Sextras

This week we are joined by our good friend Miranda, who we talk to about the harm trying to fit into labels can have on your sexual and emotional freedom. We begin the episode by hearing about some of your sexual fantasies, from joining the mile high club to having your wrists and ankles tied to the bed. Miranda then tells us about her own experiences of sex and being labelled as sexual growing up, explaining how often young women can try to fulfil labels that are imposed on them. We try to unpack how sex can be used to escape emotional vulnerability, even though it's often more rewarding, and how that takes away from individual sexual power. We also agree that our sexuality should not define us as women, but how it can be empowering if you're using it in the right way.We then move on to our own role in perpetuating gendered sexual roles, and how this impacts not only women but men, too. We explore the idea of blurring the boundaries of 'male' and 'female' in sex and how that can open up a whole new way of experiencing sex and relationships. Sometimes labels are helpful in categorising people, but being able to look past labels and not be fixated on them is important.As always thank you so much for listening! You can rate us, subscribe, leave us a review (Apple Podcasts and Podchaser) and please tell everyone you know about us!You can follow us and engage with us more on:Instagram: @sextraspodcastFacebook: Sextras PodcastEmail: [email protected] you next Tuesday!Produced by Mable ProductionsOriginal Music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are your first memories of hearing about sex?This week, we reminisce and examine the very first memories we have about sex, our attitudes around it and the things we were taught. We dive into the way our parents talked about sex, if they did at all, and the way we were initially taught what it was. Sex education is unfortunately lacking in many ways, and as we describe our experiences we definitely find some gaps in our knowledge, for example we wonder how we learnt what gay sex was and when we were first conscious of gay people existing. We try to dissect our emotions and attitudes towards sex when our peers were first talking about it or when we started seeing it or experiencing it ourselves, to try to understand and break down the way we think and feel about sex now. We talk about what we wish we could tell our younger selves and what we wish we'd learnt that we didn't. During the segment we asked you what myths about sex you believed when you were kids, and we laugh about the misconceptions we all have when we’re young, like thinking that sex is just a naked hug. At the end of the episode we advise someone who posted on our university confessions page of what to do if you catch feelings for your friends with benefits.Please send us your suggestions and stories! We love to hear from you. Get in contact with us on ourInstagram: @sextraspodcastFacebook: Sextras PodcastEmail: [email protected] don't forget to rate us and review us and tell all your friends about us! It helps us out so much. See you next Tuesday!Produced by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The idea that money equals success surrounds us. Instagram models with huge mansions, endless closets and trips to the clearest blue waters all year round. That's become the epitome of success; of envy. But does money really make us happy?For our segment this week we asked our followers a series of questions revolving around how important money is in comparison to love. We sit down with our guest Theo Whitmore, who, in his 20s, thinks that we should prioritise money, even if that means sacrificing the promise of love. We discuss whether success really comes completely down to making lots of money. He shares his view that actually, in order to optimise one's chances on finding the best possible partner one must first focus on themselves and building their wealth. We ask each other how big of a role money plays in choosing a partner- does having money make people more attractive? Would we date someone that has a lot less/more money than us? Theo confesses some of his worries that someone may be after him for his money, or that he may feel emasculated if his partner has more money than him.Ultimately, even though our views differ a lot to Theo's, we enlighten each other on why someone might choose to prioritise love whilst others may choose money. And as Theo said, sometimes we don't have to choose between the two, as there is such a thing as loving money.You can connect with us through:Instagram- @sextraspodcastFacebook- Sextras PodcastEmail- [email protected] don't forget to leave us a rating or review if you enjoyed, and share and subscribe. See you next Tuesday!Produced by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone suffers in love sometimes, but what would love look like if either party were unaware of what makes them insufferable to be around? We think it's important to be aware of what makes you difficult, even if only occasionally, and who knows? Maybe you won't be quite so offended next time someone you love points out something you need to improve in yourself. It can never hurt to notice the small things about yourself that might bug a partner, and it's so easy to overlook these