Sisters of Sexuality: Five Shades Of Play

Finally, a female voice on how black love has come to the state that it is currently in by looking back to see how we got here. Join me for this in-depth discussion regarding Dr. Dianne Stewart's' book, Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage. We go beyond just being enslaved, we cover her (and others) research from true stories via The Slave Narratives and other's biographies, and even the U.S. pension files, on how America has methodically done everything possible to keep black love as far apart and as shallow as possible from slavery up through today.

Dr. Dianne M. Stewart's Bio:

Dianne Marie Stewart is a professor of Religion and African American Studies at Emory University specializing in African-heritage religious cultures in the Caribbean and the Americas. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Hartford, CT, USA.  She obtained her B.A. degree from Colgate University in English and African American Studies, her Masters of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School, and her Ph.D. degree in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she studied with well-known scholars such as Delores Williams, James Washington, and her advisor James Cone. Dr. Stewart joined Emory’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and teaches courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs.

Dr. Stewart’s research has been supported by the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation, and other prestigious fellowships and institutions. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and chapters, as well as three monographs—Three Eyes for the Journey: African Dimensions of the Jamaican Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2005), Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage (Seal Press, 2020) and Obeah, Orisa and Religious Identity in Trinidad: Africana Nations and the Power of Black Sacred Imagination – Orisa, Volume II (Duke University Press, October 2022). She is also a founding co-editor, with Drs. Jacob Olupona and Terrence Johnson, of the Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People series at Duke University Press.

Over her career at Emory, Dr. Stewart has won several awards including the Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Emory College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Advising Award, and the Emory University Laney Graduate School’s Eleanor Main Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. However, Dr. Stewart is most proud of her leadership of Emory’s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, an international initiative that aims to diversify the academy by helping students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups to earn the Ph.D. degree and secure faculty positions at tertiary institutions across the United States and South Africa.

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Wanting to live your life authentically and actually doing it is not something a lot of people execute. Sex and sexual health and wellness is still a subject that is still ripe with stigma for adults in the United States. But Alexandra has made it her mission to educate all within reach regarding a sexual health and wellness STI, herpes that affects many adults, teens and children, some in the most emotionally harmful ways. It doesn't have to be that way. Listen in as she educates us all on how anyone can live a full life with herpes and without the heart crushing stigma and shame.

Alexandra Harbushka Bio:

Alexandra Harbushka’s life was sent into upheaval when she received a call from her doctor diagnosing her with herpes. Shaking, feeling like her life - her

goals, happiness, and desires - had all just gone up in smoke, she was left scared shitless and with a new mission, to share her story with people just like her

and to let them know that their feelings are normal, natural, and that they are not victims. With that mission in mind, she founded Life With Herpes, an

online community consisting of a podcast, a website, Youtube channel, wellness products to support the skin condition and an online community

that provides support, all dedicated to shattering the stigma of living with herpes. Before founding Life With Herpes and becoming a mother to her son Clinton and a wife to her husband Bill, Alexandra worked in corporate America with roles ranging from Ralph Lauren to selling new home construction to being a mortgage loan officer. Her education includes a bachelor degree from the University of Arizona (Bear Down to my fellow Wildcats!), a postgraduate certificate in Ministry, and is currently working on a masters in Theology. She is also an ordained minister and provides ministry counseling.

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Finally, a female voice on how black love has come to the state that it is currently in by looking back to see how we got here. Join me for this in-depth discussion regarding Dr. Dianne Stewart's' book, Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage. We go beyond just being enslaved, we cover her (and others) research from true stories via The Slave Narratives and other's biographies, and even the U.S. pension files, on how America has methodically done everything possible to keep black love as far apart and as shallow as possible from slavery up through today.

Dr. Dianne M. Stewart's Bio:

Dianne Marie Stewart is a professor of Religion and African American Studies at Emory University specializing in African-heritage religious cultures in the Caribbean and the Americas. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Hartford, CT, USA.  She obtained her B.A. degree from Colgate University in English and African American Studies, her Masters of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School, and her Ph.D. degree in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she studied with well-known scholars such as Delores Williams, James Washington, and her advisor James Cone. Dr. Stewart joined Emory’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and teaches courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs.

Dr. Stewart’s research has been supported by the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation, and other prestigious fellowships and institutions. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and chapters, as well as three monographs—Three Eyes for the Journey: African Dimensions of the Jamaican Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2005), Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage (Seal Press, 2020) and Obeah, Orisa and Religious Identity in Trinidad: Africana Nations and the Power of Black Sacred Imagination – Orisa, Volume II (Duke University Press, October 2022). She is also a founding co-editor, with Drs. Jacob Olupona and Terrence Johnson, of the Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People series at Duke University Press.

Over her career at Emory, Dr. Stewart has won several awards including the Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Emory College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Advising Award, and the Emory University Laney Graduate School’s Eleanor Main Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. However, Dr. Stewart is most proud of her leadership of Emory’s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, an international initiative that aims to diversify the academy by helping students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups to earn the Ph.D. degree and secure faculty positions at tertiary institutions across the United States and South Africa.

Stay up to date with Dr. Dianne Stewart:

Learning how to adore men is not something most of our mothers taught us or even discussed with us. Adoring, respecting, pouring into and loving the men in our lives, be they partners, brothers, fathers, uncles or sons, is something some of us learned...eventually. Some women have never and will never learn. Join me in this in-depth conversation with Sex Goddess and Energy Consultant, Parish Michelle Blair as she divulges what she has learned directly from her male clients, friends, family and lovers on how we can adore and love them on their own terms.

Parish M Blair Bio:

Parish Michelle Blair, is a passionate feminine energy consultant based in Houston, Texas with years of experience in helping women navigate their relationships and rediscover their feminine energy. Parish’s expertise lies in assisting women with adjusting their mindset to feel safe and confident in their feminine energy.

Parish has a deep understanding of the dynamics between masculine and feminine energies and specializes in helping men who desire to be with more feminine women. She provides expert guidance on how to communicate with women in a way that allows them to feel safe and supported in their feminine energy.

In addition, Parish is also well-versed in working with corporate-minded women who have spent years in their masculine energy, helping them explore the power of their feminine energy and apply it towards their success in business, love, and life.

Parish’s approach is rooted in creating a safe and supportive space for her clients to explore their unique feminine energy and discover their true potential. She is committed to empowering women to live a more fulfilling and joyful life by embracing their feminine power.

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Understanding and then moving through your emotional walls and getting beyond past traumas takes a deep focus. It also takes a willingness to be vulnerable and open to the changes of everything that you have known. Join me in this deep discussion with healing facilitator, Itohan Obasuyi and how she assists her clients in their transitions.

Itohan Obasuyi Bio:

Itohan Obasuyi (o-ba-sue-yee), is the founder and CEO of Healed and Fine, a healing company. She is a healing facilitator who believes that wellness can’t be achieved without healing, so she helps you break through emotional walls in order to facilitate the WHOLE YOU!

She has been a vegan for over 25 years, had a successful healthy pregnancy, and raised her son on a vegan diet. She truly believes in the power of plants as food and as medicine.

Itohan has lived in London Nigerian, and several states in America but has spent most of her life in North Carolina. She is not quite a Southerner but she calls herself “southern affiliated.

She is here to share her journey with you and hopefully start you on the path to healing and wellness, so that you ALL can leave a legacy of health and wellness to your children.

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With a voice that makes you give in to temptation and eyes to melt into, my conversation with Sex and Intimacy Coach Aaron Michael gives more than sex education. Join me in this sexy conversation about his newest technique, suction sex and how you can elevate your sex life to new heights.

Aaron Michael's Bio:

Aaron Michael, author of Optimal Sex life, creator of Bedroom Masterclass, and Sex and Intimacy Coach, has dedicated himself to helping others discover, explore and integrate their sexual sovereignty by providing a no bs, adult, sex positive sex education. As the founder of Suction Sex—a new method for the embodiment of penetrative sex—he created the Bedroom Masterclass online courses to support individuals to be able to give and receive ecstatic pleasure as well as enhance their mental and physical arousal. Aaron is sought out for his innovative approach to resolving issues such as genital pain, anaorgasmia, premature ejaculation, penetration anxiety, mis-matched arousal, and mental arousal. His method is at the core of the Kama sex app practices and tools, while also contributing to the research and creation of a medical protocol for transforming sexual dysfunction. He has a MA in Cognitive Semiotics where he specialized in adult romantic attachment, courtship and how the brain interprets love. With over 15 years of experience as an embodiment coach in the field of dating, relationship and sex he crafts bespoke embodiment programs for you and your loved ones. Stay up to date with Aaron Michael:

It is one thing to be in one vice industry...Sex.  It is an entirely new challenge to be building an empire within two vice industries...sex and cannabis.  Join me for this enlightening conversation Kim Koehler, Privy Peach, CEO. It is one of the leading CBD infused intimate body products brands that is leading the way in women's sexual health and wellness using this amazing plant.

The Sex Tech revolution will not be televised! Join me, Taylor Sparks, in this in-depth discussion on the sexual technology revolution being led by The Vdom Founder, Glenise Kinard-Moore! Her Vdom is a blue tooth operated prosthetic penis that was originally designed to enhance sexual relations within the LGBTQ+ community. In addition it has expanded to be life-changing for those with disabilities and erectile dysfunction. Listen in now to this inspiring conversation on innovation, perseverance and the business of sex.  Most recently her sex tech company, Skiimo Tech became the first sex tech company to take second place at Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition Prize. Better still, the vdom is now available for purchase via the link below.

Glenise Kinard-Moore Bio:

Based in Atlanta. Glenise Kinard-Moore is a wife, a daughter, sister (youngest of three), tech nerd, idealist, and visionary. An information security professional by day and an ambitious tech creative by night. Glenise’s superpower is breaking apart things to create new things. She holds an undergraduate degree from Georgia State University, where she attended as a student-athlete. Having worked within the information security world for the last six plus years, Glenise holds several information security and audit industry certifications. 

Using her advanced tech skills and knowledge Glenise chose to challenge herself by finding a solution to the annoying world of limited and ineffective products.  Wanting to design something that could be worn comfortably all day and hands-free as much as naturally possible.  Her aim was the wearable that would also be able to go from non-erect to erect via a simple process.  She succeeded and The VDOM was born. 

The VDOM is set to be available to consumers in spring 2021, pre-orders are set to begin this month.

What is better than Yoga for your mind, body and spirit?  Tantric yoga...for your mind, body, spirit and sex life!  Join me for this body and spirit bending conversation with Tantric Yoga Instructor Krystal Taylor on how this type of yoga will enhance and open more than your spirit.

Krystal Taylor is a certified Tantra yoga instructor who specializes in educating and supporting individuals towards sexual wholeness. Krystal has been teaching yoga since 2011 and practicing Tantra since 2015. Her unique coaching approach involves sharing ancient yogic philosophy, ancestral practices, as well as her own sensual yet down to earth techniques. With these tools, clients can learn to use their sexual energy as a way to fuel their spiritual walk instead of working against it.

Yes, you can divorce-proof your marriage with the UPLVL program by Kenya K. Stevens.  Her daughter, Sanu Stevens supports and guides men in being honest with their women and coaches them through a healing space.  Join me for this broad and profound conversation around ethical monogamy/non-monogamy, learning how to speak honestly and authentically without the hurt and judgement.

