This episode delves into the critical topic of high school sex education, focusing on a pleasure-centered approach and the challenges posed by social media censorship.

Tara Michaela's Youth Sexpert Program serves as a beacon of hope for comprehensive and honest sex education for young people. The discussion with Cat sheds light on the future of sex education and the ongoing struggle to provide accurate, inclusive, and empowering information in a digital age.

Cat and Tara discuss the future of sex education, focusing on the importance of providing students with a comprehensive and inclusive education that addresses their needs. They talk about the evolving landscape of sex education and the challenges of integrating pleasure-based approaches in traditional curricula. Tara shares her vision for expanding the TYSP program and making pleasure-centered sex education more widely accessible to young people.

The conversation shifts to the topic of social media censorship, with a focus on the challenges that sex educators face when sharing educational content online. Tara discusses the impact of censorship on sex education and the need for more transparency and open dialogue on these platforms. Cat and Tara explore the importance of advocating for accurate, science-based information on social media.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• Tara’s background

• Peer-to-Peer Sex Education 

• Parents’ role in Sex Ed

• Empowering High School students with accurate, comprehensive, and inclusive Sex Ed 

• Social Media Censorship 

• The future of the Youth Sexpert Program

You can find Tara here: @theyouths3xpertprogram | @yourexgirlfriendtara

Girl Knew York x Head South T-Shirt:A portion of the proceeds from this T-Shirt will be donated to The Youth Sexpert Program. Supporting LGBTQ+, reproductive rights, and sexual education non-profits is a deeply held value for Head South. We believe that as a brand, we have a responsibility to do more than just profit; we must also contribute positively to the world around us.

Please support Tara’s foundation of choice: The Youth Sexpert Program is a semester-long, virtual training program for high school-enrolled youth ages 14-18. Weekly Zoom sessions range in topics from anatomy to consent to self-pleasure to STI destigmatization to porn literacy. The program is fundamentally pleasure-centered and radically honest, as opposed to fear-driven.