100 episodes

Welcome to It's So Hard, the podcast about life in and around the sex industry, hosted by Jenn and Tess Louise with personal and professional experience in the mental health and sex industries. Each week, we mull over life, sex, relationships, mental health and balancing it all in complex industries.

Join our hosts for a laugh, a muse and some of the real (and occasionally sexy!) convos. To contact us or learn more, visit https://itssohard.info

Content Warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise®
Intro Music: Aussens@iter (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/58028 Ft: rslane32

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    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

Welcome to It's So Hard, the podcast about life in and around the sex industry, hosted by Jenn and Tess Louise with personal and professional experience in the mental health and sex industries. Each week, we mull over life, sex, relationships, mental health and balancing it all in complex industries.

Join our hosts for a laugh, a muse and some of the real (and occasionally sexy!) convos. To contact us or learn more, visit https://itssohard.info

Content Warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise®
Intro Music: Aussens@iter (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/58028 Ft: rslane32

    100. Where to Next? "I felt that we were making the mistake of overfocusing on sex work..."

    100. Where to Next? "I felt that we were making the mistake of overfocusing on sex work..."

    As season 2 comes to a close, we explore the essential - but fragile - relationships between sex work representation, confidentiality, and intersectionality. We also discuss the future of It's So Hard.
    Contains explicit sexual descriptions.
    Mentions - Progressive Therapeutic Collective, Isidoro Rodriguez, Joni Boyd, and Decrim WA
    Hosts - Jenn and Tess Louise®
    Website - itssohard.info
    Music - "No Justice", The Empress 2021 by Lil Hoe
    S2:E100

    • 30 min
    99. Reflections on It's So Hard: "Your relationship with the podcast is different from mine..."

    99. Reflections on It's So Hard: "Your relationship with the podcast is different from mine..."

    Lil Hoe asked, "What are you most grateful for that has come out of starting a podcast together?"
    Contains explicit sexual descriptions.
    Hosts - Jenn and Tess Louise®
    Website - itssohard.info
    Music - "No Justice", The Empress 2021 by Lil Hoe
    S2:E99

    • 42 min
    98. Boundary Queen: "So I got in a fight with a surgeon..."

    98. Boundary Queen: "So I got in a fight with a surgeon..."

    After a stressful run-in with the medical system as a fat person, Jenn chats about self-advocacy and moving through her freeze/fawn responses.
    Contains explicit sexual descriptions.
    Hosts - Jenn and Tess Louise®
    Website - itssohard.info
    Music - "No Justice", The Empress 2021 by Lil Hoe
    S2:E98

    • 34 min
    97. The Death of George Pell: "He would trample on victims..."

    97. The Death of George Pell: "He would trample on victims..."

    It's fair to say we've both had a bit on and we've got a bit to say in ep 97 of It's So Hard, a podcast about the sex industry and other sexy things...
    Jenn and Tess discuss the death of George Pell and it's impact across victim-survivor communities. Jenn shares her recent learning about advocacy and direct action, and a little activist experiment she took part in in response to the media frenzy over Pell. 
    If you want to connect in with CSA victim-survivor communities, check out the following:
     - Loud Fence (@loudfence)
     - The Blue Knot Foundation (@blueknotfoundation)
     - The Survivors and Mates Support Network (SAMSN) for male survivors (@samsn_aus)
     - What Were You Wearing (@whatwereyouwearing_)
     - The Survivor Hub (@thesurvivorhub)
     - Bravehearts (@braveheartsprotectkids)
     - The Care Leavers Australiasian Network (CLAN) (@careleaversaustralia)
     - Broken Rites (http://www.brokenrites.org.au/)
    Content warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!
    Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise
    Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.people.hoe)

    • 32 min
    96. New Year's Non-Resolutions: "Life is SO changeable!"

    96. New Year's Non-Resolutions: "Life is SO changeable!"

    We're into 2023 for ep 96 of It's So Hard, a podcast about the sex industry and other sexy things.
    Jenn and Tess chat about all things "resolutions", and how we're both embracing the chaos of life and trying to be okay with things that are unresolved! Jenn also shares a family rant and we shout out everyone who has been facing challenges this holiday period. For more tips from Jenn about managing during the holidays, head over to patreon.com/itssohard. 
    Content warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!
    Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise
    Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.people.hoe)

    • 19 min
    95. Consent Thought Experiments: "What would Jenn do?"

    95. Consent Thought Experiments: "What would Jenn do?"

    We get creative for ep 95 of It's So Hard, a podcast about life in and around the sex industry... and other sexy things.
    After our discussion last week about sex education in schools and the importance of modelling balanced conversations about sex, Tess got inspired. She created a thought scenario game called What Would Jenn Do? Enjoy the discussions about consent and boundaries and do tell us... what would you do?
    Content warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!
    Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise
    Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.people.hoe)

    • 35 min

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