Kenya K. Stevens Bio:
Kenya K. Stevens is a relationships expert, love coach, best-selling author, wife, and mother of three. Kenya attended Howard University in Washington D.C. where she graduated in 1997 with a degree in Education/ Child Psychology. Not only did she scoop up a degree, but she also met and married a fellow Howard student Carl Stevens.

Together this power couple has built Progressive Love Academy into a worldwide love coaching conglomerate and online Love Academy. Beyond her college degrees, Kenya is formally trained and has practiced yoga, breathing, meditation, tantra, ancient spiritual systems and metaphysical thought since the age of 21. Kenya K. Stevens wrote her first book in 2008 – Change Your Man – a sister volume to her husband’s book – Tame Your Woman . Their latest offering is the penning of one of the greatest communication tools on the planet, UPLVL Communication™️: The Ultimate Solution to Save Relationships and Eliminate Hurtful, Damaging, and Meaningless Arguments.

She and her husband, Carl Stevens have since been featured in EBONY Magazine, The Mo’Nique Show, The Michael Baisden Show, Fox News, Dr. Phil Show, Slut Walk, and over 100 Talk Radio and television shows. Creator of The 30 Minute Orgasm™, Gender Harmonics™, UPLVL Communication™, iTantra™ and the Three Way Mirror™ Process for couples and individuals. The Progressive Love evolutionary message continues to uplift thousands daily through their social media platforms and academy membership!

Sanu Stevens Bio:
Sanu Stevens is the daughter of Carl and Kenya Stevens, and a certified relationships coach and polyamory specialist.  Sanu works primarily with men, supporting men in working through trauma and past pain to emerge victorious in all their relationships.  Sanu supports men in telling the truth, standing in their power, and explaining polyamory to the women they love. 

Join me in this authentically honest conversation about affair aftercare with licensed marriage and family therapist specialising in Infidelity Recovery. Plus learn how her Pleasure Journals can assist you in connecting emotionally and sexually.  

Renelle Nelson Bio:

Renelle Nelson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with specialisation in Infidelity Recovery, she is also an AASECT Certified SEX THERAPIST with an experience of more than 11 years. Renelle hails from the state of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and got indulged in the profession of Sex Therapy and Education in the graduate School. While working for a Sexuality Resource Centre, Renelle was able to attain the first-hand knowledge of woman suffering in silence about Sexual health and education. These experiences led him to transition her passion of working for the betterment of women into a profession and a professional career.

Over the years, Renelle has worked exclusively with a large number of men and women who are in need of assistance, guidance, and counselling. Renelle has been able to work in tandem with a great number of her clients and has been able to successfully find the plausible solutions of their problems related family and sex life. Renelle is a self-proclaimed self-pleasuring advocate who is always on the lookout for opportunities to spread the knowledge regarding the many benefits and advantages of self-pleasuring with the world. Renelle has spoken at a numerous renowned speaking events on topics regarding self-pleasuring and depression concerned to oppressed sexual life and problems.

Renelle is also an owner of Kaleidoscope Services LLC which is a platform specifically made for the purpose of enhancing common individual knowledge regarding these sexual aspects of life and their connection with the issues related to anxiety and depression. Renelle primary objective is to use her remarkable skills and natural talents to enhance, educate, and excite the people life in and out of the bedroom. 

Stay in touch with Renelle:

Join me for the fantastical and delicious conversation around healing through seduction with THE Perle Noire.  She takes us on a journey on her world wide travels and how she became a headliner and advocate in the burlesque community.

Perle Noire Bio:

A paragon of glitz and glamour, Perle is an intuitive healer, creative director, transformative coach, and the creator of The Healing Through Seduction program, which helps women and femmes leave abusive relationships with themselves and others. Perle specializes in guided dance meditation, empowerment workshops, and burlesque-inspired healing rituals. Known as Mama Perle in the burlesque community, she's been blessed with the unique gift of embodying Josephine Baker and healing her audiences. As a visionary, she is also an advocate for people searching for a community to reclaim their bodies and reclaim control over their sensuality. Perle has been featured in magazines and websites like Cosmopolitan, Curve, 21st Century Burlesque, and L. A Times, Broadway World, MTV, Bustle, and Reflex. 

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Listen in to this fun and upbeat conversation with Deborah Porter, producer of sex-positive events and erotic story teller.  Follow us on her journey through performing in cabarets in Las Vegas to working with renowned erotic photographer Rundu.

Deborah Porter Bio:
Erotic storyteller, scriptwriter & producer, Deborah Porter is a self-proclaimed ‘erotica connoisseur’ who has held a love & fascination for all things erotic for almost two decades. She is currently the purveyor of  Pleasure Points Tours, a sex-positive travel service that explores the intersection between travel, art, culture & pleasure.For over seven years, Porter wrote & produced Oh Yea Right There,a live erotic cabaret show in Las Vegas. Under the pseudonym of, ‘Shula Divine,’ Porter currently pens erotic content for several digital publications, including Oh Cleo and Atlanta’s renowned erotic photographer, Rundu.com. Porter is completing, Sweet Potato Pie, a collection of erotic short stories.As the creator & visionary,Porter is planningthe2024 Las Vegas Erotic Arts Festival& Panama Erotic Art pop-up exhibit. Porter is unapologetically passionate about promoting women’s sexual expression and female-centric erotic entertainment. Born in San Francisco, California, Porter is a student of Kabbalah and makes her home in Panama City, Panama

Enjoy this encore episode of my interview with the fabulous Pro Domme Mistress Marley!

Mistress Marley is a New York City-based professional dominatrix that specializes in financial domination and founder of Black Domme Sorority. Join me and Mistress Marley for this exploratory and eye opening conversation into her world of financial domination, how it all began, how it's going since her viral video and dominatrix education with regards to all things female led.

