Hellooooo! Welcome to Season 7 of Mads World, kicking off with Episode 1: Diaries of a Broken Vagina, Female Sexual Dysfunction with Fran Bushe!

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Fran Bushe is an award-winning comedian, writer and performer who has had sold-out runs at ​Soho Theatre​ and The Roundhouse. She's written features for The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Metro and been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. 

I invited Fran to chat on the pod about her book: My Broken Vagina. The book follows her funny, moving, and sometimes awkward quest to fix her sex life. It mirrors the story of millions of women everywhere - with half of all women having felt pain during sex.

During Fran's journey towards a better relationship with her genitals, doctors advised her to have a glass of wine to loosen up, and male friends suggested she simply hadn't 'tried' the right penis yet. Unsurprisingly, neither worked.

After a visit to Sex Camp and many attempts to fix her 'broken' vagina, Fran decided to share her own hilarious, excruciating, and sometimes upsetting experiences. With the help of her 16 year old self's diary, expert advice, candid and enlightening interviews with others about sex, and some self-care exercises, Fran sets about trying to make herself, and other people, feel like they're not being gaslit by their own vaginas.

In this episode, we chat about female sexual dysfunction and the variations, vaginismus, self-esteem and mental health, staying present and much more!

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Cover Art: Veredien

Music: The.Jones.Project_93