#13 Zina Berlin – Kinks, boundaries and sexological bodywork
04/20/22 • 97 min
Zina Berlin is a sex worker with over four years of experience who enjoys different kinks and fetishes. She appeared in diffrent porn films, created her content, did webcamming and worked directly with clients. Zina also has a background in psychology and practices sexological bodywork - a form of therapy that Zina is using with her clients. It's a complex subject, and Zina does a great job at explaining it and introducing some of the practices she is using.
In this episode, we spoke about many different topics. Some of them were how growing up influenced who she is right now or establishing boundaries in life and sex work. The second part of this episode is more practical because Zina introduced exercises or ways that help to develop boundaries and navigate through sexual pleasure and desire.
Bookmarks
00:00:10 - intro, workday, latex outfits
00:07:00 - growing up
00:08:40 - sex work in covid times
00:13:00 - hobbies while growing up (achievement vs fun)
00:16:55 - talking about intimacy while growing up (open/closed door)
00:20:10 - first sexual experience / fantasy / self pleasure, sex ed.
00:26:30 - first encounter with porn
00:29:20 - getting caught in public kink / being dominated
00:35:00 - beginning of sex fork/academia
00:41:30 - first experience with doing porn
00:44:00 - setting up boundaries before a porn shoot/communication
00:47:40 - exercises that help to establish connection and boundaries / giving vs taking
00:55:30 - 3-minute game
01:01:35 - dealing with no
01:08:10 - the importance of touch
01:15:40 - sexological bodywork
01:20:50 - typical bodywork session
01:27:00 - Zina's dream for future/healing sex work
Join the workshop Intimacy on Screen at RedCheeks Academy to learn about the ethical intimacy.
This workshop is very different from typical education. There are no tests or grades. I believe that the best way to learn is by doing. You will learn useful techniques and strategies, but mostly you will get to practice the skills that are essential for the ethical production process.
If you want to:
🎬 Learn how to produce intimate scenes in an ethical way
🗣️ Improve communication skills about complex topics
🎭 Practice troubleshooting real-life situations on the set
👥 Gain confidence in your people skills
💼 Do more meaningful work
🔄 Change your mindset
Roll up your sleeves and prepare for:
✅ 5 weeks of intensive learning experience
✅ making meaningful connections
✅ 1-on-1 coaching sessions
✅ Guest talks by industry experts
✅ Ongoing support after the workshop
Apply on RedCheeks Academy.
Zina Berlin is a sex worker with over four years of experience who enjoys different kinks and fetishes. She appeared in diffrent porn films, created her content, did webcamming and worked directly with clients. Zina also has a background in psychology and practices sexological bodywork - a form of therapy that Zina is using with her clients. It's a complex subject, and Zina does a great job at explaining it and introducing some of the practices she is using.
In this episode, we spoke about many different topics. Some of them were how growing up influenced who she is right now or establishing boundaries in life and sex work. The second part of this episode is more practical because Zina introduced exercises or ways that help to develop boundaries and navigate through sexual pleasure and desire.
Bookmarks
00:00:10 - intro, workday, latex outfits
00:07:00 - growing up
00:08:40 - sex work in covid times
00:13:00 - hobbies while growing up (achievement vs fun)
00:16:55 - talking about intimacy while growing up (open/closed door)
00:20:10 - first sexual experience / fantasy / self pleasure, sex ed.
00:26:30 - first encounter with porn
00:29:20 - getting caught in public kink / being dominated
00:35:00 - beginning of sex fork/academia
00:41:30 - first experience with doing porn
00:44:00 - setting up boundaries before a porn shoot/communication
00:47:40 - exercises that help to establish connection and boundaries / giving vs taking
00:55:30 - 3-minute game
01:01:35 - dealing with no
01:08:10 - the importance of touch
01:15:40 - sexological bodywork
01:20:50 - typical bodywork session
01:27:00 - Zina's dream for future/healing sex work
Join the workshop Intimacy on Screen at RedCheeks Academy to learn about the ethical intimacy.
This workshop is very different from typical education. There are no tests or grades. I believe that the best way to learn is by doing. You will learn useful techniques and strategies, but mostly you will get to practice the skills that are essential for the ethical production process.
