Pleasure Trove Reading List! (Ep. 11) (Patreon)

Episode 11 Further Reading

Sex Education Season 3 Info - they’ve started filming, new cast announcements, ETA April 2021 but we shall see!!

Other sex toys - if you liked the look of Prudence from my video then there’s a new sex toy shop in town that exclusively stocks sex toys designed by women. It’s called iloh and I’ve been eyeing up the “OHNUT” Buffer Rings.

Other Stuff

Okay, it’s the end of the year and I’ve got so many things saved from earlier this year that I wanted to share with you but didn’t want the reading list to be too long. BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO JUST DUMP IT ALL ON YOU.

ARTICLES

3 Times the Bible is Super Queer - written by Andy Thornton who I’ve interviewed for Doing It and will be one of the first guests for season 4!

Pornhub just made major changes to its site’s rules following accusations that the platform hosts illegal content - the accusations in question come from this New York Times article. Whilst the announced changes Pornhub are making hope to stop some of these problems I’m not exactly hopeful they’ll work in practice. Pornhub just seems like a massive, dangerous, untameable beast and I wish everyone paid for ethical porn (I know this isn’t possible but a girl can dream) but I guess the fact Pornhub listened and are making changes is a good thing???

VIDEOS

Debunking Asexual and Aromantic Myths - Rowan Ellis and Alice Oseman breaking it down for us!

Why I Go To Sex Therapy - interesting video that came up in my recommended.

Our journey to understanding race s a couple and how we cope together - really interesting video podcast style chat about race an an interracial relationship.

Human Physiology - Functional Anatomy of the Male Reproductive System - KNOWLEDGE.

29 movie characters who should have been gay - Rowan Ellis at it again with that great content.

Is It Okay To Have Genitalia Preferences? - I can always trust Kat Blaque to come at these topics that were very prominent on my YouTube feed a few years ago of people “reacting” to other people’s videos and just tearing each other down back and forth, with nuance, kindness and vulnerability of her own personal experience. Definitely worth a watch.

Relationship Therapists Review Ross and Rachel’s Relationship in ‘Friends’ - okay I love these two therapists and the videos they do with Vanity Fair. I will GOBBLE THEM ALL UP.

“Legitimate Rape” Pharmaceutical Ad (TW) - content warning for rape/sexual assault. You may remember when some American politician made a statement about if it was “legitimate rape” then the body “knows” and won’t get pregnant. Just HORRIBLE and SCIENTIFICALLY INCORRECT. This video is a satire (VERY DARK HUMOUR) about that. It’s very dark, I found it funny but you don’t have to and you don’t have to watch it if you think it’ll be triggering for you.

You Stopped Wanting to Have Sex with Me - Shan Boody and her husband Jared Brady just being so real with each other and with her audience as per usual. And congrats to them on the birth of their daughter!

Why Colleen Ballinger HATED Pregnancy - interview with MamaDoctorJones and Colleen Ballinger about her pregnancy. Why is having a uterus so hard and unpredictable?!!?

Periods without a Colon + Rectum / Intimacy After Colon + Rectum Removal - two videos here. I HAD NO IDEA THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF WOULD HAPPEN. And rectum removal is something that I might have to have in the future so this has definitely helped me understand that a bit more!

PODCASTS

You Want Me To Watch The Kids While You Go Out With Another Guy? - the first (and only still although I want to get in the habit of listening to more!) episode of Esther Perel’s podcast Where Should We Begin? The podcast is actual recorded (with consent) relationship therapy sessions! This episode is about a husband and wife where the wife is exploring sleeping with other men.

Woman’s Hour - Are you comfortable with nudity? - this is just a 6 minute clip talking about normalising nudity and research around being naked around your children (spoiler alert: it doesn’t have damaging effects on children, in fact research shows it has positive effects).

Sex… with HIV - journalist, Franki Cookney’s old podcast series The Second Circle. I was having a look through the backlog and decided to listen to this interview about sex with HIV. The medical field has come so far but the social stigma hasn’t changed enough.