Who was your first crush?

I was 17 and working a Saturday job in between studying for my A Levels and making new friends at the small-town Technical College I’d just transferred to. Before that, I’d spent a year at a city centre Sixth Form College. I was missing my friends and my old,...

Could you be demisexual?

A lovely person invited me to talk about demisexuality as part of my Ask Anna series. Here I talk about: ✨What demisexuality is ✨How mainstream culture reinforces only a narrow view of sexuality ✨Why it’s good to open up discussion and give platform to more...

Five things I’ve learned about desire

1. Retaining my desire for desire is what matters to me most. As long as I can feel my desire for desire, I know I’ll be able to navigate the seas of change. 2. Staying curious and creative allows me to stay open to finding and enjoying new desires. My desire is not a...

Growing desire into pleasure

Desire is longing, anticipation, yearning, having and not having. When I write about desire I often feel it as an ache, an empty space waiting to be filled, a delicious potential. Pleasure is in the moment, embodied, felt and received. When I write about pleasure it...

PleasurePractices #2: Magical, powerful, intentional

I want to call in my magic. I want to call in my power. I offer myself to something greater – it is time to fully claim my soul’s magnificence. I bind my breasts together to make them stand proud and to bring my nipples close enough that I can touch them both at the...