Sex Outside

We need to open up more discussion about what we find pleasurable in our lives, whether it’s outside, in the bedroom, or both. Because when we untangle harmful assumptions about pleasure, we also begin to fray away at some of the things tying us in knots when it comes to discomfort around sex. Which is why Janette Casolary, a queer artist from Seattle and someone we would label as a pleasure advocate, joins us for a discussion on how we can each access pleasure more in our personal lives. 

There’s a lot of times it’s important to stay on trail-- but exploring what gives us pleasure isn’t one of them. This is one path that’s totally yours.

Featured in this Episode:

Janette Casolary

• Instagram: @janettecasolary 
• Website: www.janettecasolary.com
• Check out the Nature Quickie Janette did with us: Intimate Outdoor Portraits 101

Let’s be friends:

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  • Head to the Sex Outside Shop to find stickers, shirts, and underwear!
• Need a transcript for this episode? Find it here.

Hosted and produced by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by The Wild Wild and LWFI, licensed via MusicBed.

Sex Outside Nature Quickies are short, 5-minute dives into a specific, practical topic about our bodies and the outdoors. This one features a conversation about something that is totally natural but many folks cringe to talk about: vaginal discharge. Entrepreneur and outdoorswoman Alexandra Gabrielle joins us to share information and tips around vaginal discharge, because developing comfort and awareness around this topic is important for literally everyone (whether you’re the smeller, or the smell-ee, or just want to know more about the human body).

Mentioned in this Bonus Content:

• Find Alexandra Gabrielle on Instagram: @alexandra_abroad
• We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!
  • Subscribe to the show
  • Find Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepod
• Want to support Sex Outside?
  • Leave a 5-star review in Apple Podcasts or the app of your choosing!
  • Head to the Sex Outside Shop to find stickers, shirts, and underwear!
• Need a transcript for this bonus episode? Find it here.

Additional Resources:

• Bedsider - If You Have a Vagina, You Have Vaginal Discharge
• HealthLine- Everything You Need to Know About Vaginal Discharge
• Self - 7 Colors Your Vaginal Discharge Can Be (And What They Might Mean)
• HealthLine - Molasses to Pennies: All the Smells a Healthy Vagina Can Be
• Medical News Today - A Color-Coded Guide to Vaginal Discharge

Hosted by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by Calica licensed via  MusicBed.

It’s precisely because sex can be uncomfortable to talk about that we wanted to break the ice together as a community. That’s why a couple months back, we asked you all to send in voice memos answering a couple questions to practice talking about sex more openly and show that when it comes to feeling hesitant about these topics-- that you’re not alone.

In this episode, hear from over a dozen voices in various corners of the world share perspectives and stories answering these two questions:

1. What makes sex challenging to talk about, or has made it challenging to talk about in the past?
2. How have the outdoors or nature helped to open up these conversations for you, or to feel more connected to your sexuality, gender identity, sensuality, or your body?

Featured in this Episode:

Natasha Buffo, Marisa Huffman, Urvashi Parmar, Amber Johnson, Danee Voss, Gale Straub, Christina Shintani, Sierra Aceto, Janette Casolary, Alex Torquemada, Linda Keil, and two wonderful, anonymous voices.

Let’s be friends:

• We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!
  • Subscribe to the show-- first full episode airing 2/11/2021!
  • Find Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepod
• Want to support Sex Outside?
  • Leave a 5-star review in Apple Podcasts or the app of your choosing!
  • Head to the Sex Outside Shop to find stickers, shirts, and underwear!
• Need a transcript for this episode? Find it here.

Hosted and produced by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by The Wild Wild, UTAH (featuring Gabby Jones), and Benjamin Dunn, licensed via  MusicBed.

Sex Outside Nature Quickies are short, 5-minute dives into a specific, practical topic about our bodies and the outdoors. This one features a “trail meet-cute” story written and told by Alina Drufovka (a Colombian-American illustrator and painter currently based in Philly) detailing how she and her partner came to meet while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. A short, sweet, feel-good retelling of finding love thanks to the outdoors awaits!

Mentioned in this Bonus Content:

• Find Alina Drufovka on Instagram: @abstract.hikes
• Take a peek at more of Alina’s art via her website, THRU Designs
• See Alina’s original post this Nature Quickie is based off of here
• We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!
  • Subscribe to the show-- first full episode airing 2/11/2021!
  • Find Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepod
• Want to support Sex Outside?
  • Leave a 5-star review in Apple Podcasts or the app of your choosing!
  • Head to the Sex Outside Shop to find stickers, shirts, and underwear!
• Need a transcript for this bonus episode? Find it here.

Additional Resources:

• Backpacker - How to Hike as a Couple Without Destroying Your Relationship
• Roots Rated - Thru-Hiking With Your Significant Other: Tips on Staying Happy (and Together)
• By Land Podcast - Episode 100: Long Distance Relationships for Long Distance Trails

Sex Outside is a Ravel Media production.
Hosted by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by Calica licensed via MusicBed.

