Welcome to going mental. This is your host Eileen Kelly. I'm interested in the things many of us face but don't always talk about.

After spending five months at McLean Hospital working on my mental health, I'm back.

A little more insightful and with plenty of stories to share.

Expanding on my usual topics of sexuality and intimacy, this season takes into account

everything I learned during my stay.

I'll be bringing together a wide range of guests, some beloved, some contentious,

to discuss work, love, and the bizarre phenomenon that is modern life.

Join me as we try to make sense of it all.

On today's episode I sit down with Erica Lust.

She is an award-winning adult cinema director and producer

who creates sex positive indie porn.

In an industry that often fails to show a true representation of sex,

Erica's focus on female pleasure, cinematic values, diversity, and an ethical production

process have helped change how pornography is consumed.

Could you introduce yourself to our listeners who aren't familiar with your story?

Yes, of course. Well, so my name is Erica.

Erica, last, I am a filmmaker and I make erotic films, films where people are having real sex.

Some would call them pornography obviously, but it's a kind of

in the adult cinema, it's a term that I love when I'm talking about my films.

And I'm Swedish.

I was born in Stockholm and I work and live in Barcelona,

in Spain.

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