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Stimulated: How Vibrators Became America's Favorite Sex Toy
True or false? Victorian doctors invented the vibrator to cure women's "hysteria" by bringing them to sexual climax. The answer may surprise you...as…
2 years, 9 months ago
Singled: Inside The Only-Child Family
Anita has many close friends who defy all stereotypes about only children. But when it comes to thinking about having her own kids, she still can't s…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dreamed: Inside Your Night Brain (Revisited)
The name Embodied came to Anita in a dream, and she's on a quest to figure out how that happened. She talks to a dreamworker about strengthening the …
2 years, 10 months ago
Commodified: When 'Wellness' Makes Us Unwell
Anita has fallen down her fair share of wellness rabbit holes [including a certain alliterative family's beauty and shapewear brands...]. Wellness in…
2 years, 10 months ago
Slayed: Gender Performance Beyond The Binary
After not seeing a drag show for the first 30 years of her life, Anita now dives in. She explores the history and evolution of the artform with a dra…
2 years, 10 months ago
Separated: Growing Up With An Incarcerated Father
Anita reconnects with the woman who changed her thinking on incarceration: her beloved college thesis adviser Ashley Lucas. Ashley reflects on her fa…
2 years, 11 months ago
Amplified: Building Intimacy With Hearing Loss
Anita and her partner John have started talking more openly about how his hearing loss informs their relationship and how they'll continue to navigat…
2 years, 11 months ago
Refused: When You're Too Fat For Top Surgery
Last October Anita got an e-mail that piqued her curiosity: a story pitch about how anti-fat bias affects people seeking gender-affirming surgery. Sh…
2 years, 11 months ago
Hypersexualized: Understanding Sex Addiction
Anita learned in the early days of this show that there's no such thing as "normal" sexual behavior. But what *is* worth considering: how your relati…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sobered: Reexamining Your Relationship With Alcohol
Anita has not participated in a Dry January, but there are times when she's motivated to pay extra-close attention to her relationship with alcohol. …
3 years ago