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Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

Release Date: 01/31/2024

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Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

We're rounding out the end of Season 13 with some best of episodes mixing together some of our favorite clips from our archive! This week, we've got the best of DESIRE, from biology to psychology to culture! FULL EPISODES FROM THIS BEST OF -- and you can find the article from this clip ! TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure. Take the quiz here: ABOUT SEASON 13 Season 13 of Sex Ed with DB is ALL ABOUT PLEASURE! Solo...

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Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

And so ends Season 13! We'll be back soon with more, but for now, here's 13 lessons DB has learned from going 13 seasons strong! Have any topics you'd like us to cover on Season 14? We're planning right now -- so it's a great time to email and let us know at ! TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure. Take the quiz here: ABOUT SEASON 13 Season 13 of Sex Ed with DB is ALL ABOUT PLEASURE! Solo pleasure. Partnered pleasure. Orgasms....

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Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

This week's episode is about an underrated -- and often misreprensented -- asset for pleasure: lingerie! Lingerie can make you feel powerful, beautiful, and sensual, even if you're not with a cishet male partner, or any partner at all! In this episode, DB speaks with Emily Bendell, founder of Bluebella, one of the greatest lingerie brands DB's found yet! GUEST DETAILS was born from a simple idea to create luxurious and sensual lingerie for self-assured women. Founded on the belief that strength and sensuality belong in the everyday, Bluebella understands that beautiful lingerie sets a powerful...

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Sex Ed with DB: smart, science-backed sex education

Last week, we talked to Luna Matatas about seducing the butt -- but today, we'll go even deeper (wink wink) on the prostate! What is a prostate orgasm? How do you have one and/or give your partner(s) one? How is it different from a penile orgasm? Let's explore this fun part of the body and find even more pleasure! RECOMMENDED LISTENING TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZFind your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure. Take the quiz here: ABOUT SEASON 13 Season 13 of...

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This week's episode is all about BUTT STUFF! From penetration to rimming to spanking, there can be so much pleasure found in the butt -- yes, even if you're a straight man, and yes, even if you're a cis woman! DB interviews Luna Matatas, THE expert on all things booty, about how to get the most pleasure out of your (or a consenting partner's) butt! GUEST DETAILS is a Sex and Pleasure Educator with over 20 years of experience teaching sex and empowerment workshops. Luna has taught sexual wellness workshops internationally and locally with diverse communities. She celebrates body confidence,...

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Join DB in conversation with Molly McGlynn, the filmmaker and director behind "Fitting In" (starring Maddie Ziegler). The film explores the journey of a teenage girl diagnosed with the rare congenital disorder MRKH Syndrome. Molly discusses the challenges of translating such a personal experience onto the screen, the importance of depicting female pleasure in her work, and the subtleties in conversations about identities as it relates to MRKH Syndrome. Don't miss it! 
 
(02:22 - 04:10) Exploring MRKH Syndrome in "Fitting In"
(15:48 - 17:09) Making a film about such a personal experience
(20:21 - 21:57) Maddie Ziegler's leading role 
(30:31 - 32:15) Inclusivity in language (104 Seconds)
(33:06 - 34:46) Exploring MRKH and intersex representation

Molly McGlynn is a writer and director who has recently completed her second feature film, Fitting In, starring Maddie Ziegler and Emily Hampshire which will have its World Premiere at SXSW in March 2023 and will release on February 2nd in the US and Canada. She directed several television shows including Workin’ Moms, The Wonder Years, Grace and Frankie and the forthcoming Apple series The Big Door Prize and all ten episodes of the award-winning, International Emmy-nominated short form series How To Buy a Baby. She is currently developing her original television series, Penny Cuts Her Bangs (3Arts).

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About Sex Ed with DB:

Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more.

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Sex Ed with DB, Season 9 Team:

Creator, Host, Executive Producer: Danielle Bezalel (DB)

Producer and Communications Lead: Cathren Cohen

Producer and Communications Coordinator: Sadie Lidji

Marketing Coordinator: Kate Fiala