Politics of Pleasure

By Politics of Pleasure

What makes pleasure political? Well it’s simple, pleasure is revolutionary. Strap in (or strap on) as hosts Nia Abram and Desiree Jaha bridge the gap between the political and the personal, exploring ... more

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The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

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December 16, 2021 Listen Up Heauxs
Make love, make music. We’re talking about what music we’re bumping when we’re ready to get in the mood. We also get into how music shapes our ideas of sex as we discuss Jazmine Sullivan’s Heaux Tales, vibrators powered by music, and sacred sexuality.
Share your sexy playlist with us, by tagging us on social media!
Find us on IG: @politicsofpleasurepod
Find us on Twitter: @pleasurepolitic

Support Us
Support our show with a one-time payment or a small monthly donation to help us continue making impactful, transformative content.
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Support Desiree Jaha directly: https://linktr.ee/desireejaha

References and Resources
More on Better Help: https://jezebel.com/the-spooky-loosely-regulated-world-of-online-therapy-1841791137
Listen to the “Sacred Sexy” episode of All My Relations podcast
Follow @annatheaverage on TikTok for more data collecting vibrator knowledge
Take a look at the women changing the sex tech industry: https://www.buzzfeed.com/claratsacwang/sex-tech-founders-are-changing-the-world-of-sex
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1h 42min
December 02, 2021 The Health Benefits of Nutting
Anyone else tired of white mediocrity? We’re talking about how we like to get nasty, featuring the original Nasty Girl, Janet Jackson. We also get into the white nonsense at the AMAs, Black female sexuality in the media, how we like to f*ck as Black femmes, and more.
Support Us
Support our show with a one-time payment or a small monthly donation to help us continue making impactful, transformative content.
https://linktr.ee/politicsofpleasurepod
Support Desiree Jaha directly: https://linktr.ee/desireejaha

References and Resources
Take the Erotic Blueprint quiz: https://missjaiya.com/
Listen to Marsha’s Plate podcast and follow them on IG @marshasplate
Follow Diamond Stylz on IG @diamondstylz
Kat Blaque’s reaction to Dave Chappelle’s The Closer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voiivxS3X3I
Responsive vs. Spontaneous desire: https://getcoral.app/journal/3932/spontaneous-versus-responsive-desire/
On dopamine loops and the brain: https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/
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1h 39min
November 18, 2021 The Love We Witness
Where do our impressions of love come from? What are our models for loving? We take a look at current representations of love in television and film across genres, keeping bell hooks’ definition of love in mind.

Support Us
Support our show with a one-time payment or a small monthly donation to help us continue making impactful, transformative content.
https://linktr.ee/politicsofpleasurepod
Support Desiree Jaha directly: https://linktr.ee/desireejaha

References and Resources
To learn more about Better Help and the AstroWorld scandal take a look at @therpyden on TikTok
More on the James Webb Space Telescope: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59201590
The 100 Best Shows of 21st Century: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20211015-the-100-greatest-tv-series-of-the-21st-century
More on homonormativity: http://www.jprstudies.org/2016/07/first-comes-love-then-comes-marriage-homonormalizing-romance-on-american-televisionby-bridget-kies/
Follow @honeydewedhideaway on TikTok
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1h 60min
November 04, 2021 Love is Accountability. Period.
This week we talk about accountability, community, capitalism, and living with love at the center of our lives. Listen as we unpack bell hooks’ All About Love in conversation with current news regarding the Facebook whistleblower, PornHub, Dave Chapelle’s comedy special, and more.

PS - We faked ya'll out, apparently every episode is going to be the length of an Avengers movie.

Support Us
Support our show with a one-time payment or a small monthly donation to help us continue making impactful, transformative content.
https://linktr.ee/politicsofpleasurepod
Support Des Jaha directly: https://linktr.ee/desireejaha

References and Resources
Read All About Love by bell hooks: https://wtf.tw/ref/hooks.pdf
On PornHub’s recent lobbying efforts: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/22/porn-industry-lobbying-513487
Take the Erotic Blueprint Quiz: https://missjaiya.com/
Follow @ashleighchubbybunny on IG
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1h 52min
October 21, 2021 The Christening
Welcome to season two! We’re switching things up with a new co-host, a fresh brand, and a different vibe. Get to know the new and improved Politics of Pleasure, and get to know our new co-host Des Jaha in the process.
P.S. - We promise every episode won’t be the length of an Avengers movie, stick with us.

Support Us
Support Des Jaha directly: https://linktr.ee/desireejaha
Support our show with a one-time payment or a small monthly donation to help us continue making impactful, transformative content.
https://linktr.ee/politicsofpleasurepod

References and Resources
Follow @tara.raani2 on TikTok
Follow @ajamonet and her project @visforvoices on Instagram
Listen to Code Switch’s episode on BBL’s: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-switch/id1112190608?i=1000536999286
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1h 57min
May 11, 2021 Scissoring is a Crime
We’re going on a historical journey as we learn about the evolution of prison lesbians, and how it has shaped our modern perceptions of womanhood, lesbianism, sexuality, and race today.

