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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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 4 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…
3 years, 5 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…
3 years, 5 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, 5 months ago
Inherited: Healing From Generational Trauma
Anita has been unpacking intergenerational trauma ... thanks, in part, to Hollywood. Seeing herself in movies like "Turning Red" and "Everything Ever…
3 years, 5 months ago
Purified: A Live Event Turned Podcast (Part Two)
Anita is a sucker for live storytelling, so when she and the Embodied team planned their first in-person event, they knew the vibe they were going fo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Purified: A Live Event Turned Podcast (Part One)
Anita met Embodied listeners IRL for the first time earlier this year at the show's first in-person event "Purified." The evening was part late night…
3 years, 6 months ago
Navigated: The Rao Sisters On Holiday Conversations
Anita has a lot of practice talking about taboo topics with strangers. But when it comes to having these conversations in her own family, especially …
3 years, 6 months ago