Everyone has fantasies, whether they talk about them or not. As an acclaimed erotica writer and the editor of Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women, Rachel Kramer Bussel is intimately acquainted with the wide range of fantasies (and people, and places, and stories) that turn women on. In this episode, Bussel talks about how she got her start as an erotica writer; exactly what's meant by "erotica for women"; and the context she believes erotica can provide to feminism.

Have you ever looked at your bank account balance and wanted to cry? In this episode Marcia Brixey, founder of Money Wi$e Women Educational Services and author of The Money Therapist, explains the first steps women can take to get control over their financial lives. Brixey offers important advice on common financial problem areas, such as getting out of credit card debt, controlling your spending, and creating a budget; she also shares her personal financial story and talks about financial issues that particularly affect women.

Why is Amanda Marcotte, popular feminist blogger, barefoot in the kitchen? In this episode, the Pandagon.net Executive Editor talks about her new book, It's A Jungle: The Feminist Survival Guide to Inhospitable Environments. In addition to sharing her thoughts on "feminist footwear," Marcotte talks about growing up in West Texas, the scariest thing about being a feminist, and how to fight back against antifeminism using humor.

Nearly every aging woman has a complicated relationship with her body. For Keeps, an inspirational collection of personal essays from writers on their ever-changing bodies, will resonate with every maturing woman. Editor Victoria Zackheim brings together women with unique voices who have all struggled, at one time or another, to make peace with the bodies that at times they don't even recognize as their own. In this episode, Victoria Zackheim discusses the complicated concept and pressures of body perfection, dieting and plastic surgery, accepting death and cancer, aging with a sense of humor, and more.