Q&A: Julie Peasgood
Julie Peasgood is a TV presenter, actress and writer and was resident sex & relationships expert on The Alan Titchmarsh Show for 4 years. She is about to perform in Henna Night – Amy Rosenthal’s stage play about female relationships – and has a new sex book and vintage pleasure products range out…
Campfire Tales – Peter Tatchell
“Don’t accept the world as it is. Dream about what the world could be – then help make it happen.” – upcoming Campfire speaker, Peter Tatchell.
The Fox Problem Talks Sex & Porn
With four episodes under their belt, innovative new live online TV show The Fox Problem are focusing on what goes on below the belt with their latest episode (live tonight at 7.30pm) and talking about sex and society.
Isy Suttie’s Love Letters
Should we meddle in the love lives of others?
Isy Suttie is an award-winning stand-up comedian, actress, writer, composer and musician best known for her role as Dobby, the ‘geeks’ dream girlfriend,’ in Channel 4′s comedy series The Peep Show. Love Letters is her Radio 4Extra series, which features tales of love told through word and song, and includes real life anecdotes from her own, often disastrous, love life.
Splat! – Lauren Barri Holstein
Lauren Barri Holstein is a performance artist who uses her body to explore notions of desire, domestication and victimisation. Next week is the premiere of her new show, Splat!, at the Barbican Theatre as part of the 2013 SPILL Festival of Performance. The show has been described as ‘an explicit mix of nudity, rollerskates, pop ...
What’s Your Pleasure? – Laure Prouvost
French artist Laure Prouvost chats to Adrian Searle about her new installation ‘Swallow’ at Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Prouvost has just won the Max Mara art prize for women. ‘Swallow’ is an immersive, sensual film that captures the taste of the sun, eating raspberries, and the sensation of bathing naked in a waterfall.
Her exhibition runs until 7th April.
Love the captions too ;-)
A New Sex Academy For Women
A new sex academy aims to get women talking more about their personal lives.
Sex, death and finances are the most taboo topics in Britain according to a recent survey – with over half of adults saying they find sex the most awkward topic to discuss with friends and family. As Shirley Conran said recently in an interview with the Huffington Post, the M word is still a dirty one.
Eat, Drink and Celebrate – International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day has been running since the early 1900s – a time of great unrest and critical debate amongst women who were questioning their role in society. In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
