The Electorette Podcast

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom discusses her new book of essays "

In this episode we discuss the experiences of US asylum seekers from all over the world, the conditions they face and our broken asylum process . Joan Hodges-Wu Founder & Executive Director of the

Sylvia Chan-Malik , Rutgers University professor, scholar of Race, Women's and Gender Studies, and author of "

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Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray is join Electorette to discuss her study titled Women on Porn, the largest ever study solely focused on  women's experiences and views of mainstream pornography in the United Kingdom. She launched the survey in 2016 and closed it after 3 months, she got 2000 responses from women and of those carried out a further 100 in-depth interviews. We discuss the study's findings as well as how cultural expectations of women's sexuality creates an atmosphere that discourages open and frank discussions around the use of pornography among women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit