The Sensual Revolution Marlee Liss

Dallas is the founder and CEO of FemTech startup Reya Health. Reya makes navigating birth control easy and empowering for people with periods. Reya’s digital platform and smart algorithms utilize in depth member profiles to match people with birth control solutions and help them manage any side effects or symptoms. Reya is a Founder Institute portfolio company of the 2020 Silicon Valley cohort, was featured on CBC Radio, and the FemTech Focus podcast among numerous others.
In this episode, we dive into:
How Reya Health is changing the game in reproductive health care for people with ovariesCEO Dallas’ 5+ year nightmare with doctor’s conventional approach to birth controlShifting out of a one size fits all approach to contraception and reproductive healthCreating space for a more nuanced conversation beyond demonizing all birth control methodsTrauma-informed contraceptive counselling and how to advocate yourself at the doctor's officeDifferent reasons folks may go on birth control or seek reproductive health care beyond pregnancy prevention (ie. PCOS, endometriosis management)Birth control inclusion (LGBTQIA+) and accessibility and how this relates to abortion
Links/Resources:
Learn more at https://www.reyahealth.ca/
Follow @ReyaHealth and @marleeliss
Attend Marlee's Free BOUNDARY BREAKDOWN training May 30th: https://www.marleeliss.com/boundaries
Join the F*ck Comphet Support Club: 2SLTBQIA+ Community by Marlee Liss and @whatsmybodydoing at: https://www.patreon.com/fckcomphetsupportclub
Learn about the Sensual Wholeness Academy & book your 1-1 call with Marlee: https://www.marleeliss.com/SWA

Lisa Dawn Hamilton is an associate professor of Psychology at Mount Allison University. She is a sex educator, sex researcher, and total sex geek. She hosts a podcast called Do We Know Things? that digs into research and interviews experts about things we often misunderstand about sex.
In this episode, we dive into:
How we can use sex education to reduce sexual violenceDo men have higher sexual desire than women?How do hormones like testosterone actually play into sexual desire and consentHow different cultures and historical periods associate sexuality with gender dynamicsExpansive consent education and the importance of no means no vs. yes means yesCommunicating desires and limitations beyond our gendered conditioningA pleasure-positive approach to consent education
Links/Resources:
Follow us on IG: @doweknowthings and @marleeliss
Follow Lisa Dawn's podcast Do We Know Things here: https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes
Join the F*ck Comphet Support Club: 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Space: https://www.patreon.com/fckcomphetsupportclub
Claim your free 1-1 call with Marlee & learn about her somatic coaching programs for Sensual Reclamation here: https://www.marleeliss.com/SWA

Dr. Rhea Ashley Hoskin is an interdisciplinary feminist sociologist whose work focuses on Critical Femininities, Femme Theory, and femmephobia. Her work examines perceptions of femininity and sources of prejudice rooted in the devaluation or regulation of femininity. Dr. Hoskin is an Ontario Women’s Health Scholar and an AMTD Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, where she is cross-appointed to the departments of Sociology & Legal Studies, and Sexuality, Marriage, & Family Studies. She completed her MA in Gender Studies and her PhD in Sociology from Queen’s University. In 2019, she was awarded the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal at Queen’s University for her doctoral work. 
In this episode, we dive into:
What led Dr. Hoskin to this work of studying femme theory and challenging femmephobiaHow femininity is regulated, devalued and informed by power structuresUnpacking the assumption that femme expression exists for men's attentionDefining femmephobia and the role that it plays in gender-based violence and rape cultureThe radical nature of queer femme identity and challenging femme invisibility
LInks/Resources:
Follow Dr. Hoskin on IG: @femme_research & Marlee at @marleeliss Dr. Hoskin’s recent book entitled “Feminizing Theory: Making Space for Femme Theory” (Routledge, 2021) - see publications at https://www.ashleyhoskin.ca/rahF*ck Comphet Support Club: 2SLGBTIA+ Community Space: https://www.patreon.com/fckcomphetsupportclubLearn about Marlee's signature group coaching program the Sensual Wholeness Academy + book your Free Consult Call: https://www.marleeliss.com/SWABook/inquire about Marlee's speaking: https://www.marleeliss.com/speaking

