Here's Hoping with Jayda G - BONUS: Here's Thinking x Ruby Rare

BONUS: Here's Thinking x Ruby Rare

10/18/24 • 15 min

In Here's Thinking, Jayda and her producer Mia discuss this week's episode! We share our thoughts on our episode with the incredible writer, presenter, broadcaster and all-round sex and relationships expert, Ruby Rare - what we loved, what we learnt and what we’re taking away from her guest for hope.

If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us...

Ruby Rare

Jayda G

Mia Zur-Szpiro

Here's Hoping Podcast

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If you haven’t listened to the latest episode, make sure you go do that first! Then come back and debrief with us...

Ruby Rare

Jayda G

Mia Zur-Szpiro

Here's Hoping Podcast

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Sex Education, Pleasure, Non-Monogamy & Embracing Jealousy with Ruby rare

In this juicy and informative episode, Jayda asks Ruby what changes she wants to see to sex education, why Ruby thinks we have to centre pleasure in sex ed and how talking about pleasure is necessary to truly teach about consent. Ruby discusses how not to talk about sex and pleasure though and the importance and complexity of age-appropriate conversations around sex. Ruby shares some fascinating insight into Dualism, and how the philosophy that has separated mind and body is also seeped in patriarchy and has prevented us from having a more holistic relationship with sex and intimacy. Ruby also shares how she is able to find common ground with people who don’t feel queer or trans-inclusive and also the importance of allowing adults to say they don’t understand something. They also discuss the fear-mongering around porn and how to engage in porn in a healthy way, and Jayda also asks Ruby about her experiences of being non-monogamous and Ruby’s advice for anyone wanting to open up their relationship and explore non-monogamy but also feel like it would be too hard. They talk about how to navigate jealousy and the importance of accepting rather than fearing complex emotions.

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Ruby Rare Website

The Non-Monogamy Playbook

Sex-Ed: A Guide For Adults

Ruby Rare (she/they) is an award-winning sex and relationships expert with over eight years of experience in the industry. A writer, presenter and broadcaster, they are on a mission to get everyone talking more confidently and inclusively about sex. Starting off as a sex educator for BROOK, UK’s leading sexual health charity, for which she remains an ambassador, Ruby has gone on to author two books, ‘Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults (Bloomsbury, 2020)’ and ‘The Non-Monogamy Playbook’ which is releasing on Penguin Random House in January 2025. Ruby also hosted the E4 show, Sex Rated alongside Rylan Clark and the popular podcast docu-series In Touch, which explores the ways we connect to sex, relationships, and our bodies with nuance and curiosity. Runy is also the co-founder of the body positive life drawing class, Body Love Sketch Club, and has been featured in the Guardian, Metro, Pink News, and Huffington Post, and has spoken at TedXLondon, Women of the World Festival, and on BBC Woman’s Hour. In 2023 Ruby won best Sex and Relationships Creator at the bCreator Awards, has been listed as one of 24 figures making a positive change to social media in Cosmopolitan’s Positivity Index, and is on The DIVA Power List, which celebrates queer trailblazers changing the game for LGBTQ+ representation. Ruby enjoys collaborative partnerships with the likes of Netflix, Modibodi, LELO, JOYClub and Feeld.

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Next Episode

Slow Fashion & Mixed-Race Identity with Emma Slade Edmonson

In this episode Emma and Jayda share their own experiences of being mixed-race and why being able to talk about their experiences and creating the space to do so as Emma is with her podcast and book is so important. As well as how creating a platform around talking about mixed race identities and bringing people together connects to cultivating hope for her, through making people feel less alone. Emma also shares what it was like being raised by white parents as a mixed-race kid and shares a lot of fascinating, and hard-hitting, information around past adoption policies and how they were racistly motivated. Jayda and Emma go deep into the theme of adoption and whether kids being adopted should be only adopted by families who reflect their same race and how they look. Jayda also asks Emma more about slow fashion and how she was able to make the changes to practice it as part of her everyday life. Emma shares really interesting insights into how tapping into slow fashion can help you slow down in general and live more mindfully, and why she thinks we must reconnect to humanity to appreciate everyone and everything involved in creating clothing and to then buy and wear more ethically. Emma discusses how her work around both race, identity and fashion all intersect around the theme of existentialism.

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The Half Of It Book

Emma Slade Edmonson is a slow fashion OG, a sustainable fashion strategist, and an ethical brand consultant. Emma launched her own ESE consultancy business to work with brands to help refocus their businesses for positive impact and social and environmental good, working with some of the UK’s biggest brands, charities and social enterprises such as Cancer Research UK, Shelter, Westfield, Universal and Mayamiko and is regularly featured in international press, including The Guardian, Huffington Post, Vogue, Grazia, Telegraph and many more. Emma is also the creative strategist behind successful campaigns that celebrate thoughtful fashion consumption, including Charity Fashion Live & The Love Not Landfill pop-up stores and campaign. Emma is also the co-host of the podcast Mixed Up and the co-author of the book, The Half of It, both which explore the mixed-race identity and taking a deeper look at race and identity.

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