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  • The right to remain sexy

    The right to remain sexy

    · bookslut

    Starch your shirts and polish your boots, we’re off to the police academy. This episode Abby and Sam are looking at police and power plays. Listen to two abolitionists try to work out what makes a man in a uniform sexy and decide it might just all come down to the suspenders.  ï»ż


    ï»żOriginal artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries


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  • Born again sinners

    Born again sinners

    · bookslut
    Join us for a journey into the Christian blogosphere where the Song of Solomon is sexy, God might be listening to your thoughts and we’re all touching each other through our jeans.

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  • Good things cum in threes

    Good things cum in threes

    · bookslut

    Just in case you needed a sexier threesome than Abby, Sam, and a microphone, we’re bringing you some questionable threesome erotica. Sam reads two short stories and we discuss threesome logistics, ponder the sexual politics of acronyms and consider the physical possibility of fitting someone’s entire boob in a mouth.


    References for nerdy sluts:

    Scoats, Ryan. "‘If there is no homo, there is no trio’: women’s experiences and expectations of MMF threesomes." Psychology & Sexuality 10, no. 1 (2019): 45-55.Scoats, Ryan, Lauren J. Joseph, and Eric Anderson. "‘I don’t mind watching him cum’: Heterosexual men, threesomes, and the erosion of the one-time rule of homosexuality." Sexualities 21, no. 1-2 (2018): 30-48.Thompson, Ashley E., and E. Sandra Byers. "Heterosexual young adults’ interest, attitudes, and experiences related to mixed-gender, multi-person sex." Archives of sexual behavior 46, no. 3 (2017): 813-822.

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  • The Sex-Files

    The Sex-Files

    · bookslut

    Join Sam and Abby for an intergalactic sex journey! We’re looking at alien tropes and galaxy sluts and wondering if this book is actually good or have our standards just dropped? 


    *episode correction - war of the worlds was published 1897, Abby is just bad at reading numbers.


    ï»żOriginal artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries


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  • Love and other scams

    Love and other scams

    · bookslut

    Welcome back Booksluts, we Choo-choo-choose you all for another year! In our first episode back we have our sights set on the big V. Warning, this podcast contains: Valentine's Day cards, a sexy clutz, bad trope bingo, a jizz pen, and Sam purring like a kitty cat. Tune in to hear us ask (but not answer) if celebrating love is always a good thing or has capitalism ruined this too?


    Genuine content warning: this episode includes some references to rape.


    ï»żOriginal artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries


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  • XXXmas

    XXXmas

    · bookslut

    Your two favourite Ho’s are wrapping up the year with a Christmas special! Abby has read a sexy Christmas tale about a young, naive seductive elf who is sent out to the world of men and so of course the conversation centres around unionising elves and Grinch porn. To thank you all for listening we are sliding down your chimneys with the greatest Christmas gift of all; many useless facts


    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.


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  • Shark week

    Shark week

    · bookslut

    We’re riding the crimson wave right into this fortnight’s episode with a menstruation-themed erotic short story read by Abby. We discuss the way periods affect our lives in ways we hadn’t even thought about and how we feel about a threesome with Aunt Flo. This one’s for all the menstruators and bloodhounds out there who like to get down and dirty.


    References for nerdy sluts


    ï»żWatch "The Period Poem" by Dominique Christina here

    For more information about the DSM and the PMDD debate, see Offman, Alia, and Peggy J. Kleinplatz. "Does PMDD belong in the DSM? Challenging the medicalization of women's bodies." Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 13, no. 1 (2004).The book Abby references multiple times is: Bobel, Chris, Inga T. Winkler, Breanne Fahs, Katie Ann Hasson, Elizabeth Arveda Kissling, and Tomi-Ann Roberts. "The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies." (2020): 1037.