Mistress Marley Bio:
Mistress Marley is a New York City-based professional dominatrix that specializes in financial domination (‘findom’). She is also a kink educator, ‘play party’ curator and supportive mentor of up & coming Dommes looking to embark upon a career in the industry. She is also the founder of Black Domme Sorority and enjoys creating safe spaces for Black people to explore their sensuality.

Ron Young, the founder of Black and Poly, was the first to spearhead a “Black Polyamorous Revolution". In an effort to seek out, support, and build community with Black polyamorous people, Ron formed a California non-profit and Facebook group called Black & Poly a.k.a. B&P.  Join me, Taylor Sparks, your host and Sex Goddess, for this very personal and in-depth discussion on his personal transition out of monogamy and into polyamory. 

This episode is so full of gems centered around ethical monogamy and ethical non-monogamy and how couples and singles can learn to express their true eros, recognize and put a stop to their egos, understand that humans are naturally non-monogamous and design a relationship that best suits you and your beloved.  We dove straight into the deep end as Kenya K. Stevens of Progressive Love Academy and Dr. Saida Desilet of Dare Your Desire, expounded upon Kenya's post regarding sensual variety and stimulation amongst monogamous couples. You don't want to miss this episode with these two amazing women who are both on the same side of love, desire, communication, honesty and respect, but expressed differently.

Kenya K. Stevens Bio:
Kenya K. Stevens is a relationships expert, love coach, best-selling author, wife, and mother of three. Kenya attended Howard University in Washington D.C. where she graduated in 1997 with a degree in Education/ Child Psychology. Not only did she scoop up a degree, but she also met and married a fellow Howard student Carl Stevens. Together,for the past 12 years this power couple has built.  JujuMama LLC, now known as Progressive Love Academy into a worldwide love coaching conglomerate and online Love Academy. 

Dr. Saida Desilet Bio:
Dr. Saida Désilets wants to live in a world filled with audacious, sexually sovereign people, living life on their own terms. As a TEDx speaker, researcher, counter-culture creatrix, body-philosopher, and author, her work has touched the lives of millions globally. Dr. Saida's innovative approach to PsychoSexuality, desire, and pleasure invites both the public and professionals to better understand the importance of accessing their erotic genius. Her medically-endorsed method integrates somatic awareness, neural and cellular re-patterning and robust reframes of sensuality and sex which all work in harmony to support the erotic individuation process. When not researching or creating transformational programs, Dr. Saida enjoys leading Wilderness Safaris in South Africa and dancing Kizomba.

A lot of transitions has happened for so many of us in 2021 and I am no exception!  I traveled to some new and exciting places and moved a few times.  But I enjoyed talking and getting to know all of my fabulous guests and to explore their expertise in their chosen fields.  

Here you will find a recap of my top ten episodes, which if you haven't listened to...I highly encourage to do so.  They were inviting, stimulating, encouraging, informative, educational, thrilling, kinky and oh so sexy! If you have listened, go back and enjoy them again.  You are sure to find something new to enjoy or educate you.

My 2021 Top 10 Most Listened To Episodes are:

When it comes to making sex toys, nothing is more intriguing than butt plugs.  More intriguing is someone that would make butt plugs for a living, out of glass, hand blown and have flowers.  Join me for this fun conversation on all things butts and plugs with Hedonic Glass founder Cleary Donnelly.

Cleary Donnelly Bio:
Cleary Donnelly, A.K.A. Hedonic Glass is a British Columbia based glass artist who specializes in one of a kind flowery sex toys. Over the past 6 years he has crafted thousands of pieces by hand which have made their way into side tables and toy collections around the world. Inspired by nature and enabled by glass blowing, Cleary creates flowers within solid glass pendants that adorn the bases of dildos and butt plugs. Made of high quality laboratory glass they are as strong as they are beautiful. 

How is your relationship with money?  Does it stress you out?  Does it make you feel insecure whether you have a little or a lot?  How do you build a good relationship and become economically savvy?  Join me and business Coach Amanda Abella for this informative conversation regarding women, sex and money and how one does affect the other.  

Amanda Abella Bio:
Amanda Abella is an award-winning content creator, keynote speaker, and business coach who specializes in helping business owners activate their persuasion prowess so they can make more money.

Her clients go from hating sales and marketing to achieving 90% close rates and closing multiple five-figure deals. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Univision and many more.

Prior to teaching marketing and sales, Amanda spent a decade as a financial writer and wrote content for companies like Wells Fargo, Discover, Credit Karma, Santander and more. Amanda is partnered with companies like Capital One and Transunion in financial education campaigns.

Amanda is also the Amazon bestselling author of Make Money Your Honey and has created a community of over 60,000 people across social media channels to make money and live a more affluent life.

Just when you thought blow jobs couldn't get any sexier or asses couldn't get any softer, Sylwia Wiesenberg, founder of Bawdy Beauty has discovered the way!  With a natural line of skin softening, firming body products infused with CBD, Sylwia launched an intimate line to include the CBD/CBG infused oral lubricant- Blow.  But...it was her Butt Masks, designed to tone, firm, detoxify, plump and soften the butt that put her brand on the map.  Listen in to this very fun conversation on all things blow jobs and butts!

Sylwia Wiesenberg bio:
Sylwia has been butt-obsessed for as long as she can remember…and from her obsession Bawdy’s the original butt mask was born. She calls herself a body architect with a vision for beauty rituals grounded in touch. After giving so much attention to this part of the body, she realized that no one in the beauty space was giving IT the attention it deserved…and no other brand in beauty brings sexual wellness to your daily body beauty routine … at the end both are very much related. Feeling confident in your body, makes you more confident in your sexual journey.

Sylwia wanted to shake up the monotonous beauty narrative and bring more fun to beauty and self-care. It’s impossible not to laugh if you’re wearing a butt mask, or shock others when you are talking about BLOW, her most recently launched CBD/CBG infused oral lubricant. 

