Category: Season 3

BONUS | Farewell 2020: Things We Need to Retire Effective 2021

Please join us for a bonus episode — a final farewell to 2020. Join us for a discussion about a few of the things that need to be retired in 2020 — MS Edition.

2020 has been rough, so it’s important that we take care to be gentle(r) to each other as comrades in MS. Society does a hell of a job of tearing us down — let’s lift each other up.

We’d like to give a special shout out to Ardra Shephard (@ms_trippingonair on Instagram), Eliz Martin (@thesparkledlife on Instagram), and Jenna Green (@thejennagreen on Instagram). Thank you for helping us folks with visible disabilities heal and thrive.

We’ve got some exciting new endeavors on the horizon (including our first-ever “pop-up shop” that will feature new and limited edition Myelin & Melanin merchandise). So please stay in touch with us on social media to stay updated.

So…stay safe, wear your masks, and we’ll see you in January 2021.

As always, you can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, discounts, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 108 | Season 3 Finale: A Wild Ride

Please join us for the Season 3 finale of the Myelin & Melanin Podcast. It’s been a wild ride. 2020 is definitely one for the books. 2020 has been filled with ups and downs for us, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t celebrate our ups.

From celebrating our 100th episode, to becoming an LLC, to producing and recording TWO intimacy series, networking with a lot of great organizations and people/podcasts, and much more, 2020 showed us a little bit of favor.

Even though COVID is ravaging the world, we are hopeful, as we record this on 11/5/2020, that we will be back in 2021 with a new President-elect BIDEN.

We’ve got some exciting new endeavors on the horizon (including our first-ever “pop-up shop” that will feature new and limited edition Myelin & Melanin merchandise). So please stay in touch with us on social media to stay updated.

So…stay safe, wear your masks, and we’ll see you in January 2021.

As always, you can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, discounts, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Some podcasts and folks we mentioned in the episode:

– Self-Care Sisters Pod with Darah & Alana:

‎Self Care Sisters on Apple Podcasts

Sisters (biological) who believe that caring for yourself and others will make this crazy world a better place. So, we are going to chat about it. Sisters (biological) who believe that caring for yourself and others will make this crazy world a better place. So, we are going to chat about it.

– Disabled to ENabled Pod with Jessie Ace:

‎The DISabled to ENabled podcast for people with chronic illnesses on Apple Podcasts

‎A series of inspiring interviews from the most influential people with invisible illnesses giving tips and knowledge on how to cope with your invisible illness so you can do extraordinary things. When we’re first diagnosed with an invisible illness we are suddenly labelled ‘DISabled’ as in ‘lacking…

– The rest can be found on our media page: https://myelinandmelanin.com/media/

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 107 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 10)

Welcome to Realm 10 — the last Realm in our second ever intimacy series, “This Part: Intimacy & MS”. It’s just us today — no guests. Join us as we recap this exciting intimacy adventure.

Access intimacy, BDSM, pleasure activism, sexual superpowers, kink, trust, communication, surrender…we covered all the things over these past several weeks.

This series really opened our eyes to how broad the concept of intimacy is. It’s limitless, really.

We end the series with a discussion of Sara Youngblood Gregory’s VICE article “Chronic Pain Made My Sex Life Better, Not Worse.” It’s a perfect way to end and reframe the way we think about chronic illness, disability, and sex.

Chronic Pain and Sex, Intimacy, and Relationships

Illustration by Cathryn Virginia In my ongoing recovery, I’ve cultivated a strong sense of entitlement to finding pleasure in my body. Just like how I knew nothing about queer sex until I started having it, I knew nothing about having sex as a spoonie-someone living with chronic pain-until I became one.

As always, you can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 106 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 9) — feat. Sade Ferrier, M.S. & Keyonna Renea

What’s your love language? How does that relate to intimacy? Today we are joined by intimacy coach and LAMFT Sade Ferrier and boudoir photographer, body coach, and fellow MSer Keyonna Renea. Don’t miss this dope chat.

Sade Ferrier, M.S., is passionate about spiritually-infused intimacy that brings joy instead of shame. Her audio courses and workshops encourage couples to develop an expanded understanding of sexual intimacy in relationships. Sade also practices as an associate marriage and family therapist in Suwanee, Georgia, with a special focus on sex therapy.

Keyonna is a portrait and boudoir photographer, coach, and wellness advocate “empowering women to live their one delicious life and thrive.” She’s also a fellow MSer.

