186. Come As You Are – Sexuality and Romance: An Interview with Emily Nagoski, PhD




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Summary: Amanda and Sarah interview Emily Nagoski, who is the New York Times Bestselling Author of Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life, and is currently the Director of Wellness Education at Smith College. She’s a sex educator and also a new romance author whose first book will be out in June. In the interview, they discuss wellness education for undergraduates, sex education, arousal nonconcordance, what romance gets right - and wrong - about sex, and about the power and rebellion inherent in representing women’s sexuality the way it is.