Bawdy is about finding more body love, freedom and confidence. Feeling great in your body allows you to stand strong and go for it—whatever that is. Let’s get naked!

Mistress Marley is a New York City-based professional dominatrix that specializes in financial domination and founder of Black Domme Sorority. Join me and Mistress Marley for this exploratory and eye opening conversation into her world of financial domination, how it all began, how it's going since her viral video and dominatrix education with regards to all things female led.

Mistress Marley Bio:
Mistress Marley is a New York City-based professional dominatrix that specializes in financial domination (‘findom’). She is also a kink educator, ‘play party’ curator and supportive mentor of up & coming Dommes looking to embark upon a career in the industry. She is also the founder of Black Domme Sorority and enjoys creating safe spaces for Black people to explore their sensuality. 

If you work, market or socialize in what the world considers the 'vice' industries, it could be difficult on 'regular' social media platforms to engage and grow your followers.  If you are an adult that just wants to share adult conversations, social events or even alternative ways of living, you risk the threat of constantly being policed and/or shut down no matter how big your following or business.  Join me for an eye-opening conversation with Heather Montgomery as her social media platform Pleazeme.com gives us all of like minds a place to meet and greet others of like minds. 

Heather Montcomery Bio:
As Founder and CEO of PleazeMe, one of the largest sex positive platforms in America and soon the world, Heather C Montgomery challenges the status quo as it relates to the way people treat sex in life and society, especially for women. She longed for a place that provided freedom of expression to expand her sexual desires without a backlash in her personal and public life. 

As a single woman, she didn't find it. Montgomery’s concept of PleazeMe - a tool tailored to one’s sexual interests, desires and needs, latent with diverse resources, shrouded in anonymity. “It is a vehicle to transform one's sexual expression and empower us to create the sex and relationship life of our dreams.”

She is also a CONTENT EXPERT IN Women & Men's Sexual Health,Technology and Privacy, Women's Empowerment, Censorship & Social Media, Physical & Mental Health Benefits of Sex, Anonymity & Sexual Exploration,The Value of Sex Education. Women in Business, Raising Capital as an Entrepreneur and Leadership.

One in four women suffer from some form of incontinence (stress or urge) due to childbirth, advanced age, menopause weakening of the pelvic floor.  MaryEllen Reider, co-founder along with her father, of the wellness device Yarlap.  Not only does Yarlap treat incontinence it also improves sexual performance.  Join us for this lively discussion and learn how you too can strengthen your pelvic floor and enhance your sex life.

MaryEllen Reider bio:
MaryEllen Reider is the co-director of Yarlap®, the wellness device to treat urinary incontinence and improve sexual performance and experience through muscle control. MaryEllen spends a lot of time researching and finding out what’s new in the pelvic floor world and the social media realm. She strives to empower women through their pelvic floor muscles. She enjoys getting to know her customers through social media and speaking events, and inspiring people about why the Kegel exercises and Yarlap® are so important.  MaryEllen and her dad have emerged as a leading voice in the pelvic floor and sex tech wellness space.

There is nothing better than having a therapist and a coach that can delve into all sides of our sexual desires and/or healings.  Natasha Riley offers both therapy (deep dives into present and/or past traumas) and coaching showing you how to get all of the loven (pun intended) you need, want and deserve.  Join us for this wonderful conservation on all things sex and sexuality.

Natasha Riley bio:
"Natasha is a Licensed Sex Therapist as well as a Certified Sex Coach. As a graduate from Sex Coach University with Dr. Patti Britton, Natasha has learned the benefits of sex coaching and how she can empower her clients to own their choices as well as take responsibility of their pleasure. 

Natasha has not only worked with couples to increase communication about sexual concerns, she has also worked to empower women to make sexual pleasure a priority. She takes pride in providing a compassionate safe space to help clients reignite their sexual expression. Natasha works side by side with clients to reach the goal of sexual fulfillment and pleasure."

Welcome to season three!  We are kicking this first episode off with an exciting conversation regarding the business of sex! If you work in the vice industry, sex, cannabis, alcohol, getting PR, opening a bank account or social media marketing is hard and difficult at best.  Founder and Publicist of Melissa A Vitale PR (MAVPR) has found a way to get her brands into mainstream media, including social, magazines, blogs, and television! (hello, The View). She gives as good as she gets and is loyal on both sides of the media.  Listen in to learn how she makes it happen for her brands!

Melissa A. Vitale Bio:
Melissa A Vitale PR was founded by Melissa Vitale in early 2017 as a solution to inefficient media relations. Melissa is a public relations professional with experience in vice category, lifestyle, entertainment, fashion, beauty, consumer technology and real estate.  MAVPR, for short, has grown from a single sniper publicist to a team of empowered boss-babes known for their on-message, viral and feature placements.   MAVPR has already made a name for itself with achievements from consecutive cover stories, recognition on Forbes 30 Under 30 lists, and viral news cycles. 

Spearheading the team, Melissa A Vitale brings a brand of no-bull-shit PR that focuses on the art of relationship building, storytelling and strategic media planning. Melissa's strategy has resulted in cross-industry recognition along with feature print, online and broadcast coverage and placement in some of the most recognizable names in media. Melissa is also the creator of PressBoxx, a streamlined public relations service for the cannabis and adult industries.

Join me for this intriguing conversation regarding sexual attitudes, behaviors and reproductive rights with Chanel Jaali Marshall, of of Jaali Co.

Chanel Jaali Marshall Bio:
Chanel Jaali Marshall is an independent researcher, sexual educator, and mental health professional focusing on the topics of sexual development, sexual attitudes and behaviors, and reproductive rights. She is the owner of Jaali Co., a company specializing in comprehensive, pleasure based sex education for adults. Her research has been presented at several national conferences. She is an HIV/AIDS activist and conducts community workshops nationwide on subjects from safer sex practices to sexual assault. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Human Sexuality. 