    Studies:

    Fahs, Breanne. "Sex during menstruation: Race, sexual identity, and women’s accounts of pleasure and disgust." Feminism & Psychology 21, no. 2 (2011): 155-178.Rempel, John K., and Barbara Baumgartner. "The relationship between attitudes towards menstruation and sexual attitudes, desires, and behavior in women." Archives of Sexual Behavior 32, no. 2 (2003): 155-163.Lete, Iñaki, Paloma Lobo, Rossella E. Nappi, Axelle Pintiaux, Christian Fiala, GĂŒnther HĂ€usler, and Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet. "Male perception about the inconveniences associated with monthly bleeding for their partner–an international survey." The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 23, no. 1 (2018): 1-11.

    ï»żOriginal artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.


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  • The poundemic 2: pound on

    The poundemic 2: pound on

    · bookslut

    Because who doesn’t love a sequel? Abby spends two weeks of quarantine updating her research on sex in the time of COVID-19 while Sam reads viral erotica ‘Kissing the Coronavirus.’ Together we slowly come to terms with potentially disappointing podcast favourite Chuck Tingle as we ask, can coronavirus ever be sexy? Is it ever okay to poke fun at something that has caused such harm, even as satire? And how many ferrets is too many?ï»ż


    ï»żOriginal artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.


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  • SpoOoOoky Halloweeeeen

    SpoOoOoky Halloweeeeen

    · bookslut

    Trick or treat it’s a spooky halloween special! Abby brings two sexy ghost tales while we cross over to ask the big questions; Is there life after death? Do departed spirits walk among us? And if so, can we have sex with them? The answers may surprise you. Not the last one, it’s definitely yes.


    ï»żOriginal artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.


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  • Sidenote: What's up with censorship?

    Sidenote: What's up with censorship?

    · bookslut

    In a perfect meeting of interests Abby and Sam get to nerd out about the effects of legal and digital censorship on erotic material. We trace the history of book banning in Australia up to the chilling effects of the current American SESTA/FOSTA laws on internet content. Turns out when the people making censorship decisions are overwhelmingly pale, male and stale, it isn’t just about sexy books but also ongoing censorship of minority groups. Who’d have guessed? 


    Resources and further reading for nerdy sluts

    On the history and ongoing impact of obscenity laws and censorship, where it comes from and who makes the decisions:

    Introducing Australia's Bibliography of Banned Books by Marita Bullock and Nicole MooreSex Censorship: The Assumptions of Anti-Obscenity Laws and the Empirical Evidence, by Robert B Cairns, James CN Paul, and Julius WishnerMinnesota Law Review (1962).If not a fist, then what about a stump? Ableism and heteronormativity within Australia's porn regulations, by Ryan Thorneycroft, Porn Studies (2020), 7:2, p 152-1.

    On modern censorship, sesta/fosta, sex work vs sex trafficking and algorithmic bias:

    Listen to the 'You're Wrong About' podcast episode on Human Trafficking, moral panic, and it's conflation with sex work here.Learn more about SESTA/FOSTA and it's impact on internet freedoms and modern censorship with this Electronic Frontiers Foundation ArticleMake sure you check out and support Salty, especially their report into algorithmic bias here.Check out the panel Sam organised on censorship and expression online- full of amazing badass speakers: Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Claire Fitzsimmons (founder of Salty), Lola Hunt (Sex Worker and cofounder of Assembly Four), and Celeste Carnegie (of Indigitek), watch it here.

    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.


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  • Classic smut with Tegan Higginbotham

    Classic smut with Tegan Higginbotham

    · bookslut

    In this episode we chat to special guest Tegan Higginbotham, comedian, writer, actress and all round smut lover about writing sexy words for modern women. This fortnight Tegan read the classic Lady Chatterly’s Lover, a book banned in the UK until 1960 for its use of “four letter words,” and together we ponder why the author, DH Lawrence, never talks about foreplay, always talks about the bowels, and thinks the clitoris is a beak.


    A huge thank you to Tegan for joining us on this episode - make sure you check out her podcast, Rue Lamark.


    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.


