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Podcast: Sex Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson
Episode: EP 153: Writing, Shame & Sex with Melissa Febos, author of "Girlhood" & "Body Work"
Description: In this episode, Kimberly and Melissa discuss Melissa's several books, including "Girlhood" and "Body Work". They discuss writing personal experiences and its impact on close relationships, as well as mother/daughter dynamics, writing as a medium for processing shame and trauma, and cultural responses to women's stories of coming of age, consent, trauma, sex work, and more.  Bio Melissa Febos is an author and an assistant professor at the University of Iowa, Nonfiction writing program. She is author of four books, including the nationally bestselling essay collection, "GIRLHOOD," which is a LAMBDA Literary Aw...