There is nothing better, for me, than banter with a brilliant woman who loves to talk as much as I do!  Join me, your host and sex goddess, Taylor Sparks for this lively conversation with attorney Morgan Davis, around all things surrounding the business of cannabis.

Morgan Davis Bio:
Morgan Davis, attorney, is the founder of Davis Legal, PLLC, a Raleigh, North Carolina based firm focusing on entrepreneurial, cannabis and criminal law. Morgan is an experienced attorney whose practice primarily focuses on matters of corporate law and cannabis. Morgan has represented clients at both the state and federal level in criminal court — including many clients charged with significant cannabis-related offenses. For her corporate clients, Morgan focuses on addressing the needs of start-ups and entrepreneurs. 

Specific to the cannabis industry, Morgan is well-versed in the multi-faceted issues facing the CBD industry, and routinely hosts seminars to educate businesses at every level of the CBD market.

Outside of her legal practice, Morgan is the co-owner of a wellness company, founded on a mission to help every client forge their own path to wellness. 

How do you pivot a successful travel business during one of the worst times for travel, into a successful world wide luxury brand in a niche (adults only travel) and vice (sex) travel business? Join me, Taylor Sparks, your host as I interview Pepe and Claudia Aguirre, aka Mr. and Mrs. LLV, owners of Luxury Lifestyle Vacations Club as we discuss the business pivot after the tragedy of 9/11 that set them on an even more successful path offering their clients the best experiences while traveling the world with like minded discerning couples and singles.

Pepe and Claudia Aguirre Bio:
A wise man once said, “if you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life”. This is a genuine embodiment of this couple. Claudia and Pepe may own this company, but what makes them different is in the name; Luxury Lifestyle Vacations. It wasn’t random, or a spin on words, it’s a true definition of their brand, and dedication to this community. Meeting in Puerto Vallarta 28 years ago, was no fluke. It proved what kind of kingdom love at first sight can build, and being married for over 24 years – it’s evident there’s no stopping this powerhouse. These Mexican natives, capitalized on this industry coming out of their experiences within the hospitality, proving their vision, had a big impact 10 years ago. They have put together an outstanding platform for elite couples and singles around the world, to come together in a like-minded environment. Redefining the ideals of class and entertainment with every trip, the clientele they have obtained remain loyal, and continuously grows. They have not only built an empire, they have raised the bar within event production – offering the only service specifically designed for the discerning lifestyle couples who seek something truly extraordinary, with the highest level of sophistication. With 18 years in the lifestyle, Claudia & Pepe may run this business, but feel every “job” is a “workcation”. They don’t believe in clients, they just see a room full of friends – and can’t wait to enjoy every moment with you.

Ashley Cobb is a G.R.I.T. (girl raised in the south) and if you know the Southern ways, you know they can be quite conservative and religious.  Ashley has become a sought after and respected sex educator and sexpert despite the initial doubts and rumblings of family and friends.  Join me, Taylor Sparks, your host and guest Ashley Cobb for this conversation on self-discovery, standing in your truth and of course, sex!

Ashley Cobb Bio:
Ashley is a sexpert, leader, and influencer known for her fun, down to earth and practical commentary that's been featured in top media outlets to include Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Self Magazine, Women's Health, Black Love Doc, Shape, and many more.  She's also the sex advice columnist for Madame Noire. 

With her degrees in biology and health promotion, Ashley is able to combine two of her favorite things, science and sex, into a cohesive platform that makes the pleasure principle more like the pleasure placement.  Ashley spends countless hours experimenting, researching, and trying new tools to empower Black women to get in tune with their bodies and rediscover pleasure.

Encore Presentation of my interview with Polyamorous and Personal Coach, Evita Sawyers.

This is an opportunity to take expand your knowledge of your  polyamory and listen in on this provocative and lively conversation with  polyamory/non-monogamy educator and coach Evita 'La Vita Loca' Sawyers.   Join host and sex goddess Taylor Sparks as she and her guest discuss  the many personal and professional observations Evita has made in her  own journey into and through polyamory. We discuss the concepts of  sharing, what to do when your mate is on a date and how to learn how to  handle your own emotions and more.  Listen in now.

Evita “LaVitaLoca” Sawyers Bio:
(She/Her) is a black, queer polyamory/non-monogamy educator, speaker and  coach residing in San Diego with her husband and children. Subject of  the documentary “Poly Love”, she is passionate about helping people  navigate the transition from monogamy to non-monogamy and avoiding the  common beginner pitfalls. A frequent contributor to Black & Poly  online magazine, she’s also been featured on several podcasts including  “Inner Hoe Uprising” and “Tickle.Life” and was interviewed by Vogue  Williams for her Irish special on Monogamy and Non-Monogamy. She’s also  the creator of “Today’s Polyamory Reminder”, daily snippets of wisdom  for living non-monogamously. She offers helpful and insightful videos on  Polyamory through her Patreon page and personalized coaching sessions  for individuals, couples, and more seeking guidance on how to navigate  non-monogamy.

Some careers are truly a 'calling' as the amount of attentiveness, care, support and empathy that is needed to be successful within that career is great.  Andrea Richardson is a certified full spectrum Doula and Founder of Womb Care Womxn who answered that call! Join me, Taylor Sparks, your host, as we delve deep into the amount of forethought it takes to be a successful Doula.

Being pro-porn does not mean you are not pro-sex, pro-love or even pro-relationships.  There is, however, room for all to survive and benefit one's sexual life, education and entertainment.  Join me, Taylor Sparks, your hostess along with guest Cindy Gallop for this enlightening conversation as we discuss how her platform is working to socialize and normalize sex.

