Laura Bogart is the brilliant writer behind the recent Buzzfeed piece entitled: Quitting Sex Was The Best Thing I Ever Did For Myself. In it, she discusses her experiences with dating and sex as a fat woman, and this week she joins the podcast to discuss these experiences and to answer questions inspired by this piece that came in from the podcast audience. Anyone who has ever experienced the unique exhaustion that comes along with constantly worrying about how "f*ckable" you are will appreciate this discussion.

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Books mentioned in the episode
Don't You Know I Love You, by Laura Bogart
Wow, No Thank You, by Samantha Irby
Fat Girls Deserve Fairy Tales Too, by Evette Dionne
Fat!So? by Marilyn Wann

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Femi Olafioye-Omogbehin is a Self Love Activist, blogger, speaker, and now one of your host's favorite people to talk about life with. Femi's uplifting, welcoming, calming, and honest content centers on self love, but it is also her space to be the representation she herself didn't have. In this episode, we get into Femi-recommended self love resources, the realities of how we're living right now, and the benefits of the kindness we show ourselves in times of stress. An absolute must-listen for anyone single, partnered, or otherwise who has ever felt overwhelmed, exhausted, or lacking direction in the self love space. Give yourself the grace and compassion that Femi champions. Press play.

“grieve. so that you can be free to feel something else.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, nejma

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Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
The Art Of Loving, Erich Fromm
It's Not Always Depression, Hilary Jacobs Hendel
Nisolo Sandals

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Angelica Malin is the Editor in Chief of About Time Magazine and the creator of a WhatsApp group of 40 people. In these socially distant days, digital communities have become more important than ever. But the social media and online dating spaces can often seem cold, and void of real connection. In this episode we discuss how to create real connection and support when we need it most, among other things we're thinking about while the world is upside down. 

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Anthony (Anto) Finucane is partly responsible for your host's sanity during quarantine. Part of a WhatsApp group of friends that have been plying each other with Golden Girls memes and discussions of inclement weather for the last four months straight, he's a guest on this podcast discussing friendship, singlehood, loneliness, living and dating abroad, solo furniture assembly, Spotify's new offensive membership offering — we get into a LOT. An excellent listen for anyone who's really leaned into supportive friendships during COVID. Get in here.

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Unladylike Podcast
Clarity On Fire Podcast
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Heather McMahan's Live Show
DHM Detox
Sugababes Hole In The Head
The Little Paris Kitchen
Shani yelling at Spotify
It's Mad, Isn't It?

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What is Alonement? Francesca Specter is a journalist, podcaster and founder of Alonement, a UK-based platform dedicated to the time you spend alone and why it matters. This is an amazing listen for anyone, single or partnered, who struggles to settle into downtime or alone time. Takeaway smart practices to baby step your way into an increased level of comfort with (if not excitement for) your time spent alone.

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Books & comedy mentioned in the episode:
Cooking Solo by Klancy Miller
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg
Douglas by Hannah Gadsby
Live Shows by Daniel Sloss
Sarah Powell Instagram

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Julia Moser might be the first person to be broken up with during a pandemic via Zoom. She's certainly the first person to tweet about it. One viral tweet later, we're discussing her experience on the podcast this week because there are so many relatable emotions around her story. We all know what it's like to be excited about someone, and then suddenly lose that excitement. This is a great listen for a quarantine summer, and hopefully inspires a good rom-com marathon or two. 

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Books & movies mentioned in the episode:
Julie & Julia
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Wallflower at the Orgy by Nora Ephron 

https://jessicafontenot.com/ (Artist mentioned in intro)

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Andrea Barrica is CEO/co-founder of O.school, a judgment-free resource to learn about sexuality and pleasure. She joins the podcast this week to discuss sex and sexual wellness particularly as they relate to single people. She's answering listener questions that came in via the Facebook group, and in general addressing a lot of the limitations and things we may have missed in our sexual educations that spaces like O.school can help us safely explore.

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Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

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Dr. Kris Marsh, PhD., is a sociologist, demographer, and author of the forthcoming book, "The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class." In an episode recorded prior to COVID-19 and lockdown, she discusses the experience and the study of single Black women, as well as the importance of studies that go beyond what exists or what is happening, and dive into why they're happening. Dr. Marsh also answers questions from podcast listeners via the Facebook group. This is an episode for anyone who has ever felt like their single status has made them feel somehow societally lacking. (Spoiler: who you are does not lack anything at all.)

Dr. Kris Marsh
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Books and videos discussed in this episode:
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
Happy Singlehood: The Rising Acceptance and Celebration of Solo Living
Akilah Hughes: Meet Your First Black Girlfriend

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Dr. Marsh's bio:

Dr. Kris Marsh received her PhD from the University of Southern California in 2005. She was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina before joining the faculty of Maryland where she has been tenured since 2014. Dr. Marsh's general areas of expertise are the Black middle class, demography, racial residential segregation, and education. She has combined these interests to develop a research agenda that is divided into two broad areas: avenues into the Black middle class and consequences of being in the Black middle class. Currently, Dr. Marsh is writing a book for Cambridge University Press that examines the mental and physical health, wealth, residential choices and dating practices of an emerging Black middle class that is single and living alone. Professor Marsh also teaches courses on Research Methods, Race Relations and Racial Residential Segregation. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and the University of Johannesburg. Dr. Marsh has served as a contributor to CNN in America, the Associated Press, NBC Washington, and Al Jazeera America and is frequently asked to contribute to the Washington Post. She serves as the Secretary of the District of Columbia Sociological Society and the Managing Editor of Issues in Race & Society. Professor Marsh's most recent research and intellectual endeavors center on improving police community relations. Since late 2015, Dr. Marsh has been the driving force behind a bias free training and research collaboration between Prince George's Count Police Department and the University of Maryland.

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Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla is a freelance writer and editor joining the podcast this week to discuss being child-free by choice as a married woman. In this episode, that's basically akin to listeners observing two women becoming friends over Zoom, we cover a lot of ground and debunk a lot of old societal beliefs, and those who are child-free by choice as well as those who would like to become parents will hopefully find this a thoughtful and inviting discussion. Best enjoyed with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and followed immediately by a phone call to your best friend.

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Aabye's work quoted in this episode on The Body Is Not An Apology

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Lindsay Goldwert is a writer and podcaster and she's this week's guest because we're going to talk about money. We're going to talk about dominatrixes, quarantine habits, and bike shorts too, but mostly we're going to talk about money. Lindsay is answering audience questions that came in via the Facebook group, and we're basically just going to spend an hour and fifteen minutes becoming new friends during a scary time. Get in here.

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Books mentioned in the episode:
Bow Down by Lindsay Goldwert
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Broke Millennial by Erin Lowry

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