Hannah Witton

Did you ever get “the talk” from your parents? In the final episode of Doing It: Deep Dives, we’re talking all about sex positive parenting. How can we embody and express the sexual and relational values we want to pass on to our young people? Why are sex positive parenting and gender affirming care so stigmatized? What role do parents actually have in providing sex ed? Join me, Hannah Witton, sex educator Marisol (The SexEd Mum), researcher Marcelle Kosman, and some returning guests, as we dig into those questions and more! 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ https://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

Is porn warping our view of sex? In this week’s episode, we’re diving into t, and how it can impact our experiences of sex, relationships, our bodies, and our identities. Why is porn such an emotive subject? Is porn actually harmful in all the ways people claim it is? And can ethical porn ever really exist? Join me, Hannah Witton, and guests professor Alan McKee, therapist and porn producer Jet Setting Jasmine, and sex educator and porn maker Billy Lore, as we explore the stigma, myths, and emotions we hold around porn. CW: mentions of sexual violence 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

No more simply mentioning it in passing: in this week’s episode, we properly dive into capitalism and money, and how they both shape our experiences of sex, relationships, our bodies, and our identities. How does capitalism affect our experience of gender? If we all need money to survive, why is there a stigma around selling sex for money? Do you feel pressure to treat your sexuality as a self-improvement project? Join me, Hannah Witton, and guests author Sophia K Rosa, writer and editor Franki Cookney, sex worker Lydia Caradonna, and actress and creator of Philosophy Tube Abi Thorn, to investigate how an economic system can intersect with our personal lives. CW: mentions of transphobia and suicide 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

Today’s episode is all about sex and disability. Why do we imagine disabled people aren’t desirable? What internalised assumptions do we have about what it means to be disabled? What does disability-inclusive sex education actually look like? Join me, Hannah Witton, as we investigate further with actress and influencer Lolo Spencer, founder and CEO of Enhance the UK Jennie Williams, and sex educator and author Cory Silverberg. 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES AND BEHIND THE SCENES EXTRAS?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