Arielle D’Angelo is an LGBTQ+ self-love and empowerment coach. Arielle’s mission is to help LGBTQ+ humans live their most empowered and liberated lives rooted in radical self-love and authenticity.
In this episode we dive into:
Arielle’s coming out journey and work as an LGBTQIA+ self-love & mental health coach Going viral on Tik Tok through gay memes and working through fear around being out, loud and proudWe discuss some of the barriers to coming out both circumstantial and internalNavigating heteronormativity in the media and unlearning shameEncouragement for folks navigating shame, questioning sexuality or moving through a coming out journeyWorking through fear of rejection & abandonment as we claim our authentic selves De-fluffing and defining self-love and ditching people pleasingValidating queerness & authentic identity in our inner world and through prioritizing self-loveReckoning with labels and the pressure or relief that can come from claiming a word
Links/Resources:
Follow Arielle on IG and TikTok: @arielledangelo & Marlee at @marleelissFollow Arielle's org We the Rainbow: @wetherainbowofficialF*ck Comphet Support Club: 2SLGBTIA+ Community Space: https://www.patreon.com/fckcomphetsupportclubLearn about Marlee's signature group coaching program the Sensual Wholeness Academy + book your Free Consult Call: https://www.marleeliss.com/SWABook/inquire about Marlee's speaking: https://www.marleeliss.com/speaking

Rivkah Reyes is a queer Filipina Jewish actor, comedian, writer, musician and witch. They’ve been acting on stage and screen since they were 10 years old and are the host of the podcast Where Are We Now?
In this episode we dive into:
Rivkah shares their journey with sobriety and the roots of their addictionRivkah’s experience being featured in School of Rock and how growing up in the acting industry shaped themThe catalyst for Rivkah’s recovery journey after battling addiction to substances, disordered eating, drama, love, hypo + hypersexualityBreaking down the illusive before and after binary on the healing journeyShifting out of spiritual bypassing and challenging the glorification of extreme independence Shedding shame around needing people, solidarity and sobriety Connecting with spirituality in a way that feels genuinely empowering and authentic for ourselves Navigating perfectionism and embracing ourselves as works in progress
Links/Resources:
-Follow @rivkah.reyes and @marleeliss on IG
-Book a session with Rivkah: https://rivkahreadings.as.me/schedule.php
-Join the F*ck Comphet Support Club: 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Space: https://www.patreon.com/fckcomphetsupportclub
-Get the Sensual Wholeness Academy details & claim your free 1-1 call with Marlee: https://www.marleeliss.com/SWA

Maximus Skaff is a New York City/Puerto Rico based Transmasculine writer, director, cinematographer, & editor who’s visual talents have been featured in New York Magazine, Huffington Post, NPR, New York Times, among others. His films have been screened globally and won awards at festivals such as SIFF and NewFest. His latest documentary, Sex(ual) Healing is now on exhibit at The Museum of Sex until February 8th, 2022 in the 3rd floor exhibit, ‘Reclaiming & Making: Art, Desire, Violence’. His full service production company, 422Luxe, specializes in works that range from narrative short films, to documentaries, to branded content, and to music videos. 422Luxe focuses in offering diverse LGBTQ+ and responsible sex industry perspectives through their work.
In this episode we dive into..
Max journey claiming identity & sexual empowerment as a transmasculine personDestigmatizing & decriminalizing sex work through filmmaking and the Sex Workers ProjectNavigating gender dysphoria and healing relationship to our bodiesThe need for trans bodies in ethical porn and empowering representationSecond adolescence and the queer experience; grieving + making up for authentic younger years
Resources/links:
Follow us on Instagram @unclemaxieboy + @marleeliss and learn more at www.maxskaff.com
Sex Workers Project and Doc: https://swp.urbanjustice.org/sexual-healing/ 
Join/get details on the F*ck Comphet Support Club 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Space here: https://www.patreon.com/fckcomphetsupportclub
Claim your free 1-1 call with Marlee & learn more about the Sensual Wholeness Academy here: https://www.marleeliss.com/SWA