“My LGBT-friendly mosque saved me from being radicalized.” Dr Ruth changes the way America talked about sex. Do superhero movies negatively impact kids’ understanding of sexuality, bodies and gender? FDA will not ban textured breast implants at this time. What’s the truth about the “oral sex gap?” More research shows sexual preferences change over time. … Continue reading
First of all, let me just get it out of the way that I love and adore this podcast guest. Fight choreographer and movement coach Jacqueline Holloway and I met a thousand billion years ago (ok, maybe 9) while in a burlesque show. Since then we haven’t gotten to hang out in person– so I … Continue reading
Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger took a lot longer to write her new play Click (previewing tonight at Simpatico Theater) than usual. That’s probably because she was inspired by the horrific Steubenville rape case and poured herself into researching its details, the trend of using social media to broadcast crimes, and the future of rape culture and … Continue reading
It was March 2016 the first time I performed burlesque in New York City. Having grown up in a small town in (yadda yadda literally it doesn’t matter, you know the story) this was a life-changing benchmark. It would also prove to be foreshadowing. The event was an abortion rights fundraiser and I was there … Continue reading
Psychoanalysis is usually associated with Freud, laying on a couch and weird thoughts about your parents. But there’s a lot more to it than that and Philly-based psychotherapist Courtney Douds is here to give us a more up-to-date understanding. A member of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis and bolstered by a slew of degrees, including … Continue reading