Sex Outside Nature Quickies are short, 5-minute dives into a specific, practical topic about our bodies and the outdoors. This one features boudoir and intimate portrait photographer Janette Casolary as she provides tips for becoming more comfortable-- even confident-- in an outdoor portrait session where little to no clothing is required. From practical information to pep talks, this is a must-listen before you head outside to shoot in the nude.

Mentioned in this Bonus Content:

• Find Janette Casolary on Instagram: @janettecasolary
• See more of Janette’s intimate portrait and boudoir photography here
• We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!
  • Subscribe to the show-- first full episode airing 2/11/2021!
  • Find Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepod
• Need a transcript for this bonus episode? Find it here.

Additional Resources:

• HG.org - Nudity and Public Decency Laws in the US 
• Inspired Traveller - 5 Places in the World Where Public Nudity is Legal
• Wikipedia - Clothing Laws by Country

Sex Outside is a Ravel Media production.
Hosted by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by Calica licensed via  MusicBed.

Sex Outside Nature Quickies are short, 5-minute dives into a specific, practical topic about our bodies and the outdoors. This one features writer, traveler, and outdoor enthusiast Natasha Buffo who brings her background in human sexuality to the conversation to share why getting to know your body and practicing how to talk about it is essential to more fulfilling sexual experiences.

Mentioned in this Bonus Content:

• Find Natasha Buffo on Instagram: @dirtandtears
• We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!
  • Subscribe to the show-- first full episode airing 2/11/2021!
  • Find Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepod
• SISU Magazine - Issue 7: Lawful Bodies features an article form Natasha titled, “Sex is an Adventure”.
• Need a transcript for this bonus episode? Find it here.

Additional Resources:

• Gottman Card Decks - an app to help start conversations about sex
• The Guardian: 'Start Low, and Go Slow': How to Talk to Your Partner About Sex
• Peer Reviewed Article (2015): I Want Your Sex: The Role of Sexual Exploration in Fostering Positive Sexual Self-Concepts for Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women
• Hers: Learn to Explore Your Sexuality Without a Partner

Sex Outside is a Ravel Media production.
Hosted by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by Calica licensed via  MusicBed.

Sex Outside Nature Quickies are short, 5-minute dives into a specific, practical topic about our bodies and the outdoors. This one features nurse and bike tourist Mary Ann Thomas as we explore if and how orgasms can help alleviate menstrual cramping and other period symptoms, and how to manage the potential mess of period sex in the outdoors.

Mentioned in this Bonus Content:

• Find Mary Ann Thomas on Instagram: @postcardsfrommat
• Tune into the full interview all about menstruation on the She Explores podcast in an episode called “Taking Your Period Outdoors”
• We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!
  • Subscribe to the show-- first full episode airing 2/11/2021!
  • Find Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepod
• Need a transcript for this bonus episode? Find it here.

Additional Resources:

• Medical Daily: 4 Aches and Pains Orgasms Can Cure
• The Atlantic: How Orgasms Could Dull Pain
• Best Health Mag: 6 Healthy Reasons to Mastrubate
• Healthline: Mastrubating on Your Period-- How to Avoid A Mess

Sex Outside is a Ravel Media production.
Hosted by Laura Borichevsky.
Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.
Music by Calica licensed via  MusicBed.

We think your voice would sound *so good* on the premiere episode of Sex Outside.

For a lot of us, talking about sex isn’t easy. In fact, sometimes it’s just plain awkward. That’s why open dialogue about sex, gender, sensuality, relationships, and our bodies doesn’t happen often enough… and that’s also why we’re starting this series by breaking the ice, together as a community.

In short: we want to hear your voice.

Whether you’re nervous to talk about sex, or whether you feel completely comfortable-- we want to hear from you about what makes sex tough to talk about or has in the past, and how nature or the outdoors has opened up those conversations for you, or makes you feel more comfortable in the process.

Maybe it was a childhood full of watching Animal Channel. Maybe it was the first time you skinny dipped. Maybe it’s simply that you feel more like yourself in the outdoors, and this time outside is exactly what allows you to be more of yourself in the bedroom. Whatever your story might be, or whatever it is that makes sex tricky to talk about for you-- we are here to share these stories in community with one another, learn from each other, and begin normalizing conversations focused on sex.

Voice submission are now open, and we think you would sound *so good* on this premiere episode. To learn more, you can head to sexoutsidepodcast.com/voice.

Sex Outside is a podcast peering into all the nooks and crannies of sex, gender, and love-- and their connections to the natural world around us.

Talking about sex doesn’t come naturally to a lot of people. But thinking about the ways it intersects with the outdoors just might be a good place to start. Host Laura Borichevsky provides a setting for interview-based conversations covering gender, sexual hygiene, relationships and dating, practical aspects of having sex in the outdoors, and much more.

Join us as we get a little dirty in the name of opening up conversations many of us want to have but so few are willing to utter out loud.

The first full episode of Sex Outside launches in February of 2021 but we’ve got lots planned in the meantime. Subscribe to Sex Outside in your favorite podcast app and follow along with us on Instagram @sexoutsidepod to receive updates as the anticipation builds. We hear it’s more fun that way.