things if you're used to being alone. But you're not alone! We're all difficult to love in our own way.This week we start the episode by reading what our listeners think makes them difficult to love, diving into whether being picky makes you difficult and discovering that a lot of people think being insecure makes them difficult in love. Then we break down what we think makes us difficult in love, using our attachment styles as a way of understanding why we are a certain way, and laughing at the fact that we are complete opposites in love. We learn that Honey thinks she's too independent and can't rely on others, which Maria confirms she can find annoying in Honey and in people she loves, and try to understand the dynamic between anxious and avoidant attachment styles by attempting to understand ourselves as partners a little better.If we learnt anything at all, it's that having compassion for those who live and express their love differently to you is always helpful. You might think you know why someone doesn't know how to comfort you when you cry- they clearly don't care- but really this plays a bigger part in them attempting to understand you and worrying they might disappoint you. We hope we open your minds and inspire you to contemplate your difficulties in love, or to have a conversation with your partner about their attachment styles and love languages.This video was inspired by a video by The School of Life. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UewdiBh_52UDon't forget you can write us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser, and please share us, rate us and subscribe!Feel free to connect with us on:Instagram: @sextraspodcastFacebook: Sextras PodcastEmail: [email protected] you next Tuesday!Produced by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In light of the upcoming US presidential election, we welcome our first American guest, Alex Turner, a dear friend of Honey's and a passionate activist. To open the episode we play another game of Stereotypes, where we discuss your views on Americans, Republicans, and Democrats.Alex later breaks down how the voting system works in America and deconstructs why it's so important for everyone to get out and vote for Biden in the 2020 Presidential election. Alex informs us of the harsh truths about the impact of Trump's administration and the potential damage it could further have on women and minorities should he be re-elected. Alex highlights that people, and particularly women, of colour are adversely affected by climate change and prejudices in the healthcare and justice systems Then, we dive deeper into the history of discrimination that women, particularly women of colour, face in terms of the healthcare that is accessible to them and the rights that women have (or too often don't have) over their own bodies. Ultimately, we inform people of the reality of their vote and its impacts on individuals' lives. We want to remind people that there is hope for change, but there is work to be done to get there. And just because this is happening in the US and not where you live, beware, because it very quickly could be happening to you, where you live. If a man like Trump can be President, anything can happen.Don't forget to vote! #Biden2020Special mentions in this episode: New Books in Gender Studies, ep.98: 'Michele Goodwin: "Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood"'.https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/new-books-in-gender-studies/id425400236?i=1000493068990You can find Alex on Instagram @al.williams.turnerYou can find us on Instagram @sextraspodcast or Facebook at 'Sextras Podcast'.Feel free to message us or email us at [email protected] don’t forget you can leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser, and you can subscribe and rate us, too, wherever you get your podcasts! Produced by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Long distance relationships can be hard. Nobody - or very few people - thinks to themselves wow! I would love to live far away from my partner and only be able to see them once in a while or maybe not even once in a while and our whole relationship will basically be on the phone. Yet, many people still find themselves embarking in long distance relationships because they’ve gone to university; they can’t move because of work; they can’t get a visa; or more recently because of whole-country lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic . As one of our listeners put it, it’s very easy to say you wouldn’t be in a long distance relationship until the person you love has to live away from you. And it’s true- we do many stupid things for love, and long distance may be one of them. But how hard are long distance relationships really? We tell our personal stories and what we find difficult, such as being sexually frustrated, feeling jealous of not being involved in our partner’s lives, irrationally worrying that they’re cheating, or feeling depressed when they leave after visiting. But we offer advice on how to get through these, and also talk about the benefits, and how sometimes it can really help the relationship grow. People in long distance relationships really have to work on their communication skills, meaning they maybe even have better conversations (because, let’s face it, that all they do even when they’re sexting or having phone sex) and develop their trust in ways people in normal relationships will never be able to experience. Sometimes they’re healthier than normal relationships, as codependence isn’t allowed to breed where it otherwise would.Long distance relationships truly do test your love for your partner, but they’re worth it. So, does distance make the heart grow fonder? We don’t know, but we do think it helps! Please don’t forget you can leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser, and you can subscribe and rate us, too, wherever you get your podcasts! For more content or to contact us, follow us onInstagram: @sextraspodcast Facebook: Sextras PodcastOr email us at [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the progression of your life, you may one day be confronted with The Elusive Female Orgasm. The likelihood is: you either have a vulva yourself, or will one day want to sleep with someone else who does. And yes, these two things sound kind of scary but we’re here to tell you that they’re really not. We open with a segment discussing some polls, in which we asked if people were having orgasms and whether that changed if they were with a partner. We break down why there might be an orgasm gender gap and how we can reduce it. We share some tips on how to find out what gives you pleasure and break down specifically what you can do, as well as how to communicate those things with a sexual partner. We have a brief input from our friend Sam, in which she tells us about her journey to orgasm along with some very wise advice. Our friend Violeta also joins us and answers some questions about her own path to masturbation and how that helped her in her sex life. We’re not experts in any way but we have vaginas, and we also didn’t know that they’re actually called vulvas until way too late, but we know that now, and we learnt how amazing they are and how much there is to do!Special mentions in this episode: The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow on NetflixAs always, please don't forget to share, subscribe and rate and review!You can follow us for updates, more content, and to contact us here:Instagram: @sextraspodcast Facebook: Sextras PodcastEmail: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have the wonderful Tori joining us this week, and we dive deep into bi girl stereotypes during our segment. We break down the harmful effects of being seen as slutty, greedy, fake, ‘just hopping on a trend’ and how the ‘bi girl’ identity is so often invalidated. Tori shares her experience as a queer person joining and leaving the church, and the difficulties in coming out and finding one’s identity. To end the episode, Tori tells us about the reality of having a following on social media and the negativity she witnesses everyday, as well as giving us advice on how to rise above the people that are choosing to spread harmful massages. We end up having a full discussion on social media and its potential but also its power for destruction. You can follow our lovely guest on:Tiktok: @toriskingdomInstagram: @toriskingdomAnd you can follow, dm, and support us on:Instagram: @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected]: Sextras PodcastProduced by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting naked in front of someone can be pretty scary. So much so we end up spending the entire time thinking about whether we groomed our pubes to perfection rather than actually enjoying the sex itself. This week, we have a chat about the little pressures and insecurities that build up when in sexual situations, like whether your body looks good, or whether your vagina is ‘normal’. We talk about our personal struggles with finding confidence during sex and being able to feel sexy. In the segment, we mention when you guys feel your most sexy and acknowledge that feeling sexy doesn’t necessarily involve being sexual. Perhaps, what leads to better sex is recognising your own sexiness and letting that play out when you’re being vulnerable with someone else. Instagram: @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected]: Sextras PodcastProduced by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unfortunately, as women of the bisexual persuasion we are outsiders to and therefore unknowing of the inner workings of gay men. However, our beautiful guest William Taylor joined us this week to gaysplain his own experiences as a gay man. We break down stereotypes about gay men during the segment, is it true that gay men are all slutty? We then dive deep into the potential impact of these stereotypes, particularly exploring the school experience and the difficulties of coming out and being a minority, or feeling like you are in some way ‘missing out’. Will then gives us an insight into the realities of the hookup culture in the gay men community and clarifies some misconceptions about gay sex. Be proud of who you are! We’re proud of you. Please subscribe and write us a review, you can do so on Apple Podcasts and Podchaser. Let us know what you enjoy and why you'd recommend us to someone else!Instagram: @sextraspodcast Facebook: Sextras Podcast (or join our Facebook group 'Sextras Listeners