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  • Lipp Selects: Feminism Ruins Everything

    Lipp Selects: Feminism Ruins Everything

    · bookslut

    It's a feminist podcast! New to Lipp Media, Feminism Ruins Everything is a weekly show offering feminist critiques to movies, musicals, and pop culture phenomena... potentially ruining them forever in the process. Hosted by Millicent Sarre ('Friendly Feminism for the Mild Mannered') and Ellis Dolan ('School of Rock' Australasian Tour), this episode explores the classic teen film 10 Things I Hate About You, dissecting the dense feminist values embedded in it's foundations.


    Listen to Feminism Ruins Everything wherever you listen to us!


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  • Going bush

    Going bush

    · bookslut

    We’re tackling the hairy questions in an episode dedicated to pubes! Whether you love them or hate them we’re sure everyone has spent a chunk of their adult life thinking about their thatches of curls. Sam and Abby look at the history of pubic hair removal and how changing standards of beauty affect the bodies of women and men. 


    Content warning: this episode references use of whorephobic language 


    References and extra reading for nerdy sluts:

    For a look into the history of women’s hair removal check out this visual exploration or this post from the Women’s Museum of California.  The Cosmopolitan/Esquire/AskMen survey that Sam referenced is here.And the study of Australian women’s motivations behind hair removal: "The hairlessness norm extended: Reasons for and predictors of women’s body hair removal at different body sites," Marika Tiggemann and Suzanna Hodgson, Sex Roles, 59, 2008: 889-897.For details on the cross-cultural perspectives of pubic hair removal, check out "Pubic hair removal practices in cross-cultural perspective," Lyndsey K Craig and Peter B Gray, Cross-Cultural Research, 53(2), 2019: 215-237. To explore issues related to male body hair: "“I think gorilla-like back effusions of hair are rather a turn-off”:‘Excessive hair’ and male body hair (removal) discourse," Gareth Terry and Virginia Braun, Body Image, 17, 2016: 14-24.

    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • A trip down under

    A trip down under

    · bookslut

    G’day ya flamin’ galahs! Sam’s journey to find some sexy Australiana has landed us with a tale of almost no sex but a lot of pregnancies. Tune in as we jump into the Victorian regional community of Wirralong and the life of their sexiest, single policeman. Although we finally found an area that academia doesn’t give a shit about, we still have some facts for you. Did you know, for example, that romance by Australian authors is one of our biggest literary exports? Crikey!


    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • A safe time's a good time

    A safe time's a good time

    · bookslut

    Can contraception be sexy? To help answer this question Abby looked at ‘Play it Safe’, an erotic anthology that includes safe sex practices and we discuss whether romance and erotica owe it to their readers to include safe practices. We also discuss the logistics of putting condoms on with bad eyesight, ginger butt plugs and our new favourite hero Supermarket Slut. But we know you’re all really here for the chats and stats. 


    Featuring special guest: Bec Villanti, one of the founders of vegan-friendly feminist condom brand, Jonny. You can check them out here: https://jonny.com.au/


    Extra reading and references for nerdy sluts 

    ‘Do condoms kill the mood of a book? Erotia authors don’t agree on safe sex demands’ by Rachel Kramer Bussel, Salon. â€˜Love means never having to be careful: The relationship between reading romance novels and safe sex behaviour,’ Amanda B Diekman, Mary McDonald, Wedni L Gardner, Psychology of Women Quarterly, 24 (ZOOO), 179-188. Cambridge University Press.A critique on the above study and the essay that sparked the online debate that Sam references from NPR: Romance Fiction and Women’s Health: a dose of skepticism. â€˜Sexual Agency, Safe Sex, and Consent Negotiations in Erotic Romance Novels,’ Laura M Moore, 2019‘Rates of STIs are increasing but young people still don’t use condoms,’ Triple J Hack

    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • Chasing tail

    Chasing tail

    · bookslut

    Sam continues to bring the goods with not one but TWO mermaid-themed erotic novels. Come get wet with us as we dive into the erotic debate of whether mermaids would have sex like dolphins or like pelagic fish. If your life has been missing the appropriate amount of sexy fish facts and the word slit (and I mean, haven’t they all), this is the episode for you. 


