Today, we introduce you to two of our project's Community Steering Committee members: Shanna Katz Kattari (PhD, MEd, CSE (they/them/theirs), an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department (by courtesy), and director of the [Sexuality | Relationships | Gender] Research Collective) and T.J. Jourian (PhD (he/him/his), an independent scholar, consultant, trainer, and educator, with 20 years of experience helping people and organizations incorporate equity and inclusion, and founder of Trans*Formational Change, LLC).

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0m:39s - We introduce ourselves.

9m:58 - Shanna and T.J. explore the growing violent and repressive attacks on bodily control in the U.S., and how some of their work pushes back against this rising tide.

30m:25 - Shanna and T.J. share why it's important to destigmatize pleasure and center it in all areas of our lives (not just our erotic ones).

49m:25s - Outro and brief description of our next episode, where we'll chat with Sami Schalk, Alan Martino, and Ligia Andrade Zúñiga about disability, neurodiversity, and sex/uality.