If you want to:
🎬 Learn how to produce intimate scenes in an ethical way
🗣️ Improve communication skills about complex topics
🎭 Practice troubleshooting real-life situations on the set
👥 Gain confidence in your people skills
💼 Do more meaningful work
🔄 Change your mindset
Roll up your sleeves and prepare for:
✅ 5 weeks of intensive learning experience
✅ making meaningful connections
✅ 1-on-1 coaching sessions
✅ Guest talks by industry experts
✅ Ongoing support after the workshop
Apply on RedCheeks Academy.
Previous Episode
#12 Sara Brown - Being Queer, Privileges and Porn Literacy
Sara Brown (she/they) is a queer human, performer, actor, dancer, and director working in live performance, theatre, and cinema, based in Barcelona, Spain.
She's the art director of the multidisciplinary platform IL MONSTRO (former PLEASUREisPOWER), exploring pleasure, desire, sexuality, and gender through different art forms and live events. As a part of it, she's currently producing and directing IL MONSTRO - A Freak Show!, a long-form performance combining contemporary dance and cabaret, theatre and acrobatics, on the conflictual relationship between “normals” and “queers” – is reconciliation even possible?
Sara is also a writer interested in sexual politics, gender, and how these are told by the media. She advocates for a more positive and honest approach to sex, encouraging more porn literacy in schools and less stigma on sex workers’ work.
00:00:15 - Childhood, growing up. Good and bad experiences.
00:22:00 - IG post discussion, LGBTQ label, abusive behaviour, what queer means for Sara,
01:04:30 - Public talks in school and being outed in an Italian newspaper about her work in porn.
Join the workshop Intimacy on Screen at RedCheeks Academy to learn about the ethical intimacy.
This workshop is very different from typical education. There are no tests or grades. I believe that the best way to learn is by doing. You will learn useful techniques and strategies, but mostly you will get to practice the skills that are essential for the ethical production process.
If you want to:
🎬 Learn how to produce intimate scenes in an ethical way
🗣️ Improve communication skills about complex topics
🎭 Practice troubleshooting real-life situations on the set
👥 Gain confidence in your people skills
💼 Do more meaningful work
🔄 Change your mindset
Roll up your sleeves and prepare for:
✅ 5 weeks of intensive learning experience
✅ making meaningful connections
✅ 1-on-1 coaching sessions
✅ Guest talks by industry experts
✅ Ongoing support after the workshop
Apply on RedCheeks Academy.
Next Episode
#14 Avril Louise Clarke - "Porn literacy, the influence of pornography & intimate conversations"
Avril Louise Clarke is a clinical sexologist and educational manager at The Porn Conversations, the platform that focuses on comprehensive and science-based sex-ed and porn literacy. In addition, she recently took on the role of Intimacy Coordinator for ErikaLust Productions and in this podcast episode, she shared her experience with this role.
On her social media, she talks about sexual education that focuses not only on prevention but primarily on pleasure. At The Porn Conversations, she co-created the porn literacy materials tailored to kids of different age groups that help parents have conversations with their kids about porn and its message.
Podcast navigation:
00:02:14 - Background info, family, sexuality
00:14:05 - First experience with pornography
00:22:22 - Influence of porn on people
00:30:30 - How to think critically about the media that we consume
00:37:08 - Porn literacy - definition
00:40:53 - Good vs bad porn
00:43:52 - IC role
00:54:09 - Intimate conversations in private life - how to do it right?
Join the workshop Intimacy on Screen at RedCheeks Academy to learn about the ethical intimacy.
This workshop is very different from typical education. There are no tests or grades. I believe that the best way to learn is by doing. You will learn useful techniques and strategies, but mostly you will get to practice the skills that are essential for the ethical production process.
If you want to:
🎬 Learn how to produce intimate scenes in an ethical way
🗣️ Improve communication skills about complex topics
🎭 Practice troubleshooting real-life situations on the set
👥 Gain confidence in your people skills
💼 Do more meaningful work
🔄 Change your mindset
Roll up your sleeves and prepare for:
✅ 5 weeks of intensive learning experience
✅ making meaningful connections
✅ 1-on-1 coaching sessions
✅ Guest talks by industry experts
✅ Ongoing support after the workshop
Apply on RedCheeks Academy.
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