DEAR GILLIAN to be a 'generation-defining' exploration of sex

Gillian Anderson's has launched 'generation-defining' project that invites all women to write to her and reveal their sexual fantasies. The letters will be collected and edited by Gillian and included anonymously in a 'generation-defining' book to be published by Bloomsbury.

Inspired by Nancy Friday's cult hit from 1973 My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies, Gillian hopes this book 'cuts right to the heart of what it is to be a woman today. A book that will hopefully inspire women for generations to come.' 

In an article for The Guardian, Gillian wrote 'I want women across the world, and all of you who identify intrinsically as women now – queer, heterosexual and bisexual, non-binary, transgender, polyamorous – all of you, old and young, whatever your religion, and married, single or other, to write to me and tell me what you think about when you think about sex. Whether it’s when you’re having it by yourself or with a partner, or with more than one. Tell me. Fantasies, frustrations, explorations, the forbidden, childhood, sounds, fetishes, guilt, insatiability. Fifty years on, the boundaries have been erased, no more so than in our own sexuality: BDSM, the modern meaning of gender etc, anything is up for grabs. Are women still the silent sex? I suppose that is one of the things we’re going to find out. I’m hoping your voices from diverse nationalities and backgrounds will shed light on just how far we have come since 1973.' 

Submissions for the project opened this month and will stay open until midnight, 28th February 2023. Letters can be submitted at deargillian.com.  

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