Episodes
Episode One: The vulva
September 23, 2016
Mona and Mae build a giant vulva, then talk to a gynecologist, a labiaplasty surgeon and a trans woman, to find out what vulvas really look like.
Episode Two: Stopping Periods
October 12, 2016
Mona and Mae speak to a doctor who thinks periods are unnatural, a former Olympian, a menstrual blood artist and a formerly incarcerated woman to find out if we should stop having periods.
Episode Three: The Orgasm Gap
October 28, 2016
Women are less likely to orgasm than men – but is it really more difficult for women? Mona and Mae go into the lab with a neuroscientist who measures orgasms to try and find the answer.
Episode Four: What you didn't learn in sex ed
November 18, 2016
It’s not just about sex. Sex education should be giving us the information we need to feel in control of our bodies and make informed decisions about them – but it’s failing. In episode four of Vagina Dispatches, we speak to our moms, friends and sex educators to find out why. Then we give the basics on some topics that are missing from the curriculum, from discharge to menopause.
