Down for Whatever
Down for Whatever is a sexuality podcast featuring sex-positive interviews with real people about their real sexual experiences. With candor and humor, Myisha helps to demystify modern sexual dilemmas by highlighting the experiences and expertise of her guests who represent a wide spectrum of sexual identities, orientations and backgrounds. For more information, visit myishabattle.com.
Episodes
In the fifth and final episode of Season 5, Myisha chats with her friend, musician and actress, Sharon Van Etten. Sharon talks about how her creative practice evolved from a time in her life where communicating about traumas she experienced was incredibly difficult. Music was a way to make the unconscious conscious and allowed her to process deep emotions.
This is the final episode of Down for Whatever!
...In episode 4 of this season, Myisha talks to Alyssa Kies, co-founder of The Sex Issue a zine and Instagram account that aims to give readers the sex ed they wish they'd gotten. Alyssa shares her story of creating The Sex Issue as part of her process of healing from sexual assault.
Content warning: this season of the podcast contains some descriptions of rape, incest, sexual assault and coercion. Listener...
In this episode, Myisha speaks with fellow sexuality coach Veronica Monet and author of Love, Lust and Romance in the Wake of #MeToo about The Shame Free Zone and her path to heal from incest and rape. They talk about the difficult process of becoming intimate with new partners while experiencing triggers ...
Myisha discusses the culture of silence we have around sexuality with Cindy Gallop and how her website Make Love Not Porn aims to combat misinformation about what real world sex should be. Cindy believes that talking about sex and receiving accurate sexual information can radically decrease the incidence of sexual assault in the world. She also shares how MLNP has helped survivors reclaim their sexuality.
In this episode of Down for Whatever, Myisha speaks to activist, author and doula, adrienne maree brown. They discuss adrienne's path to reclaiming and prioritizing pleasure in her own life as well as her most recent book Pleasure Activism.
Content warning: this season of the podcast contains some descriptions of rape, incest, sexual assault and coercion. Listener discretion is advised.
It's the fifth and final season of Down for Whatever! Myisha discusses how this season came to be and the topic of re-imagining survivor sexuality. #metoo exposed so many stories of sexual assault and violence and this season aims to show what healing from these experiences looks like on a personal and cultural level. Guests include adrienne maree brown, Cindy Gallop and Sharon Van Etten.
Content warning: this season of the podcast...
In the season finale of Season 4 of Down for Whatever one of Myisha's dreams came true! She interviewed Dr. Carol Queen, author and Staff Sexologist for Good Vibrations. Good Vibrations is one of the pioneer sex toy shops designed to welcome women and encourage them to explore their sexuality. Myisha and Dr. Queen discuss the history of sex toys as well as where the industry is headed.
Dr. Queen also answers a few audience que...
In this very special episode of DFW, three of Myisha's previous guests read excerpts from their books. Kitty Chambliss reads from Jealousy Survival Guide, Kristen Sollee reads from Witches, Sluts, Feminists and Vanessa Cuccia reads from Crystal Healing & Sacred Pleasure.
Any one of these books would make an amazing gift for a loved one this holiday season. Need a gift for a gift exchange? Or maybe get all three for your p...
In this episode of DFW, Myisha interviews Alex Fine of Dame. She and Myisha discuss what it's like to be a lifelong "sex talker", someone who is fascinated by sex and has made a career talking to others about sex.
Alex talks about her relationship to the work "slut", the slut-shaming she endured as a kid, and how she has integrated her sexuality and her feminism into a sex toy brand that is focused on decreasing the pleasure gap. ...
Myisha interviews two sex coaches in training, Tama and David, who participated in a month-long (almost) gender swap where they dressed in the other's gendered clothing and performed gender as the other. From shaving to not shaving, from no makeup to makeup, this couple experimented with what it means to "act like a man" and "act like a woman" in this world. They both learned so much as a result! Tama and David were inspired by Peg...
Myisha interviews Katy Zvolerin, Director of Public Relations at Adam & Eve. Katy worked her way up from a copywriter in the 90s where she wrote product descriptions of pleasure products and sex toys. She and Myisha talk through a few of Adam & Eve's top sellers and innovative toys. Myisha weighs the pros and cons of each toy and encourages exploration of all that sex toys have to offer. Listeners can enjoy 50% off just abo...
Myisha chats with her new friend Rogue Bit about the possibilities of sex mediated through technology. They discuss what digital sex looks like now and what might it look like in the future. They also talk about how the gaming space can be a place for sexual exploration and boundary pushing when it comes to gender and sexual expression. Myisha references a piece she wrote about digisexuality, and you can read it here.
Myisha chats with the founder of Citizens of Culture, Maceo Keeling. They talk about masculinity and modern dating conundrums including what it's like out there for straight folks dating in the wake of #metoo. Spoiler alert: it's complicated!
Maceo's work centers around giving people the tools to think critically about their relationships and improve them through communication and consent. He's also on his own persona...
Myisha chats with the creator of a one-woman comedy show about never having an orgasm. Molly Brenner Is Not Coming is a comedic journey through Molly Brenner's experience with a very common occurrence for women: anorgasmia, or lack of orgasm. She also tackles growing up being very sexually curious, vaginismus and some of the common sexual milestones that she never got to experience, all with a comedic twist!
Can selfies be sexually empowering? Myisha's newest guest thinks so! Ev'yan Whitney is a sexuality doula and sex educator who wants to create a world with more sexually liberated women. Ev'yan is the creator of the Sex, Love, Liberation blog and hosts her own podcast called The Sexually Liberated Woman. She and Myisha talk about what it means to be sexually liberated and Ev'yan's own experience of stepping into her sexual powe...
Myisha chats with the foundress of Sustain Natural, Meika Hollendar at The Assembly in San Francisco. The Assembly is a clubhouse for women and Myisha helped organize their first sexual wellness event. Myisha interviewed Meika about what it was like to start a sexual wellness brand geared specifically towards women and the motivation behind writing her book, Get On Top: Of Your Pleasure, Sexuality & Wellness: A Vagina Revoluti...
Myisha speaks with Joseph Gelfer about his Five Stages of Masculinity theoretical model. They talk about what the future of masculinity could be as well as how to discuss masculinity with folks who are at the various stages. Joseph also opens up about what masculinity has meant to him and how that has changed over time. Other topics explored include intersectionality and Rupaul's Drag Race!
Myisha discusses gender and how that has been expressed throughout Hex's life as she has identified formerly as a gay man and now as a woman. Myisha and Hex explore gender performance and what that means in everyday life as well as in drag. They also talk about the degrees of safety one can expect as they express a gender that is atypical. Hex shares how her gender is often misunderstood in relationships and how race intersects wit...
Myisha interviews Dr. Rachel Gelman, a pelvic floor physical therapist based in San Francisco. Dr. Gelman shares with Myisha the most common concerns her patients have, including painful sex or sexual difficulties, and how pelvic floor physical therapy can help address these concerns. They also go over what the pelvic floor is, how it's connected to the rest of the body and what you should (or shouldn't) be doing to keep it he...
The newest episode of DFW is called The Poly Amish Atheist. With a title like that I bet you can guess what Myisha will be discussing with her guest, Kenneth who is kind enough to dive deep into his restrictive religious roots and their impact on his sex life.
Sex and religion often have a complicated relationship and many people find themselves in conflict over the kind of sex they want and the sex that they believe they sh...
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