Consent and conscious relationships

CakeTue 20th March 2018

I write a lot about sex in my novel Appetite but I never mention consent. Not writing about consent was...

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Why Jamie Oliver has it wrong… as does everyone…

CakeWed 7th March 2018

Even the more nuanced debates around food are too simplistic. There are comfortably off people who live on...

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Book groups and the importance of talking about stories

CakeFri 2nd March 2018

I have been lucky enough to be part of a writing group for nearly five years and they...

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What is better: food or sex…?

CakeWed 28th February 2018

If you had asked me that question in my 20s and 30s I would *definitely* have said food… ...

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Do you know your own mind?

CakeMon 19th February 2018

When was the last time you thought about your brain? That pound of grey jelly in your head...

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On sofa-boxset-takeaway culture

CakeTue 30th January 2018

A thoughtful and compassionate piece on the big money interests behind our habits… and how only conscious awareness...

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Article in The Sun 25th January 2018

CakeSun 28th January 2018

This is a more accurate reflection of what happened in my relationships and shows the joy that the changes have...

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Being poly and only dating one person

CakeSun 28th January 2018

I have been polyamorous for nearly three years and, yet, for almost the whole of that time I have...

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Boundaries and resolutions

CakeWed 24th January 2018

During the preparation for a second podcast with Christine Wild and Lori Bisbey about the boundaries, it occurred to me...

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