Community')Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time ever on Sextras, we recorded in the same room and had a chat about friendships and how they intertwine with your romantic relationships. We open with a segment in which we asked for your honest thoughts and opinions on your best friend’s significant other. With responses of concern, to dislike to jealousy, we explore the different obstacles you might face when dealing with your best friend and their significant other. When then dive deeper into our own experiences and consequent advice. Such as, establishing boundaries in what you share with your friends and assessing when you might want to comment on your friend’s relationship. As well as looking at the bigger picture and commenting on the fact that what your friends choose to share isn’t always the whole story. Join us in our chat about whether we care if our boyfriends like our friends and if our friends like our boyfriends. Instagram: @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We found ourselves in love with foreign men. That was mistake number one. We decided to embark on a relationship with said foreign men. Mistake number two. So how do we maintain our sanity when faced with innate differences that we overlooked when we were falling in love? In this episode we dive into the difficulties we encountered in our experience with dating American and French men. More specifically, we discuss Honey’s struggle in dealing with conflicting cultural norms, as well as Maria’s experience dealing with a language barrier. We also provide the positive outcomes of engaging in relationships with people from different cultures, like the invaluable lessons you can teach one another. At the opening of the episode we introduce a new section of the podcast, in which we discuss something we saw on the internet that week. This week we discussed: Pet peeves about your partner and how to bring that up; confessing a fear of having sex after you’ve been out of the game for a while, and a very angry post from a friend that is sick of being the third wheel. We are starting a competition in which the best submission for the questions we ask on Instagram for our segment will win a sticker that we will send to you! We love to hear your stories-Find us personally @majhaytils and @_honeywyatt on instagram, or: @sextraspodcast Email us on [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is it so easy to accept love from others yet so hard to find it in yourself? This week we talk about our struggles in learning to love our body, from societal pressures to fluctuating weight. We open up about wearing clothes that are too small in order to fit into a certain standard and how we have found a way to move away from that standard and use clothes to learn to love our bodies and express ourselves. We emphasise that physical appearance doesn’t determine your worth, as we are all multi-faceted beings. We discuss how to reach self acceptance despite facing criticism on personality traits, and advise you on how to find parts of yourself you do like amongst the negative. We encourage everyone to look into themselves and chase their passions and interests in order to find a sense of happiness. Ultimately, we share the key to feeling confident: fake it till you make it. Be kind to yourself, you’re beautiful. Special mentions in this episode:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/style/modern-love-hookup-ghosting-use-your-words.htmlMaria's unique illustration for this episode can be found on our instagram @sextraspodcast. Feel free to DM us, or email us at [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What makes someone a slut? Here on Sextras we encourage slutty behaviour, and, that is to say, we encourage everyone to be sexually free and open. In this week’s segment we expose the sluttiest things you guys have done to remove some of the shame around the term ‘slut’. We then dive deep into a heated conversation where we try to dismantle slut shaming and explain why it’s harmful to be sex negative and have that opinion imposed on you.We touch on the hypocrisy of men constantly sexualising women, but then shaming them when they claim agency over their own sexuality, and discuss how the inherent sexism and racism of the music industry has been exposed recently with the censoring of  the term ‘pussy’ from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new music video ‘WAP’ (Wet Ass Pussy). Special mentions in this episode: ‘WAP’ by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsm4poTWjMs‘Women, Race & Class’ by Angela Y. DavisInstagram: @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The concepts of ‘friends with benefits’ and ‘fuck buddies’ exist solely to make it easier, more accessible and more convenient for humans to have sex. Romantic relationships can often be emotionally taxing, whilst one night stands can be messy and frankly, you often have bad sex. Ergo: the fuck buddy. In this episode we talk about sleeping with your friends and how that is different from having a fuck buddy and why it's important to retain this distinction. We expose our past mistakes and bring up others to avoid, to hopefully prepare you to venture into an arrangement free from feelings and filled with good sex. In this week’s segment, we discuss how our