Join Alana, Kyle, and Tiera as they journey into the mission of uncovering God's truths and design for sexual freedom within marriage. They're going to be tackling some big questions. Things like why couples go into marriage feeling ill-equipped about sex, and how couples years into their marriages can find wholesome ways to spice things up. From interviews, to "sex-timonies", and everything in-between- this is the Kingdom Sexuality podcast.
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Ever wondered what would happen if you invited past sexual partners on a podcast to discuss the quality of the sex you had? Tune in with your host Goodie. Listen in as she sits with past sexual partners while they awkwardly discuss their intercourse encounters. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intercourseinterviews/support
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Interviews with Scholars of Asian America about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-american-studies
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Haute is a lifestyle for those who have mastered the art of social intercourse and personal style.
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Enjoy juicy and informative interviews with the acclaimed author Dr. Patti Taylor of ExpandedLovemaking.com and the Expand Her Orgasm Tonight System - 21 Day Program for Partners, as she talks with world-renowned experts on sex, sensuality and real-life practitioners of the art and science of orgasm! Expanded Lovemaking is a fusion of ancient erotic wisdom and modern practices and insights, where you learn to share ever-expanding bliss with your partner. Email Dr. Patti at patti@personallife ...
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193: Sex Trafficking: How It ACTUALLY Happens
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The KS team is joined by Sofia Friesen, Canadian Program Director of Ally Global, and she chats with the KS team about the incredible work that Ally is doing to prevent human trafficking, how it actually happens, and how you can keep your family safe from it. Links from today’s episode: Ally.org @allyglobal Thepreventionproject.ca KS donation link …
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192: Unpacking Sexual Disorders with Josh Spurlock
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Josh Spurlock, founder of My Counselor Online, is BACK in another incredible episode with Alana and Tiera where he unpacks sexual disorders and dysfunctions. You don’t want to miss it! Vaginismus: 8:45 Sexual Aversion: 10:12 Orgasms: 12:08 Orgasm Disorder: 30:15 Links from today’s episode: The previous episode with Josh Spurlock My Counselor Online…
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William Gow, "Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community" (Stanford UP, 2024)
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This episode features a conversation with Dr. William Gow on his recently published book, Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community (Stanford University Press, 2024), focuses on the 1930s and 1940s Los Angeles–its Chinatowns, and “city,” as well as the Chinese American community’s relationship with Hol…
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Shout out to our incredible patrons who chose today's episode topic! Head to patron.com/kingdomsexuality to become a patron today! Tune in as the KS team tackles the big question: is sex a need? Kyle, Tiera, and Alana each had their own thoughts and kept their notes to themselves until they hit record! Links from today’s episode: Come As You Are Bo…
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Jonathan Tran, "Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism" (Oxford UP, 2021)
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Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. There are two contemporary approaches to antiracist theory and practice. The first emphasizes racial identity to the exclusion of political economy, making racialized life in America illegible. This approach's prevalence, in the academ…
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Samira Mehta, "The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging" (Beacon Press, 2023)
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The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging (Beacon Press, 2023) is an unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings mixed-race people face in family spaces and intimate relationships across their varying cultural backgrounds. In this emotionally powerful and intellectually provocative blend of memoir, cultural crit…
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Oneka LaBennett, "Global Guyana: Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond" (NYU Press, 2024)
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Previously ranked among the hemisphere’s poorest countries, Guyana is becoming a global leader in per capita oil production, a shift which promises to profoundly transform the nation. This sea change presents a unique opportunity to dissect both the environmental impacts of modern-world resource extraction and the obscured yet damaging ways in whic…
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190: PATRON'S CHOICE! Intentional Intimacy Without Intercourse
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In a season where intercourse isn't an option? Not sure what to do? Or, do you want to learn how to add other intimacy options to your repertoire? Tune in as the KS team chats about some options! Links from today’s episode: His Pleasure Sex Challenge Join Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang out! Instagram…
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J. Megan Greene, "Building a Nation at War: Building a Nation at War: Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II" (Harvard UP, 2022)
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Building a Nation at War: Building a Nation at War: Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II (Harvard UP, 2022) argues that the Chinese Nationalist government’s retreat inland during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), its consequent need for inland resources, and its participation in new scientific…
