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EP470 - Pleasure and Sensuality: Cultivating Healing
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- Sexology
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- Dec 23, 2025
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- 1855
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Summary
Welcome to Episode 470 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I am excited to be joined by Margeaux Feldman , who speaks to me about trauma, chronic illness, intimacy, and pleasure, inspired by their book Touch Me. I’m Sick. In this episode, we discuss the personal and academic journey that led them to write Touch Me. I’m Sick., which began as a PhD dissertation and evolved into a deeply human book about sickness, trauma, disability, and love. Margeaux shares how their own experience with chronic illness shifted their work away from purely academic analysis and toward something more accessible, relational, and rooted in lived experience. Margeaux Feldman is a writer, a public educator, and an artist. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts and a PhD in English Literature and Sexual Diversity Studies from the University of Toronto. Margeaux's first book Touch Me, I'm Sick: A Memoir in Essays was just published with Beacon Press. They also created the popular meme account @softcore_trauma on Instagram, where they share memes and writing that testifies to their experiences living with trauma and chronic illness. In this episode, you will hear: · The Origin Story Of Touch Me. I’m Sick. · Chronic Illness And Trauma Connections · Redefining Intimacy And Care · Independence, Codependence, And Interdependence · Wellness Culture And Performativity · Trauma, Pleasure, And Ambivalence · Dissociation As A Survival Strategy · “Ugly Sex” And Sexual Healing · Somatic Therapy And Embodiment · Pleasure As A Political Act Thank you to our sponsor Filthy Milfs ! Your podcast lineup is about to get filthy. Get ready for a completely uncensored, outspoken, dirty-minded, and eye-opening look from the most adventurous milfs on the block, Ellen Ancui and Sophie Levine. They're filthy. They'…