Taking Up Space: A Podcast

At the end of April Netflix announced a new podcast hosted by two popular Black women in the media and social media space. Alongside the many congratulations were several declarations of disappointment from women that worked in the same industry. The question? Why did it seem as if the same group of friends always got the big opportunities? While I completely understood the feeling and had felt the same in many ways prior, it served as a reminder that you can't win if you don't play.

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This has been my life's motto for as long as I can remember. And if I'm honest I always felt as if my journey was unnecessarily hard and wrought with annoying challenges and unavoidable heartache. This episode starts at the beginning, growing up as an only child in a single-parent home. Riddled with loneliness and a crazy amount of creativity, both would go on to shape me as a woman navigating life and career in her mid-thirties. This episode is a reminder that although life may not always be kind, scattered seeds still grow.

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My arrival at sexual liberation and freedom was severely delayed. My relationship with sex has changed drastically, mostly because I no longer subscribed to a lot of the bullshit I was taught. The scare tactics of purity and "what you won't do another woman will" was embedded at such a young age, I would go on to learn that I had no idea what my sexuality and femininity meant to me -- separate of sex with another person. In this episode we explore the importance of having real conversations about our bodies and sexual feelings as adults -- judgment and shame be damn. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support

“For the most part, a man will orgasm regardless, what are your thoughts about women having their orgasms first in whatever manner that pleases them, then having intercourse to please their man?”

“How do you think your sexual life would’ve been different had you actually learned what you now know?”

“How do you plan on teaching the younger generation without over-exposing or taking away their ability to figure things out on their own?”

The response to episode eight really blew me away. You all had the most amazing questions about how I arrived to my sexuality with confidence, introducing sex toys, orgasms, lessons learned and more, so I grabbed seven of my favorites to discuss. Let’s dive in.

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Wow. We’re ONE! It’s so crazy to think how quick this year has gone by since Taking Up Space was created. Everything about my personal and professional life has changed, which you all know all about by now. I am so damn grateful for just how incredible God has moved on my behalf. I only want to be in spaces where I’m impactful and I love that the podcast has allowed me to do that with so many of you. Cheers to living for a living and God being the greatest engineer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystal-franklin/support