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Sorayya Khan, "We Take Our Cities with Us: A Memoir" (Ohio State UP, 2022)
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Today’s book is: We Take Our Cities With Us (Ohio State UP, 2022), by Sorayya Khan. After her mother’s death, Sorayya Khan confronts her grief by revisiting their relationship, her parents’ lives, and her own Pakistani-Dutch heritage in a multicultural memoir that unfolds over seven cities and three continents. We Take Our Cities with Us ushers us …
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189: Hot Sex Takes: A Candid Chat with a Sex Therapist
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Kyle and Alana had an amazing time interviewing Josh Spurlock, founder of My Counselor Online. Tune in as they ask him some of the "hot topic" questions KS gets regularly! 2:56 How do you gain confidence in the bedroom? “Husband wants me to initiate more but I don’t know how/scared” 13:17 How to handle, mostly women, with body insecurities? 22:55 H…
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188: "But We've Already Had Sex..." with guest Rusti Weaver
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Continuing on with the premarital conversation from a few weeks ago but in a new light: "what if we've already had sex?" Today's guest and former KS host, Rusti, talks us through her story and journey to finding healing from the shame of her past. Links from today’s episode: Intimate Issues Starting Life Together Bundle Join Unite & Ignite Want …
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Rachel Khong, "Real Americans" (Knopf, 2024)
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Real Americans (Knopf, 2024) begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more di…
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187: Overcoming Purity Culture with Hanna Ward
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The Purity Culture conversation continues! This time Alana and Tiera are joined by Hanna from the 'Say What?' podcast! They chat purity culture, vaginismus, pleasure, orgasms, and more! Links from today’s episode: Hanna Say What? Website Hanna’s IG Subscribe to Hanna's YouTube Channel Her Turn Sex Challenge His Pleasure Sex Challenge Join Unite & …
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So many of us enter into marriage only to then realize that how sex was taught to us- impacted us! Is pleasure possible after purity culture? Tune in to find out! Links from today’s episode: Episode with Jess Seitz Join Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang out! Instagram Facebo…
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Gina Chung, "Green Frog: Stories" (Vintage, 2024)
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From the author of Sea Change comes Green Frog: Stories (Vintage, 2024) a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival. Equal parts fantastical--a pair of talking dolls help twins escape a stifling home, a heart boils on the stove as part of an elaborate cure for melancho…
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The newlywed season is such a sweet season in life! We get this precious time to learn so much about each other. But how do we navigate the difficulties well? Tune in to find out! Links from today’s episode: Spontaneous vs Responsive Desire Love Language Quizzes Engagement Guide Wedding Night Guide Newlywed Guide Starting Life Together Bundle Joi…
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The Translator's Daughter: A Discussion with Grace Loh Prasad
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Today’s book is: The Translator’s Daughter: A Memoir (Mad Creek Books, 2024), by Grace Loh Prasad, which is a unique immigration story about the loneliness of living in a diaspora, the search for belonging, and the meaning of home. Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek’s di…
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There can be so much excitement when it comes to the wedding night but alongside the joy and eagerness, anxiety and fear of the unknown can creep in. Join the KS team as they answer questions engaged couples sent in when it comes to the wedding night! Links from today’s episode: Engagement Guide Wedding Night Guide Newlywed Guide Starting Life Toge…
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Tessa Winkelmann, "Dangerous Intercourse: Gender and Interracial Relations in the American Colonial Philippines, 1898–1946" (Cornell UP, 2023)
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In Dangerous Intercourse: Gender and Interracial Relations in the American Colonial Philippines, 1898–1946 (Cornell University Press, 2023), Dr. Tessa Winkelmann examines interracial social and sexual contact between Americans and Filipinos in the early twentieth century via a wide range of relationships—from the casual and economic to the formal a…
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183: Setting Your Future Marriage Up For Success
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Are you engaged and wondering how to make your future marriage one that is set up for success? This episode is for you! Plus, check out the resource the KS team just released! Get the guides individually for $47 or the bundle of all three for $97! The first 10 people to order the bundle using the code LIFETOGETHER3 will get all 3 bundles for the pr…
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Ever feel like you're drowning trying to do it all? Drink enough water, get exercise, be a good wife and mother, and still get some sleep? Join the KS team as they unpack whether or not you have to try to get it all done! Links from today’s episode: HER TURN Sex Challenge: use the code HERTURNPOD to get it 50% off Join Unite & Ignite Want more…
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Salar Mameni, "Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics" (Duke UP, 2023)
