Ericka Hart

This week on Black Fat Femme , we sit down with the brilliant Ericka Hart to talk about their powerful new book Nasty Work —a deep dive into sex, power, and the labor of intimacy. We get into what it means to claim pleasure unapologetically, especially at the intersections of Blackness, queerness, and fatness. We also unpack the politics of credibility in the Black community—who gets taken seriously and why—sparked by conversations around figures like Cheyenne Bryant, and how degrees shape (and distort) trust. And yes, we go there: a candid, hilarious, and pointed discussion on why straight people should absolutely be paying more during Pride We want to hear from you! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch and subscribe on YouTube ! Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here! Buy Ericka's book here! Follow the show on social: Instagram | BlueSky | Threads | Tik-Tok | Facebook Follow DoctorJonPaul: BlueSky | Instagram | Website | Tik-Tok Follow Jordan: Instagram | Website | Tik-Tok Follow Ericka: Instagram | Tik-Tok | Website See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 14! We're kicking it off with an incredible conversation with Ericka Hart, author of the new book Nasty Work: Resist Systems, Explore Desire, and Liberate Yourself! DB talks to Ericka about colonization, pleasure, shame, joy, and working in sex ed. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Ericka Hart (pronouns: she/they) is a black queer femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master's of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. IN THIS EPISODE: Ericka's book: Nasty Work: Resist Systems, Explore Desire, and Liberate Yourself (this is an affiliate link, which really helps out our show!), Ericka's course Sex Ed as Resistance , the article we discussed in The Buzz , how to find out whose land you're living on right now , and the Indigenous Women Rising Rain Fund . DB donated, and if you can, you should too! TAKE OUR SMUT QUIZ: Find your page-turning turn-on with our new SMUT QUIZ! In just 5 questions, you'll get right to the good stuff with curated pages, poems, and audios. No slow burn. No fluff. Just pleasure.; Take the quiz here: https://sexedwithdb.fillout.com/smutquiz ASK AN ANONYMOUS SEX ED QUESTION: Fill out our anonymous form to ask your sex ed question. ABOUT SEX ED WITH DB: Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education — delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Empowering, inclusive, and grounded in real science, it's the sex ed you've always wanted. Season 14 of Sex Ed with DB is ALL ABOUT PLEASURE! Solo pleasure. Partnered pleasure. Orgasms. Porn. Queer joy. Kinks, sex toys, fantasies -- you name it. We're here to help you feel more informed, more empowered, and a whole lot more turned on to help YOU have the best sex. GET IN TOUCH: Email: sexedwithdb@gmail.com CONNECT WITH US: Instagram: @sexedwithdbpodcast ; TikTok: @sexedwithdb ; Threads: @sexedwithdbpodcast ; YouTube: Sex Ed with DB ; X: @sexedwithdb SEX ED WITH DB SEASON 14 SPONSORS: Uberlube , Magic Wand , Nancy , and Happy V . Get discounts on all of DB's favorite things here ! DISCOVER SEX POSITIVE EVENTS IN YOUR CITY: Subscribe to our newsletter for S.E.X I.R.L: your curated monthly list of sex-positive events, spaces, and experiences happening in person across major cities. FOR SEXUAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Check out DB's workshop: "Building A Profitable Online Sexual Health Brand" SEASON 14 TEAM: Creator, Host & Executive Producer: <a href= "https://www.linkedin

In this episode, meet sex educator and Hoodrat to Headwrap podcast co-host Ericka Hart, professor of sociology and founder of LightenLab Leah Ruppanner, and founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting Aiko Bethea. Hear Ericka Hart on the central place of race, class, and other elements of intersectionality in the field of sexual education. Tune in to hear Leah Ruppanner on why we need better language to understand the concept of “mental load.” And hear Aiko Bethea on the importance of providing a framework for ending rumination and finding the confidence to make life-changing decisions. Nasty Work by Ericka Hart https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705447/nasty-work-by-ericka-hart/9798217286546/ Drained by Leah Ruppanner https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762972/drained-by-leah-ruppanner-phd/9798217285662/ Anchored, Aligned, Accountable by Aiko Bethea https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747123/anchored-aligned-accountable-by-aiko-bethea/9780593950135/

Ericka Hart and and Ebony Donnelly are partners in love and podcasting, and co-parents to a toddler. We asked them to share their queer & trans pregnancy story, and give Ally some parenting pointers! Check out their podcast Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast and find Ericka and their other work as a speaker and sex educator on Instagram @ihartericka . Find transcripts at genderspiralpod.com/episodes.

As an Aquarius rising, Sagittarius sun and Scorpio moon, writer and sex educator Ericka Hart was born to subvert norms, dismantle oppressive myths and nudge us all to some deeper truth about ourselves. Her forthcoming book “Nasty Work” embodies her mission by taking apart society’s deeply entrenched colonial views on sex and gender. In this episode, Ericka talks about how she’s learned to take major risks and cultivate community, and the importance of self-pleasure. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

AFH: Season 1, Episode 3 Featuring Ericka Hart ( @ErickaHart ) Al sits down with Ericka Hart, the Black queer femme activist and award-winning sexuality educator redefining liberation, pleasure and power. About the Guest: Ericka Hart (pronouns: she/they) is a black queer femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master’s of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. Ericka’s work broke ground when she went topless showing her double mastectomy scars in public in 2016. Since then, she has been in demand at colleges and universities across the country, featured in countless digital and print publications like Vogue, Washington Post, Allure, Harper’s Bazaar, VICE, PAPER Mag, BBC News, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, W Magazine, Glamour, Elle, and Essence. Ericka’s voice is rooted in leading edge thought around human sexual expression as inextricable to overall human health and its intersections with race, gender, chronic illness and disability. Both radical and relatable, she continues to push well beyond the threshold of sex positivity. Ericka Hart has taught sexuality education for elementary aged youth to adults across New York City for over 10 years, including for 4 years at Columbia University’s School of Social work and the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. They are currently running their own sex ed training program called Sex Ed as Resistance, a bratty switchy Sagittarius service bottom and misses Whitney more than you. Guest Info: Instagram Ericka Hart Ericka Hart Follow Me: Instagram: @afinehuman Shop Dame: dame.com This podcast was produced by aurielle sayeh , filmed by @thetellychannel , and powered by @ dameproducts .

