In this episode, Hannah is joined by Paulita Pappel, who is a producer, director, and performer, and the co-founder of Lustery.com. Lustery is a platform for homemade porn from real couples and Hannah and Paulita talk about how that works, how they screen people and pay them for their work, and how the definition of amateur porn has changed. Paulita also discusses how she got into porn initially after having a very sex negative view of the world growing up, and answers your questions about consuming porn in a more ethical way, advice for making your own homemade or DIY porn safely, and introducing porn into your sex life. Hannah and Paulita also talk briefly about Pornhub and what happened after the New York Times Children of Pornhub article was published and the pattern of anti sex trafficking religious groups attacking porn sites. Finally, Hannah asks Paulita about the experience of curating the Berlin Porn Film Festival - what happens, what kind of films are shown, and why Hannah should go in 2022!CW: Content warning for mentions of child sexual abuse material during the PornHub discussionThis episode is sponsored by Zencastr, the brilliant podcasting platform we use to record all our remote episodes! Follow this link and use code 'DoingIt' to get 30% off your first 3 months: http://zen.ai/doingit✨MORE ABOUT PAULITA PAPPEL✨Paulita Pappel is a Spanish filmmaker and feminist pornographer. After studying comparative literature in Berlin, she worked both in front and behind the camera. She is the founder of Lustery, a platform dedicated to the sex lives of real-life couples from around the world. She also co-organizes and curates the Pornfilmfestival Berlin and directs and produces at HardWerk, a hardcore studio shooting cinematic gangbangs. Paulita works as a producer, director and intimacy coordinator, and is an advocate for a sex-positive, consent-based culture.- Lustery: https://lustery.com/- Paulita's website: https://www.paulitapappel.com/📝CHECK OUT THE TRANSCRIPT AND SHOW NOTES📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Scotty Unfamous, who is an award-winning erotic author and sexfluencer. Scotty talks about her work helping women live their best heaux life, and specifically what it means to be doing sex education for black women. As Scotty is an erotic writer, we had to ask her about her thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey and Hannah and Scotty get into the positive impact those books had on people's sex lives, and then get into a bunch of other films and TV shows too. Finally, Scotty discusses censorship on social media as a sex educator, getting comfortable and confident wearing sexy lingerie - and Scotty shares her favourite worst sex advice.This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, the brilliant podcasting platform we use to record all our remote episodes! Follow this link and use code 'DoingIt' to get 30% off your first 3 months: http://zen.ai/doingit✨MORE ABOUT SCOTTY UNFAMOUS✨Shakira ‘Scotty Unfamous’ Scott is a UK based sexual wellness educator and content creator, and multi award-winning erotic romance author, on a mission to help women ‘live their best heaux life’. She runs ShakiraScott.com, a blog to help women explore and remove the stigma around their sexuality and has featured on media platforms such as Channel 4, BBC Woman’s Hour, The Times and Dazed to name a few. She also runs sexual wellness workshops for adults and teaches sex ed to college students.- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottyUnfamous- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottyunfamous/?hl=en- Website: https://shakirascott.com/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Silva Neves, who is a psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist and author, to dispel all the myths around sex addiction and give us a better framework to view sexual behaviour through. Silva talks about the difference between the public idea of sex addiction and the understanding of it in a sex therapy clinic, and gives us a rundown on the definition of addiction and so how sex and porn addictions don't fit into it. Hannah and Silva then discuss compulsive sexual behaviours, which is what someone who might think they are a porn addict could be experiencing, and the causes of these behaviours and the potential distress they can cause.CW: Discussion of sexual trauma. Main discussion begins at 40:11. Please skip this episode if you need to and look after yourself!This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, the brilliant podcasting platform we use to record all our remote episodes! Follow this link and use code 'DoingIt' to get 30% off your first 3 months: http://zen.ai/doingit✨MORE ABOUT SILVA NEVES✨Silva Neves is a COSRT-accredited and UKCP-registered psychosexual and relationshippsychotherapist, and a trauma psychotherapist. He is a