Welcome to Doing It Podcast: Deep Dives, where we get unapologetically nerdy about sex! Over this season, we’ll be exploring some of the biggest taboos that impact our relationship with sex, our bodies, and the people in our lives. Our first episode is all about sex therapy! What actually is it? Why do people choose to go to sex therapy and what happens when you sit down on a sex therapist's couch? Let's deep dive into how sex therapy can transform people's confidence, why we're all so bad at talking about sex, and if sex therapy is inclusive for everyone. Join me, Hannah Witton, as we investigate with the help of psychosexual psychotherapist Silva Neves, writer Emma-Louise Boynton, and sexological body worker Jessica Parker. CW: discussions about eating disorders 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES AND BEHIND THE SCENES EXTRAS?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, who is a sexual communication expert, podcaster, and tenured professor. Dr Tara chats about how effective sexual communication is the most important indicator of sexual satisfaction and gives some advice on getting started. She and Hannah talk about aftercare and checking in with partners after sex, misconceptions around sexuality in Thai culture, and what sexual meditation is. Dr Tara discusses how to build your own self-esteem, which is crucial for developing sexual confidence, and turns the questions on Hannah to ask what Hannah thinks sexual confidence is and how she developed it herself. Finally, Hannah and Dr Tara talk about dirty talk, and how to get started as a sex researcher! ✨MORE ABOUT DR TARA SUWINYATTICHAIPORN✨ Dr. Tara is a sexual communication expert. She's a professor of relational and sexual communication at California State University Fullerton (recieved her tenure at the age of 33), an award-winning researcher, a sex and relationship coach at luvbites.co, and the host of Luvbites by Dr. Tara podcast that focuses on sexual wellness and sexploration. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health Magazine, Insider, and other media outlets. She gave a TEDx Talk titled Become Sexually Powerful that highlights her 5,000-participant study examining predictors of sexual satisfaction, and her journey from an anxious immigrant from Thailand to a confident Sexpert. Her goal is to normalize sex talks and help people live a more passionate life and feel more sexually fulfilled through confidence and communication coaching. - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luvbites.co/ - Podcast: https://www.luvbites.co/podcast - Luvbites: https://www.luvbites.co/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/ @luvbites.co?lang=en 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast https://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 Melanie Murphy, an award winning lifestyle YouTuber, bestselling author and Hannah’s good friend! Mel talks about how relationship with her bisexuality has changed since becoming a mum, being genderless blobs with her husband, and how she navigates creating parenting content whilst also maintaining boundaries for her and her family. Mel also opens up on the impact of giving birth on her body, as well as the miracle of the body and its capacity to heal. Melanie shares her advice on around navigating your sex life with your partner after you have a baby and learning to prioritise time and making extra effort as a couple after becoming parents, and Hannah and Melanie talked about how to cope with anxiety when you're pregnant and dealing with fears of miscarriage. Finally, Hannah shares why she didn’t want to see the picture Melanie took of her vulva after giving birth! CW: discussion of miscarriage, mention of eating disorders MORE ABOUT MELANIE MURPHY Melanie Murphy is an award-winning lifestyle Youtuber and best-selling Irish author from Dublin, Ireland, where she lives with her husband and one year old son. Melanie’s online content about creativity, relationships, motherhood, sexuality, confidence and mental health has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers across social media platforms and her YouTube videos have amassed over 72 million views to date. She was named Blogosphere's ‘Influencer of the Year’ in 2018 and ‘Best Social Media Star' at the 2020 Gossies. - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melaniiemurphy/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MelaNiie 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast https://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 end of year episode, Hannah and Moog, Hannah’s assistant, reflect on working on the podcast this year, the rebrand, Hannah’s pregnancy health break that put the podcast unexpectedly on pause for a while, plans for 2022 and what's going to happen with the podcast when Hannah’s on maternity leave? They talk about their favourite episodes, if pregnancy has changed my perception on any topics we've covered, the controversy over the episode on sex addiction, Moog's experience doing Ev'Yan Whitney's Sensual Selfie Challenge, and lots lots more! CW: Brief abortion mention when we talk about Twilight, around 16 - 18 minutes. Eating disorder and body image when we talk about the Sensual Selfie Challenge at around 18 - 23 minutes. 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 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US ✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast https://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 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 discussion 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 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/doingitpodcast https://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 WHITNEY Ev’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/doingitpodcast https://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, who is Hannah's assistant working behind the scenes on her YouTube channels and the podcast. Megan discusses having ME/chronic fatigue syndrome, and also how she somehow escaped compulsory heterosexuality as a lesbian. Her and Hannah talk about biphobia in some lesbian communities, and dating with a chronic illness. Finally, Hannah and Megan discuss the intersection of Megan's ME and eating disorder, and if orgasms really do help with chronic pain. CW: eating disorders Megan Moore (she/her) has been Hannah's assistant for just over a year, working on everything from analytics to the newsletter to finding the right GIF for the situation. You can find her on Instagram (@moogflorin) where she talks more about living with ME, being super gay, and allll the queer book recommendations she can fit in a caption. She lives in London with her wife and the world's angriest cat, finds writing about herself in the third person very weird, and always wants to see pictures of your dog! Megan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moogflorin/ Megan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/moogflorin Megan's blog: https://moogflorin.com/ 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US ✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast https://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 Jannette Davies, who is the founder of Sonder and Beam. Jannette discusses what led her to start Sonder and Beam, her African Christian upbringing, and how she went from learning about sex in a more conservative context to becoming someone whose job it is to encourage other people to talk more openly about sex. She and Hannah talk about the cultural differences around sex and dating between the western world and Sierra Leone, and inclusive sex positivity and having different sex positive values. Finally, Hannah and Jannette discuss how sex as a subject matter should be taken more seriously, as well as slut-shaming, the media, and Bridgerton. Hannah and Jannette also discuss FGM (female genital mutilation) - timestamps to skip this section if you need to are below. CW: female genital mutilation. Timestamps to skip: 25:04 - 30:00 (4 minutes 56 seconds). These timestamps are without ads: you may or may not be served ads whilst listening to the episode which may change the time stamps. If you hear a section start and don’t want to listen, just skip ahead the length of the section to avoid it. ✨MORE ABOUT JANNETTE DAVIES✨ Hi, I am Jannette. I founded Sonder and Beam because I believe that everyone around the world deserves to be educated about their body and given the free choice to do what they please with it. I love what the Sex Positive movement has achieved for women in the western world over the past few decades. Since ‘Me Too’, the conversation around female sex and sexuality has blown up and I am all for that. But there is so much more to do. My mission in life is to create a space where females can speak freely, learn to understand themselves and others, and make their own free choices when it comes to how they live, how they identify, and what they choose to do with their bodies: without fear of violence, stigma or shame. I have seen that the women who make the most change in this world are those who support other women: even simply by listening and being present for one another. I founded Sonder & Beam to give women a way to do exactly that. Together we can change the conversation. Together, we can make a better world for every woman, everywhere. - Website: https://sonderbeam.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonderandbeam/ 📝CHECK OUT THE SHOW NOTES 📝 https://doingitpodcast.co.uk ✨CONNECT WITH US ✨ https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast https://twitter.com/doingitpodcast 👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀 https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton ✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️ http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter