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Former Mr. LA Leather, current co-host of Cruise LA and recent post-graduate MFT in training, Elliot Musgrave, joins us to get into the weeds with us on thriving strategies for 2025, working as a mental health clinician supporting trans and queer clients, their own gender expansion journey, the evolving nature of selfhood, valuing your lived experience and parenting (and all of the healing and reparenting that happens along the way). Elliot can be found every 3rd Saturday at the Eagle LA hosting @Cruise_LA, and working in the community clinic at LA's Gay and Lesbian Center.You find and support us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.Sarah's reachable at sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site, let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased before March 1, 2025.Robin's candle magic is available at sapphoirfaire.com.That's a wrap on Season 4. We will be taking a hiatus for a few months and will let followers of our socials know when we plan to return.

Author Chris Zeischegg joins us to talk about his newest book, Creation: On Art and Becoming. Chris' work is semi-autobiographical and heavily influenced by his years working in the sex industry. Longtime collaborator, Luka Fisher, serves as a muse and a thread that weaves Chris' newest collection of short stories and essays together. We discuss the book, Luka's role in both the book and Chris' life, the impact of toxic masculinity on everyone in the sex trade regardless of gender, and the shadow side of porn - all of which appear in Chris' transgressive and visceral writings. Content warning: we discuss the impact of sex work including self harm and suicidal ideation. We encourage you to take care of yourself while listening or ,skipping this week if you need to.Christopher Zeischegg is a writer, musician, and filmmaker who spent eight years working in the adult industry as performer, Danny Wylde.He is the author of five books, Creation: On Art and Unbecoming, The Magician, The Wolves that Live in Skin and Space, Body to Job, and Come to My Brother, and has contributed to Expat 4, Human Rights, Split Lips, and a variety of digital publications, such as Somesuch and The Nervous Breakdown.To support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.There's still time to sign up for embodied coaching support with Sarah at half off at sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site, let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased before the end of the year.

Happy Holidays! To celebrate, Sarah and Robin sit down for a feminist check in. We dive into the feminist (and not-so-feminist) highlights of the season from Kylie Kelce's new number 1 podcast, to the ways the 4B movement has lit up the internet. Join us for this jovial feminist rant.To support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.There's still time sign up for embodied coaching support with Sarah - sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site, let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased before the end of the year.

December 17th is recognized as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers and this week author and advocate, Chanelle Gallant, joins us to break down how violence is amplified through criminalization and how migrant sex workers are most at risk. We cover the moral panic surrounding human trafficking, Chanelle shares the abolitionist perspective on sex work, and we dive into her new book Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice, which she co-authored with Elene Lam. We explore the unique ways that oppressive systems intersect to criminalize migrant sex workers and the strange solidarity between progressives and conservatives on the criminalization of sexuality. You can learn more about the book at notyourrescueprojectbook.comChanelle Gallant has been fighting the criminalization of sexuality for 25 years, from organizing queer sex parties that were raided by the police to advocating for sex workers internationally. She is the co-author of the book Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice, the co-founder of the Migrant Sex Workers Project, SURJ-Toronto and other grassroots racial justice and sex worker organizations. Chanelle sits on the national board for Showing Up for Racial Justice and Catalyst Project and has helped to move millions into frontline organizing through grassroots fundraising. She holds an MA in Sociology and was a Lambda Literary Fellow. Find her at chanellegallant.comTo support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.There's still time sign up for embodied coaching support with Sarah - sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site, let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased before the end of the year.

Join in our love for sex toys as we offer fun advice on what naughty gifts are best for your loved ones this holiday season. From which toys are best for newbies, when it's appropriate to gift a toy to a friend and even what your kinky bestie needs in their kit, we are covering the gamut of giftable sex toys. At the top of our list... Magic Wand. Even Sarah, the lover of low key vibrators, has been converted to the powerful classic toy that started it all! We also pay tribute to our friend who sadly passed last week, the founder of the best lube company on the planet Sliquid, Dean Elliott. Dean was a larger than life spirit and a true light in our lives and in the pleasure products industry. We are sending our deepest condolences to his family and will miss him very much.Most of the products we mention on the show can be found at pleasurechest.com and you can find a trusted Magic Wand Retailer near you. neither of these brands have sponsored the show. Sarah serves as the Director of Marketing for Magic Wand. However, the opinions voiced in this episode are entirely our own!To support the show and access video recordings of this season's episodes, join us over at patreon or follow along on IG or TikTok.

