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.

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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.

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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.com

Chanelle 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.com

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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