EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 45 MIN
Off Campus, the Teach Us Consent Movement, and Why Talking About It Takes the Power Back
from Note 2 Self · host Saskia Starck
⚠️ Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault (roughly 17:00–25:00 — skip to 25:00 if you need to). This is also discussed in the second half of the episode. Please take care of yourself, and skip ahead or come back another time if you need to. Support resources are listed below.In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia opens with a story from a chaotic New York rave, the return of Love Island, and the official start of summer. Before landing on the show she cannot stop talking about: Off Campus. What looks like a steamy college hockey romance turns out to be something far more important, and it's the thread that runs through everything this week.Saskia breaks down why this show matters: how it proves chemistry doesn't require toxicity, how it refuses to villainize women, how it portrays trauma the way it actually lives in a body: slowly, and never healed in a single conversation. And how one scene about trust, safety, and consent reframes what masculinity can look like. Because the hottest, most masculine thing a man can do is be vulnerable.That leads into the heart of the episode: the Teach Us Consent movement, the Australian woman who started it with a single Instagram poll, and the letter Saskia wrote to her own high school. She shares her own experiences with sexual assault and slut-shaming with a vulnerability that is still unfolding in real time... and the thing her therapist keeps reminding her: the more we talk about it, the less power it holds.Because whether it arrives through a hockey show or a hard conversation, the message is the same. You are not alone. And every time we say the things that once felt unsayable, we build something better for the women who come after us.—SHOW NOTESLindsey Fleming's breakdown of Off CampusTeach Us ConsentKsenyeah (DJ from NY Rave Girls)—SUPPORT RESOURCESThis episode includes discussion of sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs support, you are not alone:US — RAINN: https://rainn.org/AU — 1800RESPECT: https://1800respect.org.au/
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⚠️ Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault (roughly 17:00–25:00 — skip to 25:00 if you need to). This is also discussed in the second half of the episode. Please take care of yourself, and skip ahead or come back another time if you need to. Support resources are listed below.In this episode of Note 2 Self, Saskia opens with a story from a chaotic New York rave, the return of Love Island, and the official start of summer. Before landing on the show she cannot stop talking about: Off Campus. What looks like a steamy college hockey romance turns out to be something far more important, and it's the thread that runs through everything this week.Saskia breaks down why this show matters: how it proves chemistry doesn't require toxicity, how it refuses to villainize women, how it portrays trauma the way it actually lives in a body: slowly, and never healed in a single conversation. And how one scene about trust, safety, and consent reframes what masculinity can look like. Because the hottest, most masculine thing a man can do is be vulnerable.That leads into the heart of the episode: the Teach Us Consent movement, the Australian woman who started it with a single Instagram poll, and the letter Saskia wrote to her own high school. She shares her own experiences with sexual assault and slut-shaming with a vulnerability that is still unfolding in real time... and the thing her therapist keeps reminding her: the more we talk about it, the less power it holds.Because whether it arrives through a hockey show or a hard conversation, the message is the same. You are not alone. And every time we say the things that once felt unsayable, we build something better for the women who come after us.—SHOW NOTESLindsey Fleming's breakdown of Off CampusTeach Us ConsentKsenyeah (DJ from NY Rave Girls)—SUPPORT RESOURCESThis episode includes discussion of sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs support, you are not alone:US — RAINN: https://rainn.org/AU — 1800RESPECT: https://1800respect.org.au/
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