Misseducated

Why have I not published an episode in 2 months? Well, you're about to find out. 

I'm so grateful for your patience. Stick around, and I'll be back with longer-form conversations with some amazing, inspiring people soon! 

Much love, 

Tash

I'm not the only woman who watches porn. According to Pornhub's 2019 Annual Review, 32% of Pornhub's viewers are women, accounting for about 13.5 billion video views per year. But Pornhub has tried to lump us all into a single category, "Popular with Women", and we don't quite fit. 

Enter: Afterglow, and it's inspiring and authentic founder, Lilly Sparks. In this episode, I wanted to deeply understand the woman behind the idea. Why did Lilly decide to start Afterglow? How did she turn her lack of resources and access to good education about sex into an enormous market opportunity, that even Pornhub couldn't crack?

Tune in to find out. 

P.S. If you really want to know, the most popular category on Pornhub for women in the United States in 2019 was lesbian porn. 

Another episode not for my family or future employers...

Here I chat with Founder and CEO of Afterglow, Lilly Sparks, about what it's really like to build a porn and sexual wellness site for women. I really see the incredible potential in what Lilly is building, because I've watched a lot of porn over the years, but I'm always bombarded with things that don't interest me: big boobs, other people's perfectly manicured vaginas, etc. We also discuss a recent New York Times story, "The Children of Pornhub", and the ethics around porn. Are we all terrible feminists? Is there another way to make porn that doesn't feel so uncomfortable to watch, and doesn't create a mismatch between our sexual interests and our ethics?

Tune in to find out!

Check out Afterglow: https://xoafterglow.com/

Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xoafterglow/

Their LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xoafterglow/

The NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/sunday/pornhub-rape-trafficking.html

This week, I’m chatting again with Serena Schuler, award-winning writer, director and series-creator. I ask her all about how she got the crew and cast together for her current and most ambitious project, Makeshift Society, which is an Original TV Comedy Series about a female founder. We chat about about the importance of diversity in the cast, what it was like to have a baby during the coronavirus, and how having a daughter has given her even more motivation to pursue her storytelling. We also geek out on Jewish writers in the early 20th century, specifically, Yiddish feminist authors.

Enjoy! 💕

To find out more visit:

Makeshift Society: https://makeshiftsociety.com/

Serena's website: https://www.serenaschuler.com/

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This week my guest is Serena Schuler, an award-winning writer, director, and series creator. She's piloting the first episode of her new series called Makeshift Society, an Original TV Comedy Series about a female founder. I liken Makeshift Society to the female version of the HBO show Silicon Valley, so I’m really excited to share this conversation I had with Serena today. What I also love about Serena’s story is that she worked on screenplays and scripts, writing secretly for years before she decided to become a filmmaker. Here, I ask her all about that journey, how her experiences of working in tech influenced her storytelling, how she got her cast and crew together and how she fundraised for her increasingly ambitious film projects. We also talk pretty openly about the douchebags of startup bro culture, and I share some of my experience getting fired.

Enjoy! 💕

To find out more:

Makeshift Society: https://makeshiftsociety.com/

Serena's website: https://www.serenaschuler.com/

Follow our insta: @misseducatedpod

(Warning: We discuss sex in this episode).

Anna Lee, co-founder of Lioness.io, has learnt a thing or two about the female orgasm from building a smart sex toy company. Here, Anna and I have an open and honest discussion about sex, masturbation, squirting and female orgasms, which frankly I'm a little nervous about putting out into the interwebs. Be prepared to learn a lot more about different types of female orgasms, and also how to help you or your female partners (if you have any) have better ones. 

If you're a family member of mine, or you know me in a purely professional setting, don't listen to this episode. You've been warned! 

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Get your own Lioness: www.lioness.io

Follow Anna and Lioness on Instagram here: @annaisaverage @lionesshealth

How would you pitch a sex toy company to investors? Well, Anna Lee, co-founder of Lioness.io, is here to tell us. Whether it's hosting a booth at the Consumer Electronics Conference in Las Vegas, or fundraising from manels of venture capital investors in Silicon Valley, Anna and her team at Lioness.io have come up against every barrier in the book on their path to building a successful sex toy startup.

Also, aside from Lioness and a couple other female-founded companies, sex toy companies have mostly been built by men. How did these men know what should go into developing a vibrator? Anna has some telling insights. 

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Get your own Lioness: www.lioness.io

Follow Anna and Lioness on Instagram here: @annaisaverage @lionesshealth

Anna is anything but your typical mechanical engineer. She's the co-founder of Lioness.io, a smart sex toy company, which among other things, enables people with vaginas to track and measure their orgasms. Here I ask Anna all about her experience growing up, her path to becoming a Mechanical Engineer when she was studying at UC Berkeley, and how she got into building Lioness. Enjoy! 

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Get your own Lioness: www.lioness.io 

Follow Anna and Lioness on Instagram: @annaisaverage @lionesshealth

In this episode, I continue my conversation with Lola, a cam girl and recent college graduate, as she looks for a job during the pandemic. I wanted to know whether she expected to still be camgirling after all these years when she first started doing it age 18. Is this kind of supplemental income sustainable? How has the pandemic impacted her cam work? How does it overlap with her romantic relationships? Stay tuned to find out! 💡

In the mean time, lots of love to you all. Feel free to send me your questions and curiosities to @misseducatedpod on Instagram. 

Bye! 🤗

What is it like to be a cam girl? To find out, I spoke with Lola, a recent college graduate who started as a cam girl when she was a freshman as a way to supplement her income from her various student jobs. In this first episode, I ask her about how and why she got into camgirling, how being a cam girl enabled her to explore her own sexuality, and how she built her following on Chaturbate. Enjoy!

p.s. Sorry for publishing this on Christmas Day. I have been releasing an episode of MissEducated every week for 8 weeks and don't want to break my streak! 

Send any questions and curiosities my way: @misseducatedpod on Instagram. 

Happy holidays everyone 🥰 Much love 💕