Our Better Half

Intersecting Race and Sexual Diversity

Our guest this week is Dr. James Wadley, Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Human Services program at The Lincoln University. He's the founding editor of The Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships and the founder of the Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians. His most recent book, co-authored with Dr. Richard Siegel, The Art of Sex Therapy Supervision, won the AASECT Book Award for 2019.

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Our guest this week is Dr. Sarah Jen, Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Her research focuses on older adults' -- and especially older women's -- experiences of sex and sexual identities as well as the experiences of bisexual-, and other non-monosexual-identified individuals over the life course and in later life. Her work is inspired and informed by her prior experience working as a caregiver, social worker, and community organizer. Here's a link to the article we discussed on this show. And if you'd like to get in touch with Dr. Jen, you can reach her at [email protected]. ​If you like our show or if you have questions, contact us here at our website. You can subscribe to our podcast by sending us your email or whatever way you subscribe to podcasts. We love our listeners and welcome your feedback. Please like us and rate us and find us on social media. And please write to us at this address. Thanks for listening!

This week, we say goodbye to our beloved co-host Dr. Ashley Mader and welcome Dr. Rosara Torrisi to the OBH team.

This week's guest is Elizabeth Wood, author, scholar, strategist. Elizabeth's new book is a beautiful memoir, a tribute to her mother, and an exceptionally vivid and beautiful account of a mother-daughter relationship. It's called Bound: A Daughter, a Domme, and an End-of-Life Story, published by She Writes Press. She's a Professor of Sociology at Nassau Community College and Senior Strategist for Woodhull Freedom Foundation. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Brandeis University in 1999 for a study of gender, interaction and power in strip clubs. And you can learn more about Victoria Woodhull here. Please check out her website: www.elizabethannewood.com.

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As our season comes to an end, listeners, you are in for a treat. Our guest is the invincible Dr. Holly Herman, who's spent 43 years as a physical therapist, an AASECT Certified Sexuality Counselor, and one of four physical therapists in the world certified as a Women's Health Sexuality Fellow by the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH). She has been a pioneer in the field and is now training healthcare professionals in transgender health and sexual functioning.

• Holly Herman's website: https://hollyherman.com/
• The American Physical Therapy Association: www.apta.org

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Today we are talking about ED. Erectile Dysfunction or Erection Defection. We also highlighted new research on older adults' sexual expression and improved well-being.

• Smith, L., Yang, L., Veronese, N., Soysal, P., Stubbs, B., and Jackson, S. (2019). Sexual Activity is Associated with Greater Enjoyment of Life in Older Adults, Journal of Sexual Medicine, (7)1, 11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2018.11.001

• Sex With Emily (a podcast hosted by sex therapist Emily Morse): www.sexwithemily.com

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Today we are talking with Dr. Rosara Torrisi, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist who practices on Long Island. She's one of the few AASECT certified sex therapists in that area. She founded the Long Island Institute of Sex Therapy, a clinical practice with a team of clinicians. We talked with her about erectile dysfunction, sex toys, sexual functioning for lesbian survivors of breast cancer, and Our Whole Lives comprehensive sexuality education. Here are some links to her work:

• Long Island Institute of Sex Therapy http://sextherapylongisland.com/sex-therapy/
• Our Whole Lives https://www.uua.org/re/owl

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Dr. Betsy Crane, an award-winning educator committed to bringing human sexuality studies to a new level, is our guest on this episode. She talks about pre-patriarchy, gendered sexuality, somatic sexuality, and getting back to the body. Here are some of her publications and a website she refers to on the show.

Crane, B., Towne, A. & Crane-Seeber, J. (2013). The four boxes of gendered sexuality: A framework and lesson plan for teaching about the history and effects of gendered sexuality. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 8(4), 274-305. doi: 10.1080/15546128.2013.854008

Heasley, R., & Crane, B. (Eds.). (2003). Sexual lives: A reader on the theories and realities of human sexualities. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

https://www.backtothebody.org/

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This week Ashley and Jane interviewed Dr. Robin Goldberg-Glen who they both know from Widener University. During the interview Dr. Goldberg-Glen spoke on how the field of aging has evolved and what is on the horizon for her. She also spoke about the death of Peggy Brick and her contributions in the field of sex and aging.

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