Edgar Fabián Frías' multi-dimensional work bridges art, magic and storytelling. Edgar shares how both animism and other worldly portals influence their creative practices. The episode explores the effects of AI on artists and Edgar introduces Sarah and Robin to the idea that the digital spaces are egregores, formed by the thoughts and emotions of the collective. Edgar Fabián Frías is a boundary-breaking multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles with degrees in Psychology, Studio Art, and an MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley. Their immersive works blend diverse artistic disciplines, challenging conventional categories. Frías explores resiliency and radical imagination through Indigenous Futurism, spirituality, and queer aesthetics. You can learn about Edgar's therapy practice - www.edgarfabianfrias.com.To support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.If you're needing support to get through the end of the year, consider signing up for embodied coaching support with Sarah - sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site and let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased between now and the end of the year.

What better week to talk about food and the significance of shared communal meals to queer community than the last week of November. We're taking a pause this week and sharing this food episode from earlier this year! No, "Queer Cuisine" is not a euphemism. Chef Kat Mciver joins us and we contemplate the idea that food may mean something special to us as queer people and try to name what makes something "Queer Cuisine." She also helps us unpack our personal (and incredibly different) journeys with food, shares about being a queer woman in toxic kitchen culture, and enlightens us on her cooking philosophy of "waste not, want not" aka using every part of a plant or animal in your cooking (think carrot tops, radish greens and pea tendrils). Stick around 'til the end for an intuitive eating practice and Kat's approach to shopping at a farmer's market.You can give Kat’s food account a follow HERE.To support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.If you're needing support to get through the end of the year, consider signing up for embodied coaching support with Sarah - sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site and let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased between now and the end of the year.

It's been a wild and heartbreaking couple of weeks for those of us in the fight for queer and trans rights, choice over our reproductive decisions, regulation of corporate greed, dismantling white supremacism, and peace across the world. Sarah and Robin process their grief and rage over the election and plot a way forward with queer community, creative expression, and grounding in pleasure at the center. Showing up for the resistance is going to be exhausting at times, so let's all get resourced and give ourselves permission to step back and recharge when needed. Do not obey in advance. Do not give up. Glad to be in the fight with you all.To support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.If you're needing support to get through the end of the year, consider signing up for embodied coaching support with Sarah - sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site and let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions purchased between now and the end of the year.

Art is a form of resistance. Creative expression is a political act in a system built on your unwavering productivity. This week we invite Antone Martinez of Failed Films Fest to the pod to talk about how he interweaves the erotic and the biographical in his films and how Failed Film Festival, which he curates, creates a space for queer artists and erotic filmmakers to showcase their work. Season 7 of Failed Films will be showing the work of 50+ artists this weekend Saturday November 16 in Los Angeles. Tickets are still available. To support the show, join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.If you're needing some support to get through the end of the year, consider signing up for embodied coaching support with Sarah - sarahtomchesson.com. You can message her through her site and let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions between now and the end of the year.

On this election day, we bring you a vision of a world where live together in supportive communities, with communal kitchens and shared outdoor spaces. A world where systems are set up to support us living comfortably within our means and surrounded by our chosen family. We also serve up a good bitch session about the flaws of our current, nuclear-family centric housing crisis with longtime friend of the pod, Lizanne Deliz (@eyeofcrowherbs).Take care of yourself and each other this week!Join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.To learn more about Sarah's coaching services visit sarahtomchesson.com You can message Sarah through her site and let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions between now and the end of the year.

Election season vibes are full on. Today's episode we have compiled resources for our listeners to support peace of mind and body as we all navigate the coming weeks. Sarah offers a visualization for locating safety in the body and sinking into a feeling of safety. Dr. Lucie Fielding shares tools with us from Season 2 such as self-compassion, tapping into pleasure and de-armoring amidst collective trauma. The episode rounds to a close with Byron Katie's "The Work," a series of simple questions that help you discern between fact and feeling. We are sending you all love and fist bumps for the bumpy road ahead! 5:30 Safety Meditation15:00 Dr. Lucie Fielding on offering self compassion and mutual aid through collective trauma and how to tap into pleasure as a sustaining resource.24:00 De-armoring exercise with Lucie.34:00 Byron Katie's "The Work"Join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.To learn more about Sarah's coaching services visit sarahtomchesson.com You can message Sarah through her site and let her know you are listener of the podcast for 50% off sessions between now and the end of the year.

