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Dominated: Getting Kinky With BDSM
Anita discovers just how wrong “Fifty Shades of Grey” was about BDSM. A dominatrix and community leader introduce her to kink spaces rooted in commun…
2 years, 9 months ago
Mourned: Life After Losing A Parent
Anita has heard one resounding truth from her friends who lost a parent in early adulthood: That death was the biggest thing that has ever happened t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Reconstructed: Building New Definitions Of Masculinity
Fifteen years ago Anita took Women's Studies 101 on a whim … and to this day, she still doesn't have an answer to the question: what is masculinity? …
2 years, 10 months ago
Unfriended: When Your BFF Breaks Your Heart (Revisited)
Anita got friend dumped for the first time in 6th grade, and she's still not over it. She talks to folks about the distinct pain of a platonic breaku…
2 years, 10 months ago
Co-Worked: The Good, Bad & Ambivalent Of The Office Bestie (Revisited)
Anita wouldn't have made it through her 20s without her work friends. But now that she's a manager and working in a hybrid office, she's noticed that…
2 years, 10 months ago
Uncoupled: Thank U, Next (Revisited)
Anita has no qualms about being an armchair therapist for friends going through a breakup. But sometimes she wonders how her advice aligns with what …
2 years, 10 months ago
Hooked Up: The Myth Of Sex With No Strings Attached (Revisited)
Anita is confused about hook up culture. Is it a thing, and if so, who makes the rules? She talks to a recent college grad about her research on the …
2 years, 10 months ago
Mixed (Parent Edition): The Rao Family Talks Racial Identity
Anita invites her parents back to Embodied for a special bonus episode. She hears their take on our recent episode "Mixed," about growing up biracial…
2 years, 11 months ago
Polished: Why We Care About Our Nails
Anita's nail habit has evolved in the past decade from $10 drop-in manicures to 90 minute appointments with a nail artist. That artist joins her for …
2 years, 11 months ago
Mixed: Owning Your Multiracial Story
When Anita moved away to college, she experienced a big shift in her biracial identity. Turns out that the questions that emerged for her are ones th…
2 years, 11 months ago