KH: More so now, because you do feel more of a responsibility with all the people listening — you don’t want to get anything wrong. Our message is that we’re really honest about the mistakes that we’ve made but, at the same time, we want to make sure that if we’re going to address a topic, that we’re getting everything right. And that’s always important to me, but now I feel more of a sense of responsibility to be informed. Which is great. I think that everyone should be informed. So hopefully we’re passing that along.

 

TSF: A little something about me: my mom bought me a vibrator when I was 12-

 

KH: Ooh, okay.

 

CF: [laughs]

 

TSF: — and I feel like that exemplifies who I am as a feminist and as a sexual woman. Do you have any foundational moment from your childhood that you feel defines you as a sexually explorative, shame-free woman?

 

KH: Not at all for me. Really, honestly, I felt ashamed about myself when it came to sex. I slept with men that I didn’t like and I walked all over myself by feeling bad about it. When I started masturbating, I felt bad about it because no one talked to me about it. So that would’ve been kind of dope if my mom had given me a vibrator. I’d probably be a little weirded out when I was twelve but, in the long run, I can see how that’s a very progressive thing to do. Because it’s either that or hump a chair. And a vibrator’s just way more effective. [laughs]

 

Maybe the moment that I had was later, later, later on in life, like five or six years ago when I had a threeway — my first and only threeway — with two guys. And I felt great about it and I called my roommate to brag about it to her. I mean, that was a moment when I was like, “I don’t feel bad about this at all; this was extremely enjoyable. Go me!” and like high-fived myself.