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  • 22. The Sexual Is Political

    Today we're reclaiming our erotic power and studying a holy trinity of queer feminist writers: Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldúa.

    Join our free & public community discussion here.

    To support the pod and join our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Read The Bisexual Ghost.

    Get instructions for submitting YOUR STORY to our community-sourced May Deep Dive here.

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    Go here for information on how to record a voice memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack here.

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    17 min
  • 21. The Polyamory Cool Kids Table

    A new sub wants to know how to manage jealousy when you're monogamous and your partner isn't. Aka, where is your place in the kink community if not at the so-called "cool kid's table?" Well, it's right here next to me.

    Get instructions for submitting YOUR STORY to our community-sourced May Deep Dive here.

    To support the pod and join our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Miss the Friday Q&As? They live on here & are totally free and public.

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    Go here for information on how to record a voice memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack here.

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    27 min
  • 20. Body Love & Healing Your Gaze with Luna Matatas

    Join me and Luna Matatas for a discussion all about cultivating body confidence in a messed up world!

    Get the rest of my interview with Luna here.

    Find Luna online here.

    Join Patreon at $11/month to get the complete interview here, as well as access to the archives of interviews with discussions ranging from how to find a sex positive therapist, to how to navigate your local kink scene, to the scientific origins of masochism. Oh yeah, and my only public recorded convo with Mr. Dune.

    To support the pod and join our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Miss the Friday Q&As? They live on here & are totally free and public.

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    Go here for information on how to record a voice memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack here.

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    22 min
  • 19. We Are Always Evolving (And So Are Our Needs)

    A sub wants to know how to communicate their changing needs in a longterm relationship, and Lina equips them with proactive, active, and reactive tools for sharing feedback and keeping the D/s container safe (but also spicy).

    To support the pod and join our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Get my Conscious Kink course here.

    Learn how to submit your story for the next Deep Dive here.

    Miss the Friday Q&As? They live on here & are totally free and public.

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    Go here for information on how to record a voice memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack here.

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    26 min
  • 18. A Taste For Suffering

    A tour through the literary origins of masochism, as well as some modern mythbusting for the masochistically inclined.

    Get my full interview with Leigh Cowart, author of Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain On Purpose, here.

    Join our Deep Dive interview with Luna Matatas all about Diversity in Kink on 4/11 at 5 pacific / 8 eastern.

    To support the pod and join our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Miss the Instagram Friday Q&As? They live on here & are totally free and public.

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    Go here for information on how to record a voice memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    8 min
  • 17. Read! The Freakin!! Article!!!

    Today we're tackling the question of how to share kink resources with vanilla people you encounter in your dating travels, strategies for protecting your energy as you do so, and how to hold out hope that you're going to convert seemingly vanilla folks into new kinksters.

    How To Turn Your Vanilla Partner Into Your Dom | My free writing on kink| Book recs | Thich Nhat Hanh in context

    Join our Deep Dive interview with Luna Matatas all about Diversity in Kink

    To support the pod and engage in our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Free & Public Friday Q&As here

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    How To Record A Voice Memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack & read More on my breakup with Instagram

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    25 min
  • 16. Herpes Hope & Hotness with Safe Slut

    Safe Slut joined me to tell me all about her dating life as an HSV+ queen, shared her thoughts on disclosure, and gave us some insight into her first date rituals. Spoiler alert: an HSV diagnosis isn't going to end your sex life! In fact... it might make it even better.

    How Herpes Became A Sexual Boogeyman (Slate)

    Join Patreon at $11/month to get the complete interview here, as well as access to the archives of interviews with discussions ranging from how to find a sex positive therapist, to how to navigate your local kink scene, to the scientific origins of masochism. Oh yeah, and my only public recorded convo with Mr. Dune.

    To support the pod and join our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month!

    Miss the Friday Q&As? They live on here & are totally free and public.

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    Go here for information on how to record a voice memo

    Subscribe to the subby substack here.

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    17 min
  • 15. Gender Is Fake, Aftercare Is Real

    A sub wants to know how to bring forward feminine energy and suppress the masculine during aftercare. Lina's response? Gender is fake, privilege is real, and pegging your Dom is a submissive act. How did we get there? Guess you'll have to listen.

    To support the pod and engage in our thriving ask a sub community of kinky pocket friends, Join Patreon starting at $5/month! http://www.patreon.com/askasub

    Free & Public Friday Q&As: https://discord.gg/askasub

    Conscious Kink Online Course: http://www.askasub.com/conscious-kink

    The Endangered Celebrity Daddy (And The Pedro Pascalification Of My Mental Health): https://askasub.substack.com/p/the-endangered-celebrity-daddy

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    How To Record A Voice Memo: http://www.askasub.com/podcast

    More on my breakup with Instagram: https://askasub.substack.com/p/my-last-abusive-relationship

    Subscribe to the subby substack: https://askasub.substack.com

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    20 min
  • 14. 1970s Leather Culture: "A Very Happy Place To Be"

    Cue up some disco and put on your finest assless chaps, we're taking a walking tour through the heart of leather culture in the 1970's - San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood (home of Folsom Street) and the many bars, clubs, and bathhouses that made it famous.

    Check out my substack piece on the walking tour (which contains a link to download the PDF): https://askasub.substack.com/p/1970s-leather-culture

    Free & Public Friday Q&As: https://discord.gg/askasub

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    How to record a voice memo: http://www.askasub.com/podcast

    More on my breakup with Instagram: https://askasub.substack.com/p/my-last-abusive-relationship

    To join our live Q&A with Safe Slut on 3/12, join Patreon starting at $5/month: https://www.patreon.com/askasub

    Twitter | @Lina.Dune | @askasub2.0

    CREDITS

    Created, Hosted, Produced and Edited by Lina Dune

    With Additional Support from Mr. Dune

    Artwork by Kayleigh Denner

    Music by Dan Molad

    14 min
  • 13. Don't SUBlimate Your Feelings

    Today's episode is all about feeling your feelings. One sub asks whether it's possible to introduce kink to her partner in a non-sexual context, while another wants to know how to react in a subby way to conflict with their Dom.

    Support the pod at http://www.patreon.com/askasub

    Free & Public Friday Q&As on Discord: https://discord.gg/askasub

    Mating In Captivity by Esther Perel

    Submit questions for this podcast as voice memos to [email protected]

    How To Record A Voice Memo: http://www.askasub.com/podcast

    More on my breakup with Instagram: https://askasub.substack.com/p/my-last-abusive-relationship

    Subscribe to the subby substack: https://askasub.substack.com

    35 min

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Ask a Sub is an advice podcast for the kink-curious to take themselves from dreaming to doing. Our host Lina Dune is bringing wellness kink to the masses, and equipping every would-be kinkster with…

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