Plagues and Porn

We start by addressing the virus in the room - why we hate the "all in this together" narrative, how COVID hits the most vulnerable, and what is bringing us joy during these dark days. Then, on to the meat of the episode, we discuss everyone's favourite topic, PORN! Which countries are watching the most porn while we're all stuck in isolation, our own feelings about porn, along with some recommendations for ethical porn and porn industry docs. 

This month we're bringing you our episode on women in fiction but not before a very pointed rage about the TTC's new fare evasion campaign. We talk about our least favourite tropes, the importance of representation and the male gaze. Support us on PayPal: [email protected] and check out our website for more resources: http://awkwarderotica.wordpress.ca/. 

After a three month hiatus we are back! To mark our blessed return we're bringing you an episode on the construct of virginity in society. We talk about T.I's absolute mouth garbage regarding his daughter's "virginity checks", the history of the idea of virginity, as well as our own experiences. You can check out our website: http://awkwarderotica.wordpress.ca/ for more resources on the topic. If you like what we do and want us to do it better hit up our PayPal at: [email protected]. Stay Awkward xoxo

You may or may not have noticed we took a little hiatus! Call it an extended Christmas vacation, or call it our lives being entirely overrun by the perils of capitalism. I'll leave that up to you. Nevertheless, we're back with a teaser. Listen to find out our new schedule, upcoming content and why we hate Little Women. For more information check out: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

We are finally bringing you the third instalment of our series on women and medicine. First we bring you some classic Toronto rage about cold weather in November and Don Cherry's assholery. Then we talk about endocrine chronic illnesses and how they are under funded, under researched and over all rage inducing. Check out our website for resources and links related to this topic: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com

We had the best intention of continuing our series on Women and Medicine with our episode on endocrine illnesses but unsurprisingly our rage turned into an entire episode! We talk about our insecurities, society's unfair beauty standards and the appropriation of different activist movements. A classic look into what we talk about over wine and crackers. Check out our website: http://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com

This is our second episode on Canada's 2019 election. This week we review the second english debate and talk about energy and climate change policy. There's also a lot of general political rage. I'm sure you're all surprised. Election day is Monday October 21, remember you are entitled to 3 consecutive hours off from work to vote during the hours of open polls! We have election resources posted on our website along with our show notes for this episode: http://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

We are taking a break from our series on women and medicine to bring you some Canadian Election content. This week we focus on health care plans, why your MPs are important, and our Prime Minister in black face. In our next episode we will cover climate change and energy policy, and the issues that our important to us that none of the parties are discussing. Election is on October 21 and advance polls are from October 11 - 14. Check out the resources we used on our website: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.

Welcome to the second instalment of our series on women and medicine. We talk about how medical institutions treat women in pain and how we should be moving away from binary understandings of sex to better serve everyone. Content warning for discussion of discrimination against trans women from minutes 41:59 to 46:57. Find the stories and resources mentioned in this episode on our website: https://awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com/.

This marks the first episode in our series on Women in Medicine. First, as always, we rage. This week about babies in public. Then we get into the history of hysteria, the invention of the vibrator, AND how hysteria became aesthetically linked to Ophelia. You can support us on patreon at: patreon.com/awkwarderotica and check out the show notes on our website at: awkwarderoticapodcast.wordpress.com.