Pink Therapy Clinical Associate. Hesees individuals and couples presenting with a wide range of sex and relationship issues.Silva specialises in working with sexual trauma and compulsive sexual behaviours.Silva is a Course Director for CICS (Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology) and speaksinternationally. Silva is the author of Compulsive Sexual Behaviours, A Psycho-Sexual Treatment Guide for Clinicians (2021, Routledge).Website: https://www.silvaneves.co.uk/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SilvaNeves3Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silvanevespsychotherapy/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Megan Jayne Crabbe, who is a creator, author, presenter, and body positive advocate. Megan and Hannah talk about when they first learned that our bodies could bring us pleasure instead of pain or just being about somebody else's pleasure, as well as dismantling internalised shame about experiencing pleasure. They chat about navigating relationships online and discovering what - and what not! - to share. Megan also discusses body image, the body positive movement, and mental health in relationships.CW: We discuss fatphobia, diet culture, and eating disorders. Please skip this episode if you need to and look after yourself.✨MORE ABOUT MEGAN JAYNE CRABBE✨Megan Jayne Crabbe is a bestselling author, award-winning digital creator and presenter with more than 1.3 million followers across her social channels. She built her online platform creating content around the topics of body positivity, eating disorder recovery, mental health and feminism. In 2017 she wrote her first book, *Body Positive Power,* a manifesto on all the reasons why we hate our bodies, and how to find peace in them instead, which has helped thousands of readers worldwide reclaim the bodies they’re in. When she's pretending that the internet doesn't exist, you'll probably find her walking her dog or hanging out with her sister Gemma, who is much cooler than she is.- Twitter: https://twitter.com/meganjcrabbe- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganjaynecrabbe/- Newsletter: https://meganjaynecrabbe.substack.com/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

We're back! We took an unplanned break because... *drum roll* Hannah's pregnant!! And the first trimester was a rough time for her. But we're back, and in this special episode, Hannah and her husband Dan answer all your questions about the pregnancy, becoming parents, their relationship, and a whole bunch more. Don't forget to follow @doingitpodcast on Instagram to get your questions in for future q&a episodes, and welcome back to season 5!📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES AND READ THE TRANSCRIPT📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Amp Somers aka Pup Amp, who is a blogger, sex worker, and activist and creator of Watts the Safe Word. Amp and Hannah try to define kink and BDSM, talk about a lot of the misconceptions in a post 50 Shades world, and talk about animal play and the stigma surrounding it. They get into how kink isn't always sexual and Amp discusses his experience being kinky and demisexual. Hannah and Amp also dive into a bunch of other topics, including: how to discover what your kinks are, kink sex work, and the controversy of whether kink belongs at Pride events (spoiler: yes, it does)!MORE ABOUT AMP SOMERSPup Amp is a blogger, sex worker, activist and producer for "Watts The Safeword." Along with guests of all abilities, backgrounds, experiences and kinky lifestyles, he destigmatizes topics on sex, kink and other LGBTQ+ issues. From YouTube to Twitch to Podcasting he tries to make the world more sex positive one day at a time- Watts The Safe Word: https://www.youtube.com/WattsTheSafeword- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pupamp/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/pupamp📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Justine Ang Fonte, who is an intersectional sex educator. Justine talks about the recent backlash she experienced from conservative parents and the media about her sex education classes. She and Hannah talk about porn literacy, and how to talk about porn with young people. They also talk about the present state of lots of mainstream porn being incredibly misogynistic and racialized, healthy relationships and embracing awkwardness and vulnerability, and Justine shares some of her favourite TV shows that depict more realistic sex and relationships!MORE ABOUT JUSTINE ANG FONTEJustine Ang Fonte is a proud Filipina, health education consultant, and speaker on intersectional sexuality topics for for institutions across the United States on topics such as pornography literacy, consent, gender, and beauty standards. She received her Master's in Education in Teaching from the University of Hawai'i and her Master's