Bothered Stories: Smut Talks
A podcast about modern erotic fiction and the stories that shape us.From the creators of Bothered Stories, Smut Talks features candid author interviews and conversations with key voices about smut, reading, and the cultural forces at play behind the stories we love--examining…
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Non-Monogamy 101: Debunking Myths & Rewriting Relationships (opens the original)
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Danielle from Openly Committed joins us to explore non-monogamy, including her own 16-year journey in an open relationship and what alternative relationship structures can offer. She unpacks the history behind monogamy, and explains how laws governing women as the property of men stand at its roots. Plus, Danielle and Allison explore why the “chosen one” is so prevalent both as a cultural obsession and a smut trope. Topics include: Non-monogamy 101: the terms, how it’s practiced and what it all
How Burlesque Subverts What Is Sexy (opens the original)
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Why does burlesque matter? In this episode, burlesque performers and hosts Diva Darling and Mx. Eden dive deep into their craft, unpacking the ways burlesque subverts patriarchal norms about what is sexy and who gets to take up space. Diva explains how she loves to give the audience “confusion boners” and Eden leaves us with a whole new image of Winnie the Pooh. This conversation touches on: What a burlesque show is like and how it’s different from stripping The overlap between burlesque and ero
Healing Grape Culture: How 2 Performers Use Comedy and Somatics to Dismantle Systems of Oppression (opens the original)
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Toni Nagy and Seraphina Supernova are touring the world with Grape Culture , a groundbreaking tragic comedy show that forces the audience to reckon with what they’ve coined our “culture of domination without consent,” aka the culture we all live in. And they make a lot of dick jokes, because comedy is a thruway to the heart. In this episode, we discuss: What "grape culture" actually means–and why Toni and Seraphina call it that Their show, Grape Culture , and the powerful audience reactions it's
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