Loud, Black and Pleasure Focused with Lauren French

“Community is the integral piece to healing that we have lost in Western spaces.”

Join Winnie as she yarns with Lauren French about shame-free and pleasure-focused approaches to relationships and sexuality education and how Indigenous knowledge offers a pathway to healing communities impacted by sexual violence.

As a proud Karajarri woman and sexologist, Lauren draws on her work across prevention, education and clinical practice, to explore the importance of moving beyond deficit-based narratives. By reframing sexual health as more than the absence of harm, Lauren invites us to challenge our biases and embrace curiosity, connection and pleasure as foundations for wellbeing.

Listen as Lauren shares insights from her Churchill Fellowship on Indigenous Elder-Guided Relationship and Community Repair After Youth Sexual Violence, highlighting the critical role of community, accountability and cultural strengths in healing.

This episode was recorded in July 2026

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References:

• Co-Culture Communications, Leah Maneama 

  • Coordinates of Belonging Part 1 
  • Coordinates of Belonging Part 2

• SHIPS Psychology

• Lauren French Churchill Fellowship

• Chung Wah Society

•  Body Safety Australia

• The 27th World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Congress

On The Couch episodes mentioned:

• Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee

• LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers

• Digital Literacy, Sex Ed & Sexual Violence Prevention with Dr Giselle Woodley and Dr Sarah Vrankovich

• Australian Secondary Schools Survey Release with Professor Jennifer Power

• Sex, Relationships & Consent with Tom & Adie from the Sticky Q’s Podcast

• Sexual Violence Prevention & The Power of Sex Ed with Katrina Marson

• Society, Social Scripts & The Study of Sex with Professor Jennifer Power

• Young People’s Digital Cultures & Sexual Health with Professor Kath Albury

• Talking about Sex, Bodies & Consent with Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes

More:

• Subscribe to Caddyshack Project e-newsletter

• Caddyshack Project on LinkedIn

• Caddyshack Project on Instagram

• Caddyshack Project on Goodreads

• What We’re Reading: an online library of book recommendations

• Play Safe: an online safe sex, STI testing and condom education resource for young people in NSW

• Play Safe Pro: an online sexual health education resource for professionals who are working with young people in NSW

• Sexual Health InfoLink: a sexual health nurse-led NSW Health Service including a free telephone line for health professionals and the general public

Credits

Host: Winnie Adamson

Guest: Lauren French

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Editing: Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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