Cindy Gallop Bio:
Cindy Gallop is the founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn,  launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’. In 2013 she turned MakeLoveNotPorn into the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social sex video sharing platform https://www.makelovenotporn.tv/  socializing and normalizing sex in order to make it easier to talk about, to promote consent, communication, good sexual values and good sexual behavior. MakeLoveNotPorn’s mission is to end rape culture by spearheading the Social Sex Revolution, the revolutionary part isn’t the sex, but the social.  Given the challenges Cindy has faced finding investors, she is raising the world’s first dedicated sex tech fund www.alltheskyholdings.com. She speaks at conferences globally and consults, describing her approach as ‘I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.’ 

The Duchess Cashmere is a true performer.  Her pussy poetry and Pillow Talk The Live Experience has something we all can enjoy.  Join me, Taylor Sparks your hostess for a sensual and fun conversation about the 'Lifestyle' and how she and her husband 'Deuce the Mister' came to explore and entertain in this amazing arena.

Duchess Cashmere bio:
On her podcast Duchess tells sexy stories & performs pussy poetry in the authentic griot style, think the Female Dolemite. The podcast and live performances are NSFW but perfect for pillow talk with your favorite lover.  Duchess uses her real life adventures being a bisexual, polyamorous, kinky sex goddess to fuel her imagination to produce one of a kind erotica. You can listen to the podcast everywhere podcasts are streamed or watch performances & interviews on YouTube. You can even book Duchess Cashmere for your sex positive conference, poetry showcase, or Lifestyle, event.

WELCOME TO EPISODE 100!

The Sex Tech revolution will not be televised! Join me, Taylor Sparks, in this in-depth discussion on the sexual technology revolution being led by The Vdom Founder, Glenise Kinard-Moore! Her Vdom is a blue tooth operated prosthetic penis that was originally designed to enhance sexual relations within the LGBTQ+ community. In addition it has expanded to be life-changing for those with disabilities and erectile dysfunction. Listen in now to this inspiring conversation on innovation, perseverance and the business of sex.  

Glenise Kinard-Moore Bio:
Based in Atlanta. Glenise Kinard-Moore is a wife, a daughter, sister (youngest of three), tech nerd, idealist, and visionary. An information security professional by day and an ambitious tech creative by night. Glenise’s superpower is breaking apart things to create new things. She holds an undergraduate degree from Georgia State University, where she attended as a student-athlete. Having worked within the information security world for the last six plus years, Glenise holds several information security and audit industry certifications. 

Using her advanced tech skills and knowledge Glenise chose to challenge herself by finding a solution to the annoying world of limited and ineffective products.  Wanting to design something that could be worn comfortably all day and hands-free as much as naturally possible.  Her aim was the wearable that would also be able to go from non-erect to erect via a simple process.  She succeeded and The VDOM was born. 

The VDOM is set to be available to consumers in spring 2021, pre-orders are set to begin this month.

So many people are shaving, waxing and sugaring their vulvas within an inch of their pretty little lives but not conditioning HER after the fact! Join me, Taylor Sparks, in this oh so lively conversation about the hair...down there with the Founders of ConditionHer, Eugenia Marshall and Wendy Rose Berry as they discuss how this amazing product came to fruition...in a hot tub!

Wendy Rose Berry and Eugenia Bio:
Wendy Rose Berry and Eugenia Marshall are LA based “employed entrepreneurs,” mothers, and besties both juggling and balancing demanding corporate jobs and running their own intimate skincare brand as co-founders of conditionHER. This natural moisturizing cream is scientifically formulated for your external intimate area. It effectively maintains pH balance, slays in-grown hairs, fights chafing issues, nourishes skin, and softens hair down there! conditionHER is female owned and operated, including the biochemist and packaging designer.

There is nothing more alluring than a beautiful woman with a brain! Join me for an enticing and stimulating conversation around the world of sex tech with Engerotics Founder Raven Faber!  With a background in both engineering and science, Raven and her team are designing beautiful high quality sex toys.  Listen in now to learn more about this amazing woman and her company.

Raven Faber Bio:
Raven founded (EngErotics) in 2016 in response to a clear lack of design standards and safety regulations in the sexual wellness industry. She has over a decade of engineering and sales experience and she is very passionate about using the fundamentals of engineering, math, and science as the basis for the design and development of high-quality sex toys as well as CBD infused intimate body care products. She is extremely passionate about normalizing the conversation surrounding sex and sex education and believes very deeply in the need for engineers and scientists to have a direct influence on how the world looks at intimate product design, formulation, quality, and safety.

Join me for a very lively discussion with the creator of Sex & Mom Shit podcast and Pro Domme, Ms. Littlez!

Ms.Littlez is a sex influencer, ethical slut and entrepreneur from NY.  She travels throughout the east coast hosting sex educational workshops and events. She has been featured on several local radio shows and podcasts.  She is also the creator of the “Sex & Mom Shit” podcast found on all streaming platforms.  The ability to talk about “Taboo” topics with ease is one of her greatest gifts. She also brings class, a spiritual and at times ratchet approach to sex.  Along with working sex Ed events, She also works as “ Ma’dam Chantel” a Pro Domme specializing in sensual domination.  She is known for passing out her “Quickie Kits” which includes everything needed for the heaux on the go.  Advocacy for sex workers from all walks of life is a major passion. She continues to put in the work for All sex workers rights.  Her Motto is “I’m just out here Heauxin’and glowin!”

So many of us have not been raised to understand how powerful nature and plants are with regards to our overall health.  We are used to just going to the market and picking up whatever is in the bottle to soothe, heal or even cure what ails us.  Join me, your host and sex goddess, Taylor Sparks, for an informative and fun conversation with certified herbalist and sexual wellness expert, Bridget Molloy.

