It was such a delight to chat with someone I have fangirled over for years, the one and only sex historian Dr. Kate Lister!
In this episode we covered everything from our ADHD diagnoses and how we live with it, working in (and recovering from) academia, spotting predators in tantra, why studying sex is tricky, gay subcultures, and why we should all keep a sex diary and time capsule for future historians to study. Warning, we laugh a lot and say many inappropriate things.
Treat yourself to this chat with me and the woman who calls herself “The Forrest Gump of Academia”.
CW: Contains mentions of SA a few times.
In this episode we cover:
Her ADHD diagnosis story and refusing to accept it
Being in spaces that affirm ADHD
Leaving ADHD communities and exacerbating symptoms
The role of ADHD doing her work-why researching sex helps with hyperfocus
Recovering from academia
ADHD and sex, how it affects her
Using sex as a dopamine hit
Myths about ADHD and sex
Being highly sensory
My experience of tantric exercises
Spotting tantra predators and red flags
How we define sex?
King James and what being gay meant historically
The Bible and clobber verses
Maybe not giving a BJ's to King James
When we eroticize the past
Sexual fantasies
Keeping a sex diary for history and making a sex time capsule
Contact Kate here:
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Whores, Harlots, and Hackabouts: A History of Sex For Sale: https://amzn.to/3Rxrg9G
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