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ENTITY Mag spotlights Hannah Witton

A sex-ed teacher showed an apple to the class and said ‘This is your virginity.’ He took a bite out of it and said, ‘That happens when you have sex.’ Then he let every student take a bite out of the apple until only the core was left. Then he asked the class, ‘Is that what you want to give your husband?’

This is a sex-ed experience a student told YouTuber Hannah Witton, she recalled in a live-streamed conversation with her friends.

Sex-ed in school often leaves much to be desired, particularly, when abstinence-only is on the curriculum.

Thankfully, people who want to know more about safe sex, especially from a perspective of a woman, have vloggers like Witton.

Sex-ed and sex positivity

The demand for real sex-ed shows. Witton has almost 500 thousand followers and over 52 million views.

Witton makes YouTube videos about sex education, relationships and body image. She advocates for sex positivity and gender equality. She de-stigmatizes public sex talks by discussing topics that embarrass other people.

Her videos aren’t clinical or cold, but have a big-sister-close-girlfriend-kind-of vibe. Witton isn’t afraid to make it personal. Some of her most watched videos include “Why Having Big Boobs Sucks! , “Building Self Esteem After Gaining Weight,” “The Truth About Being Single” and “How Many People Have I Slept With.”

Her more popular video series include “The Hormone Diaries,” where she talks about her experiences about everything related to sexual health, ranging from birth control and menstruation to pap smears and fertility.

ENTITY Mag spotlights Hannah Witton

YouTube/ Hannah Witton

Books about sex

She also co-hosts the monthly podcasts “Banging Book Club” that features books about sex and gender. Every episode, she and her two friends Lucy Moon and Leena Norms share their thoughts on the book and relate it to their own personal experiences.

They call themselves, “the baddest bitches in the sex book genre.”

ENTITY Mag spotlights Hannah Witton

iTunes

Additionally, Witton is an author herself. She published her first book in 2017, called “Doing It,” targeting teenagers and young adults. She wrote about break-ups, masturbation, virginity, consent, sex, and her sex education and that of her three maternal generations before her.

https://hannahwitton.com/book/

In her book, she shares anecdotes, confessions and revelations. She features friends and fellow YouTubers as guest writers to talk about their own sexuality and sexual experiences.

On her website, Witton says about the book: “We talk about doing it safely. Doing it joyfully. Doing it when you’re ready. Not doing it. Basically, doing it the way you want, when you want.”

Sex and body positivity with a stoma

ENTITY Mag spotlights Hannah Witton

Instagram/ @hannahwitton

Most recently, she had surgery to remove her colon because of a flare-up of ulcerative colitis (UC). She now requires a stoma bag.

Witton talks openly about what lead to the surgery, how she’s handling the recovery process and how it is to live with a stoma bag.

She opens herself up for any questions from followers. In one of her YouTube Q&As, she shares how sex with a stoma bag has been for her.

“I was nervous [having sex again], but not necessarily nervous because of the stoma bag. I kind of knew how to handle that,” she said. “It was more the fact that I was still so physically weak…So it’s more for like, ‘be careful with my body.’ And I can’t move into certain positions and I am not very strong.”

In Metro.co.uk, Witton publishes an article on “How sex changes when you have a stoma.” She described her life with a stoma bag and how “spontaneous sex is a thing of the past,” how to make sex with a stoma bag most convenient, how a stoma affects sex positions and how to prevent the bag from smelling.

She ends the article on a vulnerable but optimistic and encouraging note:

“Even if I’m insecure about my body now I like to post pictures of it on Instagram to try and trick my brain into thinking I’m still super confident. I think it might be working. Fake it ‘till you make it, they say. […] It’s really helped me seeing people with stomas around a similar age to me, years down the line from their surgeries just living and loving life. Once I’m on the other side of this recovery, I know that’ll be me too.” 

ENTITY Mag spotlights Hannah Witton

Instagram/ @hannahwitton

With her openness and vulnerability around her stoma bag, she’s invited a whole other community into her world. She helps de-stigmatize sex talk and spreads awareness about UC and stoma bags. She takes body positivity to the next level.

A sex-ed and body positivity resource for young adults

Witton talks about everything sex-related that young adults often find embarrassing to ask their teachers or parents. She’s like the big sister or more experienced close girlfriend that some might not have but want. By talking publicly about sex, particularly sex and body-positivity with a stoma,  she takes away the shame around it to make it a normal conversation topic as it’s a normal part of (her) adult life.

Edited by Shahrazad Encinias
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