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Pansexual polyamorous kinkster, proud slut, and PhD sociologist Julie Fennell discusses some of the things near and dear to her heart and overanalytical brain. Expect lots of in-depth and highly opinionated discussions about her areas of professional expertise like gender and sexuality, along with plenty of content on sex and relationships, polyamory, BDSM, and the wild world of artistic rope bondage ...
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In this episode, Julie speculates about some of the reasons there's apparently such a high overlap between BDSM/polyamory and neurodivergence. There's very little published research on this topic, but there's a great deal of interest within these communities, so she considers some of the reasons these things might be related. She also takes a lengthy detour to discuss aphantasia and rope. Mentioned in this episode: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk The Prosocial Sadist? by Jennifer Erickson and Brad Sagarin Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Information
Sadly, there's no full audio recording (yet!) of my sociological book on the American BDSM scene, Please Scream Quietly: A Story of Kink. But here's chapter 1, Introduction: Your Fantasy Is My Reality, read by the author. You can buy my book on Amazon, or you can buy it straight from the publisher. (If you're purchasing internationally, I believe the publisher is your best bet).
Traditional BDSM culture has tended to ignore the artistry of being a good switch in favor of pure-dom/pure-sub identities and dynamics. Contemporary BDSM culture places a much higher value on switches and switching, but the specific skillset remains less understood and appreciated. In this episode, Julie and ElsieXO describe some switch identity journeys and unpack some of the skills good switches need. (Also, the Doug described in Elsie's story is in fact Doug Robinson, previous guest of the show). Apologies that some of the sound quality in this episode deteriorates a bit at the end--even extensive editing couldn't quite fully save it :-(
Julie and her sub Artifiction have both been writing erotica for years. In this episode, they share their wildly different journeys to the same destination of writing smutty stories. They discuss the qualities of good erotica, share perspectives on erotica reading and writing, and end with tips, tricks, and games for writing it for yourself, an audience, and/or your partner. Julie has published stories in: Best Women's Erotica, volume 8 Big Book of Quickies
~Content warning: Very explicit BDSM erotica~ Welcome to the Valentine's Day erotica special! This episode is a two-parter. This second episode contains two original short stories by Julie that are Fem Dom/masc sub. The first is "The first taste" and the second is "Possession." If you're looking for published versions of my stories, check out these anthologies: Best Women's Erotica, Volume 8 Big Book of Quickies