“Hot & Heavy Homework” Prompt from “Pleasure Activism”:

“Write up your pleasure activism lineage! Who awakened your senses? Who politicized your experiences of body, identity, sensation, feeling good? If they are still living, have you thanked them properly? If yes, good, do it again. If not, reach out. If they are ancestors, honor them with a pleasure altar covered in sticky fruit, sweet smalls, sacred water, and thick earth, centered around fire. Gratitude is part of pleasure too.” 

Additional sources mentioned/shared:

PLEASURE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster 

SENSUAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster 

The Tool Shed 

“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver

“Holy Hurt” by Hillary McBride

“The Vagina Monologues” by V Ensler

“Your Body is Not an Apology” by Sonya Renee Taylor

“Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde, specifically the essay “Uses of the Erotic”

Other authors: Taylor Jenkins Reid and Patti Smith, Haley Jakobson, Jenny Slate, Cheryl Strayed

Visual artists: Frida Kahlo, Hilma af Klint, Martha Jungwirth, Etel Adnan 

Musical artists: Bon Iver, Dijon, Rihanna, Janelle Monae, Chappell Roan

Queer Sex Therapy on Instagram (Casey Tanner)

https://deniseshererjacobson.com/ 

Denise’s Instagram account: @ deniseshererjacobson

Bio from her website: Author and educator Denise Sherer Jacobson, M.A., is passionate about  “Weaving the Disability Experience into the Tapestry of Living.” She has worked as an activist, counselor, administrator, and oral historian in the Independent Living Movement for over 50 years, all the while keeping her sense of humor.

Additional Sources:

Glee: Season 1 Episode 4, Season 3 Episode 5, & Season 3 Episode 10

Love on the Spectrum

Sex Education: Season 3 Episode 4

Blogpost: Further Exploring Disability and Sexuality in Netflix’s Crip Camp

Exile and Pride by Eli Clare

Our Sexuality, Our Health: A Disabled Advocate's Guide to Relationships, Romance, Sexuality and Sexual Health made by Melissa Crisp-Cooper

2020 Netflix documentary CRIP CAMP: A Disability Revolution, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s company, Higher Ground.

Sources:

https://refreshtherapynyc.com/guilt-vs-shame-why-understanding-the-difference-matters-for-your-mental-health/ 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/201009/the-masturbation-gap 

https://www.lelo.com/blog/the-masturbation-gap-what-women-can-learn-from-mens-masturbation-habits/ 

https://goaskalice.columbia.edu/answered-questions/masturbating-stats-are-there-gender-differences-and-why/ 

https://sexualbeing.org/blog/masturbating-while-trans-how-to-get-off-and-stay-gender-euphoric/ 

https://www.autostraddle.com/33-queer-women-and-non-binary-people-on-their-first-masturbation-experiences-436240/ 

https://blog.womanizer.com/equal-masturbation-day/ 

This episode gives the background of host Anne Marie Gunn and her personal reasons, as well as broader reasons, for starting this podcast. Some topics that are covered include: Christian messaging about sex, finding personal sexual ethic, coming out as bisexual, queer and trans rights, masturbation, the ways patriarchy is preventing people from having good sex, and how talking about sex can result in people having better sex. Anne Marie touches on her decision to stop her original launch of the series in 2022 and why she has ultimately brought it back today.