The Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships and Sexuality (PEEHRS) have put together a guide to help you explore Frisky February on your own with some of their favorite shows, TED Talks, music and books! Celebrate self-love, empowerment, sexual health and healthy relationships this February and all year round!
Don’t miss out on this year’s Frisky February events as part of Sexual Health Awareness Month.
TV Shows
From empowerment to representation and comedies to documentaries, here are some binge-worthy shows to watch this February:
- “Atypical” – Netflix
- “Broad City” – Hulu
- “Easy” – Netflix
- “Sex Education” – Netflix
- “Sex Explained” – Netflix
- “Tales of the City” – Netflix
- “The Bisexual” – Hulu
TED Talks
Who doesn’t love a good TED Talk? Learn more about sexual health with this PEEHRS-approved TED Talk line up:
- “Sex Needs a New Metaphor” – Al Vernacchio
- “How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime” – Emily Nagoski
- “Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Orgasm” – Mary Roach
- “What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure” – Peggy Orenstein
- “How to have a healthier, positive relationship to sex” – Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Siphumeze Khundayi
Music
Check out the PEEHRS’s go-to empowering, body positive songs encouraging self-love and healthy relationships. Don’t forget to check out the official Frisky February Playlist on Spotify.
- “Alive” by Sia
- “Bird Set Free” by Sia
- “Bruised Not Broken” by Matoma (Ft. MNEK and Kiana Lede)
- “Catch My Breath” by Kelly Clarkson
- “Clay” by Grace VanderWaal
- “Don’t Call Me Up” by Mabel
- “Drops of Jupiter” by Train
- “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone
- “Fergalicious” by Fergie, will.i.am
- “Fireworks” by Katy Perry
- “Girl Can’t Be Herself” by Alicia Keys
- “Good as Hell” by Lizzo
- “I Don’t Know My Name” by Grace VanderWaal
- “Just Fine” by Mary J. Blige
- “Love Me” by Katy Perry
- “Miss Independent” by Ne-Yo
- “Play That Song” by Train
- “Rainbow” by Kesha
- “Roses” by the Chainsmokers
- “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson
- “Tell Me I Can’t” by Michelle Khare
- “Try” by Colbie Caillat
- “Unconditionally” by Katy Perry
- “We Are Giants” by Lindsey Sterling (Ft. Dia Frampton)
Books
With books from past Frisky February reading lists as well as some new thought provoking works, educate yourself and feel empowered with these
- “Come as You Are” by Emily Nagoski (former Frisky February Keynote Speaker!)
- “Don’t Put That In There! And 69 Other Sex Myths Debunked” by Dr. Aaron E. Carroll and Dr. Rachel C. Vreeman
- “For Goodness Sex” by Al Verrnachio
- “Healing Painful Sex” by Deborah Coady and Nancy Fish
- “Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Health Sexual Trauma” by Staci Haines
- “Playing Well with Others” by Lee Harrington and Mollena Williams-Haas
- “Sex Plus: Learning, Loving, and Enjoying Your Body” by Laci Green
- “The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love” by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Don’t miss Sonya Renee Taylor as she gives the keynote lecture for Frisky February on Monday, March 2. More details will be announced on the Barnes Center at The Arch website.
Written by the Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships and Sexuality, Barnes Center at The Arch