Episode 06. The Sex Ed of Our Dreams (ft. Dalychia Saah)

It's one thing to speak of what isn't working our lives--to point out and extricate the factors that make sexuality an adverse experience for us. What does life look like, however, once those destructive factors are removed? You may know what you DON'T want...from there though, the opportunity emerges for you to determine and connect with what you do!

In this episode of the show, Dr. G chats with educator and self-proclaimed dreamer Dalychia Saah, co-founder of the wildly-popular sex ed resource Afrosexology. Dalychia shares how her dreams have gotten her closer to self-love and liberation, and provides tips on how emancipatory principles in sex ed can be applied to all areas our lives, including those outside of the bedroom.

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Episode Question to Ponder: What's your post-liberation fantasy?

Homework: Start a Fantasy Journal!

Instructions: Find a notebook or other book for writing that you use to keep up with your fantasies and desires--whether sexual or otherwise! Get detailed in your descriptions, and check in with yourself about how they make you feel; if you're feeling brave, you may even choose a person you trust who can support you in bringing your fantasies to life after you share!

Guest Bio:

Dalychia Saah (she/her) is a sexuality educator, professor, writer, and speaker. Through her words and work, Dalychia facilitates space for people to connect deeper with their desires for their body, relationships, life, and our world. She is passionate about people unlearning oppressive norms that are externalized, inter-personalized, and internalized that keep us from moving towards a more liberated way of being. Dalychia believes that systematic forms of oppression can be overthrown by a reclamation of intra- and interpersonal power.

Dalychia is the co-founder of Afrosexology, a pleasure based sex education platform that creates educational content and workshops to center the pleasure, empowerment, and liberation of Black people. Afrosexology’s work covers topics such as masturbation, self love, enhancing communication in relationships, radical twerking, racialized sexual oppression, body agency and much more. Through Afrosexology, she has created space for tens of thousands of people of color to reclaim their sexuality and body agency.

Dalychia is a lecturer professor at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, where she teaches graduate level courses in social theory, social justice, and sexuality education. She is also a sought after facilitator and keynote speaker for conferences and events related to social justice and/or sexuality. More info about Dalychia and her work can be found at http://dalychiasaah.com/.