    Content Warning: this episode contains some references to suicide


    Fact check: it is approximately 5% of the ocean that has currently been explored by humans not 15-20% as we guessed at


    References for nerdy sluts 

    “A phallus out of water: the construction of mer-masculinity in modern day illustrations.” Olle JilkĂ©n, 2018. â€œWe are the lost”: Recovering the Feminist and Transcultural Complexity of Mermaids in Literature Schaack, L.J. (2018) Faculty of Humanities ThesesTo understand more about how sirens became the femme fatales we know them of today, check out this twitter thread from Dr. Emily Wilson, who is the first woman to even translate Homer’s Odyssey into english. 

    Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • Eat (out) the rich

    Eat (out) the rich

    · bookslut

    Step into our VIP, all white, zebra print, smooth jazz bar-cum-weekend RnB club, as we look at the representation of class in romance. Using a book that flips the ‘white male billionaire’ trope on its head, Abby and Sam start to question whether we’ve been reading romance or capitalist propaganda this whole time. We’re talking class wars, father figures and why no penis should ever kiss a womb. 

    Content Warning: This episode includes some references to domestic violence


    References for nerdy sluts:

    “Romancing the World: Harlequin Romances, the Capitalist Dream, and the Conquest of Europe and Asia.” Peter Darbyshire, Studies in Popular Culture Vol. 23, No. 1 (2000), pp. 1-10. â€œSlippery when wet: The shifting boundaries of the pornographic (a class analysis).” Rebecca Huntley, Continuum Vol 12, No. 1 (1998) pp. 69-81.

    A big thank you and shout out to our talented friends:

    Original BOOKSLUT artwork by Brady King and music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • These boots are made for lickin'

    These boots are made for lickin'

    · bookslut

    Pop your feet up, it's our first fetish episode! Tune in as we dip our toes into the most statistically common of all: foot fetishes. This fortnight Sam read LG Denier’s (lol) Leg Lover and we discuss the difference between a fetish and kink, theories of how foot fetishes evolved and the logistics of a footjob from the point of view of two novices. Sam continues her journey of self-discovery, while Abby’s journey is more about realising that if she could choose a sentient cloud over people she probably would. As always, it turns out we're here for the sex but not for the sexism.


    A big thank you and shout out to our talented friends:

    Original BOOKSLUT artwork by Brady King and music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • Fifty shades of cliche

    Fifty shades of cliche

    · bookslut

    It’s a tale as old as time: boy meets girl, boy stalks girl, girl freaks out that boy has a room full of whips and then love I guess? Yep, we’re talking about the phenomenon of 50 Shades of Grey. Everyone has an opinion on this book and Sam and Abby grapple with the question of how you critique such a popular book while respecting the genre. Did it help normalise erotic romance for women? Yes. Did it misrepresent the BDSM community? Also yes. The answer is, as always, complicated. 


    A big thank you and shout out to our talented friends:

    Original BOOKSLUT artwork by Brady King and music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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  • Res-erection

    Res-erection

    · bookslut

    Have you ever asked yourself if you would have sex with a zombie? No? Yeah, us neither... Lucky for you, despite its name this book barely mentions zombies and is instead about a hot werewolf getting it on with a hot Samantha. Come with us on a journey into the absurd as we discuss zombie tropes, the politicised zombie body, zombie fleshlights and of course, nursing.


    References for nerdy sluts:

    A staring point if you'd like to read more about the racist history of zombies

    The Tragic, Forgotten history of Zombies, The AtlanticWhere do Zombies come from?, The BBC

    A big thank you and shout out to our talented friends:

    Original BOOKSLUT artwork by Brady King and music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

    Other music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. 


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