Sex+ Radio

The long-sought female libido drug flibanserin has recently been approved by an advisory panel to the FDA. What are the ramifications of a development like this?

Mad Max, Caitlyn Jenner, manspreading, and how to tell if your sex shop is feminist. These are the days of our lives.

Responding to the Washington Post article “Feminists want us to define these ugly sexual encounters as rape. Don’t let them,” Berkley discusses how we might reconsider our sexual negotiations to ensure everyone involved truly wants to be.

Where do we draw the line between objectification and empowerment? What does it mean to create responsible media in today’s world? What about creative freedom?

What’s the best way to approach the topic of our pleasure? Are there better ways to frame the conversations we’re having?

Eat it? Rub it all over your body? Stick it inside you? Berkley explores the need-to-knows around each of these delicious possibilities.

Sexism isn’t always overt; often it finds its way much more innocuously into our everyday interactions. Drawing from two great articles, Berkley discusses internalized misogyny — what it looks like and what we can do about it.

Joined once again by Angela from the Saskatoon Health Region and Joe and Garnet from the Avenue Community Centre, Berkley explores the world of finding connection online: why it might appeal and what to keep in mind. Also, if you’re a Squirt user, know that the Saskatoon Health Region has a nurse-monitored account you can contact at any time: SexualHealthStoon.

Joined by Garnet and Joe from the Avenue Community Centre and Angela from the Saskatoon Health Region, Berkley asks the question: What does it mean to be a man who has sex with men in Saskatoon?

To discuss where we’re at concerning HIV in Saskatoon, Berkley is joined by Lisa Little and Nicole Kimball from the Saskatoon Health Region. Some great additional resources not mentioned on the show: catie.ca: comprehensive resource for clients as well as healthcare providers The Westside Community Clinic: exceptional care and treatment of HIV and other concerns in Saskatoon communityview.ca: drawing together data from our community to inform programming and infrastructure going forward And a special thanks to all the agencies that provide support services across the province! This is a team effort and we couldn’t do it alone!

April is Syphilis month! Well, at least on Sex+ it is. Find out why and what we ought to be doing in this episode, where Berkley is joined by Dr. Johnmark Opondo and Janice Seeback from the Saskatoon Health Region as well as Jill Arkles from Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon.

Drawing from Luke McKinney’s cracked.com article, Berkley examines and deconstructs some of the most common tactics for shutting down discussion about feminism.

The internet certainly has no shortage of articles telling women how to look, how to behave, and how to be in relationships. It’s high time to toss this all this out on its head and never look back.

Prompted by some listener feedback, Berkley takes the opportunity to open up our working definition of consent and ask how we can make it as useful as possible.

Sexual assault is an egregious violation of an individual’s rights, yet we all too often heap shame and doubt on them after the fact. How can we better approach these situations and our whole paradigm around consent?