Gillian Anderson
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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.
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.
Well, the most interesting thing to me is the degree to which there are so many rules today about what is appropriate and what is not. Whereas back then... animals show up and... Wow, I think it would be the opposite.
Well, the most interesting thing to me is the degree to which there are so many rules today about what is appropriate and what is not. Whereas back then... animals show up and... Wow, I think it would be the opposite.
Well, the most interesting thing to me is the degree to which there are so many rules today about what is appropriate and what is not. Whereas back then... animals show up and... Wow, I think it would be the opposite.
Yeah, you'd think it would be the opposite. But, you know, we've got the most extraordinary letters from, you know, young teens who have yet to have sex, you know, talking about their fantasies to mothers of many children, single parents, and what it's like trying to do the same old, same old with your partner to...
Yeah, you'd think it would be the opposite. But, you know, we've got the most extraordinary letters from, you know, young teens who have yet to have sex, you know, talking about their fantasies to mothers of many children, single parents, and what it's like trying to do the same old, same old with your partner to...
Yeah, you'd think it would be the opposite. But, you know, we've got the most extraordinary letters from, you know, young teens who have yet to have sex, you know, talking about their fantasies to mothers of many children, single parents, and what it's like trying to do the same old, same old with your partner to...
you know, 20-somethings in the dating world and how what exists in their head is different from what they experience out in the real world. You know, it's really interesting. And we've got letters from literally all over the world. So we also ask the women, you know, we also invited the trans community and, you know, genderqueer people and... Yeah, it feels quite egalitarian.
you know, 20-somethings in the dating world and how what exists in their head is different from what they experience out in the real world. You know, it's really interesting. And we've got letters from literally all over the world. So we also ask the women, you know, we also invited the trans community and, you know, genderqueer people and... Yeah, it feels quite egalitarian.
you know, 20-somethings in the dating world and how what exists in their head is different from what they experience out in the real world. You know, it's really interesting. And we've got letters from literally all over the world. So we also ask the women, you know, we also invited the trans community and, you know, genderqueer people and... Yeah, it feels quite egalitarian.
Yeah, it feels like it's an equal opportunity for anybody to pitch in and to talk about their experience. And it does.
Yeah, it feels like it's an equal opportunity for anybody to pitch in and to talk about their experience. And it does.
Yeah, it feels like it's an equal opportunity for anybody to pitch in and to talk about their experience. And it does.
Yeah, it is a cool thing. It's a really interesting insight. I would have thought that porn would have showed up a lot more in the fantasies. There's a lot of women, no matter how intense the fantasy gets... at the end of the day, just wanting to be seen for who they are, just wanting to be held.
Yeah, it is a cool thing. It's a really interesting insight. I would have thought that porn would have showed up a lot more in the fantasies. There's a lot of women, no matter how intense the fantasy gets... at the end of the day, just wanting to be seen for who they are, just wanting to be held.
Yeah, it is a cool thing. It's a really interesting insight. I would have thought that porn would have showed up a lot more in the fantasies. There's a lot of women, no matter how intense the fantasy gets... at the end of the day, just wanting to be seen for who they are, just wanting to be held.