Rethinking Virginity, Sexiness and All the Ways We Make Love

On this episode of the podcast, Toshi spoke with Hollie McNish, an award-winning poet, writer and performer. Together they had a conversation Hollie’s latest book, ‘Virgin’. It's a six-letter word that holds such incredible power - the power to pressure, to judge, to harm, to praise, to profit, to punish. But virginity is also just a concept, a label that has been pressed upon people for centuries in numerous cultures worldwide. In ‘Virgin’, Hollie McNish unpicks the role this word has played in her own life, as well as others. 00:00 – Intro  01:04 – Who’s Hollie McNish? – Why you need to know!  01:41 – What inspired Hollie to write ‘Virgin’?  05:29 – What’s virginity got to do with purple carrots?  08:22 – The problem with ‘body count’.  12:54 – What does it mean to be sexy? 28:16 – How media shapes the way we think, feel and see the world.  34:11 – We can stop apologising!  41:07 – Social media’s not all bad – here's why.   45:43 – The ways we make love in real life.  49:25 – Time to get comfortable talking about sex, and why.  56:21 – Where to find Hollie and her work.  Check out Hollie here:https://www.holliepoetry.com/https://www.instagram.com/holliepoetry/?hl=enFind 'Virgin' here:https://www.bookbaruk.com/product-page/virgin-by-hollie-mcnish-----------------  Check out our books, 'How to talk with your kids about porn' and 'The Organ Education Forgot', available at https://www.sexinspace.com/books to download or buy.  Follow us here: https://www.instagram.com/sexinspacedotcom https://www.tiktok.com/@sexinspacedotcom https://www.facebook.com/sexinspacedotcom https://www.youtube.com/@sexinspace For more info, check out our website at: https://www.sexinspace.com/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.