Gillian Anderson

Yeah, it came – so in Sex Education I play – it's a Netflix series. We did four seasons. I play a sex therapist. And in the process of – or during the period of time of being on that show, you know – My character's house is filled with sex paraphernalia and pictures of vaginas and penises and all kinds of tantric stuff on the walls. And I kept taking pictures.

And so I kept wanting to post these pictures. And the girl who does my, because I don't post things myself, does my Instagram. She kept saying, you can't, you can't post it. This is like a peanut. They're not going to let, Instagram is not going to let you post a penis.

And so I kept wanting to post these pictures. And the girl who does my, because I don't post things myself, does my Instagram. She kept saying, you can't, you can't post it. This is like a peanut. They're not going to let, Instagram is not going to let you post a penis.

And so I kept wanting to post these pictures. And the girl who does my, because I don't post things myself, does my Instagram. She kept saying, you can't, you can't post it. This is like a peanut. They're not going to let, Instagram is not going to let you post a penis.

Anyway, I started posting them anyway, and I would do like a yoni of the day or penis of the day, and then people would send me pictures of penises or yonis in nature, like a poodle with a butt. Oh, that's nice. Yeah, it was nice. So I started this kind of thing. Penis in nature. Penises in nature, yeah.

Anyway, I started posting them anyway, and I would do like a yoni of the day or penis of the day, and then people would send me pictures of penises or yonis in nature, like a poodle with a butt. Oh, that's nice. Yeah, it was nice. So I started this kind of thing. Penis in nature. Penises in nature, yeah.

Anyway, I started posting them anyway, and I would do like a yoni of the day or penis of the day, and then people would send me pictures of penises or yonis in nature, like a poodle with a butt. Oh, that's nice. Yeah, it was nice. So I started this kind of thing. Penis in nature. Penises in nature, yeah.

Anyway, so my professional life started to mix, mingle a little bit with my personal life in that Instagram is an example of anything to do with my personal life. I don't ever post personal things. But so there was a, you know, a cross-pollination that was happening there. And so I... People would talk to me.

Anyway, so my professional life started to mix, mingle a little bit with my personal life in that Instagram is an example of anything to do with my personal life. I don't ever post personal things. But so there was a, you know, a cross-pollination that was happening there. And so I... People would talk to me.

Anyway, so my professional life started to mix, mingle a little bit with my personal life in that Instagram is an example of anything to do with my personal life. I don't ever post personal things. But so there was a, you know, a cross-pollination that was happening there. And so I... People would talk to me.

I mean, not in a therapeutic way, but a lot of stuff that came to me since then has been part of that bigger conversation about... sexual well-being and particularly for women. And so in the 70s, Nancy Friday wrote a book called My Secret Garden and she did the introductions to chapters and she invited women to send in letters to her about their sexual fantasies.

I mean, not in a therapeutic way, but a lot of stuff that came to me since then has been part of that bigger conversation about... sexual well-being and particularly for women. And so in the 70s, Nancy Friday wrote a book called My Secret Garden and she did the introductions to chapters and she invited women to send in letters to her about their sexual fantasies.

I mean, not in a therapeutic way, but a lot of stuff that came to me since then has been part of that bigger conversation about... sexual well-being and particularly for women. And so in the 70s, Nancy Friday wrote a book called My Secret Garden and she did the introductions to chapters and she invited women to send in letters to her about their sexual fantasies.

And it was a book that, so anonymous letters from women particularly, mostly in America, writing about their sexual fantasies. And it was like a number one book. All of a sudden, everybody wanted it. Women were carrying it in their purses. But it was a real insight into, you know, what women think about when they think about

And it was a book that, so anonymous letters from women particularly, mostly in America, writing about their sexual fantasies. And it was like a number one book. All of a sudden, everybody wanted it. Women were carrying it in their purses. But it was a real insight into, you know, what women think about when they think about

And it was a book that, so anonymous letters from women particularly, mostly in America, writing about their sexual fantasies. And it was like a number one book. All of a sudden, everybody wanted it. Women were carrying it in their purses. But it was a real insight into, you know, what women think about when they think about

And we thought we'd discuss doing a modern day version of it to see whether, you know, in the age of, sorry Franny, pornography and, you know, shows like Sex Education or Euphoria or, you know, where everything is out there all the time and you have access to it, to what degree have fantasies, particularly for women... changed over time.

And we thought we'd discuss doing a modern day version of it to see whether, you know, in the age of, sorry Franny, pornography and, you know, shows like Sex Education or Euphoria or, you know, where everything is out there all the time and you have access to it, to what degree have fantasies, particularly for women... changed over time.

And we thought we'd discuss doing a modern day version of it to see whether, you know, in the age of, sorry Franny, pornography and, you know, shows like Sex Education or Euphoria or, you know, where everything is out there all the time and you have access to it, to what degree have fantasies, particularly for women... changed over time.

And so I put a call out about a year and a half ago to women around the world to write to me anonymously. Bloomsbury set up a portal so that they could do it anonymously. And we collected about 1,800 women started writing letters and about 800 of them finished them. And then we've put about 174 of them in the book.