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Snap Judgment

The Divine Feminine

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap, Glynn, Storytelling, Wnyc, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Performing Arts, Washington, Society & Culture/documentary, Arts/performing Arts, Music, Arts

4.811.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Yonis, vaginas, and sex were ALL forbidden language for Ashley and her conservative church-going Liberian mom. But when adult life got too big and too real those family secrets would be the one thing bringing them together.

This story uses strong language, discusses sex and genitalia, and briefly mentions molestation. Sensitive listeners, please be advised.

BIG thanks to Ashley Asatu and Janice Kennedy for sharing your story with us! Learn more about The Yoni Day Spa + check it out on Instagram.

Produced by Regina Bediako, original score by Sandra Lawson-Ndu, artwork by Teo Ducot

Season 13 - Episode 30

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0:00.0

Snap Judgment Studios

0:14.0

Now, Snap Judgment is not the news.

0:17.0

We tell you this every week and we are so far away from the news as you can get, but we

0:22.5

do live in this world.

0:24.0

We see the headlines and we know that at this very moment, millions of people and our

0:29.8

country are watching the Supreme Court and are struggling with a single question.

0:35.1

What does it look like to be in charge of your own body?

0:39.4

And oftentimes, I'll give a content advisory.

0:42.2

And this time I mean it because this story uses a strong language regarding sex,

0:46.7

guardian angelotalia, even balloon tamala station.

0:50.4

This is for grown folks.

0:51.7

And next week, I promise we'll resume our regularly scheduled programming, but this story

0:56.4

here.

0:58.3

This story is about autonomy.

1:00.3

And our storyteller, Ashley Asato, she may well be the definition of autonomy.

1:06.3

We'll see what that means very shortly, but Ashley hasn't always felt connected to her

1:12.2

power or to her womanhood.

1:15.6

Ashley spoke to her own Regina Bettyacco about a story that begins over 20 years ago.

1:22.3

When Ashley makes a discovery, but changes her relationship to her very own body, snap

1:29.3

judgment.

1:30.3

At her parents' home in Stockton, California, Ashley Asato stood in front of a dusty

1:50.9

arm-war.

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