Unscrewed

Can you heal the trauma of revenge porn by deliberately becoming a nude art model? Lena Chen, one of the first known women to have private nude photos of her nonconsensually shared across the internet, moved to Berlin and tried it. What she learned along the way may surprise you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jaclyn confesses to some surprising thoughts about Harvey Weinstein. Plus deep thoughts about courage and consent.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How brave are you feeling these days? Samhita Mukhopadyay and Kate Harding, editors of Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America, join Jaclyn to talk about the meaning of courage, when it's actually better to say "fuck that" to being strong, and how making their new book got them through Trump's First 100 Days.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let's talk sex on TV, talk about sex with teens, and talk some more about the history of feminist bookstores and sex shops, all in under 15 minutes. It's a quickiesode!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let's talk sex shops! Lynn Comella, author of Vibrator Nation, joins Jaclyn to tell the fascinating history of how feminist sex shops came to be, why they matter, what their future looks like, and to explore the uneasy relationship between sexual liberation and capitalism.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An attempt at a pep talk about campus rape activism, wise words from Zoe Quinn about how not to fight Trumpism, and some bracing advice for a woman unhappy after a threesome. It's all here wrapped up in one quickiesode!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back from hiatus! To celebrate, Jaclyn sits down with game developer and crusader against online abuse Zoe Quinn to get into it about how her ex's attempt to slut shame her helped bring us the Trump administration, whether or not you should dox Nazis, the live action video game she's developing with Chuck Tingle, and so much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Don't look away: it's the Trainwreck episode. You know the type: Britney Spears shaving her head. Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack” Amy Winehouse dying in front of millions. Jaclyn catches up with Sady Doyle, whose new book is all about women who behave "badly" and why we so love to hate them.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tatiana Maslany is getting Unscrewed! Settle in with the star of Orphan Black for a vulnerable and revealing conversation about internalized femmephobia, clones in pussy hats, on-set sexism, rape plotlines, bell hooks, following your fear, and the liberatory power of a queer 90s dance party.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Musical theater! Bawdy dames! Dirty swear words! Literary criticism! Realtalk about slavery and consent! Super-personal talk about rape! A great pickup line! This classic Spare Parts quickiesode has it all.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can a single woman in the Black Church get some and also get to Heaven? That's the question Dr. Brittney Cooper set out to answer for herself a few years ago. What she found -- and what she wrote about it -- has sparked a national conversation at the intersection of sex, shame and Sunday sermons. (Originally aired 5/24/16)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jaclyn peeps back in from hiatus for a quickiesode to help out some listeners with questions about cross dressing, coming out inside a marriage, and how to build a better orgasm.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pleasure isn't optional - it's a key ingredient in both our humanity and our political resistance. Let historian Hanne Blank explain as she talks with Jaclyn about what she learned during the 80s AIDS crisis, the importance of marshmallows when the world is on fire, and why an old slogan from a 1960s French Art movement should be our mantra right now. (Encore)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listener advice for a woman who feels unfuckable, a call to action to save health care, the most optimistic take you've heard yet about the 2016 US election, and OMG JACLYN'S NEW BOOK.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What would the United States be like if our policies, laws and institutions were built to encourage women's happiness? That's the provocative premise of Jill Filipovic's new book, The H-Spot, and she joins Jaclyn to talk about remaking marriage, embracing sexual risks, and how women's pleasure can change the world.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A quickiesode on Mayim Bialik's bad advice, making fun of cis white guys, and the resurgence of abstinence-only ed under a shiny new name.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've talked a lot recently about the politics of porn -- now Jaclyn catches up with producer/director Shine Louise Houston to hear what it's like to make it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What's the difference between making fun of Trump's hands and mocking his hair? Could a casual hookup be healing after trauma? How do you talk with your partner about body hair expectations? Jaclyn tackles a trifecta of listener questions on this week's quickiesode!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ever have a conversation that you think is one thing, but turns out to be another? That's this week's episode. What started out as an exploration on masculinity in the age of Trump became a meditation on gender dynamics in Black Lives Matter, emotional labor in service of change, and the nature of movements. Come along for the ride.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An urgent call to action, a porn recommendation, and a listener advice question about partnered sex that's secretly about masturbation: it's all here in this week's quickiesode.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.