Working Through Painful Penetration

Working Through Painful Penetration

I’ve always been a size queen and I’ve always been able to penetrate my vagina with ease. When women would share their stories of pain during penetration and how it affected their lives, I couldn’t relate…until after I gave birth.     Despite...
We Are the Fucking Sky

We Are the Fucking Sky

I started to experience overwhelming waves of rage upon the repeal of Roe v Wade.  What made things worse was that no one seemed phased in the slightest.  Deny women healthcare -after 50 years of clear precedent – just another day in America. There were no...
Carlin’s Bodysex Research

Carlin’s Bodysex Research

Covid lockdown happened on the heels of our Goop episode. We’d received thousands of emails – our workshops were booked with wait lists – then everything went dark.  Betty was dying and I was making healthcare decisions over the phone. With a broken...
This Is How I’m Going to Do Menopause

This Is How I’m Going to Do Menopause

The only information I had about menopause came from vaginal dryness commercials, sit com punchlines, and Betty’s description of her “heat orgasms”.  At the stroke of 50, I started to feel like I was losing my grip on reality.  I felt angry all the time.  I woke up...
We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

Listen https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dodsonandross.s3.amazonaws.com/Podcasts/CarlinNovWorkshop.mp3 We thought we’d be celebrating the first Madame President but instead we packed up and headed out for Bodysex with heavy hearts.  As my flight took off, I thought...
My Abortion Experience

My Abortion Experience

Amber Thurman, Carman Broedster, Candi Miller, Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski, Nevaeh Crain, and Josseli Barnica bled out or succumbed to infection in hospitals since Roe v Wade was overturned.  Most were carrying intended pregnancies – most were mothers who left children...