listeners knew that they couldn’t date someone seriously, ranging from immaturity to bad table manners. Instagram: @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sadly, sex education in school is for the most part insufficient. It often brushes over important topics, such as female pleasure and queer sexuality, thus releasing us into the world with a very limited idea of what sex is and how to have it. We expose all the things you wish you knew about sex in our segment, from queefing to female orgasms. This week, we are joined by our first guests, Carlota Hayaux du Tilly and Ava Puttnam. They are two fifteen year olds entering the world of sex and relationships, and open up about where sex education is lacking and why it’s important to fill those gaps. We also discuss the difficulties of being a fifteen year old and navigating rumours and slut shaming in school, and we ask whether people are actually comfortable talking about sex. We end by answering some questions brought by our guests with the advice we wish someone had given us when we were fifteen.Instagram: @sextraspodcastEmail: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal Music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For incoming freshers, current university students, or anyone that wants a little insight into what first year at a U.K. university looks like. We expose what people’s general opinions are of sleeping with your flatmate and give tips on how to avoid it getting messy. We explore whether people are truly looking for sex or love at university and how to make clear what you're after. For most, this is the first time living away from home and having a sense of ‘freedom’, so we talk about how to not get too carried away and be safe yet still experiment and have fun: from tips for STDs, UTIs, to how to reject someone, to drinking etiquette. Be a slut! Do whatever you want!Instagram: @sextraspodcastEmail: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the world of dating, sex and relationships look like in the midst of a pandemic? How are relationships affected when the world is called into quarantine and you may be forced into cohabitation or into a long distance relationship? We attempt to paint the picture of relationships in a COVID-19 climate in our segment asking How has quarantine affected your sex/love life moving forward? And discover we all want more sex, essentially. We also discover the ways quarantine has made us reassess what we want. We laugh about petty arguments in quarantine in our second segment, and contemplate whether there is such a thing as spending too much time with someone else. As we approach the end of the quarantine in most places, it is important to look back on what we have learnt and attempt to come out of this better than when it started. Be kind, stay safe. Instagram: @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The period of falling in love can often be so intense that you might find yourself going to ridiculous extremes to make your love known. From writing a poetry anthology, to flying from country to country for a little more time with someone. In our game, How Far Is Too Far we read the wild things you’ve done for love and assess whether it is indeed too far. We attempt to get to the root of these grand gestures and dive deep into our experience of falling in love, and the difference between falling and being in love, and what that may look like. We ask ourselves questions like: how did I know I was in love? How soon is it too soon to say it? What if they don’t love me back? Can you really love someone you don’t know? We attempt to provide answers and advice to avoid getting trapped by bad decisions and behaviours when you might be caught up in the frenzy of falling in love.Instagram- @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s always a first time for everything, so let’s talk about it. First times can be sloppy, not everyone has the candlelit-stare-into-each-other’s-eyes anecdote to last through the ages. For some, it may happen in an abandoned tennis court in the middle of the day, and that’s okay! We question the concept of virginity and what 'losing it’ means to us as two bisexual girls, share the lessons learnt in first relationships, and discuss the rush of first love. We dip our toe into other firsts: orgasm, one night stands, masturbating, kissing and share some of our personal stories so you can get to know us better through our tales of sex and all the extras.Instagram- @sextraspodcast Email: [email protected] by Mable ProductionsOriginal music by Sacha Puttnam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Sextras, you’ll hear two best friends have honest conversations about sex and relationships, with all the issues that surround them. From sharing funny stories, to sex tips, to hard life lessons learnt, Honey Jane Wyatt and Maria paint a candid picture of relationships of all kinds when approaching and reaching adulthood. Episodes may include heavy discussion one second and cringe worthy confessions the next. If you’ve ever wanted to listen in on two girls talking about the details of their sex and love life, now’s your chance, you might even learn a thing or two. Instagram - @sextraspodcast. Email - [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.