It's So Hard

It's fair to say we've both had a bit on and we've got a bit to say in ep 97 of It's So Hard, a podcast about the sex industry and other sexy things...

Jenn and Tess discuss the death of George Pell and it's impact across victim-survivor communities. Jenn shares her recent learning about advocacy and direct action, and a little activist experiment she took part in in response to the media frenzy over Pell.

If you want to connect in with CSA victim-survivor communities, check out the following:

- Loud Fence (@loudfence)

- The Blue Knot Foundation (@blueknotfoundation)

- The Survivors and Mates Support Network (SAMSN) for male survivors (@samsn_aus)

- What Were You Wearing (@whatwereyouwearing_)

- The Survivor Hub (@thesurvivorhub)

- Bravehearts (@braveheartsprotectkids)

- The Care Leavers Australiasian Network (CLAN) (@careleaversaustralia)

- Broken Rites (http://www.brokenrites.org.au/)

Content warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.people.hoe)

We're into 2023 for ep 96 of It's So Hard, a podcast about the sex industry and other sexy things.

Jenn and Tess chat about all things "resolutions", and how we're both embracing the chaos of life and trying to be okay with things that are unresolved! Jenn also shares a family rant and we shout out everyone who has been facing challenges this holiday period. For more tips from Jenn about managing during the holidays, head over to patreon.com/itssohard.

Content warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.people.hoe)

We get creative for ep 95 of It's So Hard, a podcast about life in and around the sex industry... and other sexy things.

After our discussion last week about sex education in schools and the importance of modelling balanced conversations about sex, Tess got inspired. She created a thought scenario game called What Would Jenn Do? Enjoy the discussions about consent and boundaries and do tell us... what would you do?

Content warning: NSFW, contains explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.people.hoe)

We get creative for ep 95 of It's So Hard, a podcast about life in and around the sex industry... and other sexy things.

After our discussion last week about sex education in schools and the importance of modelling balanced conversations about sex, Tess got inspired! She created a thought scenario game called What Would Jenn Do, and we recorded our journey for the pod. Enjoy the discussions about consent and boundaries and do tell us... what would you do? 

Content Warning: NSFW, containts explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.peoples.hoe)

Let's talk about sex, baby! Welcome to an educational and empassioned ep 94 of It's So Hard, a podcast about the sex industry and other sexy things.

This week, Jenn and Tess discuss sex and relationship education from a few different angles. They recount their own experiences, and Jenn shares a recent encounter with the classroom content in a religious school - fair warning, it's not great... Jenn and Tess also talk over some of the findings of the most recent National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health and discuss why we are ALL responsible for sex ed and the modelling of healthy sexual and relational behaviours!

National SSASH Report 2018 - https://www.latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1031899/National-Survey-of-Secondary-Students-and-Sexual-Health-2018.pdf

Content Warning: NSFW, containts explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.peoples.hoe)

We're chatting current events and change in ep 93 of It's So Hard, a podcast about life in and around the sex industry and other sexy things.

Recorded on Friday the 2nd of December in the wake of a signficant national news story, Jenn and Tess talk about some of the legislative and procedural barriers that victim-survivors of rape, sexual and relational violence face when trying to report their experiences and see their complaints through the courts. These barriers impact the safety and wellbeing of many communities and systemic issues require systemic change! Jenn and Tess talk over some important resources and organisations that are working in advocacy and community building for victim-survivors and their allies.

NOTE: Since this recording, further information has emerged of significant procedural misconduct in the Lehrmann trial, including law enforcement illegally handing over of the victim's private medical notes and psychologist case file to the defence team. Additional information, suppressed from publication during the trial, has also been disclosed of at least 5 other complaints of sexual harrassment and sexual assault against the defendent.

Content Warning: NSFW, containts explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.peoples.hoe)

We have a slight ASMR tinge to ep 92 of It's So Hard, a podcast about sex, relationships, the sex industry, mental health and other life stuff!

Jenn is out of hospital and provides a mental health update while also trying to be discreet in a local library... quite a task! We also discuss the current legal system as it relates to abortion in Western Australia. The government has released an online survey about potential policy changes. We chat about our motivations for participating in the survey.

Thanks to the uterus-havers who highlighted the barriers they have faced when seeking abortions.

Thank you Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John for suggesting policy changes that would make abortions not only legal but accessible to all uterus-havers.

The survey: https://consultation.health.wa.gov.au/pahd-ocho-alr/abortion-laws/consultation/

Follow Jordon Steele-John: https://instagram.com/jordonsteelejohn

Follow local advocate Megan Krakouer: https://instagram.com/megankrakouer

The Deen Clinic: https://www.hepatitiswa.com.au/the-deen-clinic

Content Warning: NSFW, containts explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.peoples.hoe)

Welcome to ep 91 of It's So Hard, a podcast where a civvy and a SWer chat about life in and around the sex industry.

We welcome back SWer advocate and manager of Magenta, Lena Van Hale to chat about navigating performance and personas at work, the unique and often unrecognised labour of talk bookings and the complexities of duty of care boundaries for clients facing mental health battles.

Content Warning: NSFW, containts explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.peoples.hoe)

Welcome to ep 90 of It's So Hard, a podcast about the sex industry and other sexy things. This week, Tess chats with Isidoro Rodriguez, criminal justice journalist and deputy editor for The Crime Report and host of The Crime Report podcast.

We cover Izzy's discussion with Ariela Moscowitz from Decriminalize Sex Work about the worldwide decrim movement, the complicated relationship between sex workers and the media, and we begin unpacking police sexual misconduct. Jenn was unable to make it to this recording but she'll be back soon.

For a deep-dive into police misconduct...

The Crime Report podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5fRSGQowzuEXnmY2x3oR1h?si=jMBjVZolQlayK_3zgSVZ-g&utm_source=copy-link

Izzy's article, "Predators Behind the Badge" https://thecrimereport.org/2020/03/12/predators-behind-the-badge-confronting-hidden-police-sexual-misconduct/

Incarceration Nation: An examination of the connection between relentless government intervention since colonisation to the trauma and disadvantage experiences by Indigenous Australians - the two key drivers of incarceration https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/incarceration-nation/1930938947662

Dig - Sirens are Coming, a podcast series on police corruption in Queensland https://open.spotify.com/show/5hAm1lIHyC69jZMRJ9lzQo?siaq=Ti7bGfTcQp-jjcxEzdgtZw&utm_source=copy-link

Decriminalize Sex Work https://decriminalizesex.work/

Content Warning: NSFW, containts explicit sexual descriptions and some naughty humour!

Hosts: Jenn and Tess Louise

Intro Music: "No Justice" by Lil Hoe (@the.peoples.hoe)

Lil Hoe is a full-service sex worker and rapper. She chats about her creative process, the threat of being outed in Queensland, and the challenges sex workers face when collaborating with non-sex workers.

Contains explicit sexual descriptions.

Hosts - Jenn and Tess Louise® Website - itssohard.info Music - "No Justice", The Empress 2021 by Lil Hoe