Ep 20: Pro-Sex Feminist Research, Ethical Porn & Religious Shame ft. Sara Bruno
Sara Bruno is a budding psychologist, published author, professional go-go dancer, producer, and model. She is currently undertaking her Master’s in counseling psychology at City University and is on the path of becoming a sex therapist. Through her research, education, and community, Sara explores sexual reclamation, social justice, and advocacy. Her goal is to join a sex-positive practice that allows her the freedom to develop and lead workshops, help people unlearn societal expectations and explore pleasure, offer a space for healing, and explore the mind, body, and spirit connection through trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness.
In this episode we dive into:
- How Western culture shaped Sara's relationship to sexuality
- Breaking down the one size fits all narrative of what womanhood means
- How diet culture weaves into our experience of sexuality
- Challenging anti-porn feminism while also acknowledging the ways that mainstream porn negatively impacts us
- Why the abstinence model of sex education is harmful and ineffective and some powerful alternatives
- Navigating religiously enforced shame around masturbation and pleasure
- Moving beyond conformity, beyond rebellion and into well-being as priority
- Sexual harassment and the dance industry, Sara's work as a Burlesque dancer creating consent and policy protection for dancers
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Contact (all references mentioned available): sara.m.bruno@gmail.com