Find Sade on Instagram @intimacytherapist. Her website is www.myintimacytherapist.com

You can find Keyonna on IG @keyonnarenea or @diagnosed.determined. You can also find her at www.keyonnarenea.com

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 105 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 8) — feat. Mistress Magenta & Sara Youngblood Gregory

BDSM, domination, submission, kink — all the things. Welcome to Realm 8. Today we are joined again by the Dominatrix (and fellow MSer), Mistress Magenta, and writer Sara Youngblood Gregory. How does creativity fit into the world of kink and disability? Let’s talk.

Mistress Magenta is an American dominatrix living on the Gold Coast of Australia. Find Mistress Magenta on Twitter @MistressMagenta. Check out her website at www.mistress-magenta.com. 

Sara Youngblood Gregory is a lesbian poet and culture writer. In addition to serving on the board of the lesbian literary and arts journal Sinister Wisdom, Sara is published in Vice, Jezebel, and The Huffington Post, among others. Find her on Twitter @s_youngblood_g or on Instagram @sinister.spinster. Check out her website: https://saragregory.org/

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

BONUS | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 7) — feat. Roxanne Chanel Murray [ In memory of Kelly Dwyer ]

Kink is exciting. It has definitely opened up new realms of possibility for us. Having said that, it really highlights the importance of consent, communication, and most of all TRUST with the partners you are engaging with. This is amplified when you are disabled (and otherwise marginalized). We are joined again by Roxanne Chanel Murray to unpack these ideas.

In an upcoming episode with Mistress Magenta and Sara Youngblood Gregory (10/17/2020, Ep. 105, Realm 8), we discuss “breath play” and kink (among other things). 

This conversation brought up painful memories of the death of Daana’s friend Kelly Dwyer in October 2013. It is believed that Kelly was killed while engaging in breath play and kinky sex with a manipulative, deceitful, and dangerous (unbeknownst to her) partner — a sociopathic predator — a person who later dumped her body in the woods after her death.

You can read her story here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kelly-dwyer-death-solving-the-mystery-behind-wisconsin-womans-disappearance/

Reflecting on Kelly’s death really puts the concepts of trust and safety into perspective.

This episode is in memory of Kelly Dwyer.

Today’s guest: Roxanne is an English MS warrior and Fashion Stylist who advocates for the visibility of people of color in the UK to be included and considered more in the MS narrative. 

Check out her podcast “Spilling Tea With Roxy” wherever you listen to podcasts. Connect with Roxanne on Instagram @multiplesclerosisfashionista. You can also find her on YouTube.

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 103 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 6) — feat. Roxanne Chanel Murray

Welcome to Realm 6. We’re digging in ever deeper, y’all. Today we are joined by English MS Warrior Roxanne Chanel Murray. We chat about sex, kink & BDSM. How does MS fit in? Tune in! 

Roxanne is an English MS warrior and Fashion Stylist who advocates for the visibility of people of color in the UK to be included and considered more in the MS narrative. Roxanne also joined us in Episode 87 — check out her MS story there.

Check out her podcast “Spilling Tea With Roxy” wherever you listen to podcasts. Connect with Roxanne on Instagram @multiplesclerosisfashionista. You can also find her on YouTube.

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 102 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 5, Part 2) — feat. Mistress Magenta

We’re continuing our conversation with Mistress Magenta — an American dominatrix living on the Gold Coast of Australia. She also has MS. You don’t want to miss the rest of this tantalizing discussion.

Find Mistress Magenta on Twitter @MistressMagenta. Check out her website at www.mistress-magenta.com. 

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Myelin & Melanin™ Podcast

Podcast hosted by Dawn (DX 2000) and Daana (DX 2004) — two Black women sharing their musings on life, multiple sclerosis, and everything in between! Dawn and Daana met in 2016 in a Facebook group dedicated to the disease-modifying drug LEMTRADA.

Episode 101 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 5, Part 1) — feat. Mistress Magenta

We told you we were going deep. Today we are joined by Mistress Magenta — an American dominatrix living on the Gold Coast of Australia. She also has MS. You don’t want to miss this tantalizing discussion.

Find Mistress Magenta on Twitter @MistressMagenta. Check out her website at www.mistress-magenta.com. 

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

Also, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Episode 101 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 5, Part 1) — feat. Mistress Magenta

We told you we were going deep. Today we are joined by Mistress Magenta — an American dominatrix living on the Gold Coast of Australia. She also has MS. You don’t want to miss this tantalizing discussion. Find Mistress Magenta on Twitter @MistressMagenta.