This is Good for You

When I started exploring the kinkier side of my sex life, I focused on what it meant to be more dominant, but it also helped me get in touch with my submissive side. I realized I had to un-learn many of the misconceptions I had about what it meant to have someone in control of me. Lina Dune AKA AskASub shares her journey as a sub and breaks down subspace, red flags on dating apps, and why it feels so good to let go.

Read Nichole's article, “What It's Like Being A Black Woman In A Dom/Sub Relationship With A White Man,” and the Bitch Media article on WAP as a feminist anthem.

Indulgence

Nichole recommends flameless candles!

Guest

Lina Dune is a bisexual submissive in a 24/7 D/s relationship and a proponent of healing BDSM. She goes by @askasub on Instagram where she makes kink-centered memes, gives D/s relationship advice, and serves as fairy-submother to her 70K followers.

Sponsors

- BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thisisgood

- Listen to Beatrix Green every Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pole dancing is no longer a red light secret— it’s in viral social media posts, movies, suburban mom exercise classes, everywhere. Sometimes I watch YouTube to watch competitive pole dancing and I’m in awe— the sensuality, yes, but the athleticism! I wanted to learn more about all the ways it can make a dancer feel good so I reached out to Queerly Femmetastic, a dancer who does cosplay, crochet, and gets low on the pole.

Indulgence

Nichole recommends starting your own little collection. She collects decks of cards, like the ones she’s gotten from artofplay.com 

Guest

Brooklyn bred bombshell Queerly Femmetastic is a nerdy connoisseur of Blackness. She spends her time cosplaying, twerking, and practicing sneaky splits. She always interested in talking about Star Trek, Hermione Granger, cats, and ways to topple white supremacist cis-normative patriarchal capitalism. Find her on Twitter at @is_she_okay, on IG @poleblerd, and listen to her podcast, Cheers & Queers.

Sponsors

- Skillshare is an online learning community where you can learn—and teach—just about anything. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/thisisgood and get a two week free trial of Premium Membership.

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I regret not being more athletic as a kid because I think it would have helped me love my body better, or at least love it more than I do now. In this episode, I talked with two women who decided to take up different sports, a little past the expected age for that kind of athleticism. 

Indulgence

Nichole recommends the unskippable albums Cooleyhighharmony by Boyz II Men and Sign O’ the Times by Prince. Shout out to the tinyletter Leave It to Leonor for inspiration.

Click here to read “A Cool Dip & A Little Dignity, a History of Nashville's Divided Swimming Pools.”

Guests

Alicia "Lish" Mitchell runs a personal blog site, mylishcometrue.com, where she pens her adventures and revelations as a form of self-care, sharing the highs and lows of living a transparent life. Instagram: mylishcometrue

Rita Silver is an Interior Designer by trade and an amateur athlete by choice. Rita is studying to be an Integrative Health and Wellness Coach and is looking forward to her certification.  She is a born and bred New Yorker who now lives in Nashville with her husband Ed and her rescue dogs, Cleo and Rhett, and is Producer Eric’s mom.

Sponsors

- BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/thisisgood

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I’ve always been fascinated by musicians, their ability to translate sound into harmony and improvise something that sounds good out of thin air. Sure, I love making playlists and thinking about Prince, but the act of playing music feels like such a mystery to me. How do musicians feel about what they create? I reached out to a professional musician finding himself performing for a new audience, and my friend finding a new hobby in the bass guitar. 

Indulgence

Nichole recommends the body butters from Butter Me Up Goods and Jinsa Essentials.

Guests

Saxophonist Connell Thompson is a one of a kind star musician that is definitely on the rise. With Jazz, Pop, R&B, Funk, Motown, House, Klezmer, and Balkan/Turkish music all under his belt, he has recently delved into the rapidly growing genre of Afrobeats and is taking it by storm both in the US and abroad. Find him on instagram @connellthompsonsax.

Driadonna Roland is a recovering journalist and aspiring television executive currently based in LA. She’s covered pop culture, sports and entertainment for outlets including BuzzFeed, Complex and MTV News, and is available for freelance creative writing and producing projects via Driadonna.com. Find her on the socials at @DreeTV.

Sponsors

- Dipsea is offering a 30-day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/thisisgood!

- Skillshare is an online learning community where you can learn—and teach—just about anything. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/thisisgood and get a two week free trial of Premium Membership.

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One of the things I’ve noticed as my friends and I get older is how much we try to make our homes places of peace. For many, that means filling it up with greenery, which is hard with my history of over- and then under-watering my plants. I had to ask my friend Donwill how he cares for his house jungle and how he’s, unexpectedly, Plant Dad of the Year.

Indulgence

Nichole and Donwill recommend silence!

Guest

Donwill is a Brooklyn based rapper who has parlayed his passion for music and writing into a wide array of opportunities. He is a member of the rap group Tanya Morgan and has produced music for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Buzzfeed’s “Another Round,” and this podcast, to name a few. Find him online at www.donwill.me/.

Sponsors

- Dipsea is offering a 30-day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/thisisgood!

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At the beginning of 2020, I realized I didn’t have a hobby that was not monetized. One day, I was cleaning up a bit and came across a cross-stitch project I’d abandoned, and little angels started singing. So I talked to two people for whom needlecraft is really important: my mom and BadassCrossStitch.

Indulgence

Nichole recommends Blood of Zeus!

Guest

Shannon Downey is the artist, activist, and craftivist behind @BadassCrossStitch.

Sponsors

- Dipsea is offering a 30-day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/thisisgood!

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Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There are very few aspects of sex that people across the Internet can agree on, but the opinion that riding *eggplant emoji* or “plas-dick” can be exhausting gets a universal head nod in agreement. So how can we maximize the experience for everyone involved? And how did pleasure expert Tyomi Morgan create a tight-knit community around that pursuit?

Indulgence

Nichole recommends soothing murder mysteries: Murder, She Wrote, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, and Death in Paradise. 

Guest

Tyomi Morgan is a certified sexologist and pleasure coach based in Chicago, and is the founder of Glamerotica 101. Find her on twitter, watch her sex ED videos, and join the Cowgirl Workout community!

Sponsors 

- Support the show on Patreon here and grab This is Good for You and Thirst Aid Kit merch here!

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the new show from Nichole Perkins, This is Good For You, produced by Multitude! Episodes come out every other Friday.

Support the show on Patreon here and grab This is Good for You and Thirst Aid Kit merch here!

Find Us Online

- Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod

- Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch

- Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon

- Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman

- Multitude: @MultitudeShows

- Email: [email protected]

Production

- Producer: Eric Silver

- Editor: Brandon Grugle

- Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins

- Theme Music: Donwill

- Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd

About The Show

Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it’s needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what’s good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.