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January 6, 2021
On episode 28 of Tritoncast, we explore the fascinating journey of women's tennis alum Justine Ang Fonte. The 2008 grad fills us in on some of her favorite memories from the tennis team and her UC San Diego experience. You won't want to miss Justine's story of how her experience teaching math in Hawai'i ultimately led her on a quest to revolutionize sex education in our schools.
October 11, 2020
In this episode, we discuss the concepts of safety, fulfillment, and pleasure, the platinum rule, body agency, using W.A.P. as a litmus test, and more.
September 18, 2020
Why We Theater Part 2
Playwright of Usual Girls Ming Peiffer, host Ruthie Fierberg, and experts Dr. Tracie Gilbert, Professor Lisa Speidel, Professor Celine Parrenas Shimizu, Justine Ang Fonte, gather to discuss everything from pleasure to self-discovery, recovering from violence to self-defense and all the coming-of-age in between.
September 11, 2020
The first of a critical two-part discussion recorded in 2020, this episode focuses on Ming Peiffer’s Usual Girls. What does healthy sexual development look like? How can femmes claim (or reclaim) their own sexuality? Is it possible to shed the culturally imposed shame and guilt and adopt an outlook of pleasure? What should effective sex education teach and when? What sexual stereotypes do we impose upon different communities, be it Black, Latinx, Asian, and how do we counter them? What are the consequences of teaching abstinence-only, medically inaccurate, or emotionally devoid sex ed?
September 1, 2020
Explore the impact of pornography on boys’ understanding of relationships, consent, and sexual health in this conversation with Justine. She highlights the importance of developing porn literacy for boys and faculty and discusses the links among pornography and healthy relationships, sex, and consent. She also suggests strategies for rolling out programs in boys’ schools that adequately prepare students for healthy sexual engagements.
August 3, 2020
Consent is a conversation that we need to have urgently. Join Caroline this week as she chats to Justine Ang Fonte as she explains why it's important to teach consent at a young age. She outlines how consent conversations can help maximise sexual agency, pleasure, and authenticity. Justine also covers consent and porn literacy, and why consent is a "womb to tomb" conversation.
June 13, 2020
On this episode with Justine Ang Fonte, we discuss her journey to becoming a sought after speaker and consultant on sexual health and wellness to co-creating a storytelling platform, now in its 4th year, that centers on Pinay voices.
October 4, 2019
Raising body-positive children doesn’t just mean raising intuitive eaters who don’t diet. Your child’s understanding of how their body functions, ability to treat their body with kindness, and decisions about who interacts with their body are essential to body-positivity too — and that’s why we need to talk about sex and consent.
September 21, 2019
Justine shares her work as a health educator, the importance of setting boundaries, and how founding Raised Pinay brought together her two biggest passions: her motherland and sex education.
"I am the dream my ancestors dreamed would free them."
-The Journey of a Brown Girl
"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter." -African Proverb
"Island women rise, walang makakatigil. Alamin ang 'yong ugat." -Ruby Ibarra