If you haven’t seen Reductress yet, get thee over to their satirical site immediately and be wowed. We talk […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 8, 2017

Sex Gets Real 142: A new year with first kisses, anal, & relationship problems

It’s New Year’s Day, 2017. It seems appropriate to start the year off with an intimate show between you and me, including a diary entry of my very first kiss. If you’d like to share your own confession on January’s theme of FIRSTS, then scroll to the bottom of this page for the guidelines and […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 1, 2017