Resources and Sources
Estelle B. Freedman’s “The Prison Lesbian: Race, Class, and the Construction of the Aggressive Female Homosexual, 1915-1965” https://www.jstor.org/stable/3178421?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
WWII Call to Arms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DJWWKJ8tDM&t=56s
Rosie the Riveter Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NCElsbjeQ
Cold War Propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByvXINerE_k&t=50s
Lavender Scare Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuIYssjmlv0
On Queer Villains @rainbowhistoryclass: https://www.tiktok.com/@rainbowhistoryclass/video/6955720749004885249?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

You can find all academic articles for free on sci-hub.se

For a one-time donation to our show:
Venmo: @Nia-Abram
CashApp: $NiaAbram
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Episode Credits
Intro Music: Princess by Ramzoid
Transition Music: Easy Sunday by Bad Snacks and June by Bobby Richards
Editing, Creative Direction, and Production by Nia Abram
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1h 26min
April 20, 2021 Home Wrecker, with a Hard 'R'
You guessed it again, we’re talking about cheating, and the findings of Eliza’s infamous Google search ‘ted talk psychology cheating.’ We reflect on infidelity in the broader culture, and how it psychologically affects the people involved.

Resources and References
Rethinking Infidelity Ted Talk by Esther Perel: https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_rethinking_infidelity_a_talk_for_anyone_who_has_ever_loved?language=en
The “Other” Side of Infidelity: The Experience of the “Other” Partner, Anxious Love, and Implications for Practitioners by Paul DePompo and Misa Butsuhara: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301715572_The_Other_Side_of_Infidelity_The_Experience_of_the_Other_Partner_Anxious_Love_and_Implications_for_Practitioners
Shan Boodram’s attachment style quiz: https://www.thegameofdesire.com/throne
Nia was *attempting* to reference the Enneagram personality test: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions
Marianne Willamson’s weird sermon on white apologies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Mxs06hBe8
You can find all academic articles for free on sci-hub.se

For a one-time donation to our show:
Venmo: @Nia-Abram
CashApp: $NiaAbram

To make a recurring donation see the link below!

Episode Credits
Intro Music: Princess by Ramzoid
Transition Music: Easy Sunday by Bad Snacks
Editing and Creative Direction by Nia Abram
Content Production by Eliza Mott
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1h 9min
April 06, 2021 Drag Race Spoilers on My YouTube Account?
You guessed it, we’re talking about queerness! Let’s explore the many questions that queerness prompts us to ask ourselves.

Resources and References
We highly recommend you watch Shon Faye’s full video “What Does it Mean to Be Queer?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDO2-sNF2s4&t=82s
The Game of Desire by Shannon Boodram: https://www.thegameofdesire.com/
The Gender Unicorn: https://transstudent.org/gender/
On the shootings in Atlanta: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-atlanta-shooting-and-the-dehumanizing-of-asian-women
On the shootings in Boulder: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/boulder-colorado-assault-weapons-mass-shooting-massacre-nra
For more reading on queerness check out Brown University’s queer reading list: https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/support/lgbtq/graduate-student-resources/queer-theory-reading-list
You can find all academic articles for free on sci-hub.se

For a one-time donation to our show:
Venmo: @Nia-Abram
CashApp: $NiaAbram
To make a recurring donation see the link below!

Episode Credits
Intro Music: Princess by Ramzoid
Transition Music: Easy Sunday by Bad Snacks
Editing and Creative Direction by Nia Abram
Content Production by Eliza Mott
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1h 14min
March 23, 2021 Continuums of Violence
CW: This episode discusses content regarding sexual violence.
It’s time for our long-awaited episode on continuums of violence. Given we’re living through the violence of a pandemic, white supremacist fascism, and disaster capitalism, we felt it was necessary to take a closer look at the origins of the continuum of violence. May this serve as a tool for you to heal yourself and your communities, as we imagine joyful new realities for us all.

Resources and References
AOC’s video in response to the Jan 6th insurrection: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKxlyx4g-Yb/
Liz Kelly’s original paper on the Continuum of Sexual Violence against women: https://sci-hub.se/downloads/2019-09-05/90/kelly1987.pdf
Nia’s article on continuums of violence and liberal politics: https://niaabram.medium.com/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-on-continuums-of-violence-81adc2e84338
Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History an academic anthology edited by Martha Hodes: https://nyupress.org/9780814735572/sex-love-race/
The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Abuse in Activist Communities: http://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Revolution-starts-at-home-zine.pdf

For a one-time donation to our show:
Venmo: @Nia-Abram
CashApp: $NiaAbram
To make a recurring donation see the link below!

Episode Credits
Intro Music: Princess by Ramzoid
Transition Music: Easy Sunday by Bad Snacks
Editing and Creative Direction by Nia Abram
Content Production by Eliza Mott
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1h 26min
March 09, 2021 Erotic Power
This week we’re featuring an interview with special guest, Toluwanimi Obiwole (she/they), a Nigerian-born, Colorado-raised multidisciplinary artist, scholar, medicine womxn, and consultant.
*Pardon the BUMPIN’ audio this episode, we went a little too hard in the booth this time. We’ll spare your ears next episode!

Follow Toluwanimi on IG: @toluwaob
Find her website: https://www.toluwaobi.com/
Support Toluwanimi’s work: https://www.patreon.com/toluwaob

Toluwanimi’s Resources for Erotic Empowerment
The Spirit of Intimacy by Sobonfu Some https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-spirit-of-intimacy-sobonfu-some?variant=32154092011554
African Sexualities: A Reader by Sylvia Tamale
http://fahamubooks.org/book/?GCOI=90638100320440

For a one-time donation to our show:
Venmo: @Nia-Abram
CashApp: $NiaAbram
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1h 19min

FAQs about Politics of Pleasure:

How many episodes does Politics of Pleasure have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.