MEDIAWATCH

EDITOR’S LETTER: WE’RE BRINGING SEXY BACK

Whenever I ask DIVA readers what they think about the

You said it…

Opinions expressed by correspondents and contributors

Lilja Sigurdardóttir

DIVA BOOKS EDITOR ERICA GILLINGHAM CHATS TO ICELANDIC

Let’s talk about sex (education)

ELEANOR MARGOLIS reflects on what she wishes she’d learned at school

The lasting impact of trauma on sexuality

VALENTINO VECCHIETTI on how trauma can affect our relationship with our body

Things that go buzz in the night

OLIVIA JONES on hidden pleasures, unfair stigma and why The L Word was toying with us

IN BED WITH STEVIE BOEBI

YOUTUBE’S LEADING LESBIAN SEX GURU TALKS PLEASURE, PAIN AND FINDING HER PERFECT PRIMARY PARTNER WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON

Masturtation*

*Meditative masturbation, used to aid creativity and “flow”

How it’s made

GEMMA MANCINELLI VISITS SH! WOMEN’S EROTIC EMPORIUM IN EAST LONDON TO FIND OUT HOW SEX TOYS ARE MANUFACTURED

BUZZWORDS

DIVA’S GUIDE TO GIVING A TOSS (WHILE TOSSING OFF) WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE

True Love

SOPHIE GRIFFITHS MEETS THE WINNERS OF MTV’S TRUE LOVE OR TRUE LIES? TO FIND OUT HOW THEY’RE SPENDING THEIR PRIZE MONEY

Love And Other Thought Experiments

HOW DO YOU REVIEW A BOOK DEDICATED TO YOU? RENA BRANNAN GIVES IT A BASH

Book of the Month

Whether you’re a lifelong Moomin reader or an admirer

OWN YOUR GENDER

“WE CAN DO THIS THING CALLED GENDER DIFFERENTLY, IF WE WANT TO” WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE

track of the month

Bulletproof singer La Roux is back and she is ready

Pick of the Month

KAT HALSTEAD is a writer and movie buff with a penchant

of the best…lez/bi sex scenes on TV

DIVA fave Kristen Stewart stars in this stylish biopic

What people do

SINGER-SONGWRITER LIZ LAWRENCE CHATS TO DANIELLE MUSTARDE ABOUT TAKING LIFE LESS SERIOUSLY, TRUSTING YOUR GUT AND BECOMING A DIY MUSICIAN

Fighting with pride

TO MARK 20 YEARS SINCE THE BAN ON LGBTQI PEOPLE SERVING OPENLY IN THE MILITARY WAS LIFTED, WE TALK TO WOMEN OUT IN THE FORCES

Home away from home

CARRIE LYELL MEETS THE FOUNDERS OF HOUSE OF PRIDE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR A QUEER CREATIVE COMMUNITY HUB

Sexual health in numbers

DIVA TAKES A SNEAK PEEK AT NEW SEXUAL HEALTH STATS FROM THE LGBT FOUNDATION WORDS SOPHIE GRIFFITHS

Let me be your fantasy

WHAT ARE SEXUAL FANTASIES? AND WHY ARE THEY SO OFTEN “TABOO” OR IN CONFLICT WITH OUR SENSE OF SELF? DANIELLE MUSTARDE INVESTIGATES

SEXY BITS

This oral sex simulator is waterproof for steamy shower

OMG yes yes yes!

FROM VIRTUAL VULVAS TO TELEDILDONICS, ROXY BOURDILLON GOES ON A VOYAGE OF SEX TECH DISCOVERY

My secret sex diary

SOPHIA SHARES HER JOURNEY FROM SEXUAL SHAME TO SELF-LOVE AS TOLD TO ROXY BOURDILLON

Why Whitstable in winter is wonderful

RECREATE ALL YOUR TIPPING THE VELVET FANTASIES IN THIS PRETTY SEASIDE TOWN WORDS JOANNA WHITEHEAD

WITH JOANNA WHITEHEAD

Tired of contributing to the plastic bottle scourge

Wild women

CARRIE LYELL AND DANIELLE MUSTARDE PUT THE LESBIAN CAMPING STEREOTYPE (AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP) TO THE TEST ON A SCOTTISH ROAD TRIP

New year, new you?

A LITTLE HISTORY OF NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE

December / January

FROM CHRISTMAS CRACKERS TO NEW QUEER, WE’VE GOT YOUR DIARY COVERED…

HOROSCOPE

MICHELE KNIGHT is a queer psychic, astrologer, broadcaster