Welcome back to Season 3 of The Cheer Up Luv Podcast! Who better to kick start the season, than the amazing intimacy coordinator Ita O'Brien, known for her groundbreaking roles directing scenes in Sex Education, Normal People, I Hate Suzie, I May Destroy You and It's A Sin. 

As well as directing sexual content, Ita founded the organisation ‘Intimacy on Set’, which provides services to TV, film, & theatre like training, consultancy, advocacy when dealing with intimacy and nudity. In this Ep we discuss why there haven't been dedicated roles for directing sex until now, intimacy on set in a post #MeToo era, and the long overdue portrayal of female pleasure in film and TV. 

TW: We will be discussing an experience of sexual harassment at the end of the show.

You can find Ita's work here: https://www.itaobrien.com/

Resources:

https://www.itaobrien.com/intimacy-on-set-guidelines.html

https://www.timesupuk.org/

https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/crime-info/types-crime/sexual-harassment

https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/

If you would like to send in your story, please feel free to DM @cheerupluv or submit via the website: http://www.cheerupluv.com

Music composed by Alex Gruz

This episode is sponsored by TOTM and Lara Intimates.

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