in Public Health in Sexuality from Columbia University. You can learn more about her career on her website (justinefonte.com) or follow her at @ImJustineAF and @_good.byes_- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImJustineAF- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imjustineaf/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Ev'Yan Whitney, who is a sexuality doula and sex educator. Hannah and Ev'Yan jump around so many interesting topics this week, including sensuality: what is it? How do you incorporate it into your sex life and life in general? Why do we often neglect our sensuality? They talk about Ev'Yon's a new book, Sensual Self, which comes out later this year, and the relaunch of their podcast also called Sensual Self. Hannah and Ev'Yan also talk about breath and working on the relationship that you have with your body, and Ev'Yan talks about her experience of living apart together with her partner, and how to nourish individuality in a relationship. Finally, Hannah and Ev'Yan chat about about gender and Ev'Yan's experience of coming out as non binary and exploring their gender during lockdown.MORE ABOUT EV'YAN WHITNEYEv’Yan Whitney (they/she) is a Sexuality doula, somatic practitioner, and sensualist. Since 2011, Ev'Yan has been dedicated to sex education and sexual activism for women and non-binary folks, helping individuals reclaim their unique sexual expressions and reconnect to their sensual bodies. Ev'Yan's work focuses on decolonizing, unshaming, and liberating sexuality at the intersection of identity, pleasure, and embodiment. Ev'Yan is the author of Sensual Self, a forthcoming self-guided journal that will help you come home to yourself through your senses. She also hosts a podcast of the same name. For more about her work go to [evyanwhitney.com](http://evyanwhitney.com/) and follow her on Instagram @evyan.whitney.- Twitter: https://twitter.com/evyanwhitney- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evyan.whitney/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Laura Shipp, who is a doctoral researcher in cybersecurity and FemTech. Hannah and Laura talk about the FemTech industry, capitalism and healthcare, our thoughts on period tracking apps, what it means for our privacy and data when it comes to sensitive information, gender inclusivity with some of these apps and services, as well as who ultimately has access to them, and who is being left behind. CW: brief mention of sexual assaultMORE ABOUT LAURA SHIPPLAURA SHIPP is a doctoral researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focuses on period-tracking apps, Femtech and the ways people are using these emerging technologies. It is based in the disciplines of cyber security and geography and asks questions about what a feminist version of cyber security could look like. She is a self-proclaimed period nerd and likes cycling and hunting for sea glass.- Twitter: https://twitter.com/shipplaura📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

We're kicking off season 5 with a real bang as Hannah is joined by Emily Nagoski, who is a sex educator and author of Come As You Are and Burnout. If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you've absolutely heard Hannah fangirl about her before! Emily takes us through the very important differences between pleasure, arousal, desire, and consent and Hannah and Emily talk about responsive and spontaneous desire and how the model of responsive desire can be misunderstood and cause some ethical problems. They also get into stress and the impact of stress on sexual desire, what the stress cycle is and how you can complete it even if the thing that is stressing you out won't go away. Finally they chat about Emily's new book that she's writing currently, the world of sex research, and arousal non-concordance. Nerd out with us and welcome to season 5!!CW: rape culture, sexual assaultMORE ABOUT EMILY NAGOSKIEMILY NAGOSKI is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Come As You Are and The Come As You Are Workbook, and coauthor, with her sister, Amelia, of New York Times bestseller Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She earned an M.S. in counseling and a Ph.D. in health behavior, both from Indiana University, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute. Now she combines sex education and stress education to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. She lives in Massachusetts with two dogs, a cat, and a cartoonist.- Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilynagoski- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enagoski/📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝https://doingitpodcast.co.uk✨CONNECT WITH US ✨https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcasthttps://twitter.com/doingitpodcast👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter