SEASON THREE:
EDUCATION FROM AN EQUAL: BOLD
This season, I won’t be holding back any controversial opinions and I’m discussing my personal experiences. We are going to be talking about slut-shaming, abortion, racial disparities in access to contraception, empowerment through childbearing, inequities in the birthing process, stigmatization of STDs, and so many other important topics. This season is going to be much more opinion-based than previous seasons, and I hope to bring on my peers who can help to further broaden understandings of sex education.
Education from an Equal Bold was co-produced by Natalie Goldberg and Roshun Sunder. Music is by Mete Bakircioglu.
EPISODE ONE
In this episode, I’m talking with my male friends about birth, menstruation, and female puberty in general to see what they know, both from taking public school sex-ed and from the internet. Let’s just say I was unsurprisingly underwhelmed with their knowledge, and that it shows just how much improvement is needed for public school sex-ed curriculum.
EPISODE TWO
In this episode, Hannah discusses her experience with abortion as an ambitious fourteen-year-old girl denied birth control by her parents while living in rural Oregon. She shares frank insights about what she was able to gain from her abortion and how we should all work to view abortion as a medical procedure, rather than a life-altering, shameful, or traumatizing event.
EPISODE THREE
In this episode, my classmate Feiyang Peng and I discuss ethical porn and slut-shaming, and we offer some ethical porn options. Please note that this episode is SUPER explicit, so please listen with caution!
EPISODE FOUR
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF EATING DISORDER BEHAVIORS AND EXPERIENCES. PLEASE LISTEN WITH CAUTION. In this episode, Kayla shares her experience with orthorexia and bulimia and we discuss glow up culture and body neutrality.
EPISODE FIVE
In this episode, Trinity discusses her experience with a second term abortion during the coronavirus pandemic. Please note that this episode is extremely graphic in its description of abortion, so please proceed with caution.
EPISODE SIX
In this episode, Presley, Snigdha, Annabel, and Amaya discuss their experiences as queer BIPOC and the intersectionality of their identities.