The Dangers of ‘Neat and Tucked in’

Brighton, like the rest of the UK, is in the grip of a lockdown. To get through January, my housemates and I are keeping busy. We’ve enhanced our professional offerings, dressed up and conducted photoshoots for our new websites and found ourselves absorbed in great TV (because there is only so much time you can…

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6 Top Tips for Success on Dating Apps

I’ve been on and off dating apps for most of my twenties; I’ve tried all the popular ones and sought after casual and monogamous relationships with both men and women. I’ve been around the block – see blog! Sometimes I’ve deleted my account because I’ve met someone and wanted to see where it progresses, but…

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To pube or not to pube? It’s none of your business.

Almost two years ago I wrote about My Love Affair with Pubic Hair. And, amazingly, it’s the top post by which people stumble across this blog from Google. Aside from the catchy title and everyone being intrinsically nosy, why else would it be so popular? Is its because pubes are such a divisive issue or…

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Top 100 Sex Blogs 2020

How exciting!  Whilst being locked down in the UK, Molly at Molly’s Daily Kiss has been trawling through sex blogs to compile this year’s list of Top 100 Sex Blogs, sponsored by Chaturbate. I’m so excited to even be on the list (no. 52 for those who like a quick answer) and surrounded by amazing…

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NSFW: Shibari Workshop

Earlier this week, my housemate and I tuned into Anatomie Studio‘s online Shibari class. The session focused on floor self-tying with the aim to learn key knots and rope positioning. So, we fetched our rope, poured two glasses of Bailey’s and plugged the Mac into the TV… We were ready to up-skill in Lockdown 2.0….

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Battlefield

The battlefield behind you
tells not of bloodied corpses
but of poppies;
each poppy a lesson learnt
from a romance
or a dalliance.

To navigate this war zone
you’ve used intuition and strategy –

Tantra: An Education

For the past few months, I’ve wanted to explore another side of my sexuality, particularly tantric sex. An educationalist at heart, when I read a glowing review of Tantra, the latest exhibition at The British Museum, I felt it would be the perfect introduction to this ancient practice. So on a rainy Wednesday in October,…

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Sexual Wellness: The Market That’s Approaching Second Base

An edited version of this article was originally published here for Nulune; a strategic advisory company striving for a better tomorrow.  Founded by my dear friend, Alice Bodkin, Nulune’s mission is to engage brands in conversations around sustainability and wellbeing and to inspire new ideas and disruption for the future.  Knowing my love for all…

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Hope Above All Else

Something strange happened recently: a random number messaged me on WhatsApp. Usually, when I exchange numbers with someone I’ve been speaking with (on- or offline) I save their number in my phone or they send a message not long after so I can save theirs. There were no hangers-on in the dating apps I was…

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Impressions and Lessons

Recently, I’ve noticed that the exciting direction my career has taken might have its drawbacks. When dating, conversations around work and career inevitably crop up and when I tell people I’m a writer, they usually want to know of what. And so I tell them. I tell them I write about teaching and learning, business…

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