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In Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics (Duke UP, 2023), Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Mameni theorizes the Terracene as an epoch marked by a convergence of racialized militarism and environmental destruction. Both the Anthropocene and the war …
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Katie Gee Salisbury, "Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong" (Dutton, 2024)
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In 2022, the U.S. Mint released the first batch of its American Women Quarters series, celebrating the achievements of U.S. women throughout its history. The first set of five included Maya Angelou, Sally Ride…and Anna May Wong, the first Asian-American to ever appear on U.S. currency. Katie Gee Salisbury takes on Anna May Wong’s life in her book N…
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Catherine Ceniza Choy, "Asian American Histories of the United States" (Beacon Press, 2022)
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To begin the celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, this episode features a conversation with Dr. Catherine Ceniza Choy about her book Asian American Histories of the United States (Beacon Press, 2022). Choy’s study identifies pivotal years in Asian American history as the focus of her eight chapters, which includes the beginning of …
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Melody Yunzi Li, "Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the United States" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
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Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the U.S. (Rutgers University Press, 2023) examines how contemporary Chinese diasporic narratives address the existential loss of home for immigrant communities at a time of global precarity and amid rising Sino-US tensions. Focusing on cultural productions of the Chinese dia…
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181: PATRON'S CHOICE! Healthy Marriage Habits
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Whether we're aware of it or not, what we do forms us. For better or worse. So what habits are forming you? Tune in to hear the KS team share some healthy habits you can implement TODAY!Links from today’s episode: Practicing The WayJoin Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang out! Instagram …
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Hiromi Ito, "Tree Spirits Grass Spirits" (Nightboat Books, 2023)
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A collected series of intertwined poetic essays written by acclaimed Japanese poet Hiromi Ito--part nature writing, part travelogue, part existential philosophy. Written between April 2012 and November 2013, Tree Spirits Grass Spirits (Nightboat Books, 2023) adopts a non-linear narrative flow that mimics the growth of plants, and can be read as a c…
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After being freshly pregnant and now in the postpartum season Alana, and the KS team, answer YOUR questions on pregnancy and postpartum! Links from today’s episode: Spontaneous vs Responsive Desire Join Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang out! Instagram Facebook Group…
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Michael Liu, "Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston's Chinatown, 1880-2018" (U Massachusetts Press, 2020)
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Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though little documented, it represents the city's most sustained neighborhood effort to survive during eras of hostility and urban transformation. It has been wounded and transformed, slowly ceding ground; at the same time, its residents and organizations have gained a more prominent voice over their communi…
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Amanda Mei Kim, "California Obscura," The Common magazine (2023)
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Amanda Mei Kim speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her essay “California Obscura,” which appears in The Common’s most recent issue, in a portfolio of writing and art from and about the immigrant farmworker community. Amanda discusses how the essay changed and developed over many drafts. The finished piece explores her childhood growing up…
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179: Unlocking God's Plan For Your Sexuality (with Purpose Podcast)
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Get ready for a spicy conversation where Rachel & Zach interviewed the KS team about intimacy in marriage and what the word of God has to say about sex! Time to experience the fullness of God's design for marriage and intimacy! Links from today’s episode: Purpose Podcast Faith Promise Church Join Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality…
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The KS team had the pleasure of interviewing pastor Ben Hilson in today's episode! We had compiled a list of questions you guys had sent us and we bombarded him with them all! Link from today's episode: PortKellsChurch.com Pastor Ben's IG Join Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang out! Instagram…
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Does your desire for sex happen suddenly, or does it take your body a bit of time to warm up to the idea? It turns out both are normal! Tune in to hear more!! Link from today's episode: Come As You Are book Join Unite & Ignite Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang out! Instagram Facebook Group…
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SunAh M. Laybourn, "Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants" (NYU Press, 2024)
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Dr. SunAh M. Laybourn’s Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants (NYU Press, 2024) explores the experiences of Korean adoptees, the largest population of adult transnational adoptees in the United States. Over 125,000 Korean children have been adopted into primarily white US families since the 1950s, and despite being raised as US citiz…
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176: PATRON'S CHOICE! Modesty After Marriage?