This week we bring you our live panel featuring Vanessa Carlisle, PhD and Sydney Rogers, aka Miss Barbie Q, exploring the intersections of sex work, activism and queer liberation from Circa Queer Histories Festival. Our discussion explores the longstanding alliance between sex worker activists and queer activists, the ways activism shows up in queer and sex worker spaces, and combatting burnout in the fight for liberation.This panel was made possible by the One Institute. You can learn more about the Circa Queer Histories Festival at their site https://circafestival.org/Join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.

We're sharing our favorite horror film genres, films and moments with the illustrious Tina Horn (Why are People Into That) in honor of all that is spooky and fabulous about October! Why do we watch horror? (Unsurprisingly, Elvira has the answer for us). Which horror films left the biggest impression on us? What does sex and horror have in common? We get into all of it in this deliciously bite-sized episode.Join us and Cruise LA this Saturday, October 19th 4-9pm at the Eagle LA (4219 Santa Monica Blvd). Get your free Circa Festival tix here! We are hosting a panel discussion featuring Vanessa Carlisle, Sydney Rogers, SWOPLA, SHEP as part of Cruise LA.Join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.

Tis the season to get witchy with a throwback to season 1 when we had our minds blown by Witch Wilde who introduces us to Sex Magix theories. They shares how to direct sexual energy towards manifesting your desires, increasing your vitality and connecting with the cosmos. They also guide us in an incredible grounding/energy harnessing exercise that you are going to want in on. The conversation spans the many modalities that have influenced Wilde's practice: alchemy, tantra, taoism, toning, sigils, breathwork, visualization. If you are intrigued by taking your sexual practices out of the mundane - this episode is for you.Witch Wilde can be found on IG @witch.wilde. You can find us @fuckyeahpod on IG and TikTok or email us at fyeahpod@gmail.com.Resources from this episode include:Esther Perel's Mating in CaptivityBarbara Carellas' Urban TantraMargot Anand's The Art of Sexual EcstasyAnnie Dieu-Le-Veut's The Sacred Sex Rites of IshtarMantak Chia's writing on TaoismAnnie Sprinkle's Sluts & Goddessess

Spooky season is here and we are here for it! We are also in the middle of a series of eclipses that may stir up all the shadows and the "work" you are here to do. Sarah and Robin get it into the culture that's helping them embrace the season of the shadow - Circa Festival, Alanis Morissette, The Idles, Nirvana, Inside Out 2 - and how eclipse season is showing up for us and how it may for you. Tune in to learn about ways to attune to and embrace darker days.Join us and Cruise LA October 19th 4-9pm at the Eagle LA (4219 Santa Monica Blvd). Get your free Circa Festival tix here!Join us over at patreon to get videos of each recording and see our adorable pups or follow along on IG or TikTok.

Queer hair stylist and fierce femme Sparrow Fox joins us to talk queer hair, aging with grace, and the magic of being seen in the salon (and the streets). We get into the pressures of our culture to look beautiful on the outside while suppressing inner turmoil, how fashion can affirm your identity, and how a queer mindset allows for stylistic freedom. We also share about our early experiences in the salon, the messaging that shaped how we view ourselves and how we carry ourselves in the world now as midlife queers who are sometimes too busy to serve all the lewks. You can find us (and support the show) on Patreon Instagram & TikTok @fuckyeahpodSparrow Fox is a queer hair stylist specializing in color. She runs her own salon and is a brand educator for Amika. You can find Sparrow on socials @sfoxhair

