Gender Identity Weekly

Today I speak with the one and only Ossiana Tepfenhart, who covered the adult film industry as a journalist and has written on topics from music to politics to sex.  Ossiana and I discuss Lolita fashion, control freaks, and why we should not be embarrassed to appreciate a good orgasm.

REFERENCES:
Find Ossiana on Substack:  https://ossiana.substack.com/
Find Ossiana on Medium:  https://medium.com/@ossiana.tepfenhart
Find The Refugee Newsletter on Substack:  https://therefugee.substack.com/
Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/

  • (00:00) - Show opening
  • (00:35) - Introducing Ossiana
  • (03:46) - Gender, beauty, and sexuality
  • (09:01) - Unreal social expectations
  • (11:27) - Ami defines gender and sexuality in 10 words or less
  • (14:45) - Sex and gender are more than physical
  • (18:26) - Beauty is not (always) symmetrical
  • (23:26) - Scary sells...really well
  • (29:28) - Sex is not a bad thing
  • (33:42) - Victorian era repression
  • (38:19) - Shame as a means of control
  • (40:50) - Slut-shaming and society
  • (45:00) - Forbidden fruit
  • (48:59) - Abuse at the hands of those not getting any
  • (51:43) - Show closing

Creators & Guests

Host
Amethysta Herrick
Writer, Transgender Activist, Philosopher, and sometimes Software Consultant

What is Gender Identity Weekly?

Every week, join Amethysta Herrick and contributors to Gender Identity Today for a pithy discussion of the challenges facing humanity as each of us discovers our identity and gender.