Ericka Hart and and Ebony Donnelly are partners in love and podcasting, and co-parents to a toddler. We asked them to share their queer & trans pregnancy story, and give Ally some parenting pointers! Check out their podcast Hoodrat to Headwrap : A Decolonized Podcast and find Ericka and their other work as a speaker and sex educator on Instagram @ihartericka . Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Subscribe/follow to get notified when we post new episodes! And rate and review us to help us out. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok to keep up with all things Gender Spiral. Find transcripts at genderspiralpod.com/episodes , and check out our NEW merch store at genderspiralpod.com/merch !

Ericka Hart and and Ebony Donnelly are partners in love and podcasting, and co-parents to a toddler. We asked them to share their queer & trans pregnancy story, and give Ally some parenting pointers! Check out their podcast Hoodrat to Headwrap : A Decolonized Podcast and find Ericka and their other work as a speaker and sex educator on Instagram @ihartericka . Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Subscribe/follow to get notified when we post new episodes! And rate and review us to help us out. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok to keep up with all things Gender Spiral. Find transcripts at genderspiralpod.com/episodes , and check out our NEW merch store at genderspiralpod.com/merch !

Sexual wellness isn’t just about the physical—it’s about power, identity, and liberation. In this provocative and deeply necessary conversation, Shelah Marie sits down with trailblazing activist and sexuality educator Ericka Hart to explore the future of sex: how we unlearn shame, reclaim pleasure, and demand more from a system that has historically failed Black and marginalized communities. With raw honesty and humor, they tackle everything from body autonomy to intimacy after trauma, from the myths keeping us disconnected to the radical act of prioritizing our own pleasure. Want Shelah to answer your question? Record your question at: https://www.speakpipe.com/unruly and it could be featured on an upcoming episode.

Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be erased from history. Ericka Hart is a Black queer femme activist, writer, and award-winning sexuality educator. Hart is currently an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University’s School of Social Work and the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. Here, she discusses the mixed legacy of reproductive rights activist Margaret Sanger. This episode is part of The Dinner Party Today , a series by the Brooklyn Museum in which artists, writers, and thinkers reflect on the artwork’s legacy and the women it represents. Learn more about the Puerto Rican contraceptive trials mentioned in this episode. Also read more about The Dinner Party , Margaret Sanger , and the Heritage Floor , where the names of an additional 999 women are inscribed. Visit the Brooklyn Museum to see the installation in person. This project was produced by Seaplane Armada and the Brooklyn Museum.

Meet Ericka Hart! This "kinky, poly, cancer-warrior, activist and sexuality educator with a Master's of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University" spreads her wisdom to Universities all across America. She was UR's Keynote Speaker for Pleasurefest 2022. However, her version of Sex Education includes learning about White Supremacy and how it denies people from experiencing pleasure. This is just another example of how the train has gone off the rails at the University of Richmond. This is what $81,000 a year in tuition pays for at the University of Richmond. Hart strikes us as a grifter. She fully admits that she was raised in an upper-middle class home. We think much of her rhetoric today stems from the pain related to her first marriage. Divorces suck and Ericka's Wife left due to her Cancer. Such a thing is surely traumatic, but turning that pain into vitriol is no excuse. Ericka we hope you find peace and wish you the best. Timestamps 00:00 - Meet Ericka Hart 1:12 - How Ericka Introduces Herself 4:29 - Pleasurefest 5:29 - Radical Sex Positivity 6:41 - Access to Pleasure 8:51 - "All of the U.S. is Racist" 9:23 - What is and is not White Supremacy 11:00 - Is there Evidence for this? 11:42- Ericka's Race Hustling 14:17- Hart's Childhood 15:15 - Gaslighting Corporations and Universities 15:56 - Where University of Richmond goes Wrong If this is your first time hearing about our ongoing battles against University of Richmond, we suggest you go over to https://linktr.ee/urwoke and see all the other videos we have done. WE POST DAILY! If you don't see us, check our other socials. If you got a favorite, we are most likely on it! The AllmyLinks has all of our Socials! - https://allmylinks.com/robisright Previous Video on Next Week's Panelist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6G1mt7kO0 Ericka Hart's Website - http://ihartericka.com/ Fair Use Disclaimer Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

In this episode we discuss breast cancer and Black women. We cover Ericka Hart’s (pronouns: she/they) story, a queer Black femme who was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer at 28. And we highlight Touch: The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, an advocacy organization founded by Ricki Fairley, a triple negative breast cancer survivor. To learn more about Ericka Hart’s story, please visit their website . Also, check her many interviews and speeches on Youtube including the PBS First Person interview, S2 #4: Surviving Racism & Cancer as a Queer Woman . Find more resources regarding breast cancer and ways to support Rick Fairley’s advocacy program, TOUCH, on their website . If you would like to suggest a topic we should discuss, share your own personal story, or shoutout an organization or individual email us at distrustanddisparities@gmail.com . Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter . Resources African American Women and Breast Cancer by Breast Cancer Prevention Partners