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What is Queerness? Is the word ‘Bisexual’ Transphobic? How is joy linked to activism? This week the wise and witty Matt Bernstein joins Floss to answer your questions, listen to your voice notes and take your calls. They deep dive into identity, ignorance and internet culture and provide some sage advice that, to be honest, is pretty universal. Happy Thursday Floss Fans, this ones worth a listen!

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Self-healing is a contentious subject; as nuance gets stripped from trauma discourse online, we endlessly debate how responsible we are for our own actions. Enter Dr Nicole Le Pera, the holistic psychologist, who wants to empower us on our healing journeys. She and Floss chat trauma, change and the difference between explaining and excusing. Pause, process and be proud of yourselves. Happy Thursday Floss fans!

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Sonya Renee Taylor is the author of 'The Body Is Not An Apology'- and really the profoundly striking title says it all. She is a truly revolutionary educator, poet and speaker and today she and Floss begin to unpack the systems of oppression that we all internalise. They discuss how low self-esteem fuels hierarchy, what is meant by radical self love and how joy can ne used as a tool of resistance. Remember Floss Fans, comparison is the thief of joy. Prepare to be shaken to your core. Happy Thursday!

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Today, I’m sharing a preview of a new podcast I’m enjoying and think you will, too. On Come As You Are, educator and bestselling author Dr. Emily Nagoski answers questions about sex with the latest science. You’ll get a modern guide to sexual wellbeing, backed by groundbreaking research about desire, anatomy, orgasm and much more. In conversation with her producer, Emily debunks cultural myths and flips the script on everything you thought you knew about sex and sexuality.In this preview, Emily answers a listener question about losing the motivation to

have sex and introduces us to a concept known as the "dual control model,” which offers a simple but radical shift in the way we think about horniness. Listen to Come As You Are at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/caya?sid=exactly. 

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Happy Thursday Floss! We are back with another episode. This week Floss and Gabri Abrāo, AKA Sigh Swoon on social media, talked spirituality, romance and gratitude. Gabi is an LA based writer, artist and digital creator, making it her life's mission to embrace the ephemerality of the human existence. Everything is temporary and her recent published work Notes On SHapeshifting is a poetic guide to accepting flux and embracing the existential. Prepare to get philosophical loves!

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Happy Thursday Floss Fans! This week Floss chats to Mary Portas- entrepreneur, broadcaster and fashion icon. Mary has had a long and impressive career, from doing deas with Dulce and Gabbana to looking into the death of tbhe Great British High Street. They explore queerness in the public eye, patriarchy in the workplace and how people pleasing can fuel crushing societal norms and expectations. Prepare for some excellent life advice! Strap in and be kind to yourselves.

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Happy Thursday Floss Fans and thank you for all your excellent questions. It's our fifth episode and that can only mean one thing; A CALL IN. Floss is joined by the amazing Megan Jayne Crabbe to answer your diet culture dilemmas! Megan is a best selling author, presenter creator and bundle of joy, but boy has she worked to get there. She shares her invaluable insights on dysmorohia, discomfort and dressing for YOU, and chats to a caller about puberty 2.0 and ageing angst. You'll be Twerking after working once you've listened to this one!

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Happy Thursday Floss Fans! A fun, flirty one for you this week. Floss chats to Iona David, the woman behind the iconic meme account Beam Me Up Softboi. Iona talks about how and why she started the hilarious and horrifying process of interactions and dms written by (mostly) men to women online and on dating apps. They deep dive on dating, digital romance and why the girlies are STRUGGLING with the indie boys of the world. You’ll also be treated to a comprehensive analysis of what a soft boi actually is- a feminist? A “nice guy”? A Pokemon style evolution of a fuck boy? Tune in to find out.

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Great news! My friends on Spotify (and lots of other podcasting platforms) can now get access to Extra Floss! Subscribe to get our exclusive ‘Ask Floss’ episodes every week and unlock all of our wonderful Ask Floss episodes from season 1 (that’s over 30 extra episodes just waiting for you to listen to!). Plus, subscribers to Extra Floss get all episodes, past, present and future, completely ad-free. Visit ExtaFloss.com to get access on Spotify or your preferred podcast app or visit Exactly on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘try free’ at the top of the page to start your free trial today.

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Happy Thursday Floss fans! This week Floss is joined by the amazing Blair Imani, author of “Read this to get Smarter” and “HerStory - Stories of women and non-binary people rewriting history.” She’s a historian, educator, mental health advocate, speaker and entrepreneur. She’s Black, Bisexual and Muslim and talks a lot about her experience with these identities and how they impact one another. She and Floss chat respectability politics, use Blair’s vast historical knowledge to look at the history of being queer and talk about her journey to finding acceptance in Islam.

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