Hi everyone, welcome back to doing it, the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has never been so nerdy.

With me, your host, Hannah Witten.

In this week's episode, I am joined by Sangita Pillai.

Sangita is a South Asian feminist activist and podcaster who runs Soul Sutras, a network

for South Asian women, which talks about all things considered taboo in South Asian culture,

from periods to sex, porn, mental health and more, and encourages more South Asian women to talk about these parts of life too.

As part of Sol Sutsuchas, Sankita also runs the Masala monologue workshops where she brings

South Asian women together to discuss these topics and write and perform their own personal

monologues.

Sengita also hosts the Masala podcast, where she is joined by another South Asian woman each episode,

and they discuss a topic that is taboo in South Asian communities, including being LGBTQ plus,

divorce, contraception, female pleasure, and more.

She's actually currently working on the next season, which will be out in

spring-ish time. So that will be perfect timing for you to listen to whilst I'm on a break for

maternity leave. So you won't be left without your sex podcasts. San Gita is such an empowering

voice for South Asian and all women, and so I

couldn't wait to talk with her. We spoke about how to own your sexuality, the impact of

colonisation on Indian sexuality, what the Kama Sutra is really about, and some harder topics,

including shame surrounding South Asian women's sexuality, homophobia and abuse.

So please do bear in mind that some content may be challenging to listen to and please always look

after yourself as a priority. I really enjoyed this chat and learning more about how cultural

identity and the process of unlearning is such a

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