← Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women
Menopause: The Second Spring artwork

Menopause: The Second Spring

Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women
S2 E426:55
Play episode

Show notes

’Feminist Giant’ Mona Eltahawy fights shame by voicing the quiet stuff out loud. As she deals with the menopause, she says ‘instead of the monthly shedding of the lining of my uterus, I've been monthly shedding the patriarchal fuckery I've been socialized in.’ She talks about strength, celibacy and the importance of moisturizing your vagina. Mona’s Essay: https://www.feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-your-vagina The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO and Mercy Githaiga is our operations manager, Frederica Boswell is the senior producer, audio editors are Tevin Sudi and Mercy Barno and Lucas Ngao is our social media manager. Our theme music is Damn by Ria Boss and music from this episode comes from Epidemic sounds. Find Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women anywhere you get your podcasts, and in pursuing all things sex, sexuality, and pleasure, follow us on all our social media platforms @adventuresfrom. Engage with us on: Instagram Our website

More from this show

More
  1. Africa Brooke On Figuring Out How To Be Her Own Best Lover

    Welcome to the final episode of our special live recordings of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, presented by AQ Studios. In this episode, we are honored to feature Af…

    E423:42
  2. The Sabrina Elba Effect: Beauty, Love, and a Little Naughtiness

    Welcome to another enthralling live recording of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, brought to you by AQ Studios. In this episode, we feature the multifaceted Sabrina E…

    E319:12
  3. Yomi Adegoke: Being ‘A Wholesome Babe’ Who Also Loves Writing About Sex

    Welcome to another special live recording of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, brought to you by AQ Studios. In this captivating episode, we are excited to feature Yom…

    E220:17
  4. New Mom, Hot Takes: Audrey Indome's Bedroom Chronicles

    Welcome to a special live recording of Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women, brought to you by AQ Studios. In this episode, we feature Audrey Indome, known for being one-h…

    E120:21
  5. The Dating Olympics

    A funny and frank discussion about sex and dating in Africa. “Where there is danger, I love it,” Queer activist and writer Solange Kibibi says. “Because sex is more interesting w…

    S2 E1033:41
  6. Say Your Mind: Twerking & Truths

    Kelechi Okafor is an actress, a podcaster, a pole dance studio owner, a mama, and the woman who encourages us all to ‘Say Our Mind.’ She sits down with Malaka to talk about body po…

    S2 E927:34
Now Playing