About this episode
Emily Nagoski is a best-selling author, researcher, and sex educator. Emily studied psychology in college, and a fateful job as a peer health educator drew her immediately to the field of sex education and violence prevention. She went on to receive a master’s degree in counseling psychology and a PhD in health behavior. After working as a researcher at the famed Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, she took a job at Smith College, where she lectured and was the director of wellness education. After teaching a class on women’s sexuality, the thing her students said they took away most from the class was that their bodies were normal. She knew that she was onto something powerful and wrote Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life to help women understand their own sexuality. The book was a huge hit, and eventually, Emily left her job to write and speak full-time. Over the last five years, Emily has written two more books, including this year’s Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections . National Domestic Violence Hotline www.ndvh.org 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) TTY 1-800-787-3224 National Sexual Assault Hotline www.rainn.org 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) Love Is Respect www.loveisrespect.org 1-866-331-9474 TTY 1-866-331-8453 Text: loveis to 22522 Chat Online:www.loveisrespect.org These resources were sourced from futureswithoutviolence.org.