Welcome back! Episode 9 is another conversation with invited guests. This time we explore the ideas and material in the Relationships episode. If you haven’t listened to the episode 8 - Relationships, we’d suggest doing that as we reference it here.

In this episode, Josie speaks to Sophie Whitehead (@bonbourbons) and Gayathiri Kamalakanthan (@unembarrassable). 

Here are some of the references they mention: Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown, ‘Worried that Covid has stolen your sex life? Join the club’ Article by Zoe Williams in the Guardian, The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan, Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, Decolonising Desire by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan for Almaz Ohene.

This sub-episode explores themes of gender, sexuality, bodies, pleasure, relationships and boundaries. In this sub-episode, we talk about  friendships and the breakdown of friendships. We talk about grief and loss, family dynamics, sexual and romantic relationships, porn, online  and digital intimacy, touch, the pandemic and also loneliness. We talk about racist and misogynistic tropes, monogamy and nonmonogamy, heteronormativity and also romanticism.  These sub episodes are conversations. They do not offer solid answers. Sometimes opinions are offered, but they are not necessarily finished. We invite you to keep questioning what is said, to discover what feels right for you, and what doesn’t. This is your conversation as much as it is ours.  If you’d like to listen, please listen in a way or in an environment that feels comfortable for you.

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