An Update & An Invitation to Guests, Sponsors, and Women's Health Believers

Since the year began, I have been trying to figure out how to grow this podcast and reach more women and girls across the globe. I tried to lean on TikTok, but my content was always getting flagged, even when I was using medical terms. I lived in TikTok's appeal court every single day, and my content wasn't doing well, so I closed that door. I turned to Instagram for help, but that lawsuit really hurt their pocket, and before we knew it, accounts creating women's sexual health content were getting banned and deleted with no hope to appeal. It was not inspiring, so once again, I walked away. The idea that I could wake up one day and all my hard work would have been wiped off the internet by Meta didn't sit well with me.

So I grounded my feet here and on Substack. I decided that words would be king in my world because they have the power to live online and on paper. Video doesn't quite do that, does it? I wrote to you and to the 460+ women on Substack week after week, and here we are today. And you all have shown me support that has left me encouraged to keep going. To have people from all over the world listening to these conversations warms my heart. If you have pressed play on this podcast, shared it and rated it on your audio platform, thank you so much. I am very grateful to you.

Please note: the numbers reflected in the original initiative post are from the podcast's first season on Substack. The numbers shown below are from this year, since we have moved hosting to Afripods, which reset our metrics. The goal we are working toward now reflects that fresh start.

Because of you, I am working on season 3 of the podcast with so much excitement, and I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to be a part of it. The theme is Body Uncensored, and it is broken into three parts.

Part one: Addiction. When I started doing research around women and sex addiction, I found little to no information that referenced us. Most data is on men. And I realised that African culture, alongside purity culture, has written women out of sex so much that addiction isn't an option. I imagine many women living with addiction and not seeking help out of fear of judgment and shame. That story needs to change, and we want to be part of that change. If you want to be a guest, here are the topics we are looking to cover:

1. Porn addiction - lived experience & expert needed
2. Masturbation addiction - lived experience & expert needed
3. Love & relationship addiction - lived experience & expert needed
4. How sexual trauma feeds addiction - expert needed
5. Addiction recovery - expert needed

N.B. - You have the option to be on the show anonymously.

Part two: Women's health. Women's sexual health is incredibly understudied and heavily ignored. Women have gone into hospitals for medical help and turned away because "it's just a little pain, here is a painkiller." Our bodies are complicated and should be treated with the care they deserve, and as the world catches up and more women stand in those labs to do the work, we start by telling the stories more. The topics we are looking to cover are:

1. Endometriosis - lived experience & expert needed
2. PMOS - lived experience & expert needed
3. Menopause - expert needed
4. Disability & Sexuality - lived experience & expert needed
5. Mental Health & Sexuality - lived experience & expert needed
6. FGM - lived experience & expert needed
7. Vaginismus - lived experience needed

TW: Child Sexual Abuse

Part three: Educating children. Most of us didn't really get sex education. We got a biology lesson and a lot of threats. The reality is that children are getting curious faster every single day. We have 10-year-old girls and boys who are sexually active without fully understanding what they are doing. We have also seen more conversations about children sexually abusing other children. I recently read about a 9-year-old who raped his young sister after watching porn. We can not keep hiding behind our culture being conservative when the well-being of children is at stake. We need to create the language and equip parents and teachers with it so we can adequately educate children. If this sounds like an area you fit into, here are the topics:

1. Age-appropriate Sex Ed - expert needed
2. Teaching body autonomy - expert needed
3. Helping children understand adolescence, hormones, and urges - expert needed
4. Raising children with a healthy relationship to pornography - expert needed
5. How to talk about consent with your children - expert needed
6. How to educate children about body image and sexuality - expert needed

P.S. First preference is given to African women. But do not let that deter you from getting in touch if you are interested.

Be a guest: Email us at oversharingyoungwomen@gmail.com. Let us know which topic you would like to cover and why you are the perfect person for the episode. If you think we missed something important on the list and you can speak on it, pitch us the idea too.

Partner/Sponsor the podcast: We would love to work with you. Our goal is to work with organisations, businesses, and individuals that support women's sexual health and sex education for girls. If the work we are doing resonates, please get in touch with us at oversharingyoungwomen@gmail.com, and we can figure it out together.

Listen to the podcast: We have a long way to go to 5000, so please help us reach the goal by pressing play, rating our show on your preferred platform, and leaving a comment. This pushes our show up and helps us find more women just like you! Available on Afripods (a bigger plus for us if you listen here), Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

I am very excited for this season, and I look forward to talking to YOU, hearing from YOU and partnering with YOU!