This week we're reclaiming celibacy, abstinence, and virginity with Daviel Shy! What if we approach abstinence as a container for introspection, longing and personal growth? When Daviel joined us on the pod two weeks ago we inquired about her Virgo season musings - the virgin experiment - which she has documented on her substack. When Sarah heard about Daviel's experimentation with celibacy, it reminded her of an intentional period of celibacy she took during Venus retrograde in Libra in 2018. We explore the significance of stepping back from your sexuality to integrate parts of yourself, why the sign of Virgo is particularly well-suited for the introspection that can accompany celibacy, and the intense longing that can arise in periods of celibacy (or abstinence). Even though Virgo season is coming to an end, there are many times of the year and stages of life that can benefit from periods of celibacy and it is something we can reclaim and reframe from the patriarchal model of abstinence until marriage or lifelong celibacy in servitude to god and repurpose for our own growth and wellbeing.Daviel's project The Lovers series premieres at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center September 21st. Tickets can be reserved at givebutter.com/SsGRphYou can also register for the Shameless Sex Couples Retreat that Sarah has been talking about and will be co-facilitating Nov 12-17.Please find us on IG, TikTok and support the show on Patreon.

Punk rock educatrix, Tina Horn joins us to talk all things kink - cash fetishes, financial domination, spanking, bimbofication, cannibalism, feet, domming, oh my! Tina applies her signature curiosity, flirtatious wit, hyper intelligence and dirty mind, which you may be familiar with from her hit podcast Why Are People Into That?, to her new book and to our conversation. Why are People Into That: A Cultural Investigation of Kink (Tina's new book) breaks down kink practices and the most niche fetishes through a cultural lens, revealing the ways that BDSM is baked into and simultaneously gawked at in our culture. The book also explores Tina's own hard-earned experience in the kink community, a shared lineage she and Robin revel over in this week's episode. Tune it in to learn why we think Tina is "a smarty, smarty kinky pants!"Tina can be found on cashapp $showbiz04, on IG @tinahornsass, or online at tinahorn.netYou can find us (and support the show) on Patreon Instagram & TikTok @fuckyeahpodTina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Deprog, her new detective thriller comic book series, is out in 2024 from Dead Sky. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series SfSx (Safe Sex) (Image) and the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures and politics has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, which she also coedited. She’s available for nonfiction book development editing, creative consulting, and personal relationship coaching. Tina has lectured on sex worker politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for film/tv/theater including Pose. Tina is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, the winner of two Feminist Porn Awards, an AVN-nominated director, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Originally from Northern California, Tina spent a decade in NYC before re-settling in Los Angeles.

Filmmaker Daviel Shy joins us to share about her upcoming project, The Lovers, which serves eroticism and queerness in equal parts. Daviel's creative mindset is akin to an arousal state. In creative flow, she takes in her experiences with heightened awareness and incorporates them into her work. Daviel also integrates the unique lived experiences of her collaborators into her work and allows space for the work to be changed by those both in front of and behind the camera. The Lovers web series is a semi-autobiographical work that integrates the ways Daviel and her collaborators sought connection through the pandemic and how the isolation, separation and strange interconnectedness of the pandemic changed them (and all of us). In revisiting the experience of the pandemic, audiences are able to process and integrate their lingering grief and trauma from living through similar experiences. The series premieres September 21st at the LA Gay and Lesbian Center. Tickets can be reserved at givebutter.com/SsGRphYou can also register for the Shameless Sex Couples Retreat that Sarah has been talking about and will be co-facilitating Nov 12-17.Please find us on IG, TikTok and support the show on Patreon.Daviel Shy wrote and directed THE LADIES ALMANACK, starring Guinevere Turner, Hélène Cixous, and Eileen Myles. She created and stars in the seven episode series, THE LOVERS, and her fiction appears in the 2024 Anthology, SLUTS, edited by Michelle Tea and published by Dopamine/Semiotext(e). She is currently co-founding a porn production company called DAYLiGHT FiLMs.www.davielshy.comFb, LinkedIn, X, substack: @davielshyIg:@solsticetits@thelovers_series@xdaylightfilms

As promised, we are following up this week's episode with a segment dedicated to the human giver syndrome as defined in Emily and Amelia Nagoski's book Burnout: Unlocking the Secret to the Stress Cycle. Human giver syndrome offers insight into the unique stressors that come with caregiving or being the nurturer in intimate relationships. Human givers often experience guilt, shame and judgement, in addition to stress, when not acting in service to the human beings in their sphere. This episode is a call to empathy and compassion for all of the human givers - we see you.Follow our IG and TT and join our patreon to support the show!