Bridget Molloy Bio:
Bridget’s Botanicals is a Denver based natural product wellness and education company focused on women’s sexual health and well-being. Each product has been formulated with luscious, sustainably sourced, organic botanicals. CEO and Founder Bridget Molloy started Bridget’s Botanicals in 2014. For nearly 15 years Bridget has worked to connect people to our planet and personal well-being through the power of plants, especially those for sexual vitality. She has worked with women to (re)discover and feel empowered in their sexuality as a sexual well-being consultant, and has helped increase sexual vitality, with botanicals, through products, coaching & education programs. She has studied molecular biology, pharmacology, women’s sexual health, and herbalism around the world. Bridget holds degrees in molecular biology from CU Boulder and has completed graduate coursework at Harvard and Georgetown in pharmacology and medicinal chemistry. 

What does sex look like, feel like and how is it expressed in the black communities when we have mental, historical and cultural barriers keeping us from having honest and authentic conversations about our sexuality?  Join me, your host, Taylor Sparks and Dr. Tracie Q. Gilbert as we have a deep, fun and heart to heart discussion about sexual stereotypes, the church and all other challenges we have with the 'skirt down, legs closed' philosophy surrounding our sexuality.

Tracie Gilbert Bio:
Tracie Q. Gilbert, PhD (she/her/Thembi) is an educator, writer, researcher and consultant who uses conversation to help achieve sexual wellness and healing for Black people, and racial justice in sex ed spaces. Using lectures, interactive workshops and conversation series, Dr. Gilbert works to help Black communities unpack the mental, historical, and cultural barriers that keep them from having honest, productive conversations about sex and sexuality.
Dr. Gilbert has nearly 25 years experience teaching urban youth, young adults, and their advocates. She received her Masters of Science in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and her doctorate from the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University. She has taught for several different organizations including Widener, Christiana Healthcare Systems, Evoluer House, the Innovative Learning Institute, and the Center for Sex Education. At present, she conducts direct services through her independent agency, Thembi Anaiya, LLC.

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Many men are seeking ways to level up on their communication skills, awareness and sensitivities of how women work and experience arousal with modern sex education.  Join me for a very fun and open discussion on all of these skills and more with sex educator, couples counselor and author of the book Conscious Cock.  

Kristopher Lovestone bio:

Kristopher Lovestone is a sex educator and couples counselor who survived six divorces in his childhood, and then went on to rewrite the rules of the relationship game so that people can actually win. He now teaches people how to succeed through communication, modern sex education and innovative relationship strateies. His techniques have yielded him a wildly successful 15-year marriage that gets hotter every year, and he published his teachings in his new book Conscious Cock: The Empowered Sexuality Manual For Men.  He has been called the “Einstein of relationships” and is endorsed by many of the top sex educators in the world.

Zachary Zane opens up about how he found the gap surrounding bisexuality relationships and topics within journalism and filled that hole as a columnist. Join me, your host and sex goddess, Taylor Sparks for this fun and open conversation about how Zachary opened up to friends and family about his own bisexuality while growing his own BoySlut brand through his monthly and guest columns in top magazines and blogs.

Zachary Zane Bio:
Zachary Zane is a Brooklyn-based columnist, sex expert, and activist whose work focuses on sexuality, lifestyle, culture, and the LGBTQ community. He currently has a sex advice column at Men's Health titled "Sexplain It" and a relationship column at Queer Majority titled "Zach and the City." His work has been published in Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, GQ, Playboy, Slate, Cosmo, and many others. He’s also a brand ambassador for Promescent, a sexual health and wellness brand. Last but not least, he has a weekly newsletter, BOYSLUT, where he writes erotic essays detailing his wildest and raunchiest personal sex stories. 

This is an opportunity to take expand your knowledge of your polyamory and listen in on this provocative and lively conversation with polyamory/non-monogamy educator and coach Evita 'La Vita Loca' Sawyers.  Join host and sex goddess Taylor Sparks as she and her guest discuss the many personal and professional observations Evita has made in her own journey into and through polyamory. We discuss the concepts of sharing, what to do when your mate is on a date and how to learn how to handle your own emotions and more.  Listen in now.

Evita “LaVitaLoca” Sawyers Bio:
(She/Her) is a black, queer polyamory/non-monogamy educator, speaker and coach residing in San Diego with her husband and children. Subject of the documentary “Poly Love”, she is passionate about helping people navigate the transition from monogamy to non-monogamy and avoiding the common beginner pitfalls. A frequent contributor to Black & Poly online magazine, she’s also been featured on several podcasts including “Inner Hoe Uprising” and “Tickle.Life” and was interviewed by Vogue Williams for her Irish special on Monogamy and Non-Monogamy. She’s also the creator of “Today’s Polyamory Reminder”, daily snippets of wisdom for living non-monogamously. She offers helpful and insightful videos on Polyamory through her Patreon page and personalized coaching sessions for individuals, couples, and more seeking guidance on how to navigate non-monogamy. 

Join me, Taylor Sparks,  your host and sex goddess as I have a frank discussion surrounding men's sexual health with success coach, Dwayne Mooney.  Western philosophy teaches that a man should ejaculate daily to release his sperm and 'exercise' his prostate.  Dwayne, as a passionate coaching professional with many years of experience in the Eastern philosophy of Tantra explains why this is not the best way and offers guidance on how to achieve this without a man losing his vitality and energy along the way.  Plus we venture into his world of polyamory and how he came to live a polyamorous life.

Dwayne Mooney is Polyamorous, a Success Coach and an Investor who helps people change the quality of their lives and facilitating their self growth since 2000. His unique style deals with 4 life changing subjects. 1. Mindset.  2. Money Systems. 3. Relationships. 4. Wellness.