25 episodes
Just Sex: Mapping Your Desire Dr. Jaime Grant
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For all of us who lie to ourselves about what we want, Just Sex maps the global story of our desire through every day people telling on themselves -- from Beijing to Capetown, from Dallas to Denver to DC. Just Sex contributors expose that perilous gap between our waking “identities” and who and what we want to do in the dark. They reveal our complex and sometimes contradictory attractions as we stumble into ourselves and find our way. On a world-wide journey of discovery via her workshop, Desire Mapping, Sexpert Dr. Jaime Grant uncovers astonishing moments of desire, connection, vulnerability and joy among college students and elders; government workers and activists; monogamous Dads and polyamorous Solos; artists and health providers; spiritual sensualists and gender outlaws. Listen in, and find your own story with us.
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Is Sex Spirit? Is Spirituality Sexuality?
In this episode, Dr. Jaime Grant and Damian Pascal Domenack ask the heretical (sic) question: is spirituality sexuality? Is sex spirit? Drawing from their extensive academic background in Christian and social ethics, Damian shares their work on integrating black Atlantic religious theology with decolonial and liberative theology. And as always, we talk about desire, our bodies, the surprise of being revealed to ourselves in our sex, and the spiritual implications of vulnerability and connection.
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Breaking the Romance Myth: Rethinking Relationships and Desire
Join long time collaborators and trouble makers Jaime Grant and Dean Spade as we bust the myth of romance as the brass ring of our relationship constellations. Dean shares three points on his desire map: a deep yearning for collective self-determination; a strong desire to heal from shame; and a growing inclination to surrender to the will of the group. In this episode we discuss the impossibility of the romance myth and its isolating impacts on us; finally, we reimagine romance and consider how our desires can grow our movements and our community beyond romantic coupledom.
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Are Our Movements Cults?
In this episode, Jaime Grant interviews transformative justice activist Shannon Perez-Darby about cults. Together we ponder the cult-like aspects of queer and feminist movement organizations – litmus testing for loyalty; silences in the face of abusive practices; and working to the point of exhaustion, among them. . We discuss both the horrors of the NXIVM cult and how abusers undermine our realities and steal our lives. We go back over the activist classic "The Revolution Starts at Home," to which Shannon contributed with her ground-breaking article "The Secret Joy of Accountability." We explore the all-important question: How do we keep our commitments to our movements, while keeping our commitments to our individual and collective well-being? Join us!
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Using Fan Culture to Map Desire
In this episode, Dr. Jaime Grant and Jack Harrison-Quintana discuss their experiences with fan culture and how it has impacted their lives. Jack shares that he has always been a person who got excited about the texts he engaged with, and discovering fan-fiction in elementary school allowed him to express his fandom through creation. Jack and Jaime take us on a pleasure journey through their fandoms, and consider how consuming and creating fan content can create mental health and resilience. Finally, they touch on the role of fan culture in the queer community and how it can be a space for exploring desire and identity.
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Emergency Podcast #6: Cumming Out of Lockdown
July 4th Resistance Message: Value Our Lives and Each Other.
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Emergency Podcast 6: Julian and Bishop Clip for the Revolution
This Pod is a shortened version of our season opener for sustenance in this revolutionary moment:
Black queer femmes Julian and Bishop break out of racialized and gendered restrictions on their sex, while claiming the power of their ho-tations.
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Thank you to Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!
Production by E.T. Townsend.
Show art by Allie VanHeest