DilDOs and DilDON'Ts
Nancy
WNYC Studios
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Sex toys can be about more than just pleasure. For queer people, they're often a vital part of figuring yourself out.
— Gabe Gonzalez is a comedian and writer.
— Buck Angel is a trans advocate and sex toy designer.
Special thanks to Hallie Lieberman, author of the book Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy.
Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by James Pants ("Bird") and Kevin MacLeod ("Off to Osaka"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
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| 0:00.0 | One time I hooked up with this guy and mid hook up, I was really drunk. |
| 0:04.7 | He took a dildo out of the bedside table and started to try and insert it. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh god. |
| 0:18.2 | And I was like, I am not really feeling that tonight. |
| 0:23.1 | Thank you. I just ate. |
| 0:28.3 | Did you tell him that? |
| 0:29.5 | I didn't say it. I was like, I am not really into this this evening. |
| 0:34.5 | Whatever. |
| 0:35.5 | I picked up just to think Kathy. |
| 0:37.5 | Okay. |
| 0:38.5 | So when I said that he took his hand away and then he whispered in my ear, |
| 0:41.5 | I'll just leave it here in case you change your mind. |
| 0:47.5 | From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy, with your host Tobin Low and Kathy too. |
| 1:00.5 | Tobin. |
| 1:01.5 | Kathy. |
| 1:02.5 | When you were telling me that very, very specific dildo story, it got me thinking, |
| 1:08.5 | Oh no, I am nervous. Where are you going with this? |
| 1:11.5 | So there's the thing that we're sort of bombarded with growing up. |
| 1:14.5 | And that is that sex is when a penis goes into a vagina. |
| 1:18.5 | Yeah, familiar. |
| 1:19.5 | But as you and I both know, and a lot of people know, that's not necessarily how queer people have sex. |
| 1:26.5 | And that means a lot of times we have to figure out for ourselves what works and what doesn't work. |
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