Disability and Online Sex Work with GoAskAlex

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Hannah Witton

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this one year anniversary episode, Hannah is joined by GoAskAlex, who is an 18+ performer, feminist, and advocate for the representation of disabled bodies in pornography.. Alex discusses how she got into online sex work, and also disability representation in sex work and the porn industry. She and Hannah talk about how Alex’s relationship to her body and sexuality changed after having surgery for a stoma bag and how her clients responded. Finally, Hannah and Alex discuss the independent porn industry, and how setting boundaries in her work has helped Alex set boundaries in her personal life. ❗ Content warnings: eating disorders and body dysmorphia ❗

MORE ABOUT GO ASK ALEX
GoAskAlex is an 18+ performer, feminist, and advocate for the representation of disabled bodies in pornography. She has spent the past six years as a webcam model and online companion. After becoming an ostomate in 2019 she focused her career on advocating for underrepresented bodies in adult media. She has since then been featured in XBIZ magazine, including a cover photo as their first ever model with an ostomy, and was featured in Hustler E-Magazine for her "Disabled Sex Workers" Calendar. Find out more:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/goaskalexmfc
- Email: goaskalexgiftcard@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goaskalexmfc/

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0:00.0	And if you want, I actually have a photo of my colon after it was removed that I asked my surgeon to take for me.
0:07.8	It's my phone background.
0:10.8	Oh my God, please send that to me.
0:13.7	I will.
0:14.3	I will.
0:14.9	I regret not asking them to take a photo of it because I woke up from surgery and was just like,
0:24.7	can I see it?
0:27.7	And they were just like, no, it's gone or it's gone?
0:30.6	And they were like, I was like, no.
0:32.0	I know.
0:32.5	I asked, like, is there a way I could maybe keep it so I can, you know, bury it or
0:37.0	cremated or something?
0:38.4	And they just looked at me like I was absolutely mad.
0:45.7	Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating, and our bodies.
0:57.3	Hey, everyone. sex, relationships, dating and our bodies. Hey everyone, welcome back to doing it.
1:00.9	So today is a very special day because it is the one year anniversary of this podcast.
1:08.3	Oh my days.
1:10.2	We have been doing this, doing it.
1:13.7	I wasn't planned, I swear, for a year.
1:16.9	And on that note, this episode is also going to be the end of season two.
1:23.1	Not the end.
1:23.9	Absolutely not the end.
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