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Shout out to our Patron's for deciding on today's episode! If you'd like a say in what episodes are released consider becoming a patron today! Does modesty look difference once we're married? Do boundaries and rules we had while we were dating/engaged still stand? Tune in to find out! Link from today's episode: Kim & Darlene Interview Kait’s IG pos…
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Is there a type of sex you'd like to try but you're not sure how to go about asking your spouse for it? Maybe you'd like to try something a bit more rough or passionate, or slow and sensual- what does that conversation look like?? Tune in to find out! Links from today’s episode: Better Help Counseling Types of Sex episode Join Unite & Ignite Wan…
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Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm
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Today’s book is: Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm (Red Hen Press, 2023), by David Mas Masumoto. In his new memoir, Mas discovers his “lost” aunt. She had been taken away in 1942 when all Japanese Americans were considered the enemy and imprisoned. Due to a disability, she became a “ward” of the state…
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Ever wondered what types of sex are out there? Slow sex, quickies, passionate sex, and more- the KS team chats through what each kind is and how to initiate that type of sex!Links from today’s episode:Nitty Gritty Wedding Night RundownScheduled vs Spontaneous Sex episodeIntimacy Without IntercourseForeplay EpisodeAwaken Love bookJoin Unite & Ignit…
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Diego Javier Luis, "The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History" (Harvard UP, 2024)
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Between 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons enjoyed a near-complete monopoly on transpacific trade between Spain’s Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to Mexico and back, these Spanish trading ships also facilitated the earliest migrations and displacements of Asian peoples to the Americas. Hailing from Gujarat, Nagas…
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173: Unscripted Q&A! Swallowing, Positions, Increasing Desire, & more!
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Join the KS team as they answer questions rapid fire as they come in on Instagram! They cover topics like "how do i get my wife to swallow?", "how do i increase my desire for sex as a busy mom?", and more! Links from today’s episode: Fellatio Episode Foreplay Episode Intimately Us app 31 Nights of Intimacy Ebook Awaken Love book The Penis Book Join…
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Zhongping Chen, "Transpacific Reform and Revolution: The Chinese in North America, 1898-1918" (Stanford UP, 2023)
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The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the turbulent end of China’s imperial system, violent revolutionary movements, and the fraught establishment of a republican government. During these decades of reform and revolution, millions of far-flung “overseas Chinese” remained connected to Chinese domestic movements. Transpacific Reform a…
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Mimi Khúc, "dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss" (Duke UP, 2023)
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Mimi Khúc is a PhD, writer, scholar, and teacher of things unwell. She is currently the Co-Editor of The Asian American Literary Review and an adjunct lecturer in Disability Studies at Georgetown University. Her work includes Open in Emergency, a hybrid book-arts project decolonizing Asian American mental health; the Asian American Tarot, a reimagi…
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172: PATRON'S CHOICE! Pubic hair: What To Do Down There?
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Shout out to our incredible Patrons for choosing this weeks episode! If you'd like to have a say in what episodes we release, become a patron! Ever wonder what should be done with your hair... down there?? Tune into this highly requested episode where the KS team chats through: what you can do with your pubic hair, do you have to do anything with i…
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Neema Avashia, "Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place" (West Virginia UP, 2022)
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Neema Avashia is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was born and raised in southern West Virginia. She has been an educator and activist in the Boston Public Schools since 2003 and was named a City of Boston Educator of the Year in 2013. Her first book, Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place, was published by West Vir…
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171: How To Talk To Your Kids About Sex with Birds & Bees
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Struggle to know how to have those conversations with your kiddos? The KS team got to sit down with Mary Flo and Megan, owners of the company Birds & Bees, which is an online course all about equipping you as a parent to tackle the talk of the birds and bees! If you have kiddos, you need to tune in! Link from today's episode: Birds & Bees Course (K…
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Diego Javier Luis, "The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific History" (Harvard UP, 2024)
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There’s a popular folk hero in Puebla, Mexico—Catarina de San Juan, who Mexicans hailed as a devoted religious figure after her death in 1688. She’s credited with creating the China Poblana dress, a connection of dubious historical veracity made several centuries after her death. But Catarina is one of Mexico’s most famous “chinos”—despite the fact…
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Ready to spice up your Valentine's Day?? We, the KS team, have just the thing to help! With the sex challenge beginning on Valentine's Day, our desire is to bring fun, exploration, and pleasure to new heights as you journey through these 14 days of turning up the heat! Links from today’s episode: Red Hot Valentine’s Sex Challenge: use code REDHOTPO…
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Wendy Cheng, "Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism" (U Washington Press, 2023)
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This episode, which is co-hosted with Tandee Wang, features a conversation with Dr. Wendy Cheng, author of Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism. Published in November 2023 by the University of Washington Press, Island X delves into the compelling political lives of Taiwanese migrants who came to the United State…
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There are times when our spouse does something small and simple and it means the WORLD to us. Likewise, sometimes little things can be a big thing in a negative way! Tune in as the KS team shares both sides AND some intimacy examples as well! Get on the waitlist for March's Unite & Ignite membership!! Want more from Kingdom Sexuality? Come hang…
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