**IF YOU ARE A PARENTAL FIGURE OF MARISA OR OLIVIA, DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE**

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We're talking about sex, baby! More specifically, female sexuality and the shame that surrounds it. We watched the Goop Lap episode "The Pleasure Is Ours" featuring Betty Dodson. This launched us into our own discussion around our own sex education (LACK THEREOF) and the over all shame around women being sexual creatures. Some of our talking points include:

-Vagina vs. vulva

-Women not being taught about their bodies and pleasure

-The Betty Dodson workshop

-Sex education coming from Cosmo magazine, rumors, talking with friends, real sex HBO

-"Sex Stories From Catholic School"

-Fear mongering of children to scare them from pleasure and sex

-The concept of virginity

-Bad language about vaginas and products made to clean them

-Knowing your body physically before having sex with a partner

-How women’s bodies are portrayed in porn

** the audio isn't the best in this episode. Please bear with us, we're learning and getting better equipment!**

-Brief history of slavery, Jim Crow laws, Civil Rights Movement.

-How our current police force was formed and it's racist history.

-What does defunding the police mean?

-How have these protests helped so far?

-What can white people do right now to actually help?

-How do we keep the momentum after the protests stop?

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misguided-focus-1619-beginning-slavery-us-damages-our-understanding-american-history-180964873/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/minneapolis-police-abolish.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misguided-focus-1619-beginning-slavery-us-damages-our-understanding-american-history-180964873/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190326-what-is-epigenetics

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/say-their-names-list-people-injured-killed-police-officer-involved-incidents/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-13th-amendment-didn-abolish-slavery-article-1.2801218

https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/49420/1/a-running-list-of-anti-racism-resources-protest-police-brutality-george-floyd

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a32719786/george-floyd-protests-riots-black-comminity-destruction-history/

https://guidetoallyship.com/

http://www.cjcj.org/news/8113

https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/8/13/17938186/police-shootings-killings-racism-racial-disparities

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html

https://www.elle.com/beauty/makeup-skin-care/g22779116/women-of-color-owned-skincare-brands/?slide=5

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/865261916/a-decade-of-watching-black-people-die

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0

@theslacktivists on Instagram

@Blackandembodied on Instagram

@homefromcollege on Instagram

TW!!: brief discussions of eating disorders, sexual assault, and human trafficking!

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We made it to episode 10! In this episode, we discuss Taylor Swift's Netflix documentary, Miss Americana. We chose the documentary because we needed something fun to watch during the pandemic. It's crazy how many topics of conversation we are able to get out of this. 

Let us know how you like it!

FINALLY! We are releasing our long awaited yoga episode. Well..... long awaited by us! Yoga is one of our favorite types of exercise so we will definitely be talking about it a lot. This episode is just an introduction and overview of yoga. In the future, we will have lots of different yoga episodes that will take a deep dive into more specific topics. This episode covers the following:

What is yoga?

Yoga as an ancient practice that has stood the test of time.

Types of yoga

Dynamic warmups and static stretching

Physical and mental benefits of yoga

Don't forget that our podcast episodes are starting to be released on YouTube!

It takes us a while to get focused in this episode! We banter for quite a while in the beginning. Banter topics include:

"that's what she said" jokes

quarantine making us socially awkward

midwestern habits

dog CBD

and HGTV

When we finally get to our topic for this week, we are discussing skincare. This is one of our favorite things. Both of us are always trying new products and use different face masks almost every single night. Discussions in this episode include:

Our personal skincare journeys 

Skincare products when we were teens vs. what is available to teens now

Breakouts and skin issues effecting your mental health

Hormonal acne as an adult

Products that we currently love

Korean skincare routines

K-Beauty vs. J-Beauty

As you can tell from the length of this episode, we love to discuss skincare. Let us know if you do too!

SOURCES:

https://www.elle.com/uk/beauty/skin/a27477375/bad-skin-mental-health-epidemic-uk/

https://www.thecut.com/2018/07/could-improving-your-mental-health-improve-your-skin.html

https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/the-13-best-korean-face-masks-of-2019.html

https://www.peachandlily.com/pages/korean-skin-care-routine

https://tatsu-skincare.com/blogs/news/korean-vs-japanese-skin-care-the-ultimate-guide-and-comparison

https://hudabeauty.com/us/en_US/blog/j-beauty-vs-k-beauty-whats-the-difference-41579.html

Episode 6 is our first dive into the world of crystals. We discuss the follow things:

What is a crystal and how is it formed? 

How to blend science and the "woo woo" side of a topic? 

Starter kit of crystals and how to choose the right ones for you.

Resurgence of "new age" practices.

Cursed gems

Sources:

smithsonianeducation.org

gia.edu

webmd.com

yogiapproved.com

"Ologies" podcast; episode 4. Gemology with Kelly Sitek

"That's So Retrograde" podcast; episode 2. The Crystal Method with Katie Manzella

Episode 6 is part two of our Law of Attraction conversation. We touch on the following topics:

Introverts vs. Extroverts 

Love Languages

Gratitude

We love the Law of Attraction and hope you do as well!

This episode is part 1 of the discussion of the Law of Attraction. This topic is a fan favorite around here so we had to split it into two parts! Find out what the Law of Attraction even is and how to apply it to your daily life. 

Olivia and Marisa meant to make an episode about staying healthy while traveling but ended up talking about their vacation the whole time! But sprinkled in are tips and tricks they personally use to stay healthy. 

In episode three of 2 Girls, 1 Pillow Fort, Olivia and Marisa talk about plane air, food, alcohol, exercise, and lots of stories from California.