Bad Sex Advice, 50 Shades of Grey and Social Media Censorship with Scotty Unfamous
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
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Read the episode transcript here!
What we chat about…
What is a "heaux" life?
Internalised shame about sex
Pressure to be having kinky sex
Kink on TikTok
The worst sex advice Scotty's heard
How did Scotty get started as a sexfluencer and erotic writer?
Is the majority of Scotty's audience black women?
Is there specific stuff in sex education that is applicable to black women?
Black women in period history
What advice do Scotty's followers ask for most?
Instagram censorship for sex educators
Platform censorship reinforcing shame around talking about sex
Wanting to share accurate information about sex
The lack of sex education we all get in school
As a Twihard and an erotic writer, what are Scotty's thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey?
50 Shades normalising discussions of sex
The impact of 50 Shades on erotic writing, and Scotty's writing in particular
Erotic romance being escapism, not sex education
The show Sex/Life on Netflix
How to feel comfortable wearing sexy lingerie with another person and also what to choose (34:12)
What's your opinion on how couples should view their frequency of sex? (38:31)
Any tips for managing herpes stigma when accessing health care? (40:06)
Tips on how to get out of my head during sex with mind wandering and trouble focusing (43:52)
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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.
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