'90s-'00s Nostalgia

The year’s approximately 1998. You get home from school in your Limited Too matching set and immediately pop in Spiceworld: The Movie as you plop down on your blow up couch. A gentle breeze filled with Victoria Secret’s Love Spell fills the air. You reapply your Lip Smacker and touch up the row of butterfly clips adorning your head like a crown, admiring the Mary Kate and Ashley poster proudly displayed on the wall. Life is good.

If you haven’t guessed it already, this episode is all about ‘90s-’00s nostalgia. Get to know Kristina and Raeann a little better as they reminisce over their favorite memories and trends from the decade giving us major cultural inspo today.

What we talk about:

  • Favorite movies and music

  • Childhood memories

  • Beauty and fashion trends we loved

  • ‘90s-’00s trends we’re into and not-so-into currently

  • Ask away: advice for navigating plus size travel

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All Your Vaginal Health Questions Answered

Today we’re talking about lady parts with Dr. Sherry Ross. She is an award winning OBGYN, health expert, author of She-ology and has a segment on Ellentube called “Lady Parts” with Sarah Hyland. Her goal is to give women the means to take charge of their health at every stage of their lives. Today we’re asking all of your vagina questions - yes, especially the ones you’re too embarrassed to ask yourself (like what condoms to buy, red flag smells, BV, labido, all of the above!). This is the episode you want to share with your friends so we all have access to this important information about our bodies and how we can protect and care for them. 

“Know what's normal so then you can understand what's abnormal, because there's many things that affect the pH balance, odor and taste of the vagina.” - Dr. Sherry

What we talk about:

  • What happened when Raeann made the first move to approach guys in Denver

  • Do you still feel like you need your parent’s approval even as an adult?

  • Which foods influence the smell of your vagina

  • The best/safest products for cleaning and moisturizing down there

  • Shaving vs waxing vs laser: does it matter?

  • Why some women have more UTIs than others

  • The 411 on IUDs (and how to make insertion less painful)

  • How often you should get a pap smear

  • When to start freezing your eggs

  • Factors that affect labido and how to increase yours

  • Why you should use condoms for oral sex and every time

  • Why a  “clean” STD test still isn’t enough to avoid condoms

  • Ask away: how do I get over someone who just broke my heart?

“Men tend to have an orgasm within 3-5 minutes. Women, we’re 13-20, so if the average foreplay is within 13 minutes, which it usually is, then we’re out of luck. If you think about the most common reason women are dry, it’s because we aren’t given the time we need to get our engines revved.” - Dr. Sherry

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Raeann Downloaded a Sex Positive Dating App

Here’s what happened. A few months ago, Raeann’s friend told her about this app. It’s called feeld, and it focuses on establishing connections based on your sexual desires in the “spirit of openness and experimentation.” Because she’s someone who approaches things with an open and curious mindset, she downloaded it and made a profile. Find out in this episode how she ended up having “a more positive experience” than other dating apps, got out of her comfort zone, and learned how to be up front with her expectations sooner in her dating life. P.S. This one might make you blush.

“The theme of my profile is vanilla. I’m not trying to be anything that I’m not.” - Raeann

What we talk about:

  • A pattern Raeann has noticed in her dating life 

  • What Kristina’s loving about rediscovering play through motherhood

  • How Rae’s views on sex have evolved over time

  • Raeann reads examples of different types of profiles on the app and her own profile

  • What has happened on dates with men she met on the app

  • What she has learned about her own sexual desires and needs before having sex through this experience

  • Ask away: Am I rude AF to my significant other?

“What I've learned is that they might be on to something with having these conversations earlier on. It does tell you a lot about a person outside of even sexual things: how they can communicate, how open they are, how they are able to compromise. It’s just wild to have these conversations I’d never traditionally have on the first date.” - Raeann

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