Publications

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The Guardian: Safe sex on set: the rise of intimacy coaches

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Backstage: Actors + Sex: How to Handle Consent

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Vanity Fair – Intimacy Coordinators are Changing Hollywood Sex Scenes for Good

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The Times – How Hollywood is fixing its problem with sex

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W Radio (Colombia) – The secrets of Ita O’Brien, coordinator of intimacy and sexual movements in the cinema

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Spotlight Podcast: Safety, Harassment and Bullying in the Industry

Scen & Film (Sweden) – Intimate scenes require extreme clarity

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BBC radio 5 live – Nihal Arthanayake

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BBC – The intimacy coordinator that helps choreograph sex scenes

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The Times: Nudity, celebrity and lesbian sex scenes – tales from the TV intimacy co‑ordinator

Broadcast – Faith Penhale: #metoo paved way for intimacy directors

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BBC Radio 4 Today programme – Gentleman Jack

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Gay Star – A look behind the luscious sex scenes on LGBTI tale Gentleman Jack

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The Times – Lesbian drama Gentleman Jack plays it safe by employing ‘intimacy co‑ordinator’

DailyMail – Gentleman Jack creators reveal they brought in the BBC’s first ‘intimacy director’ to help with lesbian sex scenes after the ‘#MeToo’ movement

Mirror – ‘Sex instructor’ brought in to help lesbian love scenes in Suranne Jones drama

Welt – In sex scenes, the injuries are often not visible

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BBC Scotland – Radio interview with Ita O’Brien

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