From the vagina dentata to pleasure activism

In this episode, we speak with Valentina Ortiz Pandolfi & Kait Scalisi about the myth of the Vagina Dentata and the connection between the voice and sexuality. Valentina shares a traditional story from the Ponca tribe & sex educator Kait of Passion by Kait weighs in.

Note: You Sound Like a Girl acknowledges that not all women have vaginas & that genitals do not equal gender. This episode will focus on folks with vaginas, but as always, You Sound Like a Girl invites cis & trans women, as well as non-binary & gender non-conforming people who are comfortable in a space that centers the experiences of women, to join the conversation.

Learn more about what we talk about in the show:

The myth of the Vagina Dentata - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata

Learn about Argentinian singer, composer, and educator Hebe Rosell - https://www.milenio.com/cultura/transformar-un-pais-da-miedo-hebe-rosell

Read Paul Lafargue’s “The Right to be Lazy” - https://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1883/lazy/

Love the idea of pleasure activism? Adrienne Marie Brown wrote the literal book on it - https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html

Women and femmes who are speaking to us:

Follow @haylawong - https://www.instagram.com/haylawong/

Listen to Leika Mochán - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsuxDgX62u4



Explore Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic” - “In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that can provide energy for change.”

Listen to Lorde read the full text - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmq9gw4Rq0

Read the full text yourself - https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/11881_Chapter_5.pdf

Watch “Pride” on Amazon Prime & read more about Sian James - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/pride-film-gay-activists-miners-strike-interview

Find our guests online

Valentina Ortiz Pandolfi

https://www.youtube.com/user/valentinacuentos

www.valentinastoryteller.com

Kait Scalisi

www.PassionbyKait.com

https://www.instagram.com/passionbykait

Follow the #freedominpleasure hashtag

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