From The Heartside Out

The Truth Behind Long Lines at The Ladies Room: An Intro to Biopolitics ft. Nishita Rao


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Why are the lines outside of women’s bathrooms always longer than the men’s? Why is black considered a more formal color than pink or orange? Who is really impacted by anti-DEI policies? 

In honor of Women’s History Month, Cee The Sex Lady hosted Nishita Rao–a sexuality researcher and educator, Reiki Grandmaster, Mandala Art Therapist, Carnatic Singer, and self proclaimed Belly Dance Enthusiast. 

Cee and Nishita explored what it means to be a woman, and how this meaning is impacted by biopolitics. 

Episode Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

02:55 Understanding Sex and Gender

10:38 Exploring Biopolitics

34:42 Victorian Morality and Women's Independence

35:20 Archetypes and Societal Constructs of Womanhood

45:15 Trans Inclusion and the Future of Feminism



Connect with Nishita: 

www.pillowtalkwithnixi.com 

@pillowtalkwithnixi 

 

Resources to learn more about biopolitics–

Social Media Accounts:

@blairimani

@kahlil.greene

@joelbervell

@aslanpahari

@itskimberlyrene

@thehumanityarchive

@keegantatum

@nrithyapillai

@afrosexology_

@adeche.atelier

@artwhoring 

@alokvmenon 

 

Books: 

  1. Criado Perez: Invisible Women
  2. Singer: Dressed to Kill
  3. Oyewumi: The invention of Women
  4. Schiebinger: Nature's Body
  5. Fausto-Sterling: Sexing the Body
  6. Russet: Sexual Science
  7. Paoletti: Pink and Blue
  8. Schuller: Biopolitics of Feelings
  9. Peiss: Hope in a Jar
  10. Gould: Mismeasure of Man
  11. Engels: The origin of Family, private property and the State
  12. Washington: Medical Apartheid
  13. Katz: Invention of Heterosexuality
  14. Jordan-Young: Brainstorm
  15. Miller Young: A taste for Brown Sugar
  16. Melissa Grant: Playing the Wh*re
  17. Madhur Gupta: Courting Hindustan
  18. Davesh Soneji: Unfinished Gestures
  19. Saba Dewan: Tawaifnama
  20. Elizabeth Winkler: Shakespeare was a Woman
  21. Eleanor Janega: Once and future sex
  22. Eleanor Cleghorn: Unwell Women
  23. Menaken: My Grandmother's Hands
  24. Sonya Renee Taylor: Body is not an apology
  25. Clarkisha Kent: Fat off Fat on
  26. Stephanie Yeboah: Fattily ever after
  27. DeGruy: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
  28. Thomas: Sexual Demon of Colonial Power
  29. Strings: Fearing the Black Body
  30. Narvaez: The evolved nest
  31. Let’s Stay Connected:


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    From The Heartside OutBy Cee The Sex Lady