Guest: Julia Serano (writer, activist)

Julia Serano kicks off the third season of Fat Chicks on Top. Writer and activist, she talks about her new book Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back. She goes into how some of us are marked versus unmarked, what that means, and how it changes our experience moving through the world. We talk about her earlier works, Whipping Girl and Excluded. We also talk about how she is surviving the current shitty politics of the US and more!

Sites and Socials

JuliaSerano.com (website)

Substack

Other Things Mentioned in This Episode

Kessler and McKinna. Gender: An Ethnomethodological Approach University of Chicago Press.

Great Discords for Trans Joy!

Mercury Stardust

I'm AuntieVice on Discord

Guest: Doc Domina (clinical psychologist, pro Domme, competative weight lifter)

Doc Domina joins Auntie Vice to talk about a huge array of topics ranging from competative weight lifting to DEI work in the kink world. She talks about the process of going to grad school, finding the lifting community, and then discovering the joy of needles! from there, her journey took her into pro Dommimg at the same time she pursued a clinical psych Ph.D. Her work spans from the carceral system to kink conferences. Her deep understanding of psychology and how our brains discriminate has led to work helping her clients and her employers work to address structural inequalities and personal behavior. 

Sites & Socials

Lintr.ee/DocDomina

Website link: https://docdominaconsulting.weebly.com/

Fetlife link: https://fetlife.com/users/16010820

X/Twitter link: https://twitter.com/DocDomina

Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/docdomina7/profilecard/?igsh=cTkzcm5mb3k1azBo

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Guest: Suzanne Noble (entreprenuer, writer, podcaster)

Suzanne Noble joins Auntie Vice to talk about sex as you age. She offers personal stories, insights, advice, and tips on finding great products to make your sex life spicy at any age!

Sites & Socials

https://suzannenoble.co.uk/  website

Sex Advice for Seniors (podcast)

Substack

Other Sites & Socials

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande 

Sutile Lube

Ah Yes! Personal lubes

Lelo Sona 2 Cruise vibe

OhMyBod Nex3 cock ring

Gaia Vibe

LoveLife Rev Vibe

FirmTech Cock Ring

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Guest: Hannah the Scribe

Hannah the Scribe is a kink writer (fiction, nonfiction) living in a high protocol M/s relationship. We chat power dynamics, autism, schizophrenia, cats, and more!

Sites and Socials:

Fetlife: @HannahTheScribe

Website: https://hannahthescribe.com/

Schizophrenia Diaries

SlaveClass

Guest: Maria Pendolino (voice actress and entrepreneur)

Maria Pendolino is a successful voice, Broadway, and screen actor. She currently works as a full-time voice actor based in Buffalo, NY. We talk about her journey from child actor, to Broadway, to television (Army Wives), and then to creating a voice-based career after developing severe psoriatic arthritis. We discuss her disability journey and how that shaped her identity and how she restructured her career. We talk fashion, wearing bikinkis, and great second-hand stores for folks with bigger bodies.

Sites & Socials

Website: https://www.voicebymaria.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariapendo/

Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/mariapendo

Other sites mentioned in this episdoe:

The Plus Bus

Cake Plus Size Resale

Plus BKLYN

Shop.Fatties on Instagram

Pride Mobility

1800 Wheelchairs

Scoot Around

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Guest: Donnelle Jagerman (Founder of Philly Fat Con and Plus Swap)

Donnelle Jagerman (founder of both Philly Fat Con and the Philly Plus Swap) joins Auntie Vice to chat about the origins and purpose of fat con, fat community, and coming to understanding internalized fatphobia and how it impacts our lives.

Sites and Socials:

Philly Fat Con

Instagram

Plus Swap

Other Sites Mentioned in this episode:

Corrine Fay "Big Undies" substack newsletter

Virginia Sole-Smith substack

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Guest: Debby Herbernick, Ph.D. 

Dr. Debby Herbenick is an internationally recognized sexual and reproductive health professor, researcher, and educator.

She is a Provost Professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health and director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion.

For more than 20 years, she has dedicated her efforts to understanding how people experience their bodies and sexual lives.

Among her 200+ peer-reviewed scientific publications, she has published on population-level sexual health issues (including Zika knowledge and adolescent/young adult sexuality education), college sexual health, and changing sexual behavior trends. Dr. Herbenick has also developed and validated measurement scales to assess genital self-image (which can be thought of as how people feel about their genitals and is relevant to people’s willingness to seek healthcare) as well as sexual pleasure.

Sites & Socials:

Center for Sexual Health Promotion

Yes, Your Kids

Because It Feels Good

The Coregasm Workout

Read My Lips

Sex Made Easy

Additional Sites:

AASECT

Sex Etc.

Dr. Candice Nicole

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Guest: Shalimar (Leatherperson, Mental Health Professional, Therapist)

Shalimar (leatherperson, mental health professional, therapist) joins Auntie Vice to chat about their journey in kink and in mental health. They apply their skills from social work to building healthy, welcoming spaces for queer kink community. We discuss gender, trauma, sober spaces, learning, compassion and more!

Sites and Socials:

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thekinkyhooker/

Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/kalishali

Fetlife: KaliShali

Guest: Tamara Winfrey-Harris

Tamara Winfrey-Harris is a writer, speaker and dedicated champion for all women and girls. She serves as president of Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, a special interest fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation that convenes, invests and advocates so all who identify as women or girls in Central Indiana have an equitable opportunity to reach their full potential no matter their place, race or identity. 

Tamara is the author of the award-winning The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2015); Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters On Stepping Into Your Power (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2021); and A Black Woman’s Guide to Getting Free (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2024). 

Tamara is co-founder of Black Women’s Writing Society, a monthly virtual space for Black femme creatives in Indianapolis. She is also a registered yoga teacher and reiki master, who focuses her work on the healing and well-being of her sisters. 

Sites and Socials:

https://www.tamarawinfreyharris.com/

Other Links for this Episode:

Women’s Fund of Central Indianna: https://www.womensfund.org/

Rolf Gates Yoga: https://www.rolfgates.com/pages/training/2019-COMMUNITIES%20RIZING-200-hour-vinyasa-yoga-teacher-training/

Bookshops

LoudMouth Books https://loudmouthindy.com/

Indy Reads: https://indyreads.org/

Charis Books: https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/

Bookshop.org: https://www.bookshop.org

Bluestockings Book Collective: https://bluestockings.com/

Red Emma’s: https://redemmas.org/

The Strand: https://www.strandbooks.com/

Guest: Shedao (leatherperson, kink educator)

Shedao, bootblack and kink educator, joins Auntie Vice to talk about their journey into kink, polyamory, and becoming a kink educator. We chat about finding a kink identity and builing Black kink community. We chat about moving from hierarchichal relationships to solo polyamory.

Sites & Socials

Instagram  @Shedao_tkyo

Fetlife

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