Nyamishana’s Podcast: Episode 18

For my first (public) Medium post, I decided to create a resource list for this episode of Nyamishana’s Podcast, which you should definitely check out. I mostly included the references I made in the episode, with a few extras. Submissions are also welcome, if you stumble across something I didn’t include.

Podcasts:

• The Wildness with Tiff and Manda
• The Sexually Liberated Woman — start with this episode about consent
• Inner Hoe Uprising, which is a full syllabus covering consent, queerness, polyamory, BDSM, etc.

Books

• Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
• Quirky Quick Guide to Having Great Sex by Tiffany Kagure Mugo
• The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
• I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown
• The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
• The Ethical Slut by Janet W Hardy and Dossie Easton
• The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah.

Essays:

• Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence by Adrienne Rich
• You don’t like skydiving, and I don’t like sex: why we need to talk about asexuality by Viola Stefanello

Social Media / The Web

• Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women
• HOLAAfrica
• My Body is a Dictatorship — Mildred Apenyo

Health and Wellness

• Marie Stopes Uganda, which provides a broad range of sexual and reproductive health services.
• This list of mental health counsellors based in Kampala curated by Auma Rita

If you want to have a conversation about the list or just want to chat, you can find me on the stweets (Twitter streets) @k_